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Focus on disability as part of diversity strategy is highest in Indian cos: Study |
Focus on disability as part of diversity strategy is highest in Indian companies (39%), according to Mercer's Asia Pacific Diversity & Inclusion study.
Over 90% of the participants surveyed... |
General |
18/Jul/2012 |
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RIM Launches BlackBerry Screen Reader for Customers with Visual Impairments |
BlackBerry Smartphones have always had some great accessibility options, but today RIM has taken things one step further with the release of BlackBerry Screen Reader. The new app, available for the... |
Product and Technology |
18/Jul/2012 |
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'Ensure disabled-friendly public buildings' |
Jaipur: Rajasthan Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot on Tuesday directed officials concerned to ensure facilities for differently-abled in all public building across the state.
For this purpose, the... |
General |
18/Jul/2012 |
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People with Disabilities Still Left Behind In Transportation Debates |
560,000 People with Disabilities Never Leave Their Homes Due to Transportation Difficulties. As conferees begin debating how to move forward with the federal transportation reauthorization, two civil... |
General |
18/Jul/2012 |
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Liverpool to wear blindness charity kit for Chelsea clash |
Liverpool will don one-off new-look shirts when they face Chelsea at Anfield this evening to raise awareness for a blindness charity.
The usual Standard Chartered logo on the front of the red... |
General |
18/Jul/2012 |
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Parliament passes RTE Bill |
Parliament passed the Right of Children to Free and compulsory Education (Amendment) Bill, 2012, with the Lok Sabha passing the measure on Wednesday, thereby providing for an integrated education... |
Education and Employment |
18/Jul/2012 |
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Cassettes for Blind People service scrapped by Hertfordshire County Council |
A free service providing visually-impaired Hertfordshire residents with talking books by post has been scrapped and will be replaced with subscriptions to a charity library.
The Cassettes for Blind... |
General |
18/Jul/2012 |
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A leveller called luxury |
At Mumbai's domestic airport, a reflexology parlour - which offers 30-minute foot massages for Rs 950 - employs visually-impaired masseurs from lower-income backgrounds. They make their way around... |
General |
18/Jul/2012 |
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TN CM announces resource centre for differently-abled children |
In an effort to help differently-abled children, Tamil Nadu Government has decided to set up a State Resource Centre here, the first of its kind in the country.
Making a suo motu statement in the... |
General |
18/Jul/2012 |
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Enable the Differently-abled |
The government needs to be more pro-active and look into the various issues to allow differently-abled children better education, says Swapna Mukherjee
All may seem well in the education scenario... |
Education and Employment |
18/Jul/2012 |
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