Why Are We Insensitive Towards Differently Abled?

606 views · Published 13 June 2017 · 11:17 · Indexed 20 September 2026

Channel: NDTV · 2017 · News & Politics

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Following the shocking apathy of the railway employees and co-passengers towards her disability due to which para-athlete Suvarna Raj had to sleep on the floor of the train she was travelling in, Prime Time today asks whether we are socially insensitive towards the needs of differently abled people. Ms Raj who speaks to us on the show says that despite being disabled, she was allotted an upper berth on the Nagpur-Nizamuddin Garib Rath Express and the TTE didn't help her either. Her co-passengers using lower berths refused to exchange their berths with her. 

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