Hi Govind, I have just referred the dictionary in Kurzweil. The word "disability" is more appropriate to be used than the word "inability".
Inability means "lack of ability or means". "disability" means " condition of being disabled,the disadvantage or deficiency, especially physical or mental impairment that interferes with or prevents normal achievement in a particular area, something that hinders or incapacitates". -- G. Vamshi PH Res : +91 877-2243861 Mobile: +91 9949349497 E-mail ID: [email protected] Skype: gvamshi81 God helps those who help themselves On 9/28/09, govind reddy <[email protected]> wrote: > Hello every one: > This time I have come with a few recommendations from my side for PWD > act1995. They are as follows: > 1. Firstly, we should change the name of this act “PERSONS WITH > DISABILITY” to “PERSONS WITH INABILITIES” act, > Or The persons with different abilities act. > The term Disability, may send a very wrong connotation in to one’s > mind as bad attracts first than the good. > 2. According to the act, we are entitled for three % reservation in > all the jobs advertised for and by the government offices and > companies. Out of this three %, we (All visually Impaired persons) > enjoy 1 % of the three % of vacancies. > In this way, there are many jobs or the vacancies which are not or > can’t be given for the visually impaired by the government since they > cannot execute the duties pertaining to that job. For example: bus and > train drivers and conducters, Doctors, nurses, police constables and > so on. There are many jobs or the vacancies that we cannot pursue as > per the governament’s understanding of the visually impaired. > Similarly, there are many jobs and vacancies which are identified as > VI friendly jobs. > That is, the jobs like teachers, attenders, lecturers, clerks etc. > My advice is that, why can’t we request or demand the government to > shift that 1% of vacancies that are not recognized by the government > as blind friendly to the jobs that are recognized by the government as > blind friendly. > That is, why can’t we have more vacancies in teaching and other areas > since they have been identified by the government as blind friendly > jobs. > This enables more visually impaired to be employed, as it is very > important for a VI to be financially independent than the rest of the > society. > This might be a very difficult task for the NGOs and the government, > since still there are plenty of complaints about the improper > implementation of the existing act. > 3. Recently, I have read a notification from BHEL regarding the > special recruitment drive for PWD. This notification advertised a > couple of vacancies for language officers, but it clearly states that > these vacancies are for the partially blind only. When the government > boasts itself as the impartial and unbiased body to govern each and > every individual irrespective of their cast, creed, religion and so on > with equality, why such a huge discrimination? Is there any term like > partially blind in the 1995 PWD act? > If there is, such terms and priorities should be curbed and removed > from the act. I clearly opine that the first priority should be given > for those who are 100% or the complete visually impaired. As result of > such discrimination, the government may neglect the complete blind in > the future. Besides this, there are bank application forms which ask > the percentage of your impairment. Based on the data available with > them, what if they neglect totally blind and prefer only the partially > blind? > Therefore, I seriously asume that, this gap or the discrimination has > to be abolished from the governament’s dictionary. > 4. All the people who discriminate or insult a differently abled > should strongly punished like SC and ST’s. > Why should we be punished for something which is not a crime? > 5. Is there any committee to supervise the implementation of this act? > If so, what are their duties and responsibilities? > In the absence of such supervising committee, what is the platform to > express our difficulties? > Therefore we should have some supervising committee to express our > dissatisfactions, problems, difficulties and so on. > Before I conclude, I request all the legal experts to comment on these > recommendations. I’m not a legal expert therefore I seek your valuable > comments and feedback. > Thanks in advance, > Govind. > -- > "A consistent man believes in destiny; where as a capricious man in chance". > Mobile: 9959392651, 9030915271. > Email: [email protected] > My blog: > http://govindhowsweet.blogspot.com > > > > 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 > 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
