The Asha-special team volunteers share their perspective on the near term tangible results of work of Asha-special team in the arena of empowerment of persons with disabilities:

"Disability is not a disease to be cured nor a problem to be fixed, Rather, it is a difference; that needs to be accepted and accommodated as a part of diversity in any diverse and heterogeneous society. Don't mourn for me: to, me, my blindness is hardly a problem. It is nothing more than a situation of some one living in New York City without a car. The real problem is the negative social attitude and the consequent deprivation of opportunities needed for the development of my personality. i hardly have a great desire to regain my eye sight, but the real desire is to be accepted as a productive, participative and dignified member of the society while my blindness being accepted as one of the important characteristic of my personality." - Jagdish Chander, Syracuse

"Look back to enlighten your present and look ahead to brighten your future." - Prof Vileen Shah

"By the end of 2003, support atleast 1 disability specific project or activity in each state that Asha has an education project." - Guha Balasubramaniam

"Disabled Persons should be made assets for society rather than being liabilities." - T.H. Joy

"Create the awareness to work long term at a sustained pace for the rights and participation of persons with disabilities in every aspect of society." - Jayshree Janardhan

"I feel that the Trigger team has done a great job in networking various resourceful individuals and various organizations, with people who could benefit from their help. Networking these individuals and organizations to me is a big step that was achieved by launching the Trigger project in the 5 different parts of India simultaneously - one of the primary problems faced in India today is that although there are so many NGOs doing a lot of good work, there is very little information-sharing, and very little networking among them - I think by facilitating this, the Asha-special team has already moved a step forward in empowering disabled people served by the Trigger project." - Minali Balaram

"Raise the access to available resources and awareness of disability issues leading to inclusion of every disabled person in the mainstream community" - Sirish Agarwal

"We can and ought to remove the hurdles so that under-privileged disabled children, one of the most marginalized constituent of our society, can live more fuller and richer lives." - Raj Chauhan

"Growing numbers of Indo people are now marching towards UQE (Universal Quality Education) by 2047. This long journey would bear great meaning if it begins with salvation for disabled children, impaired girls in particular. I am glad to be a part of the dynamic asha-special team that is working hard to make it happen." - D P Prakash

"These projects are all about "Empowerment" of people with disabilities, to help this population to live with dignity, respect and independence. A project like Asha Trigger covering all zones in the country will create more awareness and thereby involvement from others to participate in such activities." - Venkat Subramanian