03 Nov 2017|Noida | Amity Campus, Sector-125
Conference on ‘Rights of Persons with Disabilities’ by Amity Institute of Rehabilitation Sciences in collaboration with National Human Rights Commission
Amity Institute of Rehabilitation Sciences in collaboration with National Human Rights Commission organized one day Conference on ‘Rights of Persons with Disabilities’ at Amity University Sector 125 Noida.
Welcoming the gathering, Prof. (Dr.) Jayanti Pujari, Professor & Director, Amity Institute of Rehabilitation Sciences said that the Conference aims to orient the participants on human rights of persons with disabilities and how RPwD Act 2016 shaped the contemporary disability reforms, legal sensitization and awareness for persons with Disabilities. She stressed upon developing skills in applying human rights for Persons with Disabilities and also pointed out that it is important to include them in the mainstream.
Shri Prasanna Kumar Pincha, Former Chief Commissioner for Persons with Disabilities, Govt. of India & Special Rapporteur, NHRC said that it is not right to equate one’s disability with a person’s ability to perform. He mentioned that if a person with disability is provided with adequate and proper training, education and equal opportunities, every disable person is capable of becoming an agent of change. He further added that disability is neither a charity nor medical issue; it is a development and human rights issue. Mr. Prasanna Kumar Pincha stressed on the need to recognize the fundamental normality of every individual including persons with disability. He remarked that one should refer a person with disability as disable, only in situations or places where it is necessary and relevant. He shared that social, cultural and economic rights of persons of disability have to be recognized progressively while civil and political rights have to be made available forthwith. He stressed that it is important to realize that mainstream Human Rights instruments i.e Human Rights Bills which are also applicable to people with disability in equal measure.
Ms. Pallavi Chauhan, Joint Director, Amity Institute of Rehabilitation Science was also present during the occasion.
During the conference, numerous keynote speakers presented talk on various topics including Rightsof Persons with Disabilities: Right to Privacy, Right to Marriage & Rightto Vote by Dr. Mousumi Bhaumik, Lecturer, National Institute for Persons with Intellectual Disabilities, Noida The Rights of Persons with Disabilities Act2016 (RPwD) by Dr. JP Singh , Chairman , AFDD & Former Member Secretory,RCI, Govt. of India, New Delhi; and Rights of Persons with Disabilities: Work& Employment of PwD by Mr. Anup K. Srivastava, CEO, Skill Council for Persons with Disability, Government of India.
More than 100participants including Rehabilitation Professionals, Special Educators,Research Scholars, General Education Teachers, Parents of students with Special Needs actively participated in the conference from Delhi NCR.