Well,
Abuse is multi dimensional and it surely includes financial abuse, even though
report explicitly mentions it only once.
Gathering data about use of scholarships is not such a difficult question
either.
Attributing motives to such a finding seems farfetched to me.
..
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-----Original Message-----
From: [email protected]
[mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of harish
Sent: Sunday, April 18, 2010 7:24 PM
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Subject: Re: [AI] Misuse of scholarship for differently abled: study
Hello
It seems this news report has distorted the findings. The scope of the study
is:
"Identify the dynamics of abuse, which includes comprehensive assessment of
emotional, physical and sexual in the lives of women with disabilities; "
The scholarship utilisation is not within the scope of the study then how
did they draw this conclusion?
This seems to be a ploy to waterdown scholarships given to disabled persons.
Folks be on the guard.
Harish Kotian
----- Original Message -----
From: "Gopalakrishnan" <[email protected]>
To: "Access India" <[email protected]>
Sent: Sunday, April 18, 2010 5:31 PM
Subject: [AI] Misuse of scholarship for differently abled: study
> Misuse of scholarship for differently abled: study
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> Karthik Madhavan
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> COIMBATORE: The majority of differently abled persons who receive
> scholarships do not get to enjoy the same, a study has found.
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> "Fifty-three per cent of the 600 girls and women interviewed have
> complained that scholarship in money and kind was taken away by family
> members and care takers," says the Avinashilingam University of Women,
> Coimbatore, study on 'Prevalence of Violence Among Disabled Girls/Women.'
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>
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> Fifty per cent visually impaired, 76.7 per cent hearing impaired, 38.7
> physically challenged and 66 per cent mentally challenged have complained
> of the scholarship money being used by others.
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>
> The UGC-sponsored study interviewed 150 persons each belonging to the
> aforementioned four disabilities from Chennai, Coimbatore and Madurai. And
> each of the cities accounted for equal number of subjects in all the
> special categories. The period of study: 2007-09.
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> It has also found that girls with disabilities from residential schools
> suffered more compared to their counterparts at integrated and special
> schools. Likewise, differently abled girls in Coimbatore and Madurai
> underwent more physical violence compared to those in Chennai.
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>
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> The same is true of psychological violence and financial exploitation as
> well.
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> On the question of sexual violence, the study, carried out by the
> Department of Special Education, has reveals that only five per cent were
> abused and the abusers were mostly strangers.
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> The study's Principal Investigator Premavathy Vijayan, Co-Principal
> Investigator G. Victoria Naomi and Project Fellow S. Suganya say the
> purpose was to "Identify the dynamics of abuse, which includes
> comprehensive assessment of emotional, physical and sexual in the lives of
> women with disabilities; develop training packages for defence; and,
> identify abusers/perpetrators and their relationship to the victim."
>
>
>
> There is a list of recommendations as well. It suggests the need for legal
> protection against abuse, providing information to the victim about
> intervention centres and services available in the community and level of
> accessibility, providing enough shelter homes for badly treated women and
> sensitisation to police personnel to register complaints from persons with
> disabilities.
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> Date:18/04/2010
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> URL:
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> http://www.thehindu.com/2010/04/18/stories/2010041857990100.htm
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