Excelsior Correspondent
JAMMU, May 6: Association of Parents of Hearing Handicapped today held a meeting under the chairmanship of its president Bashir Ahmed Dar, in which large number of parents and guardians of deaf and dumb children and persons participated.
During the meeting, various problems faced by the deaf and dumb by way of their education and career were discussed.
While speaking, Bashir Ahmed Dar highlighted the injustice with these less fortunate children by pointing out that under Disability Act 1998, there was a reservation of 1 per cent in Government services for deaf and dumb persons (hearing impair).
But in SRO 62, the benefit was given to the hearing of hard persons with 40 to 60 per cent hearing impairment ignoring the persons with severe disability of hearing impairment of 100 percent, he added.
Chief Patron of the association and Principal of School for Hearing Handicapped Roshan Lal Bhan, said that their deaf and dumb children are physically and mentally fit to undertake any assignment and therefore the Government should encourage and allow these students to undergo training in ITI, Polytechnic, Computer Courses, to earn their livelihood.
Among others present were Gopal Sharma, vice president, Parveen Singh, General Secretary, Qasim Salaria, cashier, Prabhu Dayal, Nanak Chand, Prabhu Singh, Ajay Rana, Abdul Hamid, Nisar Ali, etc.
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