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China Influencer With Cerebral Palsy Faces Backlash For Wanting To Have A Baby
Her recent social media posts about her pregnancy preparations have sparked widespread attention and debate.
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Disabled Man Forced To Drag Himself Off Flight, Airline Fined Rs 81 Lakh
The incident happened on August 30 when Rodney Hodgins, who has spastic cerebral palsy and can't move his legs, was forced to disembark on his own.
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Kerala Grants Relaxation In Work Hours To Employees With Autistic Children
The Kerala government on Wednesday announced relaxations in working hours for its employees who have children suffering from autistic disorders, cerebral palsy, multiple disabilities, and mental retardation.
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World Disability Day 2020: Why There's A Need To Talk About Disability Today And Beyond
International Day Of Persons With Disabilities: From physical disabilities and Cerebral Palsy, autism spectrum disorder, persons with disabilities comprise a staggering 2.68 crore people, or 2.21 percent of the population in India.
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Disabled Teen, Home Alone After Father Quarantined Over Coronavirus, Dies
A disabled boy has died after being left to fend for himself when his father was quarantined over the deadly new coronavirus in China. Yan Cheng, who was confined to a wheelchair because of cerebral palsy, was abandoned at home when his father was isolated because of a fever.
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At This Lucknow Cafe, Children With Mental Disabilities Assist In Operations
Children suffering from conditions like cerebral palsy and autism have been trained to assist in operations of the non-for-profit cafe.
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Study: People Suffering From Cerebral Palsy Are At A Higher Risk Of Depression And Anxiety
Relatively little is known about the mental health of adults with cerebral palsy as it is often considered to affect only children, despite many living with the condition into adulthood.
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Lok Sabha Passes Two Bills Amid Protests By Congress And TDP
The Lok Sabha on Thursday managed to pass two bills before adjourning for the day amid protests by Opposition parties including Congress and TDP on various issues. The two bills passed were - the Consumer Protection Bill, 2018 and the National Trust for Welfare of Persons with Autism, Cerebral Palsy, Mental Retardation and Multiple Disabilities (A...
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Student Designs Controller "Mylo" To Boost Disabled Sister's Dexterity
Jess Searle has a type of cerebral palsy that means she has always struggled with handheld devices or game consoles.
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World Cerebral Palsy Day 2017: What Kind Of Disability Is Cerebral Palsy?
World Cerebral Palsy Day 2017: Not only physical, people impaired with Cerebral Palsy can have visual, hearing, speech, epilepsy and intellectual impairments too. It is the most common physical disability in childhood.
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Blog: I Have Cerebral Palsy. Indian Railways Is Indifferent To My Train Travel
I am 44 and have cerebral palsy. I vividly remember my trip from Chennai to Delhi by train in the early nineties mainly because of the starvation I had to bear before starting my train journey. I used to start my diet by eating little or no solids almost 36 hours before I started from Chennai. This was necessary for the toilets in the train were in...
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Archaic Laws, Insensitivity Compound Problems of the Disabled
Akshanshk Gupta is 32 and a PhD in Computer Science. His journey from Uttar Pradesh's small town of Jaunpur to becoming 'Dr Gupta' at Jawaharlal Nehru University at New Delhi is nothing short of remarkable. He was diagnosed with cerebral palsy as a child but he's never allowed it to come in the way of his aspiration, often smiling in the face of ri...
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Stranded by Airline, a Disabled D.C. Activist Crawled Off his Flight. But the Humiliation was far From Over.
D'Arcee Neal dutifully waited for a wheelchair. He had just flown five hours from San Francisco to his hometown of Washington without a bathroom break because his cerebral palsy prevented him from using the United Airlines toilets.
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Twitter Can Lend A 'Voice' To The Speechless
Twitter can help people who have experienced strokes, cerebral palsy, autism, motor neurone disease and traumatic brain injury to find a "voice".
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NGO Celebrates World Cerebral Palsy Day in Mumbai
On World Cerebral Palsy Day on October 1, Able Disabled All People Together (ADAPT), a non-profit organization, celebrated the achievements of people diagnosed with cerebral palsy despite their physical challenges.
