Introduction to The Sound of Music

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Which of the following is all right to call someone …

1. crazy
2. retard
3. gimp
4. their name

Which of the following people do not have a disability?

1. 
2. 
3. 
4. 

People with disabilities…

1. Can live independent productive lives
2. rely on others for everything
3. look for help and pity.
4. always need assistance to be independent.

Which of the following is the correct terminology to be used?

1. retarded
2. disabled
3. not abled
4. differently-abled.

Who are differently-abled?

Who are differently-abled people?

As per provisions of the Person with Disability (PWD) Act 1995, people with following impairment falls in the category of differently abled.

• Blindness  
                                            Low Vision 
• Leprosy cured
                                      Hearing Impairment 
• Locomotor Disability
                         Mental Retardation 
• Mental illness
  

                  

Mental Retardation 

Mental illness

Why are they called ' differently-abled'?

• It focuses on the abilities of a person rather than pointing out their impairment.
• It reinforces the idea that there is no one normal way to be human, to move, to communicate, to feel, to learn, to think etc.
• It brings more acceptance of such people in our system and mindset of society.

Helen Keller 

The movie Black is a 2005 Indian Hindi-language drama film directed by Sanjay Leela Bhansali and starring Rani Mukerji and Amitabh Bachchan. ... The film draws inspiration from the life of Helen Keller, the blind academic and activist.

The Miracle Worker, a 2000 biographical television film is based on the life of Helen Keller and Anne Sullivan's struggles to teach her.

 Helen Adams Keller was an American author, political activist, and lecturer.

What is your take away from the session?

'Music has no caste'

Bismillah Khan was...

How is Pungi different from a shehnai?

With the opening of the All India Radio in Lucknow in 1938 came Bismillah’s big break.He soon became an often-heard shehnai player on radio.

When India gained independence on 15 August 1947, he became the first Indian to greet the nation with his shehnai.

Name the highest civilian award conferred upon ustad Bismillah khan.

VEER chakra- Vir Chakra is an Indian gallantry award presented for acts of gallantry in the presence of the enemy on the battlefield.

Padmashree- Padma Shri is the fourth-highest civilian award in the Republic of India, after the Bharat Ratna, the Padma Vibhushan and the Padma Bhushan.

1. Padmashree
2. Veer Chakra
3. Bharat Ratna
4. Padma Vibhushan

How do you think the life of Ustad Bismillah Khan has inspired you?