The world’s tallest statue, ‘Statue of Unity’ in Gujarat’s Narmada, which is visited daily by over 5,000 tourists, including elders and persons with disabilities (PwDs,) is all set for an upgrade to make it completely disabled-friendly.

The 182-metre-tall engineering marvel that was founded in a memorial tribute to Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel in Gujarat has recently got the tag of Shanghai Cooperation Organisation’s ‘8 Wonders of SCO’.  It is also said to be on the itinerary list of US President Donald Trump who is expected to visit India in the last week of February this year.

By Shruti Pushkarna

At the risk of sounding self-aggrandising, I’d say I’m a fairly empathetic person. Even when I wasn’t working in the disability domain, I was reasonably conscious of the different needs of people. Not like I changed anything around me or was overly vociferous on such subjects, but at least I was ‘aware’.

And that’s what I want to talk about. Awareness.

Swalekhan’ will help the obviate the need for hard-to-find scribes by allowing students to type in answers

An Android-based application (App) built on the basis of a technology innovation promises to academically empower visually impaired students by freeing them of their dependence on scribes while writing exams.

NEW DELHI: To help students suffering from dyscalculia and  other calculation-related disorders, the Central Board of  Secondary Education (CBSE) has decided to allow children  with special needs (CWSN) use a basic calculator starting from this year.

CHENNAI:  Picture a quiz competition for school students. Nearly 200 of them are gathered in a room; tension runs high, as does excitement; the buzz that picks up as they sort themselves into different groups keeps up all through the event; some do well and others do even better; there are some giving away the answers, others getting it very wrong.