"They do get job like that of a waiter", Please tell this lady that whatever facilities we get, We are proud to have visually impaired people working in different fields in our country that too in large numbers. I really doubt that the article has done justice with her thought process. If it has indeed done that, She is badly ill informed about India.
Thanks, Ajay On 10/21/15, akshun mahajan <akshunmahajan...@gmail.com> wrote: > I met Ms. Jasika in AICB conference and she discussed the same with me . > She was enjoying the trip very much and she tole me that most probably > she would visit india in December as well. > > > On 10/21/15, avinash shahi <shahi88avin...@gmail.com> wrote: >> Any reactions? I think she is ill-informed. And why to compare India >> with Switzerland? don't we have hundreds of switzerland in India in >> population/region-wise? >> http://www.thehindu.com/news/national/telangana/no-support-system-for-blind-in-india/article7779142.ece >> Blind people in India don’t have it easy. Apart from not having much >> infrastructure to assist their commute in public, their lack of vision >> is also seen as an impairment to do several other things, with >> attaining jobs being one among them. >> >> However, 33-year-old Jessica Consuli, who runs the Casa Andrina, a >> centre for visually impaired in Lugano, Switzerland, feels that life >> can be normal for them provided they have access to infrastructure. >> From skiing to living their life completely on their own, Ms. Consuli, >> who was in Hyderabad a week ago for a conference, talks to Yunus Y. >> Lasania about the contrast in the lives of the visually impaired in >> India and her home country. >> >> How does Casa Andrina as an institution do to help the blind? What is >> the biggest difference between the visually impaired in Switzerland >> and here? >> >> The institution teaches blind people, and conducts activities for >> them. What I have seen so far is that there are no opportunities for >> the blind in India, be it jobs or anything. In fact, they even go >> skiing back in Switzerland! It’s amazing, because they just depend on >> the audio which tells them to go left or right. >> >> How different is it for such people in Switzerland? Do they receive >> help from the government? >> >> Over there, the government will pay for them, put them in a school. We >> have teachers in Switzerland who go from institution to institution to >> find out about what kind of support systems blind children require. >> >> Since there is a system for the visually impaired in Switzerland, how >> does it help them? >> >> The most difficult thing for them is to be independent, but they do >> get jobs like that of a waiter. For example, there is a restaurant >> where people eat in the dark and blind people work there. We have a >> blind person who is a politician! And another who is in-charge of a >> school. >> >> What do you think can be done in India to help visually impaired >> people then? Since there isn’t much infrastructure in the first place, >> what are the basic amenities that can be provided? >> >> Institutions are very important to help those who cannot see, and they >> need to be independent. Second, I have not really seen many blind >> people using dogs. In Switzerland, it is common to see them using dogs >> as guides. >> >> -- >> Avinash Shahi >> Doctoral student at Centre for Law and Governance JNU >> >> >> >> 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/accessindia@accessindia.org.in/ >> >> To unsubscribe send a message to >> accessindia-requ...@accessindia.org.in >> 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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