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Volume 9 Issue 12
September 01, 2012Feature
Interview
News
- First Paralympic medallist wiped away from all official records
- New law in the offing to prevent schools from discriminating against ‘weak’ students
- No blanket ban on students with upper limb impairment in medical course, High Court
- Deaf people to be able to text for help during emergency
- Wadhwani Foundation’s initiative to train & recruit 13,500 people with disabilities
- D.U. proposes exclusive accommodation for students with disabilities!
- 228 deaths in Asha Kiran since 2005
- N.H.R.C. to organise National Conference on leprosy
- N.C.P.E.D.P. to organise National Convention on Youth with Disabilities
- Golf camp for people with disabilities
Volume 9 Issue 11
August 15, 2012Feature
Interview
News
- Mukul Wasnik gives away the 3rd NCPEDP-MphasiS Universal Design Awards
- National Centre for Universal Design to be made a reality in the next 3 months
- Nominations invited for 14th N.C.P.E.D.P.-Shell Helen Keller Awards
- Applications invited for the post of Chairperson, National Trust
- Committee drafting R.T.E. guidelines on disability has no disabled member!
- U.N. report seeks strengthening of C.C.P.D. office, private sector accountability
- H.R.D. Ministry forms Task Force on Disability
- ‘Blind’ people employed under N.R.E.G.A. found to be non-disabled, says study
- Odisha to reserve 3 percent contractual jobs for disabled people
- Disabled soldiers to get pension
Volume 9 Issue 10
August 01, 2012Feature
Interview
News
- Department of Disability Affairs gets its first Secretary!
- Scholarships for students with disabilities
- Cabinet decides to treat disabled athletes on par with non-disabled athletes
- Olympians to get coaching jobs
- Delhi High Court terms Asha Kiran as “worst kind of human rights violation”
- Handbook on tax concessions for people with disabilities
- Stark difference in Census figures on disability in U.S. and Bangladesh
- W.H.O. to hold consultation on forced sterilization
- U.P. starts internship programme on disability for law students
- Persons with disabilities to climb Mt. Stok Kangri in Leh
Volume 9 Issue 9
July 15, 2012Feature
Interview
News
- Winners of 3rd N.C.P.E.D.P. - MphasiS Universal Design Awards 2012 announced
- I.I.T. alleges certifying hospital not competent, Delhi High Court asks for proof
- Person with disability tops Maharashtra Public Service exam
- Presidential candidate makes derogatory remarks on disability
- Disability pension not for injuries off-duty, says Supreme Court
- Still no special educators in Delhi municipal schools
- U.N. comes out with report to strengthen treaty body system
- D.U. and J.N.U. get M.S.J.E. funds to make their campus disabled-friendly
- London Games to be the ‘most disabled-friendly’, claims U.K.
- Delhi courts to fast track pending cases involving disabled and elderly people
Volume 9 Issue 8
July 01, 2012Feature
Interview
News
- Javed Abidi takes over as Vice-Chair of International Disability Alliance
- Proposed new disability law in its final stages, says Mukul Wasnik
- Rio+20 Outcome Document mentions disability
- W.H.O. launches Toolkit on assessing quality of care in mental health facilities
- Simultaneous protests across Andhra Pradesh
- I.L.O. conducts study on disability and the Indian labour market
- People with disabilities to get preference in house allotment
- Relax upper age limit for disabled applicants in anganwadi posts: High Court
- D.R.G. Impact: IndiGo puts a column on ‘special needs’ on its tickets
- Unemployment allowance to include people with disabilities in Rajasthan
Volume 9 Issue 7
June 15, 2012Feature
Interview
News
- Department of Disability Affairs notified
- National Advisory Council supports full legal capacity
- D.R.G. member resigns from Ministry of Civil Aviation Committee
- Government interviews a new set of candidates for the post of R.C.I. Chairperson
- National Youth Policy 2012 to also focus on youth with disabilities
- National Skill Development policy leaves much to be desired
- Only 160 crore for e-inclusion in the 12th Plan
- Tamil Nadu to issue R.T.I. replies in Braille
- D.U. hypes an ‘increase’ in number of disabled applicants, but half of the seats still go vacant
- Applications invited for Jamsetji Tata Chair for Universal Design
Volume 9 Issue 6
June 01, 2012Feature
Interview
News
- Indigo humiliates U.N. Special Rapporteur on Disability, refuses an aisle chair!
- More than half of seats reserved for students with disabilities in I.I.T.s go vacant!
- Sharath Gayakwad first Indian swimmer to qualify for Paralympics
- Deaf person can give testimony, says Supreme Court
- Bachelor and Diploma programmes in Education to include modules on disability
- Delhi University does away with medical board for disabled aspirants
- Disability finds no mention in India’s Universal Periodic Review
- L.C.D. and Accenture launch job portal for people with disabilities
- Study reveals disability a focus among corporates in Asia-Pacific
- Rajasthan Government directs officials to ensure public buildings are disabled friendly
Volume 9 Issue 5
May 15, 2012Feature
Interview
News
- Sibal delivers another blow to children with disabilities, sector to blame?
- D.P.I. launches Global Women & Youth Network
- McGill University hosts conference on ‘Disability and Work: Global Strategies for Equity’
- Selection of new R.C.I. Chairperson mired in confusion and controversy
- Global Accessibility Awareness Day celebrated in Mumbai
- Delhi High Court orders Mother’s International school to admit deaf child
- Karnataka H.C. orders State to follow M.C.I. guidelines for post graduate courses
- High Court relaxes norms for persons with disabilities for C.A. examination
- Persons with disabilities to be able to book railway tickets online soon
- Chennai metro rail makes a good start in being accessible, can do a lot more
Volume 9 Issue 4
May 01, 2012Feature
Interview
News
- Nominations for the 3rd N.C.P.E.D.P.-MphasiS Universal Design Awards 2012 open
- Department of Disability Affairs likely to become functional soon
- Amendments to R.T.E. passed by Rajya Sabha; mixed bag for disability sector
- Kanchan Pamnani and Shivani Gupta attends C.R.P.D. Committee meeting in Geneva
- O.H.C.H.R.’s compilation on India’s U.P.R. mentions N.D.N.’s submission
- N.A.C. comes out with Draft Recommendations on the proposed new disability law
- Women and Child Welfare Department to formulate action points for persons with disabilities in Odisha
- Project on dyslexia wins India leg of Microsoft’s Imagine Cup
- 300 man-days likely for persons with disabilities under N.R.E.G.S.
- Draft guidelines for examination writing by blind and low vision persons to be submitted to M.S.J.E.
- No concrete decision on making D.U. disabled-friendly
- Haryana bans use of the word 'handicapped'
Volume 9 Issue 3
April 15, 2012Feature
Interview
News
- Survey reveals dismal picture of persons with disabilities in Odisha
- Centre, D.G.C.A. served notice by Supreme Court on deplaning of passenger with disability
- Another meeting at Ministry of Civil Aviation, with no solution in sight
- Make rights of persons with disabilities justiciable: C.P.I.(M.)
- O.B.C. candidates with disabilities to get three extra attempts at Civil Services
- After four years, blind woman finally gets U.P.S.C. posting, but in a lower category!
- Railways directed to fill up posts reserved for persons with disabilities
- Find alternatives to provide equal opportunities for people with disabilities, says H.P. High Court
- D.U. plans an examination policy for students with multiple disabilities
- Allahabad University takes a step towards being disabled-friendly
Volume 9 Issue 2
April 01, 2012Feature
Interview
News
- Union Budget leaves the disability sector feeling cold
- Ministry of Civil Aviation constitutes Committee to review C.A.R.
- India and Philippines share experiences on C.R.P.D. Parallel Reporting
- Ex-Army Officer the first Indian with disability to be appointed at U.N.I.C.E.F.
- Database on Government projects that include persons with disabilities created
- Draft resolution on Article 29 of C.R.P.D. tabled by Mexico and New Zealand
- Legal capacity denied to persons with cerebral palsy
- Disability Rights Alliance asks for disabled-friendly metro in Chennai
- Unknown disease causing disability amongst children in Kashmir
- Pimpri Chinchwad B.R.T.S. to be accessible, but not entirely
Volume 9 Issue 1
March 15, 2012Feature
Interview
- “The entire system has to be overhauled,” G. Syamala
- “The proposal in the Amendment to the R.T.E. Act will certainly take us a few steps backwards,” Poonam Natarajan
- “The option for home-based education should not be there in the law,” Radhika Alkazi
News
- Department on Disability Affairs announced!
- D.R.G. writes to M.S.J.E. and M.H.R.D. against home-based education
- D.R.G. condemns the non-serious attitude of Ministry of Civil Aviation
- Passengers with disabilities branded as a ‘threat’ to airport security
- People’s Budget Initiative includes a chapter on disability
- Push to include disability in the post-M.D.G. agenda
- Government has no plans to stop drug trials on persons living with mental illness
- Railway Budget a big disappointment for the disability sector
- P.I.L. filed in Bombay High Court to make rail travel easier for persons with disabilities
- N.A.D. celebrates International Women’s Day
Volume 8 Issue 9
December 01, 2011Feature
Interview
News
- Disability sector submits Stakeholder’s Report for India’s U.P.R.
- U.N.C.R.P.D. Committee gets an added week to meet every year
- International forum on ratification and implementation of C.R.P.D. in Asia and the Pacific held in Korea
- Five years gone, no review on National Policy for Persons with Disabilities yet
- Visually impaired candidates discriminated by U.P.S.C., meet P.M.
- Coordination-cum-Monitoring Committee on I.S.L.R.T.C. holds its first meeting
- Delhi High Court directs Centre to appoint Sign Language interpreters in offices
- Sanchi: First heritage site in India to be accessible to people with visual impairment
- P.I.L. filed to integrate children with mental disabilities in mainstream education
- N.H.F.D.C. announces 1,500 scholarships for persons with disabilities
- Joint effort by Wadhwani Foundation and TeamLease – I.I.J.T. to empower persons with disabilities
- T.R.R.A.I.N. to make persons with disabilities part of the retail boom
Volume 8 Issue 8
November 15, 2011Feature
Interview
News
- Javed Abidi elected as Chairperson of D.P.I.
