Three Bengalureans and two organisations from the city have been selected this year for the Helen Keller awards, given by the National Centre for Promotion of Employment for Disabled People (NCPEDP) and Mindtree.
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Those from the city continue to dominate the 18th Helen Keller Awards 2017 with five Bengaluru-based individuals and organisations being honoured for their work towards empowerment of the differently-abled.
IDIA Disability Access Programme did an interview with Nirmita Narasimhan. This interview was conducted by Madhavi Singh and Anusha Reddy. The interview was transcribed by Veda Singh, IDIA intern and student at Jindal Global Law School.
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The debate over whether the Internet is a better tool for democratic empowerment or authoritarian control misconstrues the nature of the democratic challenges of the digital age.
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‘This is another crack in the glass ceiling’: RSC casts disabled actors in new season
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Dalya Alberge Sat 26 Jan 2019 12.00 GMT Last modified on Sat 26 Jan 2019 13.50 GMT The Royal Shakespeare Company has unveiled plans to “level the…
Worryingly few disabled students are aware of the funding and support available to them. This needs to change