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Hariharan Iyyer

Hariharan Iyyer — Sat, 27 Jun 2009 00:00:00 +0000

Hey Wa’d,

I think it is great what your government is doing....though much more should and can be done.

There are innumerable countries where nothing is done and not even being thought of...sadly priorities are different..

Everyone should take up these causes...

Is there a resonance in this...

http://lifexpert.instablogs.com/entry/contemplation-me-my-uniqueness-and-we-the-living-all-you-out-there/

Are people so busy and mean that they cannot spare a thought..???

Wa'd

Wa'd — Sat, 27 Jun 2009 00:00:00 +0000

Hey Hari. I was reading ur article the same time u sent me the comment :)

Yes I have to say that Jordan does care about this cause, and works towards enhancing living circumstances, in comparison to surrounding countries.

However, as u said, a lot is still to be done in this area. And we as people should also start respecting each other’s needs. We can’t always blame it on what our governments are or are not doing. If u think of it, we humans ALL have special needs, we just need to think more of the others, and work towards making their and our lives easier.

Hariharan Iyyer

Hariharan Iyyer — Sat, 27 Jun 2009 00:00:00 +0000

Wa’d,

Well said as usual...we need to do more...each one of us...as well as look at the others differently.

In our haste and ways...we forget that time needs to be spared for kindness and humanity also.

Hari

Vijay

Vijay — Sat, 27 Jun 2009 00:00:00 +0000

Wa’d,

You are doing lots of good thing.

Dhanya Wa’d.

Vijay

Wa'd

Wa'd — Sat, 27 Jun 2009 00:00:00 +0000

Heya Vijay, thx man. I am not doing lots of good things, I guess I just happen to notice people around me... u know, we all need to be less judgmental and more caring, That’s just about it, and it’s not very hard to do if we put our hearts into it, we can all do that :)

Oh, and what does Dhanya mean plz?

Vijay

Vijay — Sun, 28 Jun 2009 00:00:00 +0000

Wa’d,all these contribution to the society,however small they are,but makes you different in the present time where every move of a person is full of materialistic desires.

I’ve sent you two links,one is Meri Bhawana,that’s for ”you”.

Dhanya...means we are proud.

Wa’d means ....you.

So Dhanya Wa’d means we are proud of you.

and Dhanyawad means thanx also.

Nuya Bidness

Nuya Bidness — Mon, 29 Jun 2009 00:00:00 +0000

Very good article Wa’d

We all need to be reminded sometimes that there are jobs left unfinished. The American’s with Disabilities Act was put into effect almost 20 years ago and sadly, many facilities are still unaccessible. When it was first passed, there was great attention paid to it, but now other things seem to compete with our attention.

Thanks again

Wa'd

Wa'd — Mon, 29 Jun 2009 00:00:00 +0000

Thank YOU Nuya...

I really hope and pray for a change in this area in Jordan, and of course the whole world. cz this is one thing that needs lots of our attention, and I guess the world can start with a change in attitude, the rest would be relatively easy...

Thanks for the comment :)

Peace Watcher

Peace Watcher — Tue, 30 Jun 2009 00:00:00 +0000

I think it will never be enough for the government to take actions by it self.

Creating accessible life ways, facilities, services, web sites ..etc requires an action from the disabled people themselves.

Here in Canada and the US the disabled people are forming a pressure or special interest groups who work daily on pushing the government to follow up in its laws and to pass any new laws and projects to enhance the accessibility of all what is matter to them.

They have the right to enjoy life the same way as regular people, and we are talking here about all kind of disabled people.

Unfortunately in the developing world this is not in their list of priorities, and even when they try to do something like that they don’t follows any standard.

I can tell you one funny story about these wheelchair ramps in Damascus - Syria, where the city created these ramps on a number of major streets in the downtown area but at one intersection they have a ramp in one side of the street and not in the other side, so people with wheelchair may stuck on the street with no way to go back to the sidewalk.

Wa'd

Wa'd — Tue, 30 Jun 2009 00:00:00 +0000

Yes Peace, It is a bit disappointing to see how much money is spent around here on these ramps and adaptations, which, at the end of the day, turn out to be faulty ones... But u know sthg, we really need to work on societal values as well, it is not all the responsibility of people with disabilities, I work with people who have disabilities, and unfortunately, in some families, we still have to deal with the stigmatisation they feel, and until we get over these attitudes, I am afraid we will be stuck with what we have right now.

Thx for passing by :)