- 12th Plan Steering Committees: A major breakthrough for the disability sector
- The 13th N.C.P.E.D.P. – Shell Helen Keller Awards 2011 announced
- N.A.C. to look into the proposed new disability rights law
- Coordination-cum-Monitoring Committee formed for I.S.L.R.T.C.
- Stakeholders’ Report for the U.P.R.
- Discriminatory law denies equal rights to hearing impaired girl
- M.H.A.D.A. rapped for not using the right definition of disability
- Report on setting up of the institute on universal design awaited
- A children’s festival with a message
Volume 8 Issue 7
April 01, 2011Feature
Interview
- “Lack of political will on the part of decision makers is a hurdle towards mainstreaming disability”
- “Our focus is on enhancing the equitable inclusion of people with disabilities as employees, customers and stakeholders,” Suzanne Colbert
News
- D.M. Naidu passes away: A huge loss for the Indian disability sector
- Beleaguered Committee drafting new disability law set to miss deadline yet again!
- Health Ministry and M.S.J.E. to finally sit together to discuss Legal Capacity
- Identify less strenuous jobs for disabled jawans: Delhi High Court
- Indian Sign Language Research Institute: M.S.J.E. endorses I.G.N.O.U.’s hijacking!
- Once again a disabled student has been put to test. Well, literally.
- Sports Ministry derecognises P.C.I.
- Finance Minister ends medical misery, rolls back tax
- A.M.U.’s Centre for Distance Education to also focus on people with disabilities
- Public awareness about Down’s Syndrome essential: Dr Chopade
Volume 8 Issue 6
March 15, 2011Feature
Interview
- “Of course, I support full Legal Capacity,” Poonam Natarajan
- “The chapters on Legal Capacity and Authorities need to be rewritten,” General Ian Cardozo
News
- Working Draft of proposed new disability law comes under fire; a cut paste job says the sector
- Legal Capacity: Health Ministry and M.S.J.E. come out with two diametrically opposite positions
- Significant increase in the number of disabled students taking board exams but is it a premature celebration?
- Disabled people boycott Tamil Nadu Consultation; deliberations hijacked by parents and professionals
- Abidi writes to P.M., expresses disappointment over Union Budget
- ‘Disability Act should include elderly’
- Delhi High Court directs A.I.I.M.S. to call disabled doctor for counselling
- Javed Abidi invited to attend C.R.P.D. Committee’s meeting in Geneva
- Accessible passenger ramps: Innovation of IndiGo Airlines
- Heritage monuments to become disabled-friendly!
Volume 8 Issue 5
March 01, 2011Feature
Interview
News
- Union Budget made no special mention of disability!
- Rail Budget offers special concessions for disabled people
- ‘Govt should withdraw 5% service tax levied on healthcare’
- Consultations or sham? Committee drafting new disability law makes a mockery of the process
- Mixed reports on Census 2011, apprehensions rife on disability being undercounted
- Abidi invited to a prestigious Seminar in Oslo
- M.S.J.E. doesn’t consider disabled doctors fit for teaching jobs
- People with hearing impairment can also drive: Delhi High Court
- Germany’s Finance Minister, a wheelchair user, is an inspiration for many!
- Karnataka cricket body indifferent towards disabled spectators
Volume 8 Issue 4
February 15, 2011Feature
Interview
News
- Finally, ‘Working Draft’ of the proposed Rights of Persons with Disabilities Act out!
- Census 2011 begins, disability to be counted properly for the first time
- Committee drafting new disability law meets, the ‘beneficiaries’ remain in the dark
- “What is the hurry?” Minister, M.S.J.E. asks the Committee drafting new disability law
- The draft Mental Health law is fascist: N.A.A.J.M.I.
- Denied I.A.S. despite order, visually impaired duo threaten legal action
- Dyslexic student denied 3% reservation facility in Engineering Entrance Exam
- No reservation for A.I.I.M.S. nursing posts, disabled candidates turn to court
- Fellowship launched for disabled people
- Special Recruitment Drive of D.o.P.T. extended till June 30
Volume 8 Issue 3
February 01, 2011Feature
Interview
News
- Minister makes an effort to bring back disabled members into the Committee
- State Consultations planned on the Working Draft of the proposed new disability law
- New Law must create humane recovery spaces, insists N.A.A.J.M.I.
- U.P. Consultation on Census 2011 & Disability
- Gujarat State Consultation on Census 2011 witnesses huge enthusiasm
- Meeting on draft National Policy on Universal Electronic Accessibility
- N.A.S.S.S.C.O.M.’s Disability Advisory Group to focus on accessibility this year
- Indian Sign Language Institute & Training Centre to be set up this year
- No access ramps for disabled people at Sabarmati Ashram
- Defying odds, 80-year-old disabled surgeon still at work
Volume 8 Issue 2
January 15, 2011Feature
Interview
News
- With blinkers on, a diminished Committee on new disability law goes on
- Protest in Chennai over new law on disability rights
- North Zone Consultation on ‘Census 2011 & Disability’
- South Zone Consultation on ‘Census 2011 & Disability’
- Commonwealth meet on disability
- S.C. warns states of contempt action on Disabilities Act
- Another case of discrimination surfaces in the Civil Services
- Provide modern technology for visually impaired employees: Bombay H.C.
- Web portal launched with jobs exclusively for disabled people
- 1971 war-disabled run Mumbai marathon
Volume 8 Issue 1
January 01, 2011Feature
Interview
News
- D.R.G. members protest outside Wasnik’s residence
- Consultation on U.N.C.R.P.D., draft Mental Health Care Act and the draft new Disability Act held
- Another glaring episode of blatant discrimination in the Civil Services
- M.S.J.E. embarrassed on employment data once again!
- India strikes Gold in Para Asian Games
- P.C.I. holidays at Guangzhou
- Paralympic athlete left stranded at Delhi airport
- Awareness about Disability Law dismal
- R.T.E. impact: Rajasthan sets up resource centres for disabled children
- Army dedicates 2011 to its disabled personnel
Volume 7 Issue 10
May 15, 2010Feature
Interview
News
- M.S.J.E. finally concedes to D.R.G.’s demand for a new law!
- First meeting of Committee on New Disability Act on June 10
- Census 2011: Guidelines for Enumerators on the question on disability
- Incentive scheme for private sector falls flat, second year in a row!
- New Access Guidelines likely to be adopted as standards by B.I.S.
- I.L.O. to develop Global Business and Disability Network
- 30 disabled students clear U.P.S.C. exam
- Bombay High Court overrides Maharashtra rules, grants permission to blind student to write entrance exam
- All historical monuments in the country to be made disabled friendly
- Committee to draft New Disability Act: M.S.J.E. stumbles, yet again
Volume 7 Issue 9
May 01, 2010Feature
- Census 2011 and Disability – Mithu Alur’s publicity stunt enrages the disability sector
- Moment of reckoning - New Law versus Amendments
Interview
- West Zone too roots for a new law!
- No matter how many amendments we make, existing law cannot match U.N.C.R.P.D. expectations!
News
- West Zone unanimous too, calls for a ‘New Law’!
- Disability sector opposes proposed amendments to Copyright Act, 1957
- Led by Brinda Karat, thousands protest at Parliament Street
- Urban Development Sub Group on access guidelines likely to miss deadline
- National Policy on Electronic Accessibility put up in the public domain
- Amendments to Right to Education Act tabled in Rajya Sabha
- South Zone unanimously supports ‘New Law’
- “Neither me nor Justice Chapalgaonkar were involved in drafting the Mental Health Act Amendments,” Justice A.P. Shah
- U.N.C.R.P.D. available in Marathi
- Ministry of Information Technology makes it’s website accessible
Volume 7 Issue 7
April 01, 2010Feature
Interview
- "My office is always open, we look forward to inputs from the disability sector", Dr. C. Chandramouli
- If the disabled population is counted correctly there will be no space for the government to deprive us from our rights
News
- High Court reserves seats for dyslexic students in Delhi University
- Supreme Court orders immediate reinstatement of teacher with Cerebral Palsy
- Disabled Officer all set to become Major General
- Dates for West and South Zone Consultations finalised
- Justice A.P. Shah endorses the idea of a National Disabilities Advisor
- M.S.J.E. announces vacancy for the position of C.C.P.D.
- M.S.J.E. to form an ‘Expert Committee’ to study the demand for a new law
- Urban Development Ministry forms Sub Group to harmonise access guidelines
- 5th meeting of the National Committee on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (N.C.R.P.D.) held on March 17
- Radical amendments to the National Trust Act proposed
Volume 7 Issue 6
March 15, 2010Feature
Interview
News
- Braille codes to be developed in tribal languages in the North East
- Chief Minister champions the rights of disabled people
- Javed Abidi’s workshop leads to setting up of Disability Rights Group - Malaysia
- One day workshop on preventing corruption and fraud in N.G.O.s
- 200 severely disabled children in Delhi to be home tutored
- Parents to insure themselves to ensure lifelong care for their children
- Concessions for students with learning disabilities
- C.B.S.E. to offer mathematics and science exams in Braille
- High Court steps in to allow dyslexic student to write the Board exams
- Visually impaired students can aspire to become doctors – Supreme Court
Volume 7 Issue 5
March 01, 2010Feature
Interview
- “We cannot have inclusive growth unless disability is made an integral part of our growth,” Vinnie Mehta
- East Zone leadership roots for a new law with sharper teeth
News
- N.C.P.E.D.P. commissions study on disability question in Census 2011
- Government finally spells relief for inmates at Asha Kiran
- Desert Storm opens avenues for disabled participants in car rallies
- Is M.S.J.E. finally inching towards a new law?
