On December 21, the Indian Institute of Cerebral Palsy hosted a day-long workshop on social security for persons with disabilities in collaboration with the NGO Jan Vikas Samiti, Varanasi. (In pic) Panellists Dr Priyanka De, assistant professor at Presidency University (right) and Anirban Banerjee, joint secretary of the Multiple Sclerosis Society of India (MSSI), Kolkata (left) are seen discussing a point. Other panellists who attended the workshop were Shampa Sengupta, director, Sruti Disability Rights Centre; and Bubai Bag, professor
Photos by Upama Dutta
The party also saw some of the students getting awarded. SK Sameer won the Student of the Year award and Sampa Ghosh won the Trainee of the Year Award. Dipak Banerjee, finance mentor and member advisory committee, IICP, presented the awards to the children and noted that the awards were to inspire students to push themselves and to honour the talent that the children have
Sumita Roy, communications officer IICP, noted that there is no better way to end the term than with a Christmas party. “It is important that all children and adults participate on a happy note because they have achieved much. Every single achievement and every little mark of progress is a cause for celebration. We should celebrate every day but this is a nice way to end the year. The entire point of the party is enjoyment because a lot of our children are non-verbal but they can still enact and emote with their eyes. We want to make them feel as much a part of us and the society,” she said
