Skip to main content
  • Accessibility
  • Headlines
  • Coronavirus-News
  • Get-Hooked
  • Technology
  • Education
  • Employment
  • Parasports
  • Ask Bhavna
  • NHBrandView
  • Independent Living
  • Lifestyle
  • NH Videos
×
Newz Hook – Changing Attitudes towards Disability Logo
  • Stories
  • Videos
  • Inclusive
  • NH Voice
  • Login
COVID-19 Notification by Government in Accessible Format

Accessibility Tools

Text Size:

Contrast Scheme:

  • C
  • C

Reset

  • Home
  • Get-hooked
  • Filmmaker Amrita Dasgupta looks at the education system through the lens of special needs

Filmmaker Amrita Dasgupta looks at the education system through the lens of special needs

Get-hooked February 6, 2018
  • Click to share on Twitter (Opens in new window)
  • Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window)
  • Click to share on LinkedIn (Opens in new window)
  • Click to share on WhatsApp (Opens in new window)

After winning accolades for her last film ‘The New Girl in Class’, Amrita Dasgupta is busy putting the final touches to her next project, which is also a film on inclusion and is titled – ‘Going To School’.

“This one revolves around three children, two visually impaired siblings, and one with cerebral palsy with extreme impairments”, says Dasgupta.

“They are first generation learners and belong to lower socio-economic groups. They got admission into a regular school in April 2010 and the film is about their challenges and triumphs, along with a larger perspective of inclusion in our society” – Amrita Dasgupta, Filmmaker

In the second film, Dasgupta casts a light on the infrastructure that is available in schools and the role that parents play.

Like her first film, this one is born out of her close observation of families with special needs kids. The idea for the first film was sparked off after a chance encounter with a special needs child in a government school in Delhi. Both her films are set in schools because this, Dasgupta, believes is the first step for any child, the stepping stone for a person.

“The idea is to take a look at education post the Right to Education Act. Does a private school have space for kids like these? Once children in mainstream schools study alongside special needs kids, they become sensitised. Schools may not be prepared for this as yet, but it is not fair to deny the child this basic human right.” – Amrita Dasgupta

What explains this persistent interest in a subject like inclusion?

Dasgupta says that it all began quite early, soon after she graduated, when she worked on a fun learning children’s series and had a chance to closely interact with the show directors’ daughter who had Down’s syndrome. Over the years, her engagement with the issue grew as she met more parents of special needs kids and visited schools that reached out to them.

“I have realised with the need to shift from special to inclusive set up. Segregation is not a solution. Persons with disabilities, too, have a right to part of society. Including them in school will contribute in the near future to a sensitive and responsible society that readily accepts persons with disabilities” – Amrita Dasgupta, Filmmaker

Support us to make NewzHook Sustainable – Make a Contribution Today

We need your continued support to enable us work towards Changing Attitudes towards Disability. Help us in our attempt to share the voices of people with disabilities that enable them to participate in the society on an equal footing!

Contribute to Newz Hook

NH Videos

Healing pain through art - Dr. Anubha Mahajan, Founder Chronic Pain India

Contribue to Newz Hook |Disability news. Support us to make NewzHook Sustainable – Make a Contribution Today.

Newsletter

 Subscribe to our Newsletter

Want to feature disability stories or share disability news with the disabled community? Write to:

editor@newzhook.com

Newz Hook - Accessible News

Download App Now!

Videos

View More

Coronavirus-news

New ‘Sesame Street’ video teaches kids with autism how to wear a mask

Get-hooked

#WonderWoman - Ketna Mehta is giving people with disabilities wings to fly

Get-hooked

Dealing with sensory overload in kids with autism this Diwali

Get-hooked

#SiblingPower- Deaf siblings Sophia Joe & Richard Joe are riding high on their dreams

Newz Hook Logo

About Newz Hook

Newz Hook | Disability News - media site focusing on Disability Stories and Changing Attitudes towards Disability globally. We highlight disability news, offer inclusive solutions and create accessible collaborations. Our focus is to have Inclusion Champions from across the globe who will share disability stories and news.
Lets come together to change attitudes towards disability!

Newz Hook is reader-supported. When you buy through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission.

Follow us on:

Related Links

  • About Us
  • Contact Us
  • Privacy Policy
  • Partner with Newz Hook
  • Embed Newz Hook Timeline
  • Affiliate disclosure
  • Accessibility Statement
  • Contribute to Newz Hook

Our Awards

Zero Project Award Winner 2018
Back To Top
© 2019 All Right Reserved. Inclusive News India Private Limited.

Ask Bhavna

All fields are mandatory unless specified as optional.