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CHENNAI: Most engineering students hold letters offering them jobs even before they graduate, but 24-year-old Deepika Rajappah is still sending out
her resume and attending interviews, despite having scored 92% in her electronic engineering course at SRM University. "No company wants to hire someone in a wheelchair," said Deepika, who is 90% disabled. She said she was also denied a seat in a government medical college because of her disability, which is why she chose engineering.
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/Cities/Chennai/Furious-over-tardy-progress-of-schemes-disabled-go-on-fast/articleshow/4726391.cms

2,000 disabled people across TN fast against govt apathy
1 Jul 2009, 0337 hrs IST, TNN

CHENNAI, Tamil Nadu: Approximately 2,000 disabled people from across the state will organise a day-long token fast on Wednesday to protest the inefficiency of the government in administering the schemes meant for this section of the population. The demonstration is a follow-up of a massive rally held on August 19, 2008, where a thousands of disabled peopled took to the streets with a 11-point charter of demands. While chief minister M Karunanidhi had met the delegation on the same day and consented to nine of the demands, they are yet to be implemented.

"According to a GO dated August 27, 2008, the government constituted a higher level committee to ensure 3% reservation for the disabled in government jobs. Of the 3 lakh jobs available, there should be 9,000 for the disabled. However, the committee did not meet for 10 months and convened it's first meeting on June 26. During this session, it was found that only 753 disabled people are currently employed by the government instead of 9,000. This is a dismal figure," said P Simmachandran, general secretary of the Federation of Tamil Nadu Physically Handicapped Persons. He added that the committee did not have disabled persons as observers or members.
Similarly, GO No 151 passed passed by the department dictates that services of disabled persons working on a temporary basis in the minimum scale be made permanent. Though they have been working for more than eight years, this has not happened, Simmachandran said.

Pressing forward a charter of similar demands, members of 70 organisations from across the state will take part in the fast which will go on from 9.30 am to 5 pm at Chepauk on Wednesday.
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/Chennai/2000-disabled-people-across-TN-fast-against-govt-apathy/articleshow/4722077.cms

	Disabled officer to be compensated after bridge bravery jump by Chandrasekar Mahesh - Thursday, 2 July 2009, 05:17 PM
	A young officer who was left paraplegic when he leapt 65 feet into a reservoir to prove his bravery has won the right to millions in compensation from the Ministry of Defence. http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/newstopics/politics/lawandorder/5699244/Disabled-officer-to-be-compensated-after-bridge-bravery-jump.html

Report on Disabled Women in the Pacific region

Disabled people and women experience discrimination in countries around the world, including within the Pacific region.

The 90-page report can be downloaded in PDF format (981 Kb) at: http://www.undppc.org.fj/_resources/article/files/Final%20PSWD%20BOOKLET.pdf.

Source: Our Rights - issue 11, June 2009, http://www.daa.org.uk/

	Supreme Court victory for parents of disabled students by Chandrasekar Mahesh - Tuesday, 30 June 2009, 07:23 PM
	Justices rule that parents who remove a disabled child from public school can be reimbursed for private instruction. The court says a 'free, appropriate' education is a public duty. http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/nation/la-na-court-disabilities23-2009jun23,0,3890868.story

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