One of the things we need to ensure is that if departments of the government and other public/private industries are consistant in using disability terminology mentioned in the PWD act. If not, we must insist that they use proper definitions and make it clear what they mean by it.
Subramani -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of surya prakash sharma Sent: Friday, June 12, 2009 4:36 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [AI] "My experiance in travel. Hello list members, there is one more aspect of the problem which has not been discussed yet. Ministry of railways has adopted a new term--'completely blind'. I can't understand the meaning of this term properly. does it mean total absence of sight? if so, can railways adopt such a definition which is contrary to the definition enacted by the supreme legislative body of the nation. according to that definition blindness means vision not exceeding 6/60 in the better eye. do the two terms---'completely blind' and 'hundred per cent blind' carry same meaning? due to the term used by the railways people like me who are blessed with some vision have to face a lot of problems during rail journey. my disability per cent is more than 90. like totally blind persons, I also have to use Braille and screen readers. is it not discrimination on the part of railways? if so, what are we doing? since it is a matter related to the central government, I would request list members and associations in Delhi to take up the issue with the concerned department. regards, S. P. Sharma Lecturer, Political Science e-mail: [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.i n Email secured by TPML Raksha Checkpoint 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
