http://www.netsquared.org/projects/vote  I have read many stories on this site, I find that most of them are web related.  I agree that the web plays an important part in our lives, and that is the reason that I have opted to use this tool, your website to promote awareness regarding Rehabilitation for People with Disabilities.  Rehabilitation changes lives.  Rehabilitation is Insurance Assuring Recovery to the extent that the person can change his/her life around and live out their lives with dignity and self-dependancy and freedom.

In India, people with disabilities are just shunned out, or locked away, or killed.  The reason being, there is no awareness, there is only stigma attached.  In today's technological based world, there are such wonderful innovative products and services available, that can totally change the lives of the people with disabilities, their families and friends and the society's attitudes.  It takes guts and courage to promote this awareness, and my life is totally dedicated to this cause.  All these tortures, rapes, abuse, poverty, illeteracy have to stop.  This cycle can only stop, if we can provide proper rehabilitation in a state of the art rehabilitation centre, rehabilitate the poor without charging them any fees, and only accepting fees/charges from the wealthy, who can opt to generously donate or sponsor an individual's rehabilitation.  The women, children, and girls that are disabled, believe me, are so abused that they actually welcome death.

If we cannot use technology to save and change the lives of people with disabilities, then there what will happen to our society?  As John F. Kennedy said: "If a free society cannot help the many who are poor, it cannot save the few who are rich.  Do we want to become prisoners of our own wealth, living in an oasis of prosperity surrounded by deserts of misery?"  Think about it.

Accessibility is another major issue.  The roads in India are bad enough in the cities, you cannot imagine the states of these roads in the remote areas.  That is where Technology can play a major role is changing and saving lives. We can provide an Ambulance equipped with the latest TeleMedicine equipment, since this remote technology transfers information instead of patients.  How many unnecessary lives can be saved!!, specially the lives of children!!  People from these villages travel to the major hospital in the city in bullock carts, which is their main transportation.  We can provide them with a Handi-Bus equipped with a electrical ramp to lift the wheelchair bound onto the bus, or the disabled.  We cannot do this alone.  Any Corporation or person(s) can become sponsors, and we will have their Company's or the donors name on the vehicle "Donated by The Company/Person's Name" etc., good advertising, good will, good morale will be the benefits for the donors.  There are many ways to help if one wants to.  Please visit New Independence New Abilities for the full coverage. 

Thank You for Your Support.

In the Spirit of Humanity and Change,

Nina