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{{Use Indian English|date=September 2018}}
{{Infobox non-profit
| name = Infinite Ability
| image =
| type = Disability Organization
| founded_date = 2011
| registration_id =
| location = [[UCMS]], [[Delhi]], [[India]]
| origins =
| key_people = Dr [[Satendra Singh (doctor)|Satendra Singh]]
| homepage = [http://infiniteability.yolasite.com// Infinite Ability]
| Tag line =
| footnotes =
}}
'''Infinite Ability''' is a special interest group on disability within the [[medical humanities|Medical Humanities]] Group of the [[University College of Medical Sciences]] ([[University of Delhi]]). It was founded by Dr [[Satendra Singh (doctor)|Satendra Singh]] in 2011.<ref>{{cite news|title=Imply versus Infer|url=http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2012-02-04/science/31024364_1_autistic-people-eyes-english-language|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131214152724/http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2012-02-04/science/31024364_1_autistic-people-eyes-english-language|url-status=dead|archive-date=14 December 2013|newspaper=[[The Times of India]]|accessdate=16 October 2012}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=A Fighter says it all-A TV interview of founder of Infinite Ability on P7 news channel|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W4tC6Vr8v5U|accessdate=19 October 2012}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Survivor’s story: Dr Satendra Singh’s journey [World Polio Day Special]|url=http://healthmeup.com/news-healthy-living/survivors-story-dr-satendra-singhs-journey-world-polio-day-special/8631|publisher=Health Me Up [Times Internet Limited]|accessdate=19 October 2012}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=Impossible is nothing when it comes to the specially abled|url=http://www.deccanherald.com/content/296168/impossible-nothing-comes-specially-abled.html|accessdate=6 December 2012|newspaper=Deccan Herald|date=4 December 2012}}</ref> The main purpose behind the formation of the group was the promotion and coordination among medical persons with disabilities of medical humanitarian approaches that would focus on four competency-based learning objectives of [[narrative medicine]]: [[graphic medicine]]; interpersonal and communication skills; patient care, and [[professionalism]].<ref>{{cite journal|last=Singh|first=S|title=Broadening horizons: looking beyond disability.|journal=Medical education|date=May 2012|volume=46|issue=5|pages=522|doi=10.1111/j.1365-2923.2012.04246.x|pmid=22515781}}</ref>

The mission of the group is to explore disability through [[disability studies]] and creativity and to achieve it the group organized the first ever [[Theatre of the Oppressed]] workshop for medical students in India.<ref>{{cite journal|title=Exploring medical humanities through theatre of the oppressed|url=http://www.indianjpsychiatry.org/text.asp?2012/54/3/296/102461|first1=Satendra | last1=Singh | first2=Jagjit | last2=Khosla | first3=Shobhana | last3=Sridhar | volume=54 | issue=3 | year=2012 | journal=Indian Journal of Psychiatry|accessdate=17 September 2018 | pmc=3512382 | pmid=23226869 | doi=10.4103/0019-5545.102461 | pages=296–7}}</ref> The group was also instrumental in organizing a unique 'Blind with Camera' workshop for the visually impaired and [[blindness|blind]] students of [[University of Delhi]] in 2012.<ref>{{cite news|title=They capture the world in their mind’s eye|url=http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2012-10-08/delhi/34321923_1_du-students-residual-sight-photo-exhibition|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140107191540/http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2012-10-08/delhi/34321923_1_du-students-residual-sight-photo-exhibition|url-status=dead|archive-date=7 January 2014|accessdate=16 October 2012|newspaper=[[The Times of India]]|date=8 October 2012}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=Photography, a collegiate passion|url=http://www.asianage.com/life-and-style/photography-collegiate-passion-736|accessdate=16 October 2012|newspaper=Asian Age|date=22 August 2012}}</ref> The workshop by Partho Bhowmick was followed by a two-week-long exhibition of photographs taken by visually impaired in accessible format.
[[File:Partho Bhowmick training a visually impaired.jpg|thumb|Blind with Camera workshop done by Partho Bhowmick and organised by Infinite Ability at New Delhi.]]

Dr [[Satendra Singh (doctor)|Satendra Singh]],<ref>{{cite news|title=Man of Infinite Ability|url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/user-generated/Man-of-Infinite-Ability/britanniashow/17937922.cms|newspaper=The Times of India}}</ref> founder of the group and Coordinator of the [[Enabling Unit]], challenged the erroneous correlation of [[Jonas Salk]]'s birthday with World Polio Day. His publication in the journal 'Vaccine' clears the air with appropriate references and contributes to correction of literature.<ref>{{cite journal|last=Singh|first=S|title=It's time to correct the literature.|journal=Vaccine|date=3 December 2012|pmid=23219693|doi=10.1016/j.vaccine.2012.11.059|volume=31|issue=4|pages=591}}</ref> His persistent advocacy also lead [[Medical Council of India]] to send directives to all the medical institutions in India to make the medical institutions 'accessible' to persons with disabilities.<ref>{{cite news|title=MCI asks all medical institutions to be ‘accessible’|url=http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-national/tp-newdelhi/mci-asks-all-medical-institutions-to-be-accessible/article4628862.ece|accessdate=21 April 2013|newspaper=The Hindu|date=18 April 2013}}</ref>

==References==
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== External links ==
*[http://infiniteability.yolasite.com// Infinite Ability Home page]

[[Category:Organizations established in 2011]]
[[Category:Disability organisations based in India]]
[[Category:Organisations based in Delhi]]
[[Category:University of Delhi]]
[[Category:Disability studies]]
[[Category:2011 establishments in Delhi]]

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