I fully agree. As a rule, otherwise also, blind are sidelined by orthopedically disabled in all aspects including employment, and hearing impaired are sidelined by the above two. So, it is no surprise that Late Javed Abidi is claimed to be the father of disability movement.
-----Original Message----- From: AccessIndia [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Harish Kotian Sent: 27 March 2019 20:15 To: [email protected] Subject: [AI] Fwd: Fwd: Reply to a mail posted by ramya Venkitesh dated 20-03-2019 regarding father of Disability Right Movement All forwarding a post which failed to get on the list Harish Kotian -------- Forwarded Message -------- Subject: Fwd: Reply to a mail posted by ramya Venkitesh dated 20-03-2019 regarding father of Disability Right Movement Date: Wed, 27 Mar 2019 17:54:26 +0530 From: Mantosh Kumar <[email protected]> To: AccessIndia <[email protected]> This has reference to a mail posted by ramya Venkitesh on the 20th instant which contains a link of an interview with one Shameer Rishad, nephew of late Shri Javed Abidi which was carried by a newsletter of Barrier Break. The said interview, inter alia, talks about Mr. Shameer Rishad’s plans to set up a Foundation in the memory of his uncle late Shri Javed Abidi which is a welcome move. However, the said newsletter asserts that late Shri Javed Abidi is widely known as the father of disability rights movement in India. This, I am afraid, is not in conformity with the facts of history; and as such, matters are put in perspective in the following manner: 1. While late Shri Javed Abidi significantly contributed to the disability rights movement in India, it is not correct to suggest that he is the father of the said movement. As far as disability rights movement is concerned, late Shri Abidi entered into the fray in the late eighties and early nineties of the last century; whereas, the disability rights movement got kick-started way back in the seventies of the last century by some vibrant groups of the blind under the banner of the National Federation of the Blind and the National blind Youth Association. 2. In 1974, a group of qualified but unemployed blind individuals sat before the parliament house and hanging their academic degrees on their necks undertook boot polish of politicians as a mark of their protest for non-availability of jobs for them despite their academic qualification. Responding to the simmering discontentment amongst the blind, the central Govt., through an executive order issued in November, 1977 reserved 3% vacancies in C and D groups of jobs for persons with diverse categories of disabilities including for the blind. The first phase of the said movement which began in the seventies of the last century culminated in 1980 when a large number of the blind took out a protest march to pres for their demands including the demand for having a legislation for the protection and promotion of rights of persons with disabilities; and, the police had resorted to Lathi charge on the 16th of March 1980 on the blind protesters. Quite a few blind persons including some prominent personalities amongst the blind who took part in the said movement are still alive and are significantly contributing to the cause of rights of persons with disabilities. 3. The movement so launched by the blind continued thereafter; and, amongst other things resulted in the enactment of the PWD Act, 1995 which now stands repealed and replaced by a way more progressive and ambitious piece of legislation in the form of Rights of Persons with Disabilities Act, 2016. 4. Two other important fall-outs of the said self-help and self-advocacy movement of the blind have been as follows: A. That persons belonging to various categories of disabilities, and not just the blind alone, have been the beneficiaries of the said self-help and self-advocacy movement; and, B. that the said movement inspired persons belonging to diverse categories of disabilities into undertaking self-advocacy and self-help movement. Yours Sincerely (Mantosh Kumar) Research Scholar Department of Special Education Dr. Shakuntala Mishra National Rehabilitation University Lucknow Mob.- 9012578768 Email: [email protected] Search for old postings at: http://www.mail-archive.noclick_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.noclick_in/mailman/listinfo/accessindia_accessindia.org.in Disclaimer: 1. 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