- Search results for disability
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 | US govt to erase student debts for those with disabilitiesThe move will wipe out more than USD 5.8 billion in debt according to the Education Department | |
 | Disability activists unhappy about budget; say provisions of the Rights to Persons with Disabilities Act have not been implementedThe activists point out that not even 10 per cent of the companies are adhering to this Act and ironically, they are turning away PwDs in interview stating their disability as the shortcoming | |
 | How the parents of a disabled child created a nine-fingered doll called Ginny to teach Indian kids inclusivityGinny's Planet is the brainchild of Dr Shweta Verma and Jamal Siddiqui. The doll wears glasses, has nine fingers and has a radial club hand | |
 | Researchers in Canada discover genetic cause of intellectual disabilities, neurodevelopmental disordersAbout three percent of the world's population has an intellectual disability. Up to half, the cases are due to genetics | |
 | Ministry of Education to soon develop e-content for children with disabilitiesThese guidelines will initiate the creation of high quality content for digital education to children with special needs | |
 | Centre makes it mandatory for disability certificates to be issued onlineThe sector had been demanding such a move, especially during the coronavirus crisis where people with disabilities were unable to get their certificates due to the prevalent restrictions | |
 | Activists want NCRB to maintain disaggregated data on violence against disabled girls, womenSeveral disability rights groups urged the Home Minister to order the NCRB to maintain disaggregated data as violence against disabled girls and women is on the rise | |
 | Around 30 disability rights organisations write to PM seeking priority COVID vaccination for persons with disabilitiesSeveral disability rights organisations highlighted numerous reasons why persons with disabilities should receive shots on priority | |
 | Here's how Museum of Possibilities in Chennai going to help visitors understand the life of disabled personsThe ‘Museum of Possibilities’ will have a cafe which will showcase talents of disabled persons, a house for them and a space to celebrate togetherness over food. It is built at a cost of 1 crore | |
 | 16-year-old from Sonala village invents 'Blind Eye', an artificial eye for the visually-impairedRavi who has always been keen on learning electronics got a new direction for his passion when Atal Tinkering Labs' (ATL) under the Atal Innovation Mission (AIM) | |
 | Kerala's Teachers' Training Institute develops 'talking textbooks' for kids with learning disabilitiesThe talking textbooks for 'Vamozhi' has been recorded by the DElEd students and hence is very easy to follow for the children | |
 | Understanding intellectual disabilities: The need to recognise children through mainstream educationExplaining how in our country, according to the Rights of Persons with Disabilities Act, 2016, there are 21 types of disabilities specified, he says that this includes intellectual disability | |
 | Why Meera Shenoy wants youngsters in India to have the will to skillThis was the mantra that Youth4Jobs adopted during the pandemic. Based out of Hyderabad and working pan-India, this organisation which works with the disabled continued to train and provide jobs | |
 | After differently-abled student protests lack of toilets at IGNOU Kochi, Social Justice Department seeks report on accessibilityRecently, Meera U Menon, a disabled student at IGNOU had complained saying that the disabled-friendly toilet was kept locked | |
 | How this Puducherry Special School helped parents become co-therapists, manage their kids using WhatsApp, home hacks during pandemicWithout schools, parents of kids with special needs felt lost. But this school helped bring the parents together and come up with innovative ways to educate their children |
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