Panaji: Sanjay School for Special Children in Porvorim is currently serving as a vaccination centre for persons with disabilities between the age of 18 and 45. To make it convenient for the disabled persons to get themselves vaccinated, the centre has also provided drive-in facility.
School chairman Guruprasad Pawaskar said that free transportation is also being provided for persons with disabilities staying in and around Porvorim to come to Sanjay School for vaccination.

NEW DELHI: In keeping with the Supreme Court’s directives for conducting written examination for persons having less than 40% disability or persons having medical condition that may restrict their writing capacity, the department of empowerment of persons with disabilities has come out with a public notice seeki

They may not be able to see the impact of partial curfew being implemented in view of COVID-19, but could definitely feel it.

Philanthropists’ “generous donations” to the visually impaired artists has come down. They sing songs at roadside shows in the city to eke out a living. Nowadays they find it difficult to make both ends meet, as people, of late, hardly stop at the roadside events.

As a relief for people with disabilities, the Central government has now made it mandatory for disability certificates to be issued online.

The Ministry of Social justice and empowerment has issued a gazette notification for this on Monday.

Department of empowerment of persons with disabilities seeks directions to states after the National Federation of the Blind complained that people with visual impairment had to stand in long queues to get tested, vaccinated and get treatment for Covid-19

Following complaints from rights activists and organisations, the department of empowerment of persons with disabilities has requested the Union health ministry to issue directions to states to give priority to people with disabilities in treatment and vaccination for Covid-19.