Hello Interesting story indeed, Read on. Harish Kotian.
From: Disability News and Information Service [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: 15 March 2011 14:43 To: [email protected] Subject: The amazing story of Neeta Panchal Dear Friends, Please read below the inspiring story of Neeta Panchal, a young woman with disability. She is the Secretary of Disability Advocacy Group (DAG). DAG is a network of people with disabilities in Gujarat which is slowly building a strong rights based movement in the State to oppose a deep rooted charity mindset of NGOs working for people with disabilities. In Neeta's words' "A platform where everyone comes in her/his individual capacity. We do not believe in the tag of an organisation. Our only identity at DAG is that we are people with disabilities." "You move forward in life with your intellect and thoughts, not with your legs," Neeta Panchal<http://dnis.org/interview.php?issue_id=3&volume_id=8&interview_id=160> I first saw her when she wheeled herself into the coffee shop of the hotel I was staying in Ahmedabad. She and her husband made an interesting sight! People who had come down for dinner stopped in their stride. Her husband on crutches with their baby boy in a sling tied on his chest and she following on her wheelchair. It was endearing, if not anything. And then when she starts talking and you get to know her, you realise she is a bundle of energy with a zeal for disability rights. Her vivaciousness is infectious. Meet Neeta Panchal of Disability Advocacy Group, Gujarat as she shares her story with Dorodi Sharma of D.N.I.S. To read the full interview, please visit: http://dnis.org/interview.php?issue_id=3&volume_id=8&interview_id=160 -- Communication Unit: National Centre for Promotion of Employment for Disabled People (NCPEDP) A -77, South Extension Part II New Delhi - 110 049, India Tel.: 91-11-26265647 / 26265648 Websites: www.ncpedp.org<http://www.ncpedp.org/> and www.dnis.org<http://www.dnis.org/> -- Communication Unit: National Centre for Promotion of Employment for Disabled People (NCPEDP) A -77, South Extension Part II New Delhi - 110 049, India Tel.: 91-11-26265647 / 26265648 Websites: www.ncpedp.org<http://www.ncpedp.org/> and www.dnis.org<http://www.dnis.org/> ________________________________ Notice: This email and any files transmitted with it are confidential and intended solely for the use of the individual or entity to whom they are addressed. If you are not the intended recipient, any dissemination, use, review, distribution, printing or copying of the information contained in this e-mail message and/or attachments to it are strictly prohibited. If you have received this email by error, please notify us by return e-mail or telephone and immediately and permanently delete the message and any attachments. The recipient should check this email and any attachments for the presence of viruses. The Reserve Bank of India accepts no liability for any damage caused by any virus transmitted by this email. 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
