Re: [AI] New York Times: Growing Up With a Disabled Sibling, By RACHEL ADAMS

2013-11-02 Thread afroz ali
. Go for it! -Original Message- From: Rahul Bajaj rahul.bajaj10...@gmail.com Date: Fri, 1 Nov 2013 18:27:44 To: accessindia@accessindia.org.in Subject: Re: [AI] New York Times: Growing Up With a Disabled Sibling, By RACHEL ADAMS Hi all, According to me, it is not fair to put the entire

Re: [AI] New York Times: Growing Up With a Disabled Sibling, By RACHEL ADAMS

2013-11-01 Thread Shireen Irani
well, at the same time we mustn't forget the bleak other side of things. there are also a lot of parents who do exactly the opposite and neglect their blind children if they have other so called normal kids. a student of mine was driven to suicide because he wanted to shift to another city to

Re: [AI] New York Times: Growing Up With a Disabled Sibling, By RACHEL ADAMS

2013-11-01 Thread avinash shahi
Rightly said Shireen Majority of parants, unless proven wrong consider a disabled child as liability. So investments of all kinds, are directed towards care-givers rather than for enhancing their capabilities to live an independent and dignified life. On 11/1/13, Shireen Irani

Re: [AI] New York Times: Growing Up With a Disabled Sibling, By RACHEL ADAMS

2013-11-01 Thread George Abraham
Message- From: AccessIndia [mailto:accessindia-boun...@accessindia.org.in] On Behalf Of avinash shahi Sent: 01 November 2013 12:15 To: AccessIndia: a list for discussing accessibility and issues concerning the disabled. Subject: Re: [AI] New York Times: Growing Up With a Disabled Sibling, By RACHEL

Re: [AI] New York Times: Growing Up With a Disabled Sibling, By RACHEL ADAMS

2013-11-01 Thread Rahul Bajaj
: Growing Up With a Disabled Sibling, By RACHEL ADAMS Rightly said Shireen Majority of parants, unless proven wrong consider a disabled child as liability. So investments of all kinds, are directed towards care-givers rather than for enhancing their capabilities to live an independent

Re: [AI] New York Times: Growing Up With a Disabled Sibling, By RACHEL ADAMS

2013-11-01 Thread George Abraham
accessibility and issues concerning the disabled. Subject: Re: [AI] New York Times: Growing Up With a Disabled Sibling, By RACHEL ADAMS Hi all, According to me, it is not fair to put the entire blame on the parents. When any parent finds out that his child is blind, he experiences a great sense

Re: [AI] New York Times: Growing Up With a Disabled Sibling, By RACHEL ADAMS

2013-10-31 Thread Shireen Irani
a wonderful piece. u truely deserve special thanx for bringing to light such diverse nuances of disability with such beautiful pieces of writing on these forums. keep up the great work. thank u avinash. On 10/31/13, avinash shahi shahi88avin...@gmail.com wrote: “Mom, when are you going to write

Re: [AI] New York Times: Growing Up With a Disabled Sibling, By RACHEL ADAMS

2013-10-31 Thread Anirban Mukherjee
good one, very good one! On 10/31/13, Shireen Irani shireen@gmail.com wrote: a wonderful piece. u truely deserve special thanx for bringing to light such diverse nuances of disability with such beautiful pieces of writing on these forums. keep up the great work. thank u avinash. On

Re: [AI] New York Times: Growing Up With a Disabled Sibling, By RACHEL ADAMS

2013-10-31 Thread avinash shahi
What has been experience of members, that would be more thought-provoking perhaps. My elder sister always asked my parants why Avinash is in Delhi and she studied in Gorakhpur? And there are many more examples,you know. On 10/31/13, Anirban Mukherjee sparsha.anir...@gmail.com wrote: good one,

[AI] New York Times: Growing Up With a Disabled Sibling, By RACHEL ADAMS

2013-10-31 Thread avinash shahi
“Mom, when are you going to write a book about me?” my 7-year-old son, Noah, asked as we sat on the floor of his room, surrounded by packing materials from the box that had arrived earlier that day. Inside were copies of my new book, each with a picture of me holding Noah’s brother, Henry, on the