Visually challenged teacher Dilip Chauhan, whom Prime Minister Narendra Modi mentioned in the 15th edition of his 'Mann Ki Baat' programme, said that even the differently-abled persons want to take part in the nation's progress.
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"The Prime Minister knows we are not disabled...we are differently abled. He is a source of inspiration for me. Differently-abled is also a community which wants nation to progress and we want to take part in that," Chauhan told ANI.
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"It is a pleasure that the Prime Minister took my name. World Disability Day is being celebrated on December 3rd and this time the government has launched it as 'Accessible India' campaign. So I thought of celebrating 'World Disability Day' in our school. I told the children how we can live our lives easily and smoothly," he added.
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Chauhan pointed out that equality is a challenge on which the government is working.
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"If I have got job then maybe I have got with the act of equal opportunity. The government is doing a lot and even we should contribute," he added.
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Earlier, Prime Minister Modi urged the nation to address the persons with disabilities as 'divyaang', meaning divine body, saying they are endowed with extraordinary power in certain other ways.
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The Prime Minister also spoke about the recently launched Accessible India programme to make transport, hospitals, school buildings, parkings and lifts disabled friendly.
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He also recounted a phone call by Ahmedabad resident Dilip Chauhan telling the Prime Minister how he celebrated Accessible India in his school.
