Positive side is that disabled people must be getting more and more independent assisted by technology and other modern day support systems also getting more and more financially independent. Down side is probably not many non disabled family members want to have anything to do with them. Probabely they dont have the time or inclination to do so.There is also a possibility that people are getting less tolerant to one another! Everyone wants to do what they want to, not wanting to make adjustments. Just a few thoughts. Preeti
Preeti Monga Director Mobile: +91 9871701646 Landline: 011 22781446 E-mail: [email protected] Website: www.silver-linings.co.in ; www.silver-linings.org Our Services: Executive Search - Specializing in Head Hunting. Training Motivation; Stress Management; Soft Skill; Behavioral. Gifting Corporate ; Promotional; Events. End to end CSR Advisory; including demystifying workshops and counseling. Printing Solutions, Incentive Travel and Marketing Data Mining / Refining.. We assure high quality service marked with excellence and complete customer centricity, forming Synergies as we go along. -----Original Message----- From: AccessIndia [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of avinash shahi Sent: Friday, August 29, 2014 11:29 AM To: accessindia Subject: [AI] Census 2011: latest figures on disabled people and household size released Can we discuss why people with disabilities are increasingly living alone? http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/1-2-million-disabled-people-live-al one-in-India/articleshow/41138396.cms?intenttarget=no NEW DELHI: At least 1.2 million disabled people in India are living in households consisting only of people with disability. While the total population the disabled increased by just over 22 per cent over a decade, from almost 22 million in the Census 2001 to 26.8 million in 2011, the number of disabled people living on their own has nearly doubled, jumping by 84 per cent in the same period. This is revealed in the latest figures on disabled people and household size released by the census. About 6.3 lakh disabled people lived alone in single member households and 2.7 lakh two-member households had two disabled people each (about 5.5 lakh in all) staying on their own in households without any non-disabled person. While single member households consisting of a lone person with disability increased by 48 per cent from 4.2 lakh in 2001 to 6.3 lakh in 2011, the number of two-member households in which both were disabled increased almost one and a half times from 1.1 lakh to 2.7 lakh in the same period. Among the larger states, Jammu & Kashmir has the highest proportion of households with at least one person with disability, over 12 per cent, followed by Odisha with 10 per cent of such households. Interestingly, in Delhi and Tamil Nadu, which have strong disability rights movements compared to other states, only 5 per cent of households were identified as having one or more disabled people. These movements have consistently maintained that official data is underestimating the actual number of disabled people in India. In the 2011 census, 92 per cent of the nearly 25 crore households in the country had no disabled people. Over two crore households had one or more disabled people. Almost 71 per cent of these households (1.46 crore) were in rural areas while the remaining 60.5 lakh-plus households were in urban areas. There was a fall in the proportion of households with one or more disabled people from about 10 per cent in 2001 to just 8 per cent in 2011, though the absolute number of such households has gone up by over 20 lakh or 2 million. -- Avinash Shahi Doctoral student at Centre for Law and Governance JNU Register at the dedicated AccessIndia list for discussing accessibility of mobile phones / Tabs on: http://mail.accessindia.org.in/mailman/listinfo/mobile.accessindia_accessind ia.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.. 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..
