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courage to find it. It is this will which theirs as well as our perception of disability. It
helps people like Stephen Hawkings and is not that only they have to learn our ways,
many others to outstand. Even those who rather their whole life could be great inspiration
could not frame history are living dignified for us. As the so called fully able person keep
life while embracing their awesomeness with fretting over one or the other petty issues, they
their courage. give us big deal of hope and enthusiasm to
face the challenges of life.
Nevertheless it is the question of ‘big will’ for
which we all need to come forward. It is for Human society basically organizes itself
this ‘will’ that we need Inclusive Education. around the ‘barter system’. So, it is always
Training and educating them separately give and take for mutual benefits and needs.
primarily crushes their morale. The constant Inclusive education doesn’t fall short of it.
hankering pressure of being the same, being If we give them congenial environment,
equal and the endearing crave to share and we would also be receiving their passive
enjoy equally, eventually crush their spirit. message of sharing life with endless hope
The sense of being left, brings resignation and and perseverance. It is not a charity case but
withdrawal, ultimately killing their morale to their right. If they are ready to cope with our
cope up with their differential abilities. What oddities why are we so mean that we feel
could be more pathetic if such resignation reluctant to offer them even the right of equal
comes from education system itself ! Then opportunity? Education is empowerment and
perhaps the theory should change. Education is a great leveler and no one should deny
cannot aim to bring equality while standing anyone to use it for strengthening oneself.
itself on the plethora of segregation. Be he/she a slow learner or fast learner. If it
has to be true to its real character it must
As the principle of inclusion says, we need to create space and care for all. Catering to few
create conducive environment to cope with all with the narrow perception of abilities render
sorts of diversities. At all levels, be it at the education the mere replica of wilderness
level of infrastructure, teacher-student ratio, which goes by the only rule of ‘fittest for the
availability of trained resource personnel (who survival’. Perhaps to break such injunctions,
could guide teachers as well), resource centers, the norms of civilization have given education
curriculum, evaluation system and above all such intense ideological grounding. It’s high
we need to create positive mindset. Education time that we as a system start reflecting over
is the only way through which their potential it. We must start preparing ourselves. More
could be nurtured and we can help them to be than they, we need to work on improving our
self-reliant. With their enhanced competence inability to cope with their abilities.
they can also contribute to the society. Right
care and education can bring great changes in
There is hardly anybody good for everything and there is scarcely anybody who is absolutely good for nothing.
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helps people like Stephen Hawkings and is not that only they have to learn our ways,
many others to outstand. Even those who rather their whole life could be great inspiration
could not frame history are living dignified for us. As the so called fully able person keep
life while embracing their awesomeness with fretting over one or the other petty issues, they
their courage. give us big deal of hope and enthusiasm to
face the challenges of life.
Nevertheless it is the question of ‘big will’ for
which we all need to come forward. It is for Human society basically organizes itself
this ‘will’ that we need Inclusive Education. around the ‘barter system’. So, it is always
Training and educating them separately give and take for mutual benefits and needs.
primarily crushes their morale. The constant Inclusive education doesn’t fall short of it.
hankering pressure of being the same, being If we give them congenial environment,
equal and the endearing crave to share and we would also be receiving their passive
enjoy equally, eventually crush their spirit. message of sharing life with endless hope
The sense of being left, brings resignation and and perseverance. It is not a charity case but
withdrawal, ultimately killing their morale to their right. If they are ready to cope with our
cope up with their differential abilities. What oddities why are we so mean that we feel
could be more pathetic if such resignation reluctant to offer them even the right of equal
comes from education system itself ! Then opportunity? Education is empowerment and
perhaps the theory should change. Education is a great leveler and no one should deny
cannot aim to bring equality while standing anyone to use it for strengthening oneself.
itself on the plethora of segregation. Be he/she a slow learner or fast learner. If it
has to be true to its real character it must
As the principle of inclusion says, we need to create space and care for all. Catering to few
create conducive environment to cope with all with the narrow perception of abilities render
sorts of diversities. At all levels, be it at the education the mere replica of wilderness
level of infrastructure, teacher-student ratio, which goes by the only rule of ‘fittest for the
availability of trained resource personnel (who survival’. Perhaps to break such injunctions,
could guide teachers as well), resource centers, the norms of civilization have given education
curriculum, evaluation system and above all such intense ideological grounding. It’s high
we need to create positive mindset. Education time that we as a system start reflecting over
is the only way through which their potential it. We must start preparing ourselves. More
could be nurtured and we can help them to be than they, we need to work on improving our
self-reliant. With their enhanced competence inability to cope with their abilities.
they can also contribute to the society. Right
care and education can bring great changes in
There is hardly anybody good for everything and there is scarcely anybody who is absolutely good for nothing.
44
