The Centre on Thursday said over 14,000 vacancies have been identified for persons with disabilities (PwDs) in the government sector and a special recruitment drive would be launched for filling up the vacancies by February next year.
Chandigarh has 8,581 disabled persons, with the maximum (4,289) being orthopaedically handicapped (OH) and the least (98) suffering from autism, according to a report released by the Regional Institute of Mentally Handicapped on Thursday. Dr B S Chavan, Joint Director, RIMH, claims that no other Union Territory in the country has 100 per cent coverage of disabled people. Chandigarh is the first city to have covered all disabled persons.
A teacher spat upon by a student in the middle of the class, may be a horrendous scene to visualise, but it is a familiar scene in ‘special’ schools. Here the children hit, smack, kick, vomit, shout and boss their teachers anytime without warning.
In a major initiative, people with disabilities will be able to easily access government websites across the country as steps are being taken to enhance their features.
For, Bharath, an ITI student, who suffers from speech and hearing disability, aiming and shooting an arrow at the target was like a dream come true.
Disability is a state of mind, as these great personalities have pointed out. Life becomes dysfunctional only when we are paralysed by our lack of will to perform, and disabled when we lose the determination to break the shackles preventing us from achieving what we can.
NEW DELHI: Only 0.56 percent of students with disabilities are pursuing higher education in the country, a survey has revealed.
Nalgonda police have decided to donate Rs. 35,000 every month to a blind school being run by Development of Welfare Association of the Blind (DWAB), an NGO based in Nalgonda.
APJ Abdul Kalam wanted Gujarat to take lead in becoming the green energy corridor, says Srijan Pal Singh
BENGALURU:The High Court on Thursday directed the state government to file its objections to a petition filed by Bangalore Club, by July 28.
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