- Health Ministry planning to amend Mental Health Act of 1987
- East Zone Consultation in Guwahati endorses demand for a new law
- C.P.I. (M.) lends support to disability sector’s demand for a new law
- N.C.P.E.D.P. writes to Sports Ministry on mismanagement of funds at P.C.I.
- D.R.G. Core Group making steady progress in drafting a new disability law
- Finally, disability finds a place in the Union Budget!
Volume 7 Issue 4
February 15, 2010Feature
Interview
News
- Diamond maker to employ 1000 disabled people
- East Zone Consultation on Disability Act in Guwahati on February 20
- Another disabled youth faces I.A.S. roadblock
- D.R.G.’s protest against government’s apathy on deaths at Asha Kiran
- Tamil Nadu Chief Minister goes all out to empower disabled people
- M.S.J.E. considering a new law over amendments, Wasnik tells D.R.G.
- Census Commissioner open to inputs from the disability sector
- N.A.S.S.C.O.M.’s Disability Advisory Group – Good start but apprehensions persist
- Only 49 scribes for over 200 dyslexic students
- Government takes a re-look at deaf driving, consults health specialists
Volume 7 Issue 3
February 01, 2010Feature
- User interface is a key area that we need to work in, to make this an inclusive world: Shilpi Kapoor
Interview
- “Most of the time, extraordinary people who are doing extraordinary things get lost,” Ashutosh
- New Law versus Amendments – North Zone leaders speak up
News
- Government simplifies process of obtaining disability certificate
- 2nd National Conference of Indian Sign Language Interpreters to be held shortly
- Nari Niketan Case: National Trust Sub-Committee members visit newborn Pari
- Civic bodies must be disabled friendly, Yeddyurappa
- Countdown to Techshare 2010 begins
- Premier B-School on road to being disabled friendly
- Javed Abidi bags lifetime achievement award
- Drafting Committee on Electronic Access Policy finalises ‘revised draft’
- D.P.O.D. & N.C.P.E.D.P. tie up for a project on implementation of U.N.C.R.P.D.
- N.C.P.E.D.P. writes to Prime Minister and Finance Minister regarding Budget 2010
- C.B.S.E. to ensure no disabled child is denied admission
- N.A.S.S.C.O.M. sets up Disability Advisory Group
- After Mumbai, Right to Read Campaign reaches Delhi
- Mukul Wasnik continues to be evasive on new law while the sector’s demand gets stronger
- North Zone Consultation on New Law
Volume 7 Issue 2
January 15, 2010Feature
Interview
News
- Web portal on disability writing
- M.S.J.E. leads by example. Launches central ministry’s first accessible website
- Website on Indian Sign Language launched
- Brinda Karat voices out disability sector’s plight in Rajya Sabha
- Series of deaths at Asha Kiran
- 18 individuals to be conferred ‘I.B.N.7 and Bajaj Allianz Super Idols’ award
- Proposed amendments to Disability Act upsets N.G.O.s
- Special recruitment drive to fill up backlog
- Union Government announces awards for websites having best accessibility features
- Additional Secretary, Ministry of Urban Development positive on revised access guidelines of N.B.C.
- Private sector backs draft Policy on Electronic Accessibility
- Aamir Khan supports Inclusive Education
- Rights group from Manipur demands disability sector’s long pending dues
- Unleashing the Power of Assistive Technology at Techshare India 2010
Volume 7 Issue 1
January 01, 2010Feature
Interview
News
- North Zone Consultation on New Disability Act in January
- U.K. Foreign Secretary cites N.C.P.E.D.P. Project
- U.G.C. to fill up posts reserved for disabled people by the end of financial year
- Centre does a U-turn. Deaf persons cannot drive!
- Sports scheme for disabled people to be implemented only in ‘special schools’!
- Cabinet approves bill to amend Right to Education Act
- U.S. issues positive statement at W.I.P.O.
- Kendriya Vidyalayas to recruit special education teachers
- Rights group observes International Fortnight against Violence on Women
- Access not legally binding, feels Urban Development Joint Secretary!
- User Interface is the theme for Techshare 2010
- Copyright Act to be amended
Volume 6 Issue 13
December 15, 2009Feature
Interview
News
- Limited early bird discounts for Techshare 2010 participants
- 11th N.C.P.E.D.P. Shell Helen Keller Awards wind up to a full house
- Government schools discriminate against disabled children
- Thousands of deaf protestors bring Planning Commission to a standstill
- ‘Want daughter to be a doctor, to take care of me.’
- Urban Development Minister assures N.C.P.E.D.P. on Access Guidelines
- Indian Blind Cricket League called off
- Rights group writes to H.R.D. Minister on discriminatory Copyright Act
- Karnataka High Court issues notice on reservation for disabled people
- World Disability Day celebrations held at India Gate
- Disabled people to be recruited as volunteers for Commonwealth Games
- C.A.T. runs into more trouble
Volume 6 Issue 12
December 01, 2009Feature
Interview
News
- Jammu and Kashmir Government issues circulars on access
- Online training on disability and sexuality
- I.G.N.O.U. offers four year course on Applied Sign Language
- Corporate Affairs Ministry to work on a credit point system to promote inclusive growth
- Heritage building in Goa made disabled friendly
- N.I.D. to introduce course on Universal Design
- No disabled friendly cars rolling out of Indian car manufacturing units
- C.B.R. Forum launches Postcard Campaign for new Disability Act
- Salil sails for access
- N.C.P.E.D.P. & D.N.I.S. official partners for Techshare India, 2010
- Orkids initiate workshop on learning disabilities
- ‘Women with disabilities in India face greater discrimination’: D.R.P.I. Study
Volume 6 Issue 11
November 15, 2009Feature
Interview
News
- Ministry fixes no technical criteria for conducting access audits!
- Accessibility knowledge series launched
- U.N. resolution to align M.D.G.s towards disability issues
- Shameful discrimination against disabled people
- Demand for audio description of Bollywood films on the rise
- 11th N.C.P.E.D.P. Shell Helen Keller Awards announced
- Doctors ditch camp meant to disburse disability certificates
- ‘No to Amendments! Yes to New Law!!’ is the war cry for World Disability Day 2009
- N.C.P.E.D.P. Chairperson receives Japan’s highest civilian honour
- Military schools debar disabled children
Volume 6 Issue 10
November 01, 2009Feature
Interview
News
- 4th Meeting of N.C.R.P.D. – India held
- Minister promises amendments to N.R.E.G.A.
- U.G.C. directs Universities to implement Disability Act 1995
- Badhte Kadam: A National Trust Initiative
- National Conference on I.C.T.s for people with disabilities
- N.C.P.E.D.P. releases 5 baseline reports
- Government’s commitments to disabled people largely unfulfilled: World Bank
- Corruption mars tricycle P.C.O. scheme for disabled people
- The ‘C.A.T.’ is belled!
- Efforts to connect disability certificate to Unique Identification Number
Volume 6 Issue 9
October 15, 2009Feature
Interview
- “Everyone who needs support should be included in the National Trust Act”: Poonam Natarajan
- “Mental illness is not a disability, it is a disease”: J.P. Gadkari
News
- Barrier free Delhi - Ministry more keen on a quick fix
- Finally, Chandigarh Administration comes around
- M.S.J.E. continues to drag its feet on web access
- N.A.D. decries non - implementation of XIth Plan
- West Bengal leads in employing disabled people under N.R.E.G.A.
- Access Audit of Election Booths
- Third time around, hearing impaired Maniram makes it to I.A.S.
- U.N.C.R.P.D. in three more Indian languages
- Call for papers for Techshare India 2010 announced
- Signs of changing times
- Demand for accessible hotel rooms on the rise
- Registration of special category vehicles caught in red tape
Volume 6 Issue 8
October 01, 2009Feature
Interview
News
- India ratifies U.N.C.R.P.D. and then forgets!
- Finally, R.T.E. Act to be amended to include all disabilities
- Hush hush appointment of Chief Commissioner for Persons with Disabilities
- International Day of the Deaf celebrated
- Amendment or New Law? National Consultation to take the debate further
- ‘Right to Read’ : Visually impaired people demand a change in the Copyright Act
- Draft Amendments to the National Trust Act released
- Pay up, Supreme Court tells banks!
- Right to drive for hearing impaired people - Delhi High court to decide soon
- Delhi High Court directs Delhi government to appoint special educators
Volume 6 Issue 7
September 15, 2009Feature
Interview
News
- We practice what we preach! D.N.I.S. becomes W.C.A.G. 2.0 compliant
- Scheme for Incentives to the Private Sector a total flop admits P.M.
- Supreme Court judgement out on Right to Motherhood of mentally retarded
- Online C.A.T. 2009 “environment friendly” but not disabled friendly
- Banks sit on 10,000 crores meant for disability
- High Court directs Centre to reconsider discriminatory insurance rules
- Second Conference of States Parties to U.N.C.R.P.D. held in New York
- Asia’s first centre for higher education for disabled people started in U.P.
- Cochlear launches implantable hearing solutions in India
- Supreme Court asks government to fill up job vacancies for disabled persons
Volume 6 Issue 6
September 01, 2009Feature
Interview
News
- A tribute to Vikas Sharma
- “It is better to repeal the Disability Act and draft a new law,” feels Mukul Wasnik
- N.C.P.E.D.P. forms a national level Core Group on Disability Act 2009
- Parliament building to become disabled friendly
- Department of Information Technology sets up Core Group on draft National Policy on Electronic Access
- B.N. Yugandhar to head N.C.P.E.D.P's Core Group on Rural Development
- Conference of State Parties to U.N.C.R.P.D. on September 2 & 3
- Newly launched Rajya Sabha website not W.C.A.G. compliant
- A.T.M.s for visually impaired showcased at X.R.C.V.C.
