Letters Wed 19 Jun 2019 18.32 BST Last modified on Wed 19 Jun 2019 18.34 BST So Stewart Dakers says faith systems don’t produce volunteers (Society, 19…
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After the failure to recruit a ‘disability champion’ for the fashion industry, activists argue that more should be done to earn the ‘purple pound’
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<!––> Parasports June 18, 2019 In My Take this week, we have 25-year-old Vysakh SR, Captain of India’s first amputee football team and also the…
Letters Mon 17 Jun 2019 17.40 BST Last modified on Mon 17 Jun 2019 18.10 BST Robert Verkaik’s implicit assumption that all private schools are like Eton…
Tyre maker Goodyear partners with NAB to conduct road safety training in Delhi for blind people
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June 17, 2019 Traveling independently is a major challenge that people with vision impairments face in India. There are many assistive devices available today to…
June 17, 2019 The Metropolitan Transport Corporation of Chennai is gearing up to introduce foldable wheelchair ramp in one of the buses which has been…
MCI requirement for double certification puts disabled medical aspirants under undue stress
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June 15, 2019 As if all the stress that goes into clearing the medical entrance exam is not enough, disabled students who have cleared the…
New guidance means those with conditions such as dementia or anxiety may be eligible for parking permit
Delhi government failure to implement key RPWD Act provision sign of larger apathy
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June 15, 2019 One of the key provisions in the Rights for Persons with Disabilities (RPWD) Act is the Equal Opportunity Policy, which mandates that…
June 16, 2019 India’s cricket captain Virat Kohli has said that there is no plan to replace injured player Shikhar Dhawan in the ICC World…