Fed up seeing status updates about inclusion on my Facebook wall? Or
did it really impact you and invoke you to think about Inclusive India? At
least the Facebook updates on India Inclusion Summit page instilled me think
about inclusion.
If you too are impacted by India Inclusion Summit impel on Inclusive
India and wish to join hands in creating Inclusive India, here are 5 simple
ways for you to get started with supporting inclusion
1.
Understand the need
for Inclusion
Without understanding the root causes of any problem it is difficult
to find a good solution to fix it. Therefore before diving into Inclusive India
campaign or blindly raising hands to support inclusion, take some time out and
start thinking about what is inclusion, why is there a need for inclusion?
No doubt, Google is the best place to start your research. However
there are few blog posts
at India Inclusion Summit
website that could help you gain a good understanding on the what, why and
the need for Inclusion
2.
Change your attitude towards people with disabilities
Often we tend to look at physically challenged people or people with
any disability with sympathy. This is because we feel they are handicapped and
cannot do many tasks the same way as the normal people do.
But have we ever looked at the struggle, determination and spirit
hidden within? I am sure many of us might not have, as we are used to
considering them weak and unfortunate.
It is time we change this attitude.
God has created them different not to gain sympathy, rather to think
different and act different. That does not mean they are weak and less
successful. Somehow all these days we have been ignorant with their talents and
capabilities. Given with equal opportunities, the differently abled are no less
in competing with the normally abled person.
Change your attitude towards people with disabilities. Start
respecting and accepting people with disabilities regardless of their
differences.
3.
Spread awareness on inclusion
Being a normal person I never thought about the difficulties,
ignorance faced by people with disabilities. If not India Inclusion Summit I
would not have even known about inspirational stories, struggles of the
differently abled people.
Therefore talk, discuss, and share about the differently abled with
your friends, relatives, cousins, neighbors whenever possible. This will then
inculcate them to think, drive and join the journey of IIS towards creating
Inclusive India.
4.
Identify any
inclusive need
Visit the schools, centers for the people with disabilities in your
locality and check out the problems faced by them in supporting the special
people with different abilities there.
Did you know, many such schools, centers lack good infrastructure,
teachers, doctors, physiotherapists, scribes?
Look for problems faced by people with disabilities in public areas
like bus stops, bus stands, ATMs, Parks, Hospitals. For an instance a
physically challenged kid might face harassment when playing in the park beside
a normal kid or a physically handicapped person might find it difficult to walk
down to a counter at the bank, hospital, shop or even an ATM.
Only when we identify, spot the places where we lack inclusion, can we
work towards filling the inclusive needs and creating inclusive society.
5.
Join India
Inclusion Summit (IIS)
Join the India Inclusion Summit community to stay updated on inspiring
stories of the differently abled, support inclusive causes and drive inclusion
at large.
Bring the inclusive needs to IIS table and drive IIS causes supporting projects for people with disabilities.
