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ADAPT (Able Disabled All People Together), an NGO moving for disablement rights for implicit 5 decades, hosted its yearly ADAPT Fest connected December 2 and 3 astatine the Chhatrapati Shivaji Vaastu Sanghralaya (CSMVS), Kala Ghoda. The lawsuit marked the International Day of Persons with Disabilities and featured an inclusive manner amusement and an awards ceremony honouring achievers with disabilities from crossed India.
The festival began connected December 2 with ‘Runway to Empowerment’, an adaptive manner amusement presented successful collaboration with Nikayi Fashion Studio and its agrarian embroidery portion Reach. The collections, titled ‘Ek Soot Mein Sab Bandhe’ and ‘Samanvaya’, showcased inclusive designs utilizing Indian textiles and weaves. Actors Kalki Koechlin, Fatima Shaikh, Bhupendra, filmmaker Shonali Bose, and formed members of the tv series called ‘Ziddi Girls’ walked the ramp alongside ADAPT beneficiaries.
The lawsuit was inaugurated by Maharashtra’s Minister of IT and Cultural Affairs, Aashish Shelar. “We volition articulation hands successful creating a blueprint to marque Maharashtra accessible done infrastructure and assistive technology,” helium said. The evening besides featured a philharmonic show by Israeli pianist Guy Hershberg and Cuban cellist Martin Melendez.
On December 3, ADAPT commemorated the International Day of Persons with Disabilities and World Cerebral Palsy Day with an awards ceremony. Achievers from crossed the state were recognised for their contributions successful categories including cerebral palsy, muscular dystrophy, intelligence disability, ocular impairment, and autism. “Despite organization discrimination, deficiency of effectual policy, entrenched prejudices, and non-existent infrastructure; our winners soared and scaled the heights of success,” the organisers said.
Chief Guest Tukaram Mundhe, Commissioner of the Department of People with Disability, called for collaboration betwixt authorities and civilian society. “Government and societal sectors should enactment unneurotic connected inclusion. Now is the clip to not conscionable enactment for betterment but empowerment of radical with disabilities,” helium said.
Founded successful 1972 by Dr. Mithu Alur, ADAPT works done education, advocacy, and argumentation involution to beforehand inclusion and accessibility.
