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Nidhi Bansal

44th Parl. 1st Sess.
November 28, 2023
Context: Committee Evidence - SDIR-40 (SDIR) - Nov/28/23
Ms. Nidhi Bansal (Director, Program Quality and Impact, CARE Canada)
  • 12:00:00 p.m.
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Thank you so much for that question. That is the crux of the matter. It's the belief that it is indeed beneficial to have children with disabilities included in the education that is offered. Stigma happens at both levels. It has to be addressed at the community level. Therefore, the response that is required is not just in the education system but in the social structure as well. It's also within the education system right from the top, up to the teachers who are providing the education at the school level. As a system, it's about believing there is a need for addressing this issue and then supporting the frontline teachers delivering that education, and then at the community level. All three levels are needed.
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Context: Committee Evidence - SDIR-40 (SDIR) - Nov/28/23
Ms. Nidhi Bansal
  • 12:44:22 p.m.
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One thing that can be done most immediately is integrating the issue of how we deal with it as an attitude and belief, because what you say is right—the problem is with us. The problem is not with the people who are living with disability. It is our fear, our lack of belief in their ability to contribute and to be productive individuals that is stopping us. Therefore, if we can integrate our health programming in our communities where we have a direct contact with the communities, and if we can create spaces where we are enabling the parents to come out and not hide their children with disability and then demand these services from their schools, that would be one thing we can do most immediately and integrate into in our programming as we go along.
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