Nursing education continues to be sidelined in HPE, & it's time we address the blatant #ableism within the system. A massive thank you to the @NONDORG for standing up for aspiring #NursesWithDisabilities in 🇮🇳. Thank you @timesofindia for raising our voices! A thread🧵 1/
While examples like Krishna, Meeta & Lokesh in TOI story 👇 show that #NursesWithDisabilities can indeed work in hospitals & may, in fact, show more understanding to patients, hurdles to a nursing career have only increased for other disabled aspirants. 2/ timesofindia.indiatimes.com/life-style/boo…
@DrPankajPrasad2 @KanishkAIIMS Recently, a girl with hand impairment, whose disability level was 51%, was not allowed to join a BSc Nursing course because the Indian Nursing Council (INC) does not let anyone with a disability level above 50% take admission in nursing courses 3/ #NursesWithDisabilities #ABLEISM
Why @DwDAoC & @ATHI_Tweet wrote to @Drvirendrakum13 Union Minister @MSJEGOI @socialpwds on the new @NMC_IND guidelines?
He is the Chairperson of the Central Advisory Board on Disability under #RPDA2016 as well as the National Council for Transgender Persons under the #TPA2019 1/
The NMC's controversial #CBME2024 released on 31 Aug, was covered in editorials by major news agencies, discussed on prime-time shows as well as labelled an International embarrassment by foreign media forcing NMC to withdraw it on the Teachers day 2/
A senior member of the UGMB (@NMC_IND) told @ThePrintIndia , “There was some oversight on our part, & we deleted certain parts (related to disability competencies) from the 2019 guidelines which we should not have deleted" 3/ @dryogendermalik theprint.in/health/nmcs-u-…
🚨 Urgent Request for Correction of Misinformation in the recently uploaded Anganwadi Protocol for Children w/ Disabilities by the @MinistryWCD @Annapurna4BJP @SThakuroffice developed with @socialpwds & @MoHFW_INDIA.
It contains several inaccuracies 🧵1/
#DisabilityRights
📝While the protocol, developed with DEPD & MoHFW, aims to improve disability intervention through early screening, community inclusion & referral support, it contains significant inaccuracies that could lead misinformed screening & M/m of disabilities. #DisabilityAwareness 2/
❗️ Incorrect Information on Disabilities ❗️
The protocol misrepresents the symptoms of thalassemia, listing "unexplained & excessive bleeding"—a symptom of #hemophilia, NOT #thalassemia.
Correct information is vital for accurate screenings. #DisabilityAwareness #HealthPolicy 3/
My ♿️-user colleague & other friends booked wheelchair-accessible seats shown online as C9,C10 on @bookmyshow vide ID:WLDGLQ6 for 2:05 pm PVR, EDM, GZB show on 25.5.22. When they reached @PicturesPVR , staff proclaimed we are ♿️ accessible. 2/ #PatheticPVR
This is what they offered on the name of ♿️ accessible seat - a regular one. When asked how she will reach there? They offered a makeshift ramp & said with pride, ‘we will lift’. She refused, & had to watch the film in front row, away from her friends. 3/ #PatheticPVR@LivePvr
2018: Applicants with #dyslexia NOT allowed to join MBBS (NMC)
2018: Mumbai HC DENIED admission; Delhi HC allowed admission
2019: NMC: Dyslexia ≥ 40% & ≤ 80% disability allowed #NEETUG2022: Only those with ‘SEVERE dyslexia’ can avail of disability quota benefit in NEET 1/ 🧵
The brochure states that dyslexic candidates need to submit two forms (Appendix XV & XVI). The certificate must mention ‘SEVERE’ under the Dyslexia category to enable the candidate to get the benefit of the disability quota 2/ #NEETUG2022#Disability
Form-1 also asks for the details of the Dyslexia Association meaning that rather than a medical authority, NGOs will attest. Why UDID then?
Form-2 is a newly introduced Certificate to be produced by Dyslexic Candidate from the Principal of School/College last attended. 3/ #NEET
Thank you for such a warm welcome @dm_ghaziabad@ceoup@Sveepgzb administration for voters with disabilities. It’s a festive atmosphere out there. Join Us!!