On this #HumanRightsDay, I am exposing #AbleistAIIMS, their highly ableist culture & shocking plagiarised report. The genesis is my RTI exposing how AIIMS deliberately denied #DocsWithDisabilities postgrad seats in AIIMS for the last eight exams whereas JIPMER, PGI embraced. 1/
Dr Sanjay Wadhwa (PMR) & his same team of controversial non-disabled members framed guidelines for #DocsWithDisabilities in PG at AIIMS, Delhi. I wonder if this is the most ableist document ever published in the history of #MedEd in India? #AbleistAIIMS
aiimsexams.ac.in/pdf/Final_PWBD… 2/
Wadhwa Committee’s terribly framed report w/ ableist language self-proclaims, “What is proposed by Experts here is quite unique, perhaps revolutionary, w/ far-reaching consequences.” Yes, 30% of this report is plagiarised w/ negative portion carefully chosen to blame disabled 3/
Sample this,“Medical subjects in general are NOT in Braille or Audio-Books forms… One must accept the fact that ‘everyone cannot do everything’. Wadhwa Committee has heavily plagiarised from @GMCUK’s #WelcomedAndValued report supporting disabled learners in #MedEd & practice 4/
They used the @gmcuk's #WelcomedAndValued selectively to suit their agenda omitting critical legal mandate also in our #RPDA2016. They also used selectively an old US case limiting disabled docs suitable only in 20/37 specialties. Not a single Disabled Doc in this Committee 5/
They selectively plagiarised an article by highlighting only the barriers to justify their decision to bar disabled docs. The article hails inclusion, & I’am quoted, “When people see #DocsWithDisabilities excelling, the biases/prejudices prevalent in society will disappear” 6/
Wadhwa Report selectively quoted a court case but has no clue about the landmark judgment by Justice DYC on #ReasonableAccommodation which counters their member Dr Radhika Tandon’s ableist viewpoints. These same people framed @NMC_IND guidelines barring disabled candidates. 7/
In a case in SC, the counsel contended that "Dr Sanjay Wadhwa, AIIMS expert, while holding that persons with disabilities are not eligible to pursue #MedEd has given 'contrary opinions' on the same issue and that too not once but THRICE'. #AbleistAIIMS 8/
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