The Magic in Abilities: Rethinking Disability and Dignity | Ayesha Alam | TEDxIIMCalcutta

I'm a mother of a three and a half yearear-old. And when we conceive, you know, what do we say? What do we pray for? What does our spouse, our family, you know, what do they pray for? A healthy baby. What does a healthy baby mean? What does a healthy baby mean? Anyone? A baby without a disability? Correct. The problem is not that there are 70 million persons with disability in India and over a billion across the world. That's not the problem. That statistics is not the problem. You know what the problem is? ...