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China Influencer With Cerebral Palsy Faces Backlash For Wanting To Have A Baby
Her recent social media posts about her pregnancy preparations have sparked widespread attention and debate.
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Disabled Man Forced To Drag Himself Off Flight, Airline Fined Rs 81 Lakh
The incident happened on August 30 when Rodney Hodgins, who has spastic cerebral palsy and can't move his legs, was forced to disembark on his own.
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Kerala Grants Relaxation In Work Hours To Employees With Autistic Children
The Kerala government on Wednesday announced relaxations in working hours for its employees who have children suffering from autistic disorders, cerebral palsy, multiple disabilities, and mental retardation.
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World Disability Day 2020: Why There's A Need To Talk About Disability Today And Beyond
International Day Of Persons With Disabilities: From physical disabilities and Cerebral Palsy, autism spectrum disorder, persons with disabilities comprise a staggering 2.68 crore people, or 2.21 percent of the population in India.
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Disabled Teen, Home Alone After Father Quarantined Over Coronavirus, Dies
A disabled boy has died after being left to fend for himself when his father was quarantined over the deadly new coronavirus in China. Yan Cheng, who was confined to a wheelchair because of cerebral palsy, was abandoned at home when his father was isolated because of a fever.
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At This Lucknow Cafe, Children With Mental Disabilities Assist In Operations
Children suffering from conditions like cerebral palsy and autism have been trained to assist in operations of the non-for-profit cafe.
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Study: People Suffering From Cerebral Palsy Are At A Higher Risk Of Depression And Anxiety
Relatively little is known about the mental health of adults with cerebral palsy as it is often considered to affect only children, despite many living with the condition into adulthood.
-
Lok Sabha Passes Two Bills Amid Protests By Congress And TDP
The Lok Sabha on Thursday managed to pass two bills before adjourning for the day amid protests by Opposition parties including Congress and TDP on various issues. The two bills passed were - the Consumer Protection Bill, 2018 and the National Trust for Welfare of Persons with Autism, Cerebral Palsy, Mental Retardation and Multiple Disabilities (A...
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Student Designs Controller "Mylo" To Boost Disabled Sister's Dexterity
Jess Searle has a type of cerebral palsy that means she has always struggled with handheld devices or game consoles.
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World Cerebral Palsy Day 2017: What Kind Of Disability Is Cerebral Palsy?
World Cerebral Palsy Day 2017: Not only physical, people impaired with Cerebral Palsy can have visual, hearing, speech, epilepsy and intellectual impairments too. It is the most common physical disability in childhood.
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Blog: I Have Cerebral Palsy. Indian Railways Is Indifferent To My Train Travel
I am 44 and have cerebral palsy. I vividly remember my trip from Chennai to Delhi by train in the early nineties mainly because of the starvation I had to bear before starting my train journey. I used to start my diet by eating little or no solids almost 36 hours before I started from Chennai. This was necessary for the toilets in the train were in...
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Archaic Laws, Insensitivity Compound Problems of the Disabled
Akshanshk Gupta is 32 and a PhD in Computer Science. His journey from Uttar Pradesh's small town of Jaunpur to becoming 'Dr Gupta' at Jawaharlal Nehru University at New Delhi is nothing short of remarkable. He was diagnosed with cerebral palsy as a child but he's never allowed it to come in the way of his aspiration, often smiling in the face of ri...
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Stranded by Airline, a Disabled D.C. Activist Crawled Off his Flight. But the Humiliation was far From Over.
D'Arcee Neal dutifully waited for a wheelchair. He had just flown five hours from San Francisco to his hometown of Washington without a bathroom break because his cerebral palsy prevented him from using the United Airlines toilets.
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Twitter Can Lend A 'Voice' To The Speechless
Twitter can help people who have experienced strokes, cerebral palsy, autism, motor neurone disease and traumatic brain injury to find a "voice".
-
NGO Celebrates World Cerebral Palsy Day in Mumbai
On World Cerebral Palsy Day on October 1, Able Disabled All People Together (ADAPT), a non-profit organization, celebrