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Right to Ride is a campaign
Right to Ride: An initiative towards Social Inclusion

Utpala Deb
Latika Roy Foundation


‘Right to Ride’ is a campaign initiated by Latika Roy Foundation (LRF) in Dehradun to make the people with disabilities aware of their rights and benefits provided by the government and sensitize the issue of social inclusion with regards to public transport. The campaign is based on the idea that improved mobility would allow people with disabilities to play an active role in society both economically and socially. Thus, when the need arises disabled people should be able to travel locally or within urban and suburban areas using public transport and other modes with ease.

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Right to Ride: An initiative towards Social Inclusion

Utpala Deb
Latika Roy Foundation

“We need to give each other the space to grow, to be ourselves, to exercise our diversity. We need to give each other space so that we may both give and receive such beautiful things as ideas, openness, dignity, joy, healing, and inclusion”.
The Persons with Disabilities Act, passed by the Indian Parliament in 1995 was designed to ensure the inclusion of disabled people in the mainstream life in India. But the provisions of this act have not been rightfully implemented by the Government and other agencies. India was also the seventh country to ratify the United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities, on October 1, 2007. The Convention talks of sign language as an official language that needs to be developed and recognised. However, The Indian Disability Act does not take this into account. Most websites in India are still not disabled-friendly even though the World Wide Web Consortium (W3C) has come out with guidelines on the subject. While Indian software companies design disabled-friendly websites for other countries, they do not do so for India. Most buildings and public transport are still not accessible to the disabled people despite government regulations. The biggest setback is lack of awareness amongst the people about their rights.
Inaccessible transport makes it especially difficult for disabled people to find employment, to gain an education and access health care, as well as limit their social and recreational activities. This often traps them in poverty. Bus, train and aeroplane services across the country remain indifferent to the special needs of disabled people. There are a few exceptions, like the Delhi metro which has made provision for people in wheelchairs and for the blind. There are no ambu-lifts to assist the disabled in boarding aeroplanes, nor are trains equipped to allow wheelchairs through the narrow passages between seats and berths. Greater access to transport and public transport modes is a crucial and necessary element in order to transform the livelihoods of disabled people themselves and their immediate families.

‘Right to Ride’ is a campaign initiated by Latika Roy Foundation (LRF) in Dehradun to make the people with disabilities aware of their rights and benefits provided by the government and sensitize the issue of social inclusion with regards to public transport. The campaign is based on the idea that improved mobility would allow people with disabilities to play an active role in society both economically and socially. Thus, when the need arises disabled people should be able to travel locally or within urban and suburban areas using public transport and other modes with ease.
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