When the conversant on was over, he fell
while trying to get up from the chair and walk. While lifting him up, the
helper said - When you get up after falling, you get more courage.
He was healthy at birth.
After 2 years, his lower back stopped working properly. The government had not
delivered polio and other vaccines to the villages.When his mother gave birth, nutrition and
vaccinations were not available in the village. She became crippled due to
general weakness. He grew up anyway. Due to his deteriorating physical
condition, he did not get a chance to walk and play with his friends. During
the health checkup, it was confirmed that he was disabled due to polio. When he
could understand, he needed the help of Baisakhi. Born in Sainamaina municipality-10
Saljhandi of Rupandehi, Nilakantha Poudel is currently living in Kathmandu.
Paudel is looking for success and possibilities by turning disability into
strength. Although his whole body did not work, he did not let his confidence
melt.
"Disability cannot
be avoided, one can easily accept it and move forward with life," he says. He is the president of the National Center
for Research and Development of the Disabled. He is trying to establish all
Nepalis with different abilities like him in the society by advancing the
organization. "I got the full support of my family and friends in a
difficult situation," he said. He has 30 years of experience that nothing
is impossible in the society.
He did his primary
education at Saljhandi Pvt Fachkapur in Rupandehi. Studied in Pashupati High
School from Class 6 to 8. Did the then SLC Kanti Mavi from Butwal. He enrolled
in Siddhartha Gautam Buddha Campus in Butwal in class 11 with management
subject and passed the proficiency certificate level.
He passed BBS from New Horizon in Rupandehi. After that,
his family moved to Kathmandu. Now living in Chandragiri Municipality-10
Satungal, Poudel is currently working in the social sector.
He says, "Through the research center, he is now
working to establish education for people with disabilities in health,
employment and society." On his own initiative, schools for people with
disabilities have been established in 6 different places in the country.
Children with disabilities are currently studying in
Sunaulo Apaangata Special Education Kathmandu, Fewa Apaangata Special Education
Pokhara, Disability Rehabilitation Center in Biratnagar, Chhapia in Rupandehi
in Chhapia Apaang Utthan Society.
In Nepal, people with disabilities are seen as having no
ability. It is not believed that they can excel in anything. Family and society
have moved forward, there are no less than Sang in the society," he said.