- Revised pension plan to cover disabled siblings of Government employees
- Southern Railways disallows disabled passengers with general tickets from boarding special coach
Volume 6 Issue 5
August 15, 2009Feature
Interview
News
- P.M. directs H.R.D. Ministry to include all disabilities in Right to Education Act
- I.T. Ministry to discuss draft National Policy on Electronic Accessibility
- Draft National Health Bill 2009 open for public comments
- D.R.G. forms an Amendments Committee to review proposed amendments to Disability Act
- C.D.P.F. registered in New Delhi
- Hotels to become disabled friendly
- I.C.T. to enable inclusive education in schools
- States yet to implement preferential land allotment for disabled people
- Court rooms to become accessible in Punjab and Haryana High Court
- Goa government offers V.R.S. for parents of children with disabilities
- Government urges car makers to manufacture disabled friendly vehicles
- N.C.P.E.D.P to form Zonal Committees
Volume 6 Issue 4
August 01, 2009Feature
Interview
News
- N.C.R.P.D. - India calls on the Prime Minister
- Disabled Rights Group protest against non - inclusion of disability in Union Budget
- Right to Education Bill not all right, say disabled rights activists
- 3rd Meeting of N.C.R.P.D. - India held
- Nominations open for Helen Keller Awards 2009
- Parivaar submits Memorandum to the Minister for Social Justice and Empowerment
- Disability Act to be amended
- Core Group Meetings held on July 22 & 23
- Call for disability certificate to be merged with the Unique Identification Number
- Scholarship for students with disability
- Insult on physical disability could be a punishable offence
- Army chooses golf carts over wheelchairs
Volume 6 Issue 2
July 01, 2009Feature
Interview
News
- MSJE urges Finance Minister to “keep people with disability in mind”
- Ministerial faux pas – D. Napoleon lets slip his ignorance on disability issues
- Barrier free constructions in the next three years
- N.A.S.S.C.O.M. to set up accessibility forum
- C.D.P.F. Executive Committee workshop in Uganda
- Core Group on Health to look into disability certificates
- ‘Readable’ to be launched soon
- 99.8 percent disabled students do not make it to Class XII
- Semi low floor buses not disabled friendly
- Visually impaired person treks to Beas Kund
Volume 6 Issue 1
June 15, 2009Feature
Interview
News
- India’s first visually impaired I.A.S. officer
- Visually impaired person takes charge as judge
- Prime Time News on Doordarshan to be sub-titled for deaf people
- N.C.P.E.D.P. puts in suggestions for Union and Rail Budget 2009
- Railways to recruit disabled people
- 1500 disabled friendly railway stations soon
- Mumbai to have beepers at traffic crossings
- Applications of disabled students to Delhi University on a 5 year high, but 1000 seats will still go
- Special Bus for disabled students in Delhi University
- No teacher for 10,000 disabled children in the capital
- Disabled people more vulnerable to H.I.V. /A.I.D.S. says W.H.O.
- The ‘Train’ of Thoughts
Volume 5 Issue 5
March 01, 2007Feature
Interview
News
- Budget 2007-08 has a silver lining - F.M. earmarks Rs. 1,800 crore for employment of disabled people
- Lalu promises more disabled-friendly coaches
- I.I.M.-B. rejects bright disabled student; Rebuffs R.T.I. plea for details of selection
- Power bills in Braille to be introduced in Capital
- Visually impaired people exercise their franchise independently
- Cellphones to aid visually impaired people
- Artificial retina implant brings hope to blind people
- Chennai hospital claims stem cell success on paraplegic
- New two rupee coin creates confusion in minds of visually impaired people
- Provide facilities to autistic patients or face contempt charges: Delhi High Court
Volume 5 Issue 4
February 15, 2007Feature
Interview
News
- N.C.P.E.D.P. organises Strategy Workshop in Jaipur
- Educate and empower disabled people: The voice of ‘India Poised’
- G.P.D.D. Task Force holds meeting in Delhi
- Disabled Civil Services candidate gets relief; C.I.C. slaps fine on Government
- Stop purchase of buses till Govt. finalises disabled-friendly model: Delhi H.C.
- Rajasthan sets example; Introduces low-floor buses in Kota
- India accounts for half of world’s leprosy patients
- Braille E.V.M.s for visually impaired people
- Centre working on measures to strengthen office of C.C.P.D.
- Government announces 22 schools for disabled children in Delhi
Volume 5 Issue 3
February 01, 2007Feature
Interview
News
- G.P.D.D. meeting to be held in Delhi
- Meet on multiple sclerosis in Chennai
- S.C. asks Punjab & Haryana H.C. to re-examine plea of visually disabled person
- Madras High Court orders issuance of notice on circular against blind
- Make toilets disabled-friendly: Delhi High Court
- Health Ministry’s national programme offers hope for hearing impaired
- Bihar Government concerned over rise in polio cases
- Injectable polio vaccine for places where people say no to polio drops
- Finnish law student and activist beats dual disability
- Alzheimer’s gene only in old age: Study
Volume 5 Issue 2
January 15, 2007Feature
Interview
News
- 170 million children to get polio cover; U.P. and Bihar committed to give their best
- Madras High Court directs states to set deadline for implementing Disability Act
- Unemployment allowance for disabled people hiked
- Visually impaired children denied admission in schools in Capital
- Quota for disabled
- Chennai Institute of Mental Health to become a regional centre of excellence
- Braille computers for blind schools in Tamil Nadu
- Parents keep disabled girl child-sized; ethical debate on across the globe
- Hawking plans a trip to space
- Mother kills disabled children, commits suicide
Volume 4 Issue 17
September 01, 2006Feature
Interview
News
- History created - Convention on the rights of persons with disabilities adopted
- Government will provide care to the disabled: P.M
- Union Health Minister admits India will miss polio eradication target
- Vaccine fails; 160 new cases of polio in U.P.
- A ray of hope for Haemophilics - Health Ministry to set up P.F.U.
- Theme for World Sight Day 2006 is Low Vision
- Madras High Court Chief Justice calls for removal of lacunae in Disability Act
- Workshops held in Ranchi and Rajgir to sensitise P.A.C.S. partners
- Paralysed I.M.A. ex-cadet gets relief after 11 long years
- Delhi University to open multi-purpose Resource Centre in Braille
Volume 4 Issue 16
August 15, 2006Feature
Interview
News
- Disabled tribal girl denied medical seat
- Bright dyslexic girl denied admission in College of Art
- Victim of ignorance; mentally ill chained at home for years
- 85-year-old man fights for 45 years; yet not given disability certificate
- N.P.d.O. organises State Level Consultation on N.R.E.G.A. & Inclusion of Persons with Disabilities
- I.S.I.C. to start Masters in Prosthetics & Orthotics
- I.C.A.M.B.S. announces commencement of academic programmes
- Book on Cerebral Palsy released in the Capital
- Manual dealing with Sensory Integration dysfunction published
- Study reveals that obesity causes dementia
Volume 4 Issue 15
August 01, 2006Feature
- Sign Language - the Life Line for Deaf People
- M.S.J.E.’s Proposed Amendments to the Disability Act – a façade for Inclusion, Justice & Empowerment
Interview
News
- M.S.J.E. backtracks! Amendments to the Disability Act postponed
- Elections for the Board of the National Trust announced
- Railways to add reserved wheelchair compartments to all mail express trains
- Bombay H.C. directs schools to abide by guidelines for dyslexic students
- Karnataka H.C. dismisses plea of disabled girl for seat in professional course
- Allocate funds for mental health: Child rights activists and child mental health specialists
- Governor intervenes; Disabled boy readmitted in school
- Centre directs its departments to fill up vacancies for disabled people
- D.U. to implement three per cent reservation for disabled teachers, students
- Revolutionary technology for people with brain and spinal injuries
Volume 4 Issue 14
July 15, 2006Feature
Interview
News
- Memorandum known as Delhi Declaration submitted to P.M.
- “Mental illness will not be removed from Disability Act”: Subbulakshmi Jegadeesan
- New Code of Conduct to encourage firms to employ disabled people in Sri Lanka
- Haryana, a role model for inclusive education
- Student develops ‘Braille Face’ for the visually impaired
- Family insurance scheme for disability caused due to mishap
- Haryana Government enhances unemployment allowance for the disabled
- D.U. to bring M.A. application fee for blind on par with S.C./S.T.s
- D.U. to strive for ‘inclusive’ campus; Ropes in N.G.O. to conduct access audit
- Sensors implanted in brain help paralysed man use thoughts to move cursor
Volume 4 Issue 13
July 01, 2006Feature
Interview
News
- M.S.J.E. comes up with its own proposal for amendments to the Disability Act!
- Government to rehabilitate polio victims; Rs. 1,039 crore earmarked for polio eradication
- Grant provisional admission to disabled student: Delhi High Court tells D.U.
- National Institute for Persons with Multiple Disabilities in Tamil Nadu
- Delhi Government increases ex-gratia payment for war disabled soldiers
- Loopholes in the proposed Delhi Building Bylaws
- 200 high-capacity buses to hit Delhi roads in next six months
- Specially designed bus shelters in the offing
- New devices for visually impaired launched
- ‘Disabled’ fans ejected from stadium
Volume 4 Issue 12
June 15, 2006Feature
Interview
- “Our mission is to provide year round sports to all children with intellectual disabilities”: Keelor
News
- New State Policy for disabled in Goa – first in the country
- Accessible accommodation denied in Symbiosis Law College; Nightmare continues for Pooja Sharma
- C.B.S.E. results project grim picture of education for disabled in India
- Drastic drop in number of disabled students; D.U. to blame?
