Having faced the situation myself, I feel it is not about vision challenge or having other disabilities. I find ground staff of airlines lacking commonsense. For instance, they insisted that I must be taken to the aircraft on a wheelchair despite me insisting that I am only blind and can walk with assistance. Had shout and tell them forcefully that I would only walk. Secondly, it is high time NGOs take up sensitization of airlines staff starting from the captain and his assistant on the cockpit to flight attendant and ground staff. Some time ago, I also happened to interview an institute that trains people on airline jobs. I understood that little or no training had been given to understand disabled passengers. They said they would consider a request to incorporate such a training, but nothing much happened. I guess if CCPD or competent authorities order them to make disability passengers component compulsory, then those institutes will have to teach them. This will also prevent ground staff feigning ignorance.
Subramani On 2/25/14, Neelima Surve <[email protected]> wrote: > Very sad! > > I think, somehow, it will become an easy to understand a person is > blind. But, what about the person who is severely handicapped like > that prof. > > -- > God examine those whom loves he the most. > > > > Register at the dedicated AccessIndia list for discussing accessibility of > mobile phones / Tabs on: > http://mail.accessindia.org.in/mailman/listinfo/mobile.accessindia_accessindia.org.in > > > Search for old postings at: > http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ > > 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 > > > Disclaimer: > 1. Contents of the mails, factual, or otherwise, reflect the thinking of the > person sending the mail and AI in no way relates itself to its veracity; > > 2. AI cannot be held liable for any commission/omission based on the mails > sent through this mailing list.. > -- L. Subramani, Snr. Subeditor, Deccan Herald, Bangalore, M: 91-7204322451 Facebook: Subramani Lakshminarayanan Twitter: lsubramani60873 Linkedin: L. Subramani website: http://www.lsubramani.com If you are someone who need personal help to cope with blindness, a little friendly chat about things that bother you or just an ear to listen to your fears and frustrations, please don't hesitate to get in touch. I've been through that and I can help. Just leave your questions and if you don't want to give your name, that's fine. Are you an HR exec, a volunteer, a friend/relative of someone going through blindness or do you want to understand disability because it's part of something that you are working on?... Pl get in touch for volunteer help. Register at the dedicated AccessIndia list for discussing accessibility of mobile phones / Tabs on: http://mail.accessindia.org.in/mailman/listinfo/mobile.accessindia_accessindia.org.in Search for old postings at: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ 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 Disclaimer: 1. Contents of the mails, factual, or otherwise, reflect the thinking of the person sending the mail and AI in no way relates itself to its veracity; 2. AI cannot be held liable for any commission/omission based on the mails sent through this mailing list..
