Date: Sun, 26 Feb 2012 02:50:55 +0530
Subject: WHY THE STATUS QUO WILL NEVER CHANGE: PART 2
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Dear Friends,
It has been exactly one week since a person with Cerebral Palsy was forced to
deplane from a Spicejet flight from Kolkata to Goa. Since the incident, much
has been written and said about it, both in the disability sector and in the
media.
SO FAR:
1: Spicejet 'apologising' for the 'inconvenience', announced that they will
start an internal inquiry into the incident.
2: Office of the Chief Commissioner for Persons with Disabilities (CCPD) issued
a show cause notice to Spicejet.
3: Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment (MSJE) wrote to Secretary,
Ministry of Civil Aviation seeking an inquiry into the incident and for action
to be taken against those guilty.
4: After facing flak, Minister, MSJE finally met his Civil Aviation counterpart
to discuss the issue.
5: Ministry of Civil Aviation has been silent on this issue.
6: The second time Chairperson of National Trust for Welfare of Persons with
Autism, Cerebral Palsy, Mental Retardation & Multiple Disabilities has not
utterted a single word so far!
TANGIBLE RESULTS TILL NOW: NOTHING
LATEST NEWS: SPICEJET HAS FINISHED ITS 'FORMAL INQUIRY'.
Here is the bombshell.
Spicejet has said, "We regret the inconvenience caused to the passenger as the
entire incident was inadvertent. Further to the inquiry, we have sensitised all
our employees on the needs of these passengers (suffering from Cerebral Palsy)
for better care."
"In order to improve general understanding of Cerebral Palsy, Spicejet will
make a donation of Rs. 1 lakh to a charity which supports in improving the
understanding of the disease," the spokesperson added.
The full media report is appended below.
Please note that for Spicejet, this incident was only an 'inconvenience'. That
too, caused 'inadvertently'. To a young lady "suffering" from a "disease"
called Cerebral Palsy. They already have 'sensitised' ALL their employees and
incase any further awareness is required to be created in the country on this
"disease", they have magnanimously decided to contribute a whopping sum of
Rupees 1 lakh to a "charity".
This extraordinary development provides an excellent opportunity for the Civil
Aviation Minister, the Social Justice Minister, the Civil Aviation Secretary,
the Social Justice Secretary, the Chief Commissioner for Persons with
Disabilities, the National Trust Chairperson, Padma Shri Dr. Mithu Alur and
Padma Shri Dr. Sudha Kaul to form yet another Committee in order to decide as
to what should be now done with this more than generous offer made by
Spicejet!!!
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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 and www.dnis.org
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Lack of info on Cerebral Palsy led to woman's offloading: Spice
http://www.dnaindia.com/india/report_lack-of-info-on-cerebral-palsy-led-to-woman-s-offloading-spice_1654416
The Spicejet today said the incident of a differently-abled woman being
offloaded from its Kolkata-Mumbai flight last Sunday was "inadvertent" and due
to lack of information about and understanding of Cerebral Palsy.
The airline said "the formal inquiry in this regard has been completed. We
regret the inconvenience caused to the passenger as the entire incident was
inadvertent."
"Further to the inquiry, we have sensitised all our employees on the needs of
these passengers (suffering from Cerebral Palsy) for better care," a Spicejet
spokesperson said in a statement.
"In order to improve, general understanding of Cerebral palsy, Spicejet will
make a donation of Rs1 lakh to a charity which supports in improving the
understanding of the disease," the spokesperson said.
J Ghosh (40) was not allowed by the crew members of Spicejet's Kolkata-Mumbai
flight to fly alleging she was a mental patient and that it was not safe for
the airline to allow her inside the aircraft on Sunday last at the NSC Bose
International Airport in Kolkata.
After being denied the permission to fly, Ghosh had lodged a complaint with
SpiceJet authorities.
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