The camp was organised by Pt Deendayal Upadhyaya Institute for the Physically Handicapped, Southern Regional Centre, Red Cross and Dakshina Kannada District Administration.
"My mother has lost vision in one eye and the other is causing her big problems," says one boy. "She can't see where she's going."
Another child says her grandmother is blind in both eyes and is forever pulling out her eyelashes. "She rubs and rubs them," explains the nine-year-old girl. "They give her terrible pain."
Government of India, Ministry of Railways Railway Recruitment Board
The last date of application is 17.02.2014
Employees reportedly receive less than minimum daily wage
Staff Selection Commission (SSC)
The last date of application is 14.02.2014
Exam Date: 27/04/2014 and 04/05/2014
Combined Graduate Level Examination, 2014
The last date of application is 07.02.2014
A hostel has been opened for disabled students who wish to pursue higher studies, on Kumthekar Road in Sadashiv Peth.
Special care has been taken to ensure the hostel, Chaitanya Vishwa, is accessible through ramps. Besides, attention has been paid while designing the washrooms so they are completely accessible, said Rahul Deshmukh, president of the National Association for the Welfare of Physically Challenged.
To make law education accessible to a wider social milieu, a group of a law school alumni has set up ‘Increasing Diversity by Increasing Access to Legal Education’ (IDIA), a not-for-profit organisation and have helped around 180 candidates crack the common law admission test (CLAT).
Preliminary discussions with Chennai Metro Rail Limited (CMRL) officials over how the public transport system will handle the requirements of the handicapped seems to have left members of the Disability Rights Alliance (DRA) — a group that seeks inclusive development — unhappy
he new disabilities bill could help enshrine a more modern understanding of the issue.
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