Accesibility in India. Whats wrong?

What if disability strikes U?
What if u were not able to walk, standup, use your hands, legs?
What if u are not able to see, talk or hear?
I was non-disabled person, I could walk, run, do all. I was ignorant about disability. I didn't care & now I am disabled. I learned lot of disability
This article is only to create an awareness of disability &
Below are some of my thoughts on disability. I was a normal healthy guy & at the age of 22, I was diagnosed by Muscular dystrophy one of rare incurable disease. I still shy away with the fact that I am disabled. But still these are my views.

• Political will: Our politicians do not have the will to make life easier for disabled people. Only a few politicians talk of disability, but they just talk. I personally think that the health minister should be a disabled person & not a Doctor or any other person. The reason, because only a disabled person knows, how it feels to live life with disability.
  
• Jokes made in new Bombay & all over: When u travel to most of the cities in our country u see big holdings saying welcome to the 21st century city. But if u look at the footpaths, they don't have ramps & not only that but they are so high, almost a feet. Big enough, to make someone disabled in rush hours. If we stop following the basics like these we end up criticizing the government and authorities for their negligence. Like the Gujarat earthquake where people criticized the government for not seeing buildings were earthquake resistant.
  
• Trains: In Mumbai city have signs showing accessibility for disabled but it's a big big joke. No way the trains are accessible for people in wheel chairs. India has a large network of railway lines. If trains were accessible it would solve lot of long distance traveling problems for the disabled.
• Schools: The things we learn in school shape us up to make good human beings. 'dis'-ability is constructed socially and culturally. If student are made aware with the various facets of disability, it would help a lot.
• Foot paths & fibre optic war : With digging of roads for laying of fiber optic cables by big company's like power surfer, Hughes & reliance. There is a war going on for these company's to lay cables by digging the footpaths. I think such an opportunity should be seized by government demanding them to build footpaths with ramps and are accessible to all.

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