Volume 2 Issue 24

Feature

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  Celebrating art and ability
  A week-long festival, featuring events around the theme of 'Inclusion', marked this year’s World Disability Day celebrations organised by NCPEDP.

Interview

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  "If you do not move fast enough, you will be run over"
  C. Antony Samy talks about his life-long passion in the rehabilitation of persons with disabilities.

News

• UN Convention on Rights of Disabled People concludes final stage
  The UN is well on its way to creating a legally binding framework for promoting the rights of the world’s 600 million disabled people.
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  President Kalam announces speech applet for visually impaired people
  The Rashtrapati Bhavan is working on a speech applet that will allow disabled people to access the Internet via a speech interface.
• Search on for new CCPD
  DRG writes to the Minister for Social Justice and Empowerment, urging care and due process in the selection of a new CCPD.
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  Helen Keller awards presented
  The 6th NCPEDP-Shell Helen Keller Awards ceremony was organised in New Delhi on December 2.
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  Let's Walk to Freedom!
  Over 10,000 people from across India come to India Gate to celebrate World Disability Day.
• Disability and Law workshop organised in Cochin
  The Kerala State Disability and Law Workshop, on December 12 in Cochin, discusses information dissemination and awareness building.
• ITF promotes Indian wheelchair tennis
  On World Disability Day, ITF adds India to its list of Silver Fund countries.
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  Disability still dogs Bhopal gas survivors
  Even 20 years after the Bhopal Gas Tragedy, instances of disability among the survivors are still being found.
• Breaking down barriers
  Disha's new building in Jaipur sets an example in universal accessibility.
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  Land mines are a major cause of disability
  Landmines do not only kill; they also maim and disable people for life.