UPA chairperson Sonia Gandhi on Monday rued the lag between public
policy and the needs of India's 8 million differently-abled population
whose interests cannot be protected in the absence of institutional
mechanisms. She was speaking at the South Asian Autism Network
Conference. The conference is a follow up to the international
conference on autism in Dhaka in 2011.
"I feel that formation of public policy in our countries has not kept pace. In the absence of adequate institutional support mechanism, the differently-abled remain deprived of their rights," Gandhi said.
She said the use of new technology like computers has led to considerable advantage in behavioral training and newer ways of communication for children with autism but the poor remained vulnerable with no access to such technology.
Among those who attended the conference is Saima Wazed Hossain, daughter of Bangla-desh Prime Minister M Sheikh Hasina and co-chair of Bangla-desh's freshly constituted National Advisory Committee on Autism. Hossain also works with AutismSpeaks, a US-based organisation.
Source : The Indian Express ( 12th feb 2013)
"I feel that formation of public policy in our countries has not kept pace. In the absence of adequate institutional support mechanism, the differently-abled remain deprived of their rights," Gandhi said.
She said the use of new technology like computers has led to considerable advantage in behavioral training and newer ways of communication for children with autism but the poor remained vulnerable with no access to such technology.
Among those who attended the conference is Saima Wazed Hossain, daughter of Bangla-desh Prime Minister M Sheikh Hasina and co-chair of Bangla-desh's freshly constituted National Advisory Committee on Autism. Hossain also works with AutismSpeaks, a US-based organisation.
Source : The Indian Express ( 12th feb 2013)
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