Agreed Dinesh. Most media people themselves need to learn about disability issues before they set out to report on things. It's sad that while there are several 'beats' for reporters such as 'education' 'health', which a single reporter follows for a long time and becomes an expert in it, there isn't an independent 'beat' for disability, though some papers like The Hindu and my own newspaper are sending reporters more to focus on disability issues.
Subramani -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Dinesh Kaushal Sent: Tuesday, September 26, 2006 9:45 AM To: Geetha Shamanna; accessindia@accessindia.org.in Subject: Re: [AI] Disabled students turn to foreign universities *********************** No virus was detected in the attachment no filename Your mail has been scanned by InterScan MSS. *********************** I agree with Geetha, and who says people in the west do not go through those hardships? those facilities could not be build without the hardwork. Lots of western literature is filled with the evidence of the hardwork which is now showing the results. And I can from my own experience say, that avoiding hardwork sooner or later leads to disappointment. And smart hardwork usually leads to greater enlightenment of once own abilities. I am also somewhat concerned that media people do not think while reporting, what kind of values they are promoting? Escapeism? Easy Life? that's why rome and lots of successful states fell. It all happens because of paradox of success! good life should not mean Easy life and only fun, but greater ability to do something with lots of fun as well. There is nothing wrong in working and studying in a developed nation, but reason to go must be carefully evaluated. Dinesh ----- Original Message ----- From: "Geetha Shamanna" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <accessindia@accessindia.org.in> Sent: Monday, September 25, 2006 9:39 PM Subject: Re: [AI] Disabled students turn to foreign universities > While it cannot be denied that foreign universities offer better > facilities > for the disabled, in terms of openness about employing blind people, India > is far ahead of several western countries. 80% of blind people are > unemployed in America, and the figures are not too encouraging in Europe, > either. > So those of us who choose to remain in India despite all the hardships > need > not despair. > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Viraj Kafle" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: <accessindia@accessindia.org.in> > Sent: Monday, September 25, 2006 8:13 PM > Subject: [AI] Disabled students turn to foreign universities > > >> Disabled students turn to foreign universities >> >> Swastika Mehta >> >> Saturday, September 23, 2006 (New Delhi): >> >> The lack of infrastructure on campus for students who are visually >> impaired or hearing impaired has now forced several of them to look at >> foreign universities. >> Smriti, 22, is an M Phil student at Jawaharlal Nehru University and among >> the 1 per cent visually impaired students in the country to reach this >> educational >> level. But her journey so far has been a difficult one. >> "There are no facilities in India. I have to do everything on my own. I >> have to go to libraries, scan all my books. It's a struggle, visually >> challenged >> people work more than sighted people," she says. >> Smriti wants to make a crossover in every sense of the word. After >> completing her M Phil in Mythology, she plans to go to Chicago University >> for a doctorate >> in Disability Studies. >> "Here we don't even have books and computers. Some people are from such >> poor families that they don't even have a tape recorder to study from," >> she adds. >> Better infrastructure >> For disabled students, the West promises full fledged universities like >> the Gallaudet University in Washington DC for the hearing impaired and >> better physical >> infrastructure on campuses. >> What's more, it opens up a whole new world of job opportunities. >> For instance Jagdish, who is hearing impaired and a class X pass out, has >> with grave difficulty managed to get a job as a teacher at the School for >> Deaf. >> He earns a meagre amount of Rs 6,000 every month and has been limited by >> the fact that signing is not recognised as a language, like it is in the >> West. >> He was unable to study courses like Engineering and Medical Science. >> "Abroad, there are deaf and dumb pilots," says Jagdish. >> "There are only few of us who have family support and can thus afford to >> go abroad," adds Smriti. >> Looking West >> Twenty five-year-old Shobhan, a PhD student at JNU, took his GREs last >> year. He is waiting to arrange a scholarship to go to the US. >> Though the Centre provides scholarships to Dalit, tribal and Muslim >> students who want to pursue higher education abroad, there is no >> government scholarship >> for students with disabilities. >> "If I put it simply, we can't even walk freely here. 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