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NGO steps in with ration, essential items for disabled |
New Delhi: Avadesh (38), a physically handicapped person who works as a helper in a shared auto, has hardly earned anything in the past one month since the Covid lockdown has been imposed.
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24/May/2021 |
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Govt brings community-based plan to rehabilitate PwDs |
With an aim to develop trained manpower for rehabilitation and development of the person with disabilities, Union Minister of Social Justice and Empowerment Thaawarchand Gehlot launched a six-month... |
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20/May/2021 |
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Disability podcast series Eyeway Conversations highlights importance of creating accessibility in physical and digital spaces |
Everyone wins when the environment and infrastructure around us is accessible and inclusive. Yet the conversation around disability in India is slow-moving when it comes to physical and digital... |
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19/May/2021 |
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Put your accessibility skills to use, join BarrierBreak’s Covid AccessibilityBug Bounty campaign |
Information can help stop the spread of COVID-19 but not everyone has equal access to critical lifesaving information about the pandemic. This is because most websites and apps related to COVID-19... |
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19/May/2021 |
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Drive in, transport facility for persons with disabilities |
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... |
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14/May/2021 |
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Organic, printable device could restore sight to the blind |
Artificial retina’ created using a biomedical printing press
A Sydney engineer is developing a low-cost, 3-D printed electrical device that uses absorbed light to fire the neurons that transmit... |
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14/May/2021 |
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Exam scribes for disabled: Government seeks inputs |
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... |
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13/May/2021 |
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IBM's latest app helps visually impaired users stand in socially distanced lines |
Nearly one and a half year after the novel coronavirus was first detected, countries in various parts of the world are still implementing rolling lockdowns and curfews while encouraging mask-wearing... |
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11/May/2021 |
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No melody in lives of the visually impaired |
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... |
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11/May/2021 |
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Vaccinate disabled people at home or separate centres |
New Delhi: After Delhi government announced vaccination for ..journalists at their offices, people with disabilities have demanded that they be vaccinated at home or at separate facilities.... |
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10/May/2021 |
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