Message by Sonu Periera, Self-Advocate for Visual Impairment

“Not everybody will be able to know what you want and if you really want people to hear you and if you want people to support you: if we sit in a place, you know, try to be victims, I think it may be challenging for us in the long run. But if we get up and say that this is what I want to do or this is what I feel I would be able to do, and this is what I feel.”
Words by and in this video: Sonu Periera, Fellow, Ummeed Inclusion Fellowship Program (UIFP)
Sonu is a disability specialized social worker, self-advocate for visual impairment, an animal lover, a singer/performing artist and currently inclusion champion at Ummeed Child Development Center.
Sonu Periera (visually impaired) shares a heartfelt message for people with disabilities, encourages them to advocate for themselves and spells out what self-advocacy could be like for them in simple ways.
Video Description: A young person wearing a black shirt and blue pants shares her thoughts while sitting on a chair with 4 columns of red, yellow, green chairs stacked up over each other in the background. This cuts back and forth with her close up shot. We see a childhood picture of her. We also see other pictures where she is sitting by the sea on a raised platform, singing on stage in a light blue saree, petting a dog and receiving her degree at her convocation.
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