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SC flags hostile discrimination against persons with disabilities
The apex court also directed a nationwide monitoring of all state-run care institutions housing persons with cognitive disabilities to be undertaken...
Disability affairs department allocated Rs 1225 crore in budget,...
23 July 2024 9:10 PM ISTThe National University of Rehabilitation Science and Disability Studies and the Rehabilitation Council of India maintain steady allocations.
30-yr-old triple amputee from Goa climbs Mt Everest Base Camp; credits...
23 May 2024 11:00 PM ISTThe man lost his both limbs below knees and a hand following an electrocution accident in Haryana when he was 9 years old. The amputee, who uses...
Open up govt jobs for NIOS students: Stakeholders
23 April 2024 7:00 AM ISTAccusing the School Education Department of discrimination, disability rights activists and educationalists claim that it defeats the goal of...
PwD activists oppose inauguration of Kilambakkam bus terminus
29 Dec 2023 8:50 PM ISTVaishnavi Jayakumar of Disability Rights Alliance said that the request to provide a single common level boarding platform has been ignored by the...
Tiny tots' trauma in therapy
22 Oct 2023 7:00 AM ISTMental health experts urge parents of children with learning and/or intellectual disabilities to do their homework before sending their wards to...
The curious case of missing UDID cards
13 Jun 2022 6:58 AM ISTThousands of persons with disability in the State have been waiting for years for delivery of their Unique Disability Identity (UDID) cards, despite...
Disability rights activists protest discrimination at CLRI
17 Jan 2023 4:03 AM ISTThe protest, demanding transparency and publishing of the actual criteria, assessment and promotion of employees since 2000, and implementation of...