Scholars take up cause of disabled HT Correspondent Varanasi, December 17
PARTICIPANTS DISCUSSED ways and means to lessen problems faced by disabled people in their academic and professional pursuit on the second day of the first annual conference of Indian Association of Rehabilitation Professionals (IARP) at Swatantrata Bhawan in BHU on Sunday. Scholars from across the country presented their research papers on the occasion. Vartika Srivastava, a research scholar at education faculty, BHU, delivered her paper on 'Education as Means of Empowerment for Girls With Disabilities'. She said that even though physically challenged girls comprise a significant number in the total disabled population, issues concerning them receive less attention. She said that girls with disabilities were deprived of their basic needs and rights like health care, education, skill training access to rehabilitative services and so on. "Empowerment of women has been recognised as a central issue in recent years and among the various tools of empowerment education can be considered as the most important one," she said. Rajiv Ranjan, a lecturer of special education, presented a paper on 'The Personality Profile of Children With Learning Disability'. He said that under current circumstances, there was a need to initiate systematic nationwide attempt to tap the potential of the learning disability children and utilise their resources for the welfare of the state. Rajesh Kumar, an education faculty student in BHU, talked about the 'Aspects of Rehabilitation: Visual Impairment'. He discussed in detail the social, educational, medical, psychological and economic rehabilitation of visually challenged people. Mukesh Narayan of Jerevan Jyoti School for the Blind dwelt on 'Approach to Education of Deaf-Blind Children in Uttar Pradesh'. He said that parents could be effective educators and could deal with their children confidently in the absence of professionals. General secretary of IARP and director of Integrated Institu http://www.hindustantimes.com/news/5922_1870875,0015002500030002.htm To unsubscribe send a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the subject unsubscribe. To change your subscription to digest mode or make any other changes, please visit the list home page at http://accessindia.org.in/mailman/listinfo/accessindia_accessindia.org.in
