Hey All,
As all of you know, the last successful meeting conducted by FUSION on August 3rd ,2014 had a great opportunity of sharing of ideas among people of different age-groups, splendid success stories and a positive impact on our new members, I take pleasure in sharing the write-up published in the IIC Magazine on the event. Below is a copy of the write up- Fusion is an innovative effort towards raising awareness about the abilities of disabled people; facilitating and speeding up all-round inclusion; and altering negative mind sets and attitudes to allow diversity to actually become the preferred scenario in mainstream society. Fusion is a face-to-face social network launched by Silver Linings to break barriers and build two-way bridges of friendship, relationships and partnerships between the disabled and the non-disabled world. At this meet, 33 members participated, 21 ofwhom were disabled. In the first session, participants shared elaborate details about themselves and their personal experiences in facing day-to-day life in educational institutions, at the work place and social spaces. This sharing of true life happenings had an overpowering impact on all the non-disabled people, making them look at life with a new vision about the lives of disabled people. The brother of a visually impaired young girl said he had always thought that problems were unique to his sister’s life, but after listening to others he was filled with unlimited hope and encouragement. This was followed by a motivational talk by Ashish Singh, a visually impaired banker, and a talk by Rishi Kawalramani, also with impaired vision, on ‘Maintaining Loving and Harmonious Relationships’. This was followed by an engaging discussion on marriage and relationships. Mr. Anirban, a member of Fusion from its inception, suffers from cerebral palsy. He was helped by a co-Fusion member, Nikita, to find a job and he is now employed at Eyeway. These were very valuable sessions as most of these subjects get left out of any rehabilitation programme and yet are the essence of a complete, productive and happy life which we all deserve. Fusion has directly touched the lives of over 100 people; we hope it will soon become a movement and spread across the country. ■ PREETI MONGA We have our next formal event at IIC in November. Meanwhile , the fusion members continue to cherish their friendships through small meetings and sharing joys and sorrows ! Regards Aditi -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Fusion Silver Linings" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. 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..
