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2019 disability day Pakistan special interview-the society vs my disability vs me, Muhammad Naveed Iqbal

MUHAMMAD NAVEED IQBAL'S STORY I, Muhammad Naveed Iqbal have done my BS in IT. My story is rounding around the society vs my disability vs me.  My disability is minor. My right hand is 2 inches shorter having 3 fingers and thumb, so I use my left hand for everything. Till my matric life there was not any such thing named disability in my life because this didn't interrupt my life till my matric. Then, college life began and the struggle started. The struggle began from the social phobia, I started shaming on my hand and started avoiding everyone so that nobody could make fun. During all these the feeling of, " I am disable " started developing inside me. After college, university life began. Here my social phobia turned into actual issues our society has with disable. I had to make my disability card for admission, point where I completely lost my confidence. I became a below average student. As I had to support my study fees on my own, the job...

disability day 2019 Pakistan, interview-Sumera Hamza (polio victim) broke the myth that, "disability means you cannot support your family".

Sumera Hamza  ( born in Haripur hazara kpk, Pakistan. When she was 1 she got polio attack on her right leg and foot. Today, in picture she is sitting in her office room plus she is about to get her PhD degree. She broke the myth that, "disability means you cannot support your family". She wants to serve Pakistan in the field of research and wants be a role model for others. Her journey of life is full of goosebumps. Goosebumps part 1: (her walking struggles) Inability of walking is associated with the word 'polio'. Right? But....here, the reality is that walking occupy a major portion of her daily life. She walks when she has to take university classes. Sumera live in hostel, so she does all her work on her own (from getting ready for office to doing grocery shopping). Her office is on walking distance so, she walks for it daily. Further she travels alone when she goes back to her home. But..her walking  struggles is not that simple as it se...

National disability day 2019 PAKISTAN-doctors had no treatment for his muscle dystrophy but he has. Abbasat Ali from District Jhelum. paralyzed.

M uscular dystrophy  (MD) , is a group of muscle diseases that results in increasing weakening and breakdown of skeletal muscle over time.  Above lines are just lines written in medical books. But what about the person living with muscular dystrophy? Can we write about the life with muscular dystrophy in the same simple way we wrote its definition? A big NO. Absolutely you cannot, because it's not that simple. If you are imagining the life of a person with muscular dystrophy there must be following thoughts generating in your brain: Like, person must has to live his life inside the 4 walls of room, that person must live hopeless and sad life, He will live useless live and so on. Right?? But....your all imaginations and thoughts proved wrong by a man named, Abbasat Ali having muscular dystrophy. Get ready because his story going to proof you wrong. Let's get started :) :). Abbasat Ali story: Abbasat Ali is from dist...

Pakistan-National disability day 2019, Spina bifida-reason for his 'Disability' is unknown, but reason for his success is his 'Will'. Malik Armughan Ali.

Meet  Malik Armughan Ali . Who has spina bifida (Myelomeningocele) plus will, where his will is dominant over spina bifida? He shared his life which is composed of ; spina bifida, his education, his leisure time, hobbies, struggles, give up memory, His message for the world. What else? What else one has in his/her life? Masha Allah he is full of life :) :). Isn't it? Know his success story in his own words. Malik Armughan Ali, I was born with Spina Bifida (Myelomeningocele) with spinal cord injury level L4-L5. Due to this my left leg is short 8 to 9 inches, I walk with leg braces, kfo and stick. I have done my matric and inter from Sir Syed Model School and college. For my bachelors, I went to Muslim youth University Islamabad for BS computer science. I spend my leisure time to listening music, watching movies and talk shows. I also play cricket and badminton. I love traveling. M...

why "Disabled" becomes "Differently abled"

"Don't call them disabled, they are differently abled!!!" ... These lines must have stricken on your ears. Right??? Yeah! That’s true. Fortunately, things are changing, stigmas are changing, stereotypes are changing, and myths are getting cleared. But...How? And Why? Why these transformations are happening? Did this all done because: These people are completely different from us, so that they became differently abled. OR These people have something which we don't have, or we have something which they don't have. Absolutely not. Nothing of above points is making sense. Of course GOD Has not created 2 types of human. Human-1 and Human-2. That is why, "We all are humans, With same feelings, With same emotions, With same life phases, With same features, In the same world, In the same surroundings, For the same life purpose, For the same life goals". Then, how DIFFERENTLY ABLED? Like okay...

disabled people who proves society's myths wrong

Add caption 🔵 Myths  which are born by the society regarding disability have proven wrong by the disabled people. There is a huge number of myths as well as huge number of disabled people who proves society's myths wrong. Let's recognize few of them. 🔵 Myth is....The disability cannot be treated; Reality is . ...There is a cure for every disability. Some disability needs habilitation, some needs rehabilitation and some needs to be maintain. Depends on the type, mildness or the severity of disability. 🔵 Myth is.....Disabled person cannot get higher education; Reality is .......HELEN KELLER. An American author, political activist and lecturer. She was the deaf and a blind person but despite of this she earned her Bachelor of Arts degree. And who is not familiar with her autobiography "THE STORY OF MY LIFE". 🔵 Myth is....Disabled person could not have ambitious life; Reality is .....HELEN KELLER. Who decided to dedicate her...

Society "WE, are the biggest problem for disabled and to their parents.

A   person with disability and their parents or caregivers fight the biggest and the toughest battle not because of The obstacles the disability gives, but because of the obstacles we, the so called society give them. Sadly yes!  Society "WE", are the biggest problem for disabled and to and to their parents . Eventually, the isolation from the society become the easiest option for them.  Let's have a look on how. Starting from the birth till their adult life see how "Society "WE", are the biggest problem for disabled".  1ST BATTLE: (immediately after birth) Immediately after the birth, doctor diagnose the baby with disability (of any sort), doctor come to the baby's happy and excited parents and instead of saying, "congratulations for your baby" and then guide further about the situation, he comes and say, "SORRY! Your child does have whatever disability". 😞😞 The happy and excited parents start se...