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--- On Thu, 12/11/09, Zujar Shabbir Kanchwala <[email protected]> wrote: > From: Zujar Shabbir Kanchwala <[email protected]> > Subject: Re: [AI] Need your assistance > To: [email protected], [email protected] > Date: Thursday, 12 November, 2009, 2:10 PM > Hi, > > I am partially blind and could read/write for myself in > bright light > when I was a student. When in school, I used to copy from > my > bench-partner as I could not read the black-board. My > teachers always > ensured that I share my bench with a good, regular and > attentive > student. At the time of exams, they allowed me to swap seat > with a > window-seater on producing doctor's certificate. People > looked at me > with a positive approach as I was a topper too. Things were > really > difficult when I started applying for a decent job. > Employers could > not understand how I would work and manage a corporate > life. Also, I > was unaware of screen-readers at that time. I went ahead > with whatever > little opportunities came my way without giving up. Today, > I am > well-placed. My colleagues look at me as a normal employee. > My family > and friends have always been supportive and trust me. > Sometimes, I > feel uneasy with people who direct me while walking on the > roads which > I am used to. This becomes confusing when different people > direct you > in their own ways. In short, I have experienced a positive > attitude > most of the times. > > This is not the case with my nephew, Hozefa, who is totally > blind. He > and his parents have faced a tonnes of difficulties > admitting him to a > normal school in Kurla. Finally, they had to admit him to a > school in > Mumbai, around 60 minutes travel by bus. Not only that, > when they > shifted to Kalyan, none of the schools were ready to admit > him to > standard nineth and he ended up doing his SSC privately. > His college > life is different and better. A little difficulty finding a > scribe. > His Commerce coaching class is really co-operative and > positive > towards him and he shall appear for his 12th board in March > 2010. > > Looking at all this, I find it really difficult to > generalize people's > attitude towards visually challenged minorities. Though I > believe that > people are becoming more inclusive, thanks to our visually > challenged > achiever friends who have shown that vision cannot be an > obstacle if > one decides and is dedicated to lead life with dignity. > > On 11/12/09, Swati Sinha <[email protected]> > wrote: > > Hello List, Good morning! > > > > > > > > I am writing an article on "Attitude towards visually > impaired", so please > > feel free to share your opinion and experience. Your > assistance will help me > > to create a real piece. > > > > Thanks in advance > > > > With regards, > > > > Swati sinha > > > > > > > > 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 > > > > > -- > Best Regards, > Zujar Shabbir Kanchwala... > > Hello : 9769371152 > > > > 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 > The INTERNET now has a personality. YOURS! See your Yahoo! Homepage. http://in.yahoo.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
