http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/mumbai/Hearing-impaired-face-more-bias-Students-survey/articleshow/49219307.cms MUMBAI: People with hearing impairment face more discrimination as compared to those with other disabilities, stated findings of a survey conducted by students of St Xavier's College, Fort.
According to the survey, 91% of the respondents with hearing impairment had experienced discrimination either always or sometimes. On the other hand, 85% of those with visual disabilities, 74% with psychiatric disabilities and 57% with speech difficulties faced discrimination at some point. An indicator of discrimination against those with psychiatric disability was that 74% of the respondents felt that workplaces are not welcoming and are ill equipped to handle medical emergencies. The survey also showed that a large number of people with various difficulties do not have documents for the same. Sixty-one per cent of those with a psychiatric disability did not have certificates. The case was not the same for visually impaired respondents. Only 1 of the 100 did not have requisite documents. The respondents across categories said that it wasn't easy to get a certificate made. "The process of getting the certificate of disability needs to be more flexible. There must be more centres in the city or at the local level," said professor in-charge, Avkash Jadhav. The findings revealed that 44% of the respondents who had physical disabilities said banks and ATMs are inconvenient to use. Twenty-seven per cent faced trouble getting through malls, theatres and cafes. As many as 56% of respondents who were hearing impaired have faced problems in accessing and availing interpreter facilities and only 28% thought that transport facility was easily available. -- Avinash Shahi Doctoral student at Centre for Law and Governance JNU Register at the dedicated AccessIndia list for discussing accessibility of mobile phones / Tabs on: http://mail.accessindia.org.in/mailman/listinfo/mobile.accessindia_accessindia.org.in Search for old postings at: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ 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 Disclaimer: 1. Contents of the mails, factual, or otherwise, reflect the thinking of the person sending the mail and AI in no way relates itself to its veracity; 2. AI cannot be held liable for any commission/omission based on the mails sent through this mailing list..