- Centre tells U.P., Bihar to shoulder blame for rising polio cases
- A.S.I. announces special vehicle, entrance into Taj for physically disabled tourists
- In a new initiative I.T.C.-Welcomgroup employs disabled people
- Disabled children to counter ‘paper chasing’ in University of Madras
- D.U. colleges to make campus disabled-friendly
- Nehru Park to be first ever disabled-friendly park in Delhi
Volume 4 Issue 10
May 15, 2006Feature
Interview
News
- Delhi High Court gives deadline to various airlines to file affidavits
- Ten years after Disability Act less than 0.9 per cent disabled employees in private sector
- I.A.S. results declared; Twelve disabled candidates qualify
- C.I.I. reiterates its commitment to mainstream disability
- Lease of houses without proper access can be cancelled: Allahabad High Court
- H.C. orders I.D.B.I. bank to allow visually impaired person to open account
- Special Olympics Bharat accorded priority status
- The capital all set to get its first fully-accessible bus route
- Decision to eliminate key personnel in area of Disability; D.P.I. writes to World Bank President
- Students of world’s only university for the deaf protest appointment of new President
Volume 4 Issue 9
May 01, 2006Feature
Interview
News
- Rajasthan Government provides 3 % reservation for disabled people in R.J.S.
- Bihar Government to appoint State Commissioner for Disability
- N.C.E.R.T.’s Action Plan for ‘School for All’
- South D.L.U. files petition against Culture and Religious Endowments Department, T.N.
- Chennai High Court gives nod to Low Floor Buses
- ‘We don't have the money to provide you with all your rights': Chief Electoral Officer of Tamil Nadu
- National Capital Region gets round-the-clock disability helpline
- Hemophiliacs demand adequate funds and medical facility
- Experiences of the Disability Movement shared in the Arab world
- Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy offers hope to cerebral palsy affected people
Volume 4 Issue 8
April 15, 2006Feature
Interview
News
- Inclusive Education to receive unprecedented focus through S.S.A.; Sub-Mission announced
- Assembly polls see debut of Braille-enabled E.V.M.s in Assam, but very few ramps
- N.C.P.E.D.P partners with C.I.I. for Conference on Disability
- Disabled girl’s dream of joining I.A.S. nipped in the bud
- Goa becomes the first to announce State Disability Policy
- Social Justice March by disabled political activists reaches Delhi
- Disabled women in Orissa step out to press for their demands on World Women’s Day
- M.S.J.E. clears over one billion rupee to D.T.C. to make public transport disabled-friendly
- Exhibition involving mentally disabled youth, India’s best painters breaks the charity mould
- Jawaharlal Nehru University gearing for disabled-friendly initiatives
Volume 4 Issue 7
April 01, 2006Feature
Interview
News
- Social Justice March by National Disabled Party gathers steam; To arrive in Delhi on 16 April
- D.o.P.T. claims extra attempts for disabled candidates will amount to unfair advantage
- G.A.I.L. takes back two of the four sacked disabled employees
- National Conference on Accessible Transportation held in Delhi
- Disability and Law Workshop held in Bhubaneswar
- Unemployment allowance of Rs. 350 per month for disabled people in Delhi
- Blind boy creates software for writing Braille in Devanagari
- Cricket for visually-impaired being ignored by B.C.C.I. says A.C.B.I.
- Delhi Metro and Samarthaya defensive on N.C.P.E.D.P access audit claim
- Retired disabled Army officers burn their artificial limbs as a mark of protest
- Theatre is the most inclusive subject as it challenges both disabled and non-disabled
- 24 million Indians with low-vision treatment left out of Government’s health policy
Volume 4 Issue 6
March 15, 2006Feature
Interview
News
- We will do everything to take care of our disabled citizens: Railway Minister
- National Policy for Persons with Disability released on M.S.J.E. website
- Chhattisgarh becomes the first state to frame a policy for disabled people
- Posts for disabled people to be identified soon: Manipur Chief Minister
- Disability Law Unit – South launches advocacy campaign for disabled friendly elections
- Disability Movement to penetrate in the poorest districts of India
- Master Plan Delhi-2021 in its finalisation phase
- World Bank to award grants to innovative ideas on employment generation for disabled people in Pak
- I.T.C. undertaking initiative for inclusion of disabled people
- India will become second in the world in glaucoma cases by 2020: Study
Volume 4 Issue 5
March 01, 2006Feature
- There is something for everyone in the Railway Budget, says Lalu! But what about disabled people?
- Inclusive education needs funds
Interview
News
- Union Budget fails to deliver an incentives policy to promote employment for disabled people
- Hopes of millions of disabled people dashed! Lalu’s Orwellian budget fails to address demands
- M.S.J.E. asks States to send recommendations for amendment to Disability Act
- Delhi High Court pulls up Indian Railways for not implementing Disability Act
- Delhi High Court issues notices to private airlines seeking details on disability access
- Delhi High Court issues notice to U.G.C. on lack of facilities for disabled students
- Delhi High Court orders Centre & D.D.A. to notify scheme for land & plots at concessional rates
- Disability sector in Manipur demands implementation of Disability Act
- Learn from the past and move ahead to implement the Disability Act more effectively: Justice Verma
- North Zone Partners commit to strengthen National Disability Network
Volume 4 Issue 4
February 15, 2006Feature
- Making leprosy elimination meaningful by ending stigma and exclusion
- National Association of the Deaf holds pioneering National Consultation on Deaf Education
Interview
News
- Prime Minister meets N.F.B. members; Assures looking into amendments to Disability Act
- Lalu assures D.R.G. that concerns of disability sector will be addressed in Railway Budget
- Implement 3% reservation for disabled people in state-aided NGOs: M.S.J.E.
- C.B.S.E. exams to be disabled-friendly this year: Chairman
- Mumbai H.C. restrains state from filling up post after a blind candidate alleges discrimination
- IGNOU announces special awareness programme in disability
- N.C.P.E.D.P. - N.D.T.V. audit reveals poor state of services for disabled people by Jet
- National Seminar on Poverty and Disability
- Disabled participants register small but vital presence at Delhi International Marathon
- Beautification takes precedence over access at Delhi University library
Volume 4 Issue 3
February 01, 2006Feature
Interview
News
- N.C.P.E.D.P. pitches for announcement of incentives in Union Budget 2006-07
- Will disabled people miss the train again?
- Stop discrimination against disabled civil services aspirants, N.C.P.E.D.P. urges Union Government
- Karnataka High Court asks State Government to implement Disability Act
- District Rehabilitation Centre Scheme faces closure: Project Director’s Office
- Bank staff versed with sign language attracts clients with hearing impairment
- Severely disabled people untouched by state education scheme in Himachal Pradesh
- Unique Project to provide employment to 100 hearing impaired people
- India yet to wake up to the challenge of old-age related disabilities
- Disabled people find seriousness missing from Mumbai Marathon
Volume 4 Issue 2
January 15, 2006Feature
Interview
News
- Government of India to make access features mandatory for state & inter-state buses
- Delhi Transport Minister approves pilot project for disabled-friendly bus terminal
- Why are there no disabled-friendly cars on Indian roads? Asks National Human Rights Commission
- Training syllabus for I.A.S. officers to include crosscutting perspective on disability
- India’s visually impaired highlight Government’s apathy on World Braille Day
- S.C. awards compensation to an undertrial who spent over 50 years in a mental asylum
- Orthopaedically disabled Haryana State employees to receive higher special allowance
- Another path-breaking judgement by the Delhi High Court
- Delhi High Court admits petition on non-implementation of Disability Act
- H.C. issues notices to Centre and U.P.S.C. on discriminatory norms for disabled category candidates
- N.F.B. stages protest rally in the National Capital demanding to meet P.M.
- Tamil Nadu district representatives discuss on State-level Convention of Disabled People
Volume 4 Issue 1
January 01, 2006Feature
Interview
News
- Poonam Natarajan appointed National Trust Chairperson
- Heart patients not entitled to benefits under Disabilities Act: HC
- National Disability Policy approved by Union Cabinet
- Sharon, the world’s best blind golfer
- W.D.D. celeberations by N.D.N. partners in Jharkhand, Sikkim & Goa
- Deaf Cricket Association demands affiliation with B.C.C.I.
- Disaster Management Bill passed sans disability component
- Air Deccan to charge additional Rs. 500 from passengers using wheelchair
- Neglect & stigma causing exclusion of children with disabilities: UNICEF
- Dementia likely to double every 20 years world-wide, developing countries to be worst hit
Volume 3 Issue 24
December 15, 2005Feature
Interview
News
- Delegation of disability leaders calls on President of India on World Disability Day
- A law with no one to implement has been the tragedy of the India's disability sector: Abidi
- Kalam asks States to appoint Special Commissioners to ensure implemention of 3 per cent reservation
- Firm up disability laws to ensure rights of disabled people: Delhi High Court Chief Justice
- More and more disabled students enrolling in open schools: National Institute of Open Schooling
- H.R.D. Ministry to be nodal agency for implementation of Inclusive Education policy
- Madras H.C. directs C.M.T.C. not to buy new buses without ensuring their accessibility
- Inclusive Education Plan set for launch next year: Arjun Singh
- Special Olympics 2005 leaves only "winners"
- Protests over lack of implementation of Disability Act mark World Disability Day
- Two-day career development forum held for promoting inclusive employment opportunities
- Access audit by D.L.U. South belies claims of disabled-friendly railway stations
- Delhi Travel and Tourism Development Corporation to construct accessible traffic crossings
- Eye Hospital by Rahul Gandhi to address high incidence of curable blindness in Uttar Pradesh
- Thai disability rights protestors clash with police on World Disability Day
Volume 3 Issue 23
December 01, 2005Feature
Interview
News
- Parivaar accuses National Trust of going soft on corruption allegation; Aloka Guha denies charge
- Government institutions should respect the Disability Act: President
- Sacking an employee on grounds of schizophrenia violates Disability Act: Bombay H.C.
- Disability perspective missing in ActionAid’s critique of Millennium Development Goals
- Guwahati H. C. directs Nagaland to extend reservation for disabled to include higher posts
- Delhi Chief Minister inaugurates Special Olympics National Games
- Disability cultural festival scheduled to mark World Disability Day has no sponsor!
