While the rest of the world is focused on Swine flu and India is just recording the first of its confirmed cases, places like Bangalore have another virus that is doing the rounds. Like in pervious years this virus too has the potential to reach pandemic proportions and yet, few, least of all the government [...]
Are PWDs a Burden to Their Families? In early August 2008 , India witnessed an interesting debate sparked off by a couple in Mumbai who wanted to abort their 6 month old fetus, after doctors reported that the child would be born with a congenital heart condition that would require medical care throughout the child’s [...]
Are PWD a Burden to Their Families? Early this month the country witnessed an interesting debate sparked off by a couple in Mumbai who wanted to abort their 6 month old fetus, after doctors reported that the child would be born with a congenital heart condition that would require medical care throughout the child’s life. [...]
A little known disability IN PERSPECTIVE Muscular dystrophy is a largely unknown disability that needs clinical intervention at an early stage. While travelling in rural Bangalore, I remember meeting a bright little 12-year-old lad. His mother told me that he was the topper in his class but had to abandon school in the 5th standard. [...]
Spinal Cord Injury Besides physical and psychological rehabilitation, persons with SCI also need economic independence to lead a dignified life. It is difficult to hazard a guess on the number of people that exist in India with Spinal Cord Injuries (SCI). However, it could well be somewhere between the Chinese figures of 65 cases per [...]
Let us talk Autism IN PERSPECTIVE Part of the answer lies in the educational system adopting a more flexible approach. These days, children with autism and their parents are an excited lot. Finally through a two hour commercial film they can expect a little more understanding, from their relatives, friends, teachers, peers and associates. A [...]
Mental Illness as Disability IN PERSPECTIVE The issue of mental illness needs to be brought to the centre stage. Worldwide, there are believed to be around 450 million people suffering from mental or behavioural disorders. 14 per cent of all global disease burden is attributed to mental disorders. There is one psychiatrist for 10,000 people [...]
IN PERSPECTIVE Access to health services is a matter of growing concern everywhere and to everyone, with Government budgets falling and rapid privatization, access to health care is becoming yet another symbol of social inequality. What happens to marginalized sections like people with disabilities (PWDs) who are dependent on public health care services for long [...]
Where women fall, There the grass grows. Greener for the fertility. They fall Acid burnt, Charred, Cut to pieces (sometimes cooked), Beaten, Bloody, Diseased, Violated, Unloved, Objectified, Vilified, Demonized, Haunted, Taunted, Deluding, Where women fall, There the grass grows. Greener for the fertility. In three days it shall be 8th March. Another Womens Day, that [...]
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