Children With Disabilities Should Be A Part Of The Society: Shayama Chona
"Tolerance, acceptability, and awareness needed for people with disabilities," said Shayama Chona at the launch of Samarth by Hyundai in partnership with NDTV. She is the Founder-President of the Tamana Association and mother of Tamana, who was born with Cerebral Palsy.
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00:00 Dr. Chona, my first question to you is when we talk about building an inclusive India,
00:10 how important are initiatives like this?
00:13 I must congratulate you for NDTV, especially for taking up this cause because as soon as
00:22 I entered and I saw so many people, I realized that my daughter and I are not alone in this
00:30 world.
00:31 There are others who are affected and those who care.
00:37 You see, we live in a wholesome society.
00:41 You don't look like me and I don't look like you, but we still stand face to face and speak
00:48 with each other.
00:50 So when people across the nation, across the world will see this initiative, they will
00:57 understand that India is on the march towards inclusion.
01:04 We need more tolerance.
01:06 We need more acceptability.
01:08 We need more awareness and we want these kids to be part of the main society.
01:16 I'm hoping one day one of them will be sitting in the parliament.
01:20 So tolerance, acceptability and awareness is what Dr. Chona is saying.
01:24 But something which is extremely important is infrastructure and again access.
01:28 Tamanna, what would you like to say about that?
01:31 There should be access to the ramp.
01:34 There should be access to the lifts.
01:40 Infrastructure needs to be built, right?
01:46 Yeah, infrastructure should be built and basically the handicapped kids, when there's a security
01:58 check going on, the people should give way to the...
02:05 To persons with disabilities.
02:08 Yeah, yeah.
02:10 And I want to add one more thing.
02:13 There should be wheelchairs and there should be for cyclists, people, there should be a
02:22 stick so that the bodies can help.
02:28 And reach where they want to reach.
02:31 Dr. Chona and Tamanna, what Tamanna has pointed out, while you said tolerance and acceptability,
02:36 what she said about people's empathy and that comes from awareness because people need to
02:40 know where they need to make this initiative even bigger.
02:42 Thank you so much for being a part of this initiative.
02:44 Thank you.
02:45 Thank you.
02:45 Thank you.