wow! a good news comes to us, by the grace of god, and hard efforts of kanchan pamnani mam. thank you, mam, for all of your nice efforts. you're doing fantastic work.
folks, join me to cheer this girl and our own kanchan mam after reading the news below. --- HC lets blind girl take up physiotherapy Rebecca Samervel, TNN, Aug 3, 2010, 03.44am IST MUMBAI: Visually impaired Kritika Purohit (17) created a history of sorts on Monday, when the Bombay high court granted her provisional admission to the physiotherapy course at G S Medical College. Purohit is probably the first visually challenged student in the state to have got through a physiotherapy course. Even as it granted her the permission, the HC division bench, of Chief Justice Mohit Shah and Justice S C Dharmadhikar, chastised the government, saying when disabled people were trying to make a difference, the state should change their mindset and give them a chance. Purohit moved the high court when she was barred from appearing for the MH-CET exams. The HC, however, allowed her to take the exams and after clearing it, Purohit sought admission to the physiotherapy course at G S Medical College. However, the institute denied her admission; the state said Purohit was not being granted admission on the grounds that "the course required handling of certain electrical devices that might pose a problem for the student''. Purohit's lawyer Kanchan Pamnani, also visually impaired, said it would be difficult for her to study but not impossible. Ordering the authorities to grant her provisional admission and the chance to attend classes, the court said, "This mindset has to change. You must feel from within...many families have disabled people. That doesn't mean you don't accept them.'' "Nothing is going to work out unless you make a beginning somewhere sometime,'' said Chief Justice Shah. Purohit's parents Shekar and Shaswati could hardly hold back tears. "Kritika lost her sight when she was nine years old. But even at that age, she was interested in science and wanted to do physiotherapy. We are very proud of her,'' said her mother. --- regards, Prateek agarwal. Skype: Prateek_agarwal32 Wanna see inside me? My blog is the telescope: http://www.myfriendprateek.blogspot.com website: http://www.prateekagarwal.webs.com the best way to accomplish your softwares/websites development needs. You tell, I’ll build. Voice your thoughts in the blog to discuss the Rights of persons with disability bill at: http://www.accessindia.org.in/harish/blog.htm 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
