Ma’am, if someone chooses to remain inactive though he has the power, he too is a criminal.
Second, if you point out a particular person asking him for help, your chances of getting help go up. Seeing one person acting, others also come forrward. Bystander apathy and social proof have more details, and all the blind must know about these concepts. Sent from my iPhone > On 19-Jan-2019, at 12:25 PM, Kanchan Pamnani <kanchanpamn...@gmail.com> wrote: > > Time of India 30th December 2018 > > Making the Indian Railways more disabled-friendly > > Virali Modi, 27, Disability rights activist IMG-20181226-WA0007 In 2008, > Virali Modi, who uses a wheelchair, was molested by two porters at a Mumbai > railway station as they carried her onto the train. "When we got inside the > compartment, the man holding my upper body wrapped his arms around my chest > and started touching and groping me," recalls Modi, adding that there was > "pin drop silence" from fellow commuters, who witnessed the abuse. "I didn't > say anything because I was scared they would drop me on the floor," she > adds. Modi, who lives between Mumbai and Kansas City, was so worried about > being "slut shamed" that she endured the same abuse on two other occasions > without raising her voice. However, these incidents impressed on her the > need for railway stations to be made more accessible. So, in 2017, she > started #MyTrainToo, an online petition, which has garnered over 2,33,000 > signatures to date. Her campaign caught the attention of a railway official > in Kerala, who embraced the cause. Currently, six stations in Kerala have > been fitted with portable ramps and narrow, aisle-size wheelchairs. Modi, > 27, became paralysed in 2006 in the US after numerous lumbar punctures were > performed in an effort to diagnose what she believes was a bout of malaria. > After waking up from a 23-day coma to find herself paralysed from the neck > down, Modi spiralled into depression, even attempting suicide twice, because > she was shunned by friends and family. "My distant relatives discouraged > their children from hanging out with me by saying, 'Don't hang out with > Virali or you will also become disabled,'" she recalls. "So, I have faced > that 'contagious wali' mindset." Modi, who was runner up in a Ms. Wheelchair > pageant, would like to pursue a career as a model and actress but has found > it difficult to break into the field because of her disability. So for now, > she is focusing on the campaign #RampMyRestaurant, which aims to make > eateries more accessible. "I hope to create more awareness and acceptance," > says Modi. "I want visibility for those with disabilities in mainstream > media, social and corporate spaces." - Nergish Sunavala > > > > > > --- > This email has been checked for viruses by AVG. > https://www.avg.com > > 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. AI cannot be held liable for any commission/omission based on the mails > sent through this mailing list.. > 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. AI cannot be held liable for any commission/omission based on the mails sent through this mailing list..
