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Can disabled persons be treated with respect in public?

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Hatred, stigmatism and ignorance towards disabled persons: I recently came across a youtube video uploaded by NDTV which greatly disturbed me. The title of the video is “What’s Your Choice: Problems that people with disabilities face in India”. A team of actors played out a perfectly normal situation where a father takes his teenage son …

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Depiction of Disability in the new Netflix Web Series – Mismatched

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The Indian film industry and media houses have long-misrepresented disability; several of the films in fact being derogatory to persons with disabilities. From Shahrukh’s Zero to Hritik’s Kaabil, there are endless examples of demeaning portrayal of disabilities and associated challenges. There is however a slight departure from this norm, with Netflix’s new web series “Mismatched”, …

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