Title: Emerging Victorious – A Study of Resilience of Visually Challenged Girls During the Pandemic
Stream: Resilience
Presentation Type: Live-Stream Presentation
Authors:
Ritu Khanna, Delhi University, India
Manjula Rath, Delhi University, India
Abstract:
In a report by WHO (dated 24 November 2021), over 1 billion people are estimated to experience disability which constitutes around 15% of the world population. Furthermore, the survey reported that 80% of people living with a disability reside in developing nations. As per the India Census 2011, the differently abled population in India stands at 26.8 million, wherein there are 14.9 million men with disabilities as compared to 11.9 million women in the country. It is estimated that in 2019, the number of visually impaired in India was 62 million, of which 8 million people are completely blind. This paper is based on the special theme of tis Conference for 2021-22: Resilience. It is based on a study of 25 visually challenged girls during the lockdown that followed the spread of the Covid 19 pandemic in India and how they coped with the circumstances and emerged undaunted by the adverse conditions. India experienced one of the longest lockdowns compared to other countries in the World. While the lockdown was inequitable in its impact on different sections of the population, the marginalized sections of the population were the worst impacted. One such marginalized section of the population is the visually challenged girls.
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