Pranay whatever word you use it is OK but what are you thinking thats what
is most important. The CM is still in the mode of social responsibility.
The only way I have learnt to control my temper is that I tell myself that
for whatever reason atleast a challenged person gets a job. He then will
become a productive member of Society and not a burden on it. If he is good
at his work then he will make people change their attitude. The colleagues
may still tell their families about the blind person working in their
offfice but they will then say that the blind person does a great job. I
have no problem being referred to as blind in that context.
I have been telling every organisation that works for the disabled -please
dont look at unemployment allowance and concessions except for a stop gap
measure but please look at training and employability. Training and
employability are tough, time consuming and requires a mind set.
As you know tomorrow we have this big hearing, I am dreading it. One of our
groups is insisting on some concessions and some unprecedented powers .
Until now I have fought for a level playing field, reasonable accomodation
and a chance to show our ability.Maybe I will have to divorce myself and
fight only as a lawyer and leave my emotions on this mail.
Kanchan Original Message -----
From: "Pranay Gadodia" <[email protected]>
To: <[email protected]>
Sent: Friday, January 14, 2011 12:22 AM
Subject: Re: [AI] IT companies urged to employ persons with disabilities
Hi,
The below news item says "Chief Minister B.S. Yeddyurappa has called upon
Information Technology (IT) companies to provide employment to persons with
disabilities as part of their corporate social responsibility."
From the head of a state, should not we expect the paradigm shift in his
approach at disability, to look at skilled PwDs as potential workforce which
too can meet industry's requirements, instead of thinking to recruit them as
a "social" responsibility.
Sometimes I feel it should be advocated that the word disability should be
replaced with impairment. Word 'Impairment' neutrally indicates only the not
normal function at sensory or physical level, and does not presume anything
about the abilities of the person.
Similary in Hindi the word 'Viklaang' to my mind is more objective than the
word 'Nishakt'.
Changing the nomenclature which objectively defines the state also is
important to bring a change in how the world thinks about the state.
regards,
Pranay.
----- Original Message ----- From: "pradeep banakar"
<[email protected]>
To: <[email protected]>
Sent: Wednesday, January 12, 2011 9:23 PM
Subject: [AI] IT companies urged to employ persons with disabilities
http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-national/tp-karnataka/article1079312.ece
The Hindu
BANGALORE, January 11, 2011 IT companies urged to employ persons with
disabilities
Special Correspondent
Literate persons can be employed in BPOs, ITES, says Yeddyurappa
Calling for change: Chief Minister B.S. Yeddyurappa, Higher Education
Minister V.S. Acharya, educationist M.K. Sridhar and sportsperson
Malathi Holla inaugurate the national conference on ‘IT for persons
with disabilities' in Bangalore on Monday. — Photo: K. Gopinathan
Chief Minister B.S. Yeddyurappa has called upon Information Technology
(IT) companies to provide employment to persons with disabilities as
part of their corporate social responsibility.
Speaking at the inaugural function of the national conference on ‘IT
for persons with disabilities', organised by the Department of
Information Technology, Biotechnology, and Science & Technology, here
on Monday, Mr. Yeddyurappa said that the law mandated reservation of 3
per cent jobs in the Government sector for persons with disabilities.
Though no such provision existed in the private sector, the IT sector
was capable of providing employment to persons with disabilities who
were literate, he said.
Fifty-two per cent of persons with disabilities were literate,
according to the 2001 Census. The IT sector could fruitfully employ
such persons in Business Process Outsourcing units (BPO), Information
Technology Enabled Services (ITES) and for software development and
technical writing.
He cited the example of companies such as IBM, Wipro and Microsoft,
which were employing persons with disabilities.
Of the 7 lakh jobs expected to be created as part of the deals signed
during the recent Global Investors Meet in Bangalore, as many as 3
lakh were in the IT sector.
Mr. Yeddyurappa expressed optimism over the creation of another 4
million jobs through the proposed Information Technology Investment
Region (ITIR) near Devanahalli.
He also called upon IT companies to make their workplaces disabled-friendly.
Higher Education Minister V.S. Acharya, who also holds additional
charge of IT and BT Department, lamented that precious little had been
done for the benefit of persons with disabilities.
Neither had they been provided job opportunities nor had a
“barrier-free” environment been created for their benefit, he said.
He reiterated the Chief Minister's appeal to the private sector to
provide employment to persons with disabilities.
Executive Director of Karnataka Knowledge Commission M.K. Sridhar, who
delivered the keynote address, emphasised the need for companies which
employed persons with disabilities not to view the gesture as
“charity” but as their “right”.
Out of the 600 million disabled persons worldwide, as much as 80 per
cent lived in developing countries, he said.
Website launched
Earlier, Mr. Acharya launched a website, www.itforpwd.com, which seeks
to provide a platform for leveraging the benefits of IT tools to help
integrate persons with disabilities into the mainstream. Mr.
Yeddyurappa felicitated Charudatta Yadav, who developed the world's
chess software with speech, Naveed Aslam Hagalvadi, an IT personality,
and Pavithra Y.S., who runs a BPO employing only disabled persons.
Sportsperson Malathi Holla and Principal Secretary to the Department
of IT, BT and Science & Technology Ashok Kumar C. Manoli were present.
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Precious little has been done for the benefit of persons with
disabilities: Acharya
‘View gesture of employing persons with disabilities not as charity
but as their right'
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With Regards
Pradeep T.S
Email: [email protected]
Mobile: 9845925188
Skype: pradeepsocialwork