- Delhi Zoo being made disabled-friendly
- Technical snag grips low-floor disabled-friendly buses
- Europe’s leading low fares airline announces policy change on vision impaired passengers
- Chennai to host conference on Augmentative and Alternative Communication
- Rajiv Gandhi Foundation gifts 'mobility' on birth anniversary of late Indira Gandhi
- National Convention held on National Policy on Inclusive Education
- Spirit of assertion by the disability sector fills the air ahead of World Disability Day
- I.T.P.O. says it is helpless with regard to inaccessible pavilions at International Trade Fair
Volume 3 Issue 22
November 15, 2005Feature
Interview
News
- H.C. asks D.U., Indraprastha University to submit affidavits on facilities for disabled people
- N.C.P.E.D.P. Kashmir Earthquake Fund set up, round table planned in J&K
- President urges scientists, doctors to create an affordable cochlear implant
- Delhi Building Byelaws (Amendment) Bill-2005 referred to Union Home Ministry
- Despite H.C. order, visually impaired still await promised appointment
- Mumbai Police Chief asks cops to deal empathetically with problems faced by disabled people
- Much-awaited disabled-friendly buses hit Delhi roads
- V.S.O Fundraising and Resource Mobilisation Workshop held in Orissa
- As India gears to celebrate World Disability Day it's time for introspection
- Camera study by I.S.I.C. to pave wave for wheelchair for Indian conditions
- H.R.D. Ministry to hold National Consultation on National Action Plan on Inclusive Education
Volume 3 Issue 21
November 01, 2005Feature
Interview
News
- N.C.P.E.D.P. presents its recommendations to make Master Plan Delhi–2021 disabled-friendly
- Sikkim to get its first Disability Law Unit
- Braille-enabled E.V.M.s in two constituencies, hardly any ramps in Bihar polls
- National Conference held on empowering livelihoods
- Unemployment allowance to vision impaired in Haryana hiked
- Engineering student with vision impairment braves odds to follow his dreams
- Supreme Court issues notice to Union Government on Mental Health Act
- H.C. gives Goa Government six months to frame a disability policy
- Students with vision impairment break new ground with “Braille Face” software
- Demands of students with disabilities ignored during J.N.U. Students' Union elections
- Largest ever international conference on disability rights takes place in Bangkok
- Disabled people from poorest section demonstrate in front of Supreme Court
Volume 3 Issue 20
October 15, 2005Feature
Interview
News
- National Programme for prevention of speech and hearing impairment on anvil: Health Minister
- The 10th year of the Disability Act- It’s time for ACT10N is disability sector's theme for this year
- Ektha core group meet held in Chennai
- The Disaster Management Bill 2005 leaves 70 million disabled people endangered
- P.I.L. filed in Guwahati H.C. seeking a direction to Tripura Government to implement Disability Act
- Now a DU College for training visually impaired teachers
- Pioneering study on water and sanitation for disabled people
- Government announces major initiative for N.G.O.s on World Sight Day
- Sensitising tomorrow’s media persons to issue of Access for people with disabilities
- D.P.I. India, N.D.N. to send fact-finding team to look at quake relief in Kashmir
- Forging Inclusion on playgrounds, not just classroom
- U.P. Government asks all its departments hold recruitment examination on ground floor
- Convergence India: Making disability part of every development initiative
Volume 3 Issue 19
October 01, 2005Feature
Interview
News
- C.B.S.H.O.D. concludes with Islamabad Declaration to give a boost to disability rights movement
- C.I.I. ties up with N.C.P.E.D.P. to enhance awareness on employment for persons with disabilities
- India on its way to total eradication of polio: Global Polio Eradication Initiative
- National Consultation on National Disability Policy brings out unrepresentative framing process
- Centre to extend financial assistance to organisations providing services to persons with diabilties
- N.C.P.E.D.P. calls for nominations for Shell Helen Keller Awards
- Punjab H.C. seeks details on undertrials in mental institutions
- Delhi H.C. issues notices to Government of India, Ministries concerned on issue of access
- Delhi H.C. asks D.U. College to grant admission to a disabled student
- M.H.R.D. releases revised Action Plan on Inclusive Education for Children & Youth with Disabilities
- Wheelchair using siblings denied entry to a Delhi cinema hall
Volume 3 Issue 18
September 15, 2005Feature
Interview
News
- Red-tape scuttles S.R.K. show in aid of N.C.P.E.D.P’s National Campaign for Barrier-Free India
- H. C. gives three weeks to Goa Govt. to work out timeframe for implementation of Disability Act
- Kerala’s people with dwarfism demand benefits and reservation under Disability Act
- Another victim of Hindu Marriage Act’s provision that allows divorce on grounds of leprosy
- Delhi H.C. orders disabled boy to be given admission and fee remission in a mainstream public school
- Pioneering State Resource Centre for people with disabilities in Chennai
- Indian Administrative Services probationers sensitised on disability issues
- Vietnam to introduce disabled-friendly mass public transport system
- Seven disabled-friendly foot-over bridges to come up in Delhi: N.D.M.C.
- Kanpur Teenager invents a device to allow drivers to ride two-wheelers by using only legs
- Appointment of Manoj Kumar as C.C.P.D, bolt from the blue for the disability sector
Volume 3 Issue 17
September 01, 2005Feature
Interview
News
- Delhi Chief Minister calls for launching freedom movement for barrier-free India
- Victim of systemic neglect, C.C.P.D. without a head for over a year now!
- People with visual impairment cannot be barred from appearing for Bank P.O. Exam: S.C.
- Another polio case reported from Uttar Pradesh, W.H.O. questions efficacy of immunisation drives
- Disabled people in Uttar Pradesh can now avail loans up to 20 lakh
- Orissa college agrees to extend age bar and 3% reservation for disabled students
- Haryana earmarks Rs. 57 lakh to build ramps in 950 schools, plans resource centres at block-level
- Five Andhra disability NGO’s implicated for abuse of funds
- Freedom on wheels! Rajiv Gandhi Foundation distributes three-wheelers to disabled people
- Disability Law Unit’s team discovers shocking violation of disability rights in Kerala
- Hundreds of people with visual impairment court arrest in Delhi over their demands
- Aishwarya to campaign for polio eradication programme in Pakistan
- Rajiv Gandhi Scholarship offers vital data to map educational status of disabled people
- Aloka Guha out of the race for the post of Chairperson, National Trust
Volume 3 Issue 16
August 15, 2005Feature
Interview
News
- N.C.P.E.D.P Launches National Campaign for Barrier-Free India
- Confederation of Indian Industry to soon unveil its Disability Policy
- H.C. seeks report from D.U. on steps taken to make structures accessible
- Public Sector Bank employees with disability cannot be transferred: H.C.
- G.A.I.L. C.M.D. threatens D.R.G. with criminal action
- A.P. Court rejects bar set by M.C.I. for admission to M.B.B.S. under disability quota
- India ‘least inclusive’ among Asian nations: Disability survey
- Despite immunisation drives, Rajasthan and other States report fresh polio cases
- British media accuses Teresa’s nuns of tying up children with mental disabilities
- Visit by American disability activist highlights inefficacy in implementation of India’s disability
- Third Regional Consultative Meeting at Kolkata to forge roadmap for Inclusive Education
- North-East and East Zone Partners’ Meet held in Kolkata
Volume 3 Issue 15
August 01, 2005Feature
- Disablility Sector flays Draft National Policy for flouting international conventions
- C.A.B.E. meeting offers great hopes for Inclusive Education for children and youth with disabilities
Interview
News
- S.C. issues notice to Union, State Governments on safety, access for visually impaired
- National Disaster Management Authority constituted under Chairmanship of Prime Minister
- Terrorists in Jammu and Kashmir using people with learning disabilities for planting explosives
- Delhi Gurudwaras go disabled-friendly
- Final Draft for M.C.D. Building Byelaws to be made public for inviting suggestions
- Bombay High Court drubs Goa Government over non-implementation of Disability Act
- War disabled pensioners to get free medical care
- Mental disabilities still attributed to curse or evil spell in Nagaland: Survey
- Northern Railway announces plan to make 40 stations accessible
- Involve disability expert in planning, design, implementation of Delhi Master Plan: Sheila Dikshit
- Shocker for Disability Sector, “Handicapped University” comes up in U.P. with State’s blessing
- Order issued by Andhra Government to include person with Dwarfism as Orthopaedic Disability
Volume 3 Issue 14
July 15, 2005Feature
Interview
News
- Disability activist Javed Abidi nominated to Central Advisory Board of Education (C.A.B.E.)
- National Policy for Persons with Disabilities to be announced soon: Meira Kumar
- Disabled invitees stranded at Social Justice Ministry’s event
- Pioneering effort to reach disabled people in Andaman and Nicobar Islands
- New strands of polio virus found in India and Indonesia
- N.C.P.E.D.P. calls for changes in Draft Delhi Master Plan to make Capital disabled friendly
- Disability sector meeting in Mumbai focusses on failure to implement The Disability Act
- National Urban Transport Policy to come up for Cabinet discussion
- EC fails to make Goa bye-poll disabled-friendly; Disability groups may file contempt
- D.U. fails again; Number of disabled applicants much below total quota seats
- Huge costs for parents of disabled children: U.K. Study
- South Zone Partners commit to strengthen National Disability Network
- Petroleum Minister summons GAIL CMD on illegal terminations of four disabled employees
- Ministry of Social Justice makes mockery of selection process of National Trust’s Chairperson
Volume 3 Issue 13
July 01, 2005Feature
- D.R.G. demands a Separate Ministry on Disability Issues
- Zonal Consultation to operationalise Comprehensive Plan of Action for Inclusive Education
Interview
- Inclusive Education is high on priority for U.G.C : Rajasekaran Pillai
- Society, American or Indian, must regard all citizens as potentially contributing citizens: Avraham
News
- D.R.G.’s demand for separate Ministry, a step in right direction: Justice Anand
- Public buildings flaunting disability regulations not to be certified: M.C.D.
- Despite hike unemployed persons with disabilities in Punjab get less than non-disabled counterparts
- National conference on disability organised in Delhi
- Learning forum for livelihoods promotion for disabled persons
- India has 21.9 million disabled; Visual impairment highest of all disabilities
- Case filed against Indian Airlines for discrimination against disabled passengers
- Disability group in A.P. threatens legal recourse over withdrawal of disability allowance
- Ministry of Social Justice releases Draft National Policy for Persons with Disabilities
- Mumbai H.C. wants Braille E.V.M.s at all polling booths; directs C.E.O. to publicise
Volume 3 Issue 12
June 15, 2005Feature
Interview
News
- NTPC calls for projects for self-employment of persons with disabilities
- Dwarf people face bulls and death in Mexico
- Zonal meet on proposed Integrated Education Scheme for Children, Youth with Disabilities
- Iodine deficiency leading cause of mental retardation: Study
- M.C.D moots draft for changes in building byelaws; no mention of access for persons with disability
- Awareness about leprosy minimal in Delhi: Study
- Pioneering news service on India’s disability sector holds annual review meeting
- South Korea moves towards Disability Discrimination Acts
- Achievements of India’s disabled people on show in New York apparel expo
- Dystrophy-afflicted siblings tired of waiting; seek President’s permission to end their lives
- Education Community Workshop by UNESCO for Universal Education
Volume 3 Issue 11
June 01, 2005Feature
- If you vote for me, you will vote for equality and for development: Mallesh
- The Human Right to Mental Health
Interview
News
- Four disabled candidates qualify C.S.E, 2004; DRG says it’s just 0.94 against 3% quota
- Project to integrate post-tsunami reconstruction with rehabilitation of disabled people
- Delhi High Court calls for more inclusive definition of disability
- Goa Assembly by-polls: EC to make polling booths disabled friendly, fails on EVMs with Braille
- Despite sterling performance in board exams D.U colleges inaccessible for disabled student
- SC issues notices for constitution of panel to look into treatment of blind children
- VAT may dampen polio eradication programme
- Agilent Technologies grants 15 scholarships for disabled students
- I.C.M.R. Study to evaluate mental health of tsunami-hit people
- Make schools barrier-free; focus on inclusive education for disabled children: C.B.S.E
- News camerawoman captures colours of lives of people with visual impairment
- All India Ophthalmological Society calls for ban on Naina
- Glaucoma: Avoidable blindness
- Inclusive education only means to combat inequality based on disability: Seminar
Volume 3 Issue 10
May 15, 2005Feature
Interview
News
- Crisis finally resolved; employees get jobs in I.G.L.
- Railways turns deaf ear to memorandum from N.C.P.E.D.P.; claims it is doing ‘enough’
- Assam Government agrees to demand for multiple exam venues for disabled candidates
- Failure to implement reservation; Delhi High Court stays appointment of Principals
- India's first indigenous automated wheelchair ready, courtesy army officers
- Sensitising future administrators about disability
- N.I.A. to offer health insurance to persons with mental, physical disabilities
- N.C.P.E.D.P. organises Disability and Law workshop in Goa
- Pakistan to host regional seminar on Inclusive Education; Javed Abidi to recount Indian experience
- Mental illness to be the greatest killer by 2020
Volume 3 Issue 9
May 01, 2005Feature
Interview
News
- Campaign for reservation in Andhra Pradesh Legislative Council
- Abidi to fast unto death unless GAIL reinstates its disabled employees
- Legal cell for persons with disabilities launched in Orissa
- International conference on Disability Rehabilitation
- N.H.R.C. provides relief to mentally ill undertrials
- Blind cricketers from India and Pakistan meet in five-match series
- ASTHA workshop discusses disability issues
- Disabled children honoured at annual National Bal Shree Awards
- No subways for disabled people in New Delhi
- Indians most vulnerable to AIDS
Volume 3 Issue 8
April 15, 2005Feature
Interview
News
- India makes it to Regional Council of D.P.I-Asia Pacific
- National Legal Literacy Mission launched
- Delhi takes strong steps to implement Persons with Disabilities Act
- Protest march demands inclusion of mentally disabled children
- Rajiv Gandhi Scholarships announced
- New economic reforms passed for disabled people
- N.C.P.E.D.P. petitions for unlimited attempts for disabled candidates
- N.H.R.C. to ensure upkeep of mentally ill undertrials
- No progress made in physically disabled I.I.T. scientist case
- Government of India starts fresh recruitments for Chairperson of National Trust
Volume 3 Issue 7
April 01, 2005Feature
Interview
News
- Arjun Singh announces plan to make education disabled-friendly by 2020
- IIT Delhi shows its true colours
- GAIL dismisses disabled employees
- U.D.S.P.A. threatens mass agitation
- Advertising gimmick or sheer insensitivity
- ‘Public interest' advertisement on road safety outrages sensitivity
- Towards a disabled-friendly Lucknow
- N.C.P.E.D.P. launches training programme in Mumbai
- Legal cell in Orissa to support disabled people
- Tsunami-affected families to get psychosocial relief
Volume 3 Issue 6
March 15, 2005Feature
Interview
News
- How inclusive are ‘inclusive’ schools?
- Appointments for all three key disability posts put on hold
- CavinKare Awards for disabled people
- Punjab to provide free legal services to disabled persons
- Disabled-friendly transport derailed before it can take off?
- Special police cell for hearing and speech impaired in Bhopal
- C.B.S.E. lets down visually disabled students appearing for Board exams
- N.D.M.C. to build a disabled-friendly Delhi
- State-level workshop on ‘Disability and Law’ organised in Manipur
- Planning for disabled-friendly services
Volume 3 Issue 5
March 01, 2005Feature
Interview
News
- Arjun Singh plans to introduce bill for education of disabled children
- IFS to now include disability quota
- Disabled candidate wins Panchayat election in Chattisgarh
- Union and Railway Budgets disappoint
- Dwarfism now recognised as ‘disability’
- DRG opposes people chosen for three key disability posts
- Disabled PCO owners in Andhra Pradesh protest slash in rates
- Study reveals domestic violence against disabled women in Orissa
- Jagjit Singh sings for mental health
- Disabled rights champion, Lal Advani, passes away
Volume 3 Issue 4
February 15, 2005Feature
Interview
News
- Shadow Report slams government apathy
- NCPEDP submits budget recommendations for Railway and Union Budgets
- Krishnamurthy found guilty of failing to provide facilities for disabled voters in Haryana
- India tops world leprosy tables
- Taj Mahal to be accessible to physically disabled people
- Tsunami victims take delivery of wheelchairs
- Blind navigators set the pace in Chennai Rally
- DDA housing scheme reserves flats for physically disabled persons
- ‘Black’ throws light on disability
- Indian automobile designer focuses on disabled persons
Volume 3 Issue 3
February 01, 2005Feature
Interview
News
- Prime Minister issues an order to adhere to 3% reservation for disabled persons in the Civil Service
- Disability leaders call on Home Minister demanding unlimited attempts in Civil Services
- Blatant discrimination against disabled scientist by IIT, Delhi
- State-level consultation on Civil Society partnership in post-tsunami rehabilitation
- NCPEDP part of ‘Sarva Siksha Abhiyan’ Executive Committee
- Disability group presents ten-point charter to President
- Mumbai Marathon turns inclusive
- Bollywood stars take up disability issues
- Disabled boy receives National Bravery Award
- Special children to be part of mainstream schools
Volume 3 Issue 2
January 15, 2005Feature
Interview
News
- End discrimination in Civil Services
- Haryana government makes provisions for its visually impaired voters
- Louise Braille remembered
- Special charter to protect rights of disabled women
- Campaign for disabled people's recruitment in public service: Survey
- NCW investigates disabled women's rights
- NHRC sets example with ramps
- Self Help Advocacy Group inaugurated
- Chennai group dances to music of silence
- Disabled people to get prostheses in February
Volume 3 Issue 1
January 01, 2005Feature
Interview
News
- Founder President of DPI- India passes away unsung
- Two posts reserved for disabled people in the Indian Administrative Service
- Ramps in Mumbai High Court
- A decade on, IEDC resting on enrolment laurels
- Helpline for mentally disabled people
- Still in a quest for justice
- Disabled friendly Shell outlet in Bangalore
- Round Table on employing disabled people in BPO industry
- Book on unsung heroes released in Bangalore
- Tsunami disability relief fund set up
Volume 2 Issue 24
December 15, 2004Feature
Interview
News
- UN Convention on Rights of Disabled People concludes final stage
- President Kalam announces speech applet for visually impaired people
- Search on for new CCPD
- Helen Keller awards presented
- Let's Walk to Freedom!
- Disability and Law workshop organised in Cochin
- ITF promotes Indian wheelchair tennis
- Disability still dogs Bhopal gas survivors
- Breaking down barriers
- Land mines are a major cause of disability
Volume 2 Issue 23
December 01, 2004Feature
Interview
News
- DRG unveils blueprint for rights of disabled citizens
- SC rejects plea of blind people
- NHRC Chairman objects to term 'able bodied person' in proposed National Employment Guarantee Act
- Barrier-free attitude sets an example for accessibility
- Third CavinKare Ability awards announced
- Indian NGO helps disabled children move into the mainstream
- Local scientist writing software for Prof Hawking
- Resource Centre bridges information gap
- International arena for disabled sportspersons expanding
- Magiktuch concert for visually impaired people a grand success
Volume 2 Issue 22
November 15, 2004Feature
Interview
News
- Government wants jobs reserved for disabled people in NGOs
- NCPEDP joins hands with Bhagidari for WDD celebrations
- CBSE to make inclusive education a reality
- Arunachal polling booths not disabled-friendly
- 5% seats now reserved for disabled people in Nepal Civil Services
- War disabled allege discrimination
- Youth Parliament debates strategies to tackle AIDS
- Arman Ali nominated for Vietnam seminar
- ArtsAbility promotes creative expression
- IT.com 2004 firms sensitive to disabled people
Volume 2 Issue 21
November 01, 2004Feature
Interview
News
- Arjun Singh sets up working group
- Supreme Court issues notice on non-implementation of Section 43 of PWD Act
- NCPEDP-Shell Helen Keller Award winners for 2004 announced
- Ministry of Finance clarifies Income Tax issue
- Significant step in establishing dyslexia as 'disability'
- Vishwas: Self-employment opportunities in Rajasthan
- Indian disability films selected for Moscow film festival
- Indian traffic system inching towards disabled-friendliness
- Physical disability adds to woes of Kutch earthquake victims
- Conquering disability, conquering hearts
Volume 2 Issue 20
October 15, 2004Feature
Interview
News
- Historic by-elections held in India
- Disabled woman discriminated against by Gulf Air
- CBSE schools most insensitive to disabled students' needs
- Government to initiate new policy for mentally ill
- Disabled adventurer scales new heights
- Christopher Reeve: Crusader for disabled passes away
- Exhibiting possibilities despite limitations
- World Mental Health Day draws attention to mental illness
- World Sight Day 2004 raises awareness
- Tendulkar shoots for ramps
Volume 2 Issue 19
October 01, 2004Feature
News
- Mumbai election officials ignore disabled voters
- Dharna moves Election Commission to action
- Progress on issue of Braille for visually impaired voters
- Seminar promotes inclusive education
- Devendra bags Paralympic Gold
- NCPEDP launches 6th annual Shell-Helen Keller Awards
- Disabled cricketers have a gala time in Delhi
- New sign language connects
- UP government to help disabled people become self-employed
- Dance and drama competition for disabled children
Volume 2 Issue 18
September 15, 2004Feature
Interview
News
- Shocking statistics unveiled regarding 'Education scenario vis-à-vis disabled people'
- Expanding horizons
- Only 20 disabled beneficiaries in Delhi in the last five years
- The missing link in reservations
- Campaign ahead of elections
- Employment audit conducted
- NHRC focuses on plight of mentally ill prisoners
- Indian Oil Corporation scholarship scheme announced
- Supporting ability
- Law students learn about disability
Volume 2 Issue 17
September 01, 2004Feature
Interview
News
- Rajiv Gandhi scholarship awards for disabled students
- 98.8% disabled students don't get higher education
- High Court sensitive to stuttering assistant
- Sarva Shiksha Abhiyan to serve education needs of disabled children
- Disability Law Units convene in Delhi
- A music album to raise money for disabled children
- Job opportunity for the physically disabled
- Aanchal to help mentally challenged children
- Referral units for disabled throughout the country
- Self-employment opportunities in Faridabad
Volume 2 Issue 16
August 15, 2004Feature
Interview
News
- Education Audit shows up lack of facilities for students with disabilities
- Ministry told to refile dyslexia affidavit
- NCPEDP celebrates Independence Day with the launch of its inclusive education campaign
- 72 days of dharna; Government yet to take action
- Physically disabled boy fights for the right to study
- CAG says government not meeting targets for employment
- DNIS - the way forward
- DPI meeting discusses strategy
- Government to notify welfare schemes for the disabled students by October
- Incentives policy meeting organised
Volume 2 Issue 15
August 01, 2004Feature
Interview
News
- Simple test to detect walking problem
- Youth work for a social cause
- Disabled children shine through
- An arena for the intellectually disabled
- ‘Expressions’ to be a guiding light to disturbed kids
- Deepalaya marks 25 years of serving the marginalised
- Club-foot clinic unable to cope with increasing demand
- Budget is a farce for disabled children
- No disappointment for disabled students in DU
- ‘Jeena’ gives disabled immigrant children a new ray of hope
Volume 2 Issue 14
July 15, 2004Feature
Interview
News
- Good news for India’s visually challenged
- India sets up first gene screening lab in South Asia
- ‘Vision 2020-India’: restoring sight to the blind
- No posts for blind in the Civil Services?
- NGOs seen as only answer to social reform
- Action For Autism lays foundation stone
- Disabled doctors make a difference
- Union Budget sensitive to disability sector
- Railway minister unable to fulfil expectations
Volume 2 Issue 13
July 01, 2004Feature
Interview
News
- Delhi judge rules dyslexia is a disability
- Legal big guns support regional disability law unit workshop
- Visually impaired professionals provide new insight for IT firm
- Botox therapy for cerebral palsy
- Medics draw blood at call centres
- Delhi's hospitals are hoping for a brighter future
- Delhi University's disability certificate bureaucracy
- Health camps for disabled children
- Welfare for disabled people
- Bhopal disabled a step closer to justice
Volume 2 Issue 12
June 15, 2004Feature
News
- Finance minister meets disability group
- NCPEDP awards deadline approaches
- Disabled torch bearers show Olympic spirit
- Equality issues in the UK
- Bangalore offers rehab courses at a distance
- Disability features in President's address
- DU access still a problem
Volume 2 Issue 11
June 01, 2004Feature
Interview
News
- Disabled people in Olympic Torch Relay
- Disabled students exam result
- RCI publishes list of courses for disability professionals
- Leprosy patients seek protection of human rights
- City reeling under severe blood shortage
- Advances in prevention of blindness for glaucoma
- HFI Project extended
- Airtel launches services for hearing impaired
- Mumbai teenager given chance to see again
- Pulse Polio campaign
Volume 2 Issue 10
May 15, 2004Feature
Interview
News
- Disability highlighted in education survey
- Scholarship scheme goes from strength to strength
- IAS winner awaits his job
- Independents launch joint campaign for good governance
- Delhi University makes disabled students undergo medical examination
- Delhi authorities claim to ramp up access issue
- Election Commission fails to fulfil SC order
- World Thalassaemia Day observed
- Bus shelters designed with the disabled in mind
- Voters choose to play safe with big parties
Volume 2 Issue 9
May 01, 2004Feature
Interview
News
- Protest outside EC office; several activists detained
- PIL requests Chief Justice to intervene in the access order
- Javed Abidi files nomination to stand as an independent candidate
- CJI takes up access issue
- SC orders ramps for polling booths in cities
- Disabled celebrate verdict on ramps
- Incidence of disability declining says NSSO survey
- Sponsored worldwide bikers raise funds for ORBIS in Delhi
- Disabled teenager conquers North Pole
- Shortage of teachers for disabled people
Volume 2 Issue 8
April 15, 2004Feature
Interview
News
- Poor access to polling stations is a bar to democracy
- Protestors demand their democratic rights
- Accessibility is not an expensive issue
- Independent candidate slams big two parties for ignoring significant minority
- CEC agrees to meet DRG representatives
- DRG puts demands to Krishnamurthy
- High Court orders report on disability bar
- President meets disability campaigners
- EC issues response to DRG's election demands
- Javed Abidi to fast unto death over EC's "apathetic attitude"
Volume 2 Issue 1
January 01, 2004Feature
News
- VSO to tap Indian talent
- "The whole exercise is a sham!"
- Government aid needed to eradicate polio from the country
- Rajiv Gandhi Foundation: Working towards a disabled friendly city
- High-capacity buses to be a reality soon
- President to provide hope for the hearing impaired
- Law fails to protect human rights of mentally challenged prisoner
- A barrier-free environment in the new year
- Pitiable state of mental health in our country
Volume 1 Issue 8
December 15, 2003Feature
Interview
News
- Government violates its own Act
- Disabled persons need jobs, not allowances
- Visually challenged in Orissa: Tired of assurances, craving for action
- Helen Keller awards honour hard work done in the disability sector
- Disabled physiotherapists excel in their field
- Special Olympics Bharat gives disabled children a 'sporty' life
- Finally! A place fully accessible to disabled people
- Authorities in need of sensitisation
- India soon to eradicate polio
- Disabled professors find no place in DU
Volume 2 Issue 7
April 01, 2004Feature
Interview
News
- Disabled persons too want to vote
- Javed Abidi: Candidate for the differently abled
- Disabled seek political space
- President Kalam urged to make voting disabled-friendly
- Visibility in election manifestos
- Blind doctor set to practice medicine
- SC notice to Centre on care of mentally ill
- Disabled passengers' nightmare at domestic airport
- HC orders disability pension for Army man sacked in 1964
- Stress on special education
Volume 1 Issue 7
December 01, 2003Feature
Interview
News
- Blind meet Kalam, wait for government action
- A day to celebrate
- Special bus makes its maiden run
- Special way of tapping special talent
- Can and able: Quiz that overcame all handicaps
- Afshari is an angel for children
- IAS officer trainees sensitised about disability-related issues
- Drafting an incentives policy for the employment of disabled persons
- Seminar on incentives policy organised in Mumbai
- Radio City partners with NCPEDP
Volume 1 Issue 6
November 15, 2003Feature
Interview
News
- A very special cricket tournament
- Education Bill lacks focus on disability
- NIMH gives hope to mentally disabled
- NGO-watch policy on the anvil
- BT tops Europe's equal opportunities' employer list
- Chomsky to speak at World Social Forum
- India ratifies UN Convention
- Impairment is not a barrier
- Disabled scholars angry with DU
- GOI refuses to recognise merit
Volume 1 Issue 5
November 01, 2003Feature
Interview
News
- National panel for disabilities notified
- Samsung to sponsor 20 scholarships for disabled students
- NCPEDP to conduct an audit on the NHFDC's operations
- Disability music video, Kinara, selected for international film festival
- Centre, Delhi governments to set up autism centres
- Meet on incentives for corporates to employ disabled people
- NCPEDP to conduct employment audit in private sector
- 59th Commission of ESCAP to make the region barrier-free
- Natalie is a very special athlete
- Rapist of mentally challenged to face
Volume 1 Issue 4
October 15, 2003Feature
Interview
News
- NCPEDP features on Discovery
- Rights groups meet to discuss Biwako Millennium Framework
- Disabled women seek their rights
- Sarva Shiksha Abhiyaan applauded
- Insurance schemes should be modified for disabled people
- Rights activists demand government support for self-help groups
- Scouts march for leprosy awareness
- Disabled kids to get educational policy soon
- Employment cannot be achieved in isolation: Activists
- NCPEDP-Shell Helen Keller Awards announced
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