60 million people in India are disabled: How we can help them?

Collectively we can do anything for them, we can even develop a paralel economy to them, everything seperately and exclussively for them by developing city for handicaped every here and there.

Good idea Purvi!! But when it comes to our government, you know the old proverb "If wishes were horses...."

Nonetheless, it is imperative that infrastructure takes priority in the minds of the government and they take the initiative immediately!! Thanks for the refeeral!

Hi Purvi!

I appreciate you on taking this topic for people to comment.Yes its true that many places are not disable friendly eventhough people dohave their hearts close to these people to help them .But many disabled people feel depndant when they are helped which they do not like and feel that they are as good as any one who is not disabled.

Hence we have to understand their problems andinstead of sympathy have empathyto ensure that such peoplehave facilities that either the infrastructure or the science and t4chnology can be of use these people .

The infrastruct whatever it may be should first consider the disabled first as abled can get over any infrastructure whatsoever it may be.I mean the planning staage itse;f planners to consider the points in mind to plan things that are suitable foa ny disable person andmake the infrasture as much as ble friendly to the disabled also.

Kind regards

Major M Rajendran(retd)

rmariagn@yahoo.com

i also of the openion that analyse the disability scientifically & rehabilitate on their strength is the better solution for the desables ...cos u all must have seen many times on TV that the disable 1 which apperantly looking complete disable r doing miracle & it is possible because he/she has analyse their own strength & have work hard & got the achivement. & by this he/she shall be self dependent. &shall have full of positivity.& can be a member of regular society( not disabled)

I'm really taken back by seeing that majority of people support "DEVELOPING INFRASTRUCTURE WHICH IS DISABLED FRIENDLY".... What is disability & where does it reside??? I think it resides more in our minds then anywhere else.

In a way we all are disabled because some of us cant' climb a coconut tree while others can... some of us can't swim while others can..... & so on....

I think it is us as a community which make these people think they are less capable & disabled. It is us who are responsible for having so many beggars by giving money to them. US!!

I think if one really wants to help then he should help them the other way round. Concentrate on their strengths...teach them how to come over against all odds just by having will power to do so.

I think we can learn a lot from our villages. I've seen how they us a generator as a engine for powering vehicle just to name a few tricks. they are not engineers but they have their own vehicle built. they call it "Jugaad".

At last I would like to say that these disabled people can be more able than you & me. 

Search on net you will find many such examples one such example that I remember is Stephen Hawkins

Hi Abhinav, good idea. I support you, we should improve the commutation system for the disabled. Transportation system which is presently in India cannot be used by the disabled , so we should come up with new technology oriented transportation system which will help the disabled. This will give them motivation and they will stop depending on other for their work.

Thanks.....

In a way, I agree with Nagarajan, if we set up training institutes for disabled it will help them. But I think that it can be done by us Indians also, and I believe there are such institutes.

The whole idea is to make these people comfortable, because unless a person has their own self-confidence they cannot face the world as a whole.

Agreed with Dheeraj, we should ask them about their problems and then giving priority of what should be done first!