TOI Nagpur: Despite being a signatory of United Nations' Convention on the Rights of the Child, education and other rights of specially-abled children are still not part of the reality in India. In order to promote these rights, doctors from the city will be hosting an international conference this weekend.
Commonwealth Association for Health and Disability (COMHAD), Commonwealth Health Professions Alliance (CHPA) and Academy of Paediatrics, Nagpur is organizing an international conference in the Orange city at Hotel Centre Point on December 5 and 6. On the first day of the conference, a workshop for parents of the specially-abled children will be organized. Another session on global perspective on childhood disability has been organized with combined efforts of UNICEF, Maharashtra University of Health Sciences (MUHS) and Directorate of Medical Education and Research (DMER). To understand the needs of a child with developmental delay, a session on orthopaedic, ophthalmic, physiotherapy, speech, dental, ENT and psychiatric interventions will be addressed by faculty of national and international repute during the conference. "Through the various discussions, we aim to come up with ways to achieve global empowerment and inclusion of special children in mainstream education. We wish to help these children become more than just a neglected population group," said Dr Uday Bodhankar, the chief patron of the academy and former president of COMHAD. Paediatricians, physiotherapists, occupational therapists, teachers, counsellors, parents and special educators are expected to be part of the conference. A workshop on challenges faced by parents and caregivers in dealing with children with autism will be held between 9am and 12pm on Saturday. Experts will also participate in panel discussions on recent innovations and research in dealing with disabilities, with special focus on disabilities in adolescents. Faculty of the conference include Dr Bodhankar, Dr Shubhada Khirwadkar, Dr Jaya Shiwalkar, Dr Urmila Dahake and Dr Shailesh Pangaokar among many others. Those wishing to participate in the conference can contact Dr Bodhankar on 9422149777. सादर / With thanks & Regards राजेश आसुदानी Rajesh Asudani सहायक महाप्रबन्धक AGM बाजार आसूचना ईकाई MIU भारतीय रिजर्व बैंक Reserve Bank of India नागपुर Nagpur 0712 2806846 President VIBEWA Co-Moderator VIB-India A-pilll = Action coupled with Positivity, Interest, Love, Logic and laughter. ________________________________ Caution: The Reserve Bank of India never sends mails, SMSs or makes calls asking for personal information such as your bank account details, passwords, etc. It never keeps or offers funds to anyone. Please do not respond in any manner to such offers, however official or attractive they may look. Notice: This email and any files transmitted with it are confidential and intended solely for the use of the individual or entity to whom they are addressed. If you are not the intended recipient, any dissemination, use, review, distribution, printing or copying of the information contained in this e-mail message and/or attachments to it are strictly prohibited. If you have received this email by error, please notify us by return e-mail or telephone and immediately and permanently delete the message and any attachments. The recipient should check this email and any attachments for the presence of viruses. The Reserve Bank of India accepts no liability for any damage caused by any virus transmitted by this email. 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..
