{"id":28808,"date":"2013-06-17T00:41:51","date_gmt":"2013-06-16T19:11:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.in\/news\/?p=28808"},"modified":"2013-06-17T00:41:51","modified_gmt":"2013-06-16T19:11:51","slug":"collaboration-key-to-addressing-problems-of-disabledpoonam-k-singh","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/collaboration-key-to-addressing-problems-of-disabledpoonam-k-singh","title":{"rendered":"Collaboration key to addressing problems of disabled&#8217;:Poonam K. Singh"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.in\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/06\/disabled.jpg?ssl=1\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"28809\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/collaboration-key-to-addressing-problems-of-disabledpoonam-k-singh\/disabled\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2013\/06\/disabled.jpg?fit=223%2C226&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"223,226\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"disabled\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2013\/06\/disabled.jpg?fit=148%2C150&amp;ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2013\/06\/disabled.jpg?fit=223%2C226&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-28809\" alt=\"disabled\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.in\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/06\/disabled.jpg?resize=223%2C226&#038;ssl=1\" width=\"223\" height=\"226\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2013\/06\/disabled.jpg?w=223&amp;ssl=1 223w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2013\/06\/disabled.jpg?resize=80%2C80&amp;ssl=1 80w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2013\/06\/disabled.jpg?resize=148%2C150&amp;ssl=1 148w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 223px) 100vw, 223px\" \/><\/a>Collaboration of health care professionals, academics and interest groups working for the disabled is necessary to sensitise the public to issues faced by disabled people, a health ministry official said Saturday.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;More collaboration between health care professionals, academics, and interest groups engaged in the problems of disabled people will go a long way in ensuring that everyone is adequately sensitised to the differently-abled,&#8221; said Poonam K. Singh, advisor (international health), in the ministry of health and family welfare.<\/p>\n<p>Singh was speaking at a one-day symposium which discussed various disability issues like barriers that accentuate disabling conditions, advocacy efforts in rehabilitation and promotion of disability studies within health care.<\/p>\n<p>Elaborating on the importance of disability studies, A.K. Mukherjee, director general, Indian Spinal Injuries Centre (ISIC) said, &#8220;Everybody needs to be properly sensitised on disability issues in order to help the differently abled populace live their lives fully and improve the country&#8217;s health care indicators.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>According to experts, globally there are 500-650 million disabled people, which means that one person in ten faces a disability. 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