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Concept Note On The Occasion of Golden Jubilee Year In The Memory Of Sir Louis Braille And Dr. B. R. Ambedkar A 1-Day National Conference On Discrimination On The Ground Of Disabilities Jointly Organized On 7TH January 2015 At 10 a.m. By Enabling Unit For Differently Abled And Society For Affirmative Action Lakshmibai College University Of Delhi Convened by Dr. M. P. Yadav Department Of English Concept Note:- The society has been exclusive since the days of antiquity. Due to the prevalent practices of exclusivism human beings in the society have been ostracized not only on the grounds of caste, creed, culture, racism and gender, but even on the ground of physical deficits and disabilities. The role of the governments, nations and society in the erstwhile context of the development of differently abled persons has been quite scant and meager and henceforth, their duties and responsibilities for the upliftment of this vulnerable marginalized section have considerably augmented to a larger extent, especially in the context of elimination of discrimination and grant of social justice. Disabilities have been deemed as prenatal anathema of transgression and an awful social stigma. People with disabilities have suffered more at the hands of vagaries, set social conventions, kinks, prejudices, apathy and andstors than on the ground of their visual and physical deficits. How lamentable it is that the disabilities of the people are viewed first and abilities later, seldom or never. Disabled persons have been facing discrimination for several ages. Discrimination seems to be an inevitable anathema to grind them of their potential values of life and dreams, passions and emotions. It begins with them since infancy and acquisition of disabilities and continues for lifelong be it in family, neighborhood, educational institutions of schools, colleges and universities, built environment, employments and their work places. Disabled persons with a valiant spirit have no doubt combated the physical and social odds and the consecutive strife they have made has certainly helped them to smite and smash ages old barriers. Despite the odds of disabilities, inspite of social kinks and vagaries, set social conventions of prejudices, apathy and andstors against them, differently abled persons after crossing the ages of annihillation, emancipation, and integration, have now assertively and emphatically entered the modern age of liberalism and inclusivism; and such new coinages as differently abled and specially abled have found prominent usages in modern governments, nations and society for persons with disabilities. Almost every differently abled individual has made hard strife, and he/she has taken strides far ahead to the extent of making valuable contributions to the government, nation and society in his / her own commendable way. But nevertheless, the discrimination virus is continuing endlessly, ruthlessly gnawing at the abilities of specially abled persons, be it in the place of work, family, society, neighborhood, or any other built environments. The serious cause of concern is: How to combat and eliminate the discrimination virus? Is it by countering the ages old propogated myths and proverbial sayings meant to tarnish and belittle the image of differently abled persons? Is it by advocating the cause of politics and philosophy of inclusivism? Is it by writing, translating, collecting, compiling and researching disability literature, and advocating for the inclusion of disability education in the curricula of the schools, colleges and universities? Let these questions be left for them profound ponderings, serious discussions and polemic debates of the scholars, intelligentia and academia. But, as the slogan goes: nothing for us without us; So too, let ourselves, the abled and disabled take the initiatives and make it a religion to be bound with and let it act upon us as a constantly binding force to write, translate, research, collect and compile our own literature, history, sociology, philosophy and psychology and advocate for the inclusion of disability education which may with the passage of time eliminate discrimination, paving the way for the social accommodation of differently abled persons in the mainstream of the nation and society. This National Conference beckons forthwith to share the empirical views of the disabled as well as nondisabled scholars and learned academicians on Discrimination On The Ground Of Disabilities. Call for papers and Sub-Themes:- 1 The Most Memorable Experience of Discrimination on the Ground of Disability 2 My Experience of Discrimination in Education on the Ground of Disability 3 My Experience of Discrimination in Employment on the Ground of Disability 4 My Experience of Discrimination in the Office / Place of Work on the Ground of Disability 5 My Experience of Discrimination in the Built Environment on the Ground of Disability 6 My Experience of Discrimination in the Health and Medical Care on the Ground of Disability 7 Gender, caste and race as disabilities 8 Any other but relevant to the theme of the Conference. IMPORTANT TO NOTE:- 1 Papers / views may be presented both in Hindi and English. 2 Abstracts and full papers will be compiled and published in the form of a book and a copy of the same will be made available to the concerned authors / presenters as and when ready. 3 No T.A. / D.A. will be admissible due to extreme paucity of fund. 4 The outstationed participants will have to arrange accommodation and themselves incur expenditure on their boarding, lodging and meals Etc. in Delhi. However, we shall be happily ready to assist as far as possible. 5 Abstracts and full papers may please be mailed on [email protected] 6 For queries please contact Dr. M. P. Yadav on Ph. No. 9868080109 , 9013873622. 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