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The Unsung Volunteers – Blog Post #370 by Asrar Qureshi

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  The Unsung Volunteers – Blog Post #370 by Asrar Qureshi Dear Colleagues!  This is Pharma Veterans Blog Post #370. Pharma Veterans welcomes sharing of knowledge and wisdom by Veterans for the benefit of Community at large . Pharma Veterans Blog  is published by Asrar Qureshi on WordPress , the top blog site. Please email to asrar@asrarqureshi.com for publishing your contributions here .   Life is fast and competitive; only the fittest shall survive. But what about those who are ‘differently-abled’? Surely, life may be harder for them but here and there we find great examples of people taking up the causes of such people and trying to make a difference in the world for those who may face discrimination and marginalization every day. In a struggling country like ours, where governments are unable to guarantee even basic rights of citizens; for less privileged, there is hardly any relief. Hearing Impairment, Hearing Deficit, and Deafness are various stage...

Disability is not Inability – Blog Post by Hasan Jamal

Dear Colleagues!  Today is Pharma Veterans Blog Post #164. Pharma Veterans shares the wealth of knowledge and wisdom of Veterans for the benefit of entire Pharma Community. It aims to recognize and celebrate the Pharma Industry Professionals.  Pharma Veterans Blog  is published by Asrar Qureshi on WordPress , the top blog site. If you wish to share your stories, ideas and thoughts, please email to asrar@asrarqureshi.com for publishing your contributions here . We see the captioned slogan very frequently printed on the literatures or painted on the signboards of many NGO’s and government organizations, which are supposedly serving “Disabled” or “Special Persons’ and claim to impart training to them to become useful citizens and economically independent. I am not skeptical about their sincere efforts and the service they are rendering. But the general observation in our country is that special persons are taken as liability on society and their over-all pligh...