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With regards, S..K. Rungta On Mon, Jan 5, 2015 at 12:30 PM, NAB Helpline <[email protected]> wrote: > Greetings from NAB helpline > > > > 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. > > Celebrating Louis Braille birthday Jan4th > > > > 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. 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