LATTEST BLOG

Spinal cord injury

Sat, 16 May 2009 00:00:00 GMT

ashok hans took up the issue with the ministry of social justice and found a willing supporter in menaka gandhi, the minister in charge. she visited orissa and the centre and agreed that it should up set up by smrc. in all, four regional spinal injury centres (gauhati, bhubaneswar, chandigarh and bareilly) were agreed upon. though the chief minister sri naveen pattnaik was...

Disability laws and convention

Sat, 16 May 2009 00:00:00 GMT

in coordination with the national movement a programme was launched for the implementation of the disability act with its notification in orissa in 1997. many branches soon were formed - some like share: (shared adventure, recreation, and entertainment) which smrc set up under the leadership of gourang sinha, our physiotherapist, in 1996, had a number of later day...

Women & disability

Sat, 16 May 2009 00:00:00 GMT

women are generally discriminated due to gender bias but disabled women face compound discrimination by being both women and disabled. isolation and confinement based on culture and traditions, attitudes and prejudices often affect disabled women more than men. some societies go so far as to assign fault to a mother who gives birth to a disabled child, especially so if the...

Disaster and disability

Sat, 16 May 2009 00:00:00 GMT

in recent times it has been increasingly recognized that persons with disability suffer disproportionately during disasters. in disasters such as the tsunami, katrina and the earthquake in pakistan and india, it has been documented that disasters not only create impairment, but those who already have a disability before a crisis may become further marginalized and excluded because...