Need of amending the National Trust Act tuning to UNCRPD

Dear All

Goodmorning

HAPPY VIJAYA DASAMI

Happy to see and read so much of discussion going on the process of amending our Disability Acts tuning to UNCRPD.

We all should be happy and get best out of this process.

It is the day of Technology and Specialization.

We all need to move forward with positive attitude for getting the right thing to PWDs as RIGHT. There should not be any dispute on this.

All our strengths should be used for empowerment of the PWDs and to create an inclusive / barrier free environment.

After understanding the issues/ process, my comments / suggestions are as follows:

@ The Notional Trust Act is the specialized one on need based and should be retained with amendment tuning to UNCRPD. From specialization, movement / development should move forward but not for generalization (backward).

@ Four types of Disabilities covered under NT i.e., Mental Retardation, Autism, Cerebral Palsy and Multiple Disabilities should be retained with out additions or deletions.

@ NT Act has certainly got better awareness among the stakeholders and reach of its programmes is significant. For example NIRAMAYA & ASMITHA are very good schemes and the later is the answer for the long pending question of a parent that "what will happen to the child after us.

@Thanks to the technology and now every information is available at the click of a mouse. It is up to us to access and create further access / awareness. It is the fact that, we should not wait for others to do for which we are supposed to do.

I have expressed these views on some forums meant for amendments and several participants have accepted to move in the line of specialization rather than coming back to the generalization.

Lets hope for the unity and strong networking for getting the right thing for the right group in an healthy and barrier free environment....

Hope, the feelings are very clear with right based concept and I will be happy to be in touch with all of you for sharing & doing the best in this regard...

Looking forward ...

with thanks