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| Enabling a Better Life for People with Disabilities
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| INDIA
, 12-June-2015
12:23:56 PM |
| People with disabilities join us on a special journey as we look at initiatives that are Enabling India.
The steps are making travel possible for more people and at the same time changing the framework, moving beyond disability to focus on accessibility.
An enabling environment benefits nearly 46 per cent of the population, which includes senior citizens, people with disabilities and children.
32-year-old Satish Navle, who is visually impaired, is an adventurous traveler. Based in Pune, he is currently on his fourth visit to Delhi. In the last 15 years, the radio producer has undertaken 55 solo journeys to Kashmir, Kanyakumari, Assam, and Arunachal Pradesh among others.
A radio producer and blind education researcher, Navle said, " When I went to Jallianwala Bagh, I saw those bullet marks on the walls and understood what people went through when General Dyer was firing at them. Nothing can be more exciting than visiting the place and experiencing the environment. Take the case of cricket. One can watch cricket on TV, but why do nearly 60,000 people go to stadiums and watch cricket live. We cannot get this feeling in books."
There are over a billion people with disabilities worldwide. According to Lonely Planet, the world's largest travel guide publisher, 50% of people with disabilities would travel more if suitable facilities were available to them wherever they travelled.
"The thing about tourism and travel is that it's a great way for the family to be together. You have a family member with a disability and persons without and it's very difficult. I have lots of friends with disabilities who can afford it, prefer travelling abroad, because they find it so accessible. I went to the museums in Chicago and other places and I saw so many people using wheelchairs, many children with intellectual disabilities everywhere. And I just thought, there are there so many people with
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