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Bengaluru is all set to celebrate love on 9 December. Yes, Namma Pride is back with a bang. The annual pride march, held every year…

Be it para athlete Suvarna Raj in Delhi, disability rights activist Meenakshi Balasubramaniam in Chennai or accessibility advocate Virali Modi in Mumbai, the harassment commonly…

A popular tourist spot, Kolkata’s Victoria Memorial does not have a great record when it comes to accessibility. Come 2019, this iconic heritage monument hopes…

Vidya Sagar is a centre for special education based in Chennai. The school offers support to children with disabilities and their parents through various therapies…

In our series Disability Heroes, we profile one of Kerala’s most popular disability rights activist Prajith Jaipal who has stood up for disabled people, their…

Nirmita Narasimhan is a speaker at this conclave organized by IIMA in collaboration with Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment, Government of India.

India is home to 2.7 crore people living with one or the other kind of disability. According to the 2011 Census, 2.21 percent of India’s population is disabled. Unlike the developed world, India’s disabled are made further socially vulnerable by lack of quality education, lack of women’s safety, and attitudinal barriers as they continue to grapple with the challenges of access, acceptance, and inclusion.

At their introduction, touchscreens was so refreshing and how we had rushed to get those touch devices. Meanwhile, there was a separate world that came crashing down with the advent of touch enabled phones. Just like me, I’m sure not many may have thought how touchscreens almost ended the messaging ability of visually impaired. Now, with services moving from phone calls to online (services and apps), it’s getting more difficult.

The Centre for Internet and Society has been invited to serve on the high level committee on electronic accessibility policy constituted by the Government of India.