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As a wheelchair user, Hasitha Illa strongly advocates for diversity and inclusion. A skilled speaker and blogger, she is now an author as well.
As per a study conducted in India, throughout FY18 and FY21, there were 30–32 persons with disabilities per 10,000 employees. For FY22, this number dropped to 29, which is the lowest in five years.
Rohit asked, "Dr Rao, Aaryan sat, stood, walked on time, despite being a premature baby. So he will talk eventually… won't he?”
Disability is still a taboo. Society demands the disabled to be upbeat if not heroes. Remember the images of that para athlete — be someone or go home! Be it a mental or physical disability — hearing it or seeing it makes people uncomfortable.
We as a society have so much in-built fat phobia that we don't hesitate to comment on others' bodies and even consider fat people lesser humans!
People with disabilities are more scathed by cultural and societal barriers than by their physical or cognitive limitations.
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