Why public spaces in India are a minefield for children with intellectual disabilities
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In February, a video of a mother shouting at security guards at a park in Delhi went viral on social media.
The mother, Mona Mishra, got into an argument with the guards after they allegedly stopped her five-year-old daughter from playing on a swing at the city’s Sunder Nursery. In the video, the guard can be seen saying that the child’s “brain is not fine” and that therefore she could not get on the ride. The parents said that they were then even asked to leave the park because it was not for “children with special needs” – the child had cerebral palsy, a neurological condition that affects muscle coordination.
Park authorities later told a news outlet that they had not obstructed the family from spending time at the park, and that, in fact, staff had stopped the child from getting on a risky ride.
This was not the first such instance in recent times, in which a child with an intellectual disability, or who is perceived to have one, encountered an obstruction when it came to accessing a public space.
In 2022, staff of an airline reportedly prevented a child with special needs from boarding a flight from the airport in Ranchi, Jharkhand. The airline claimed that the staff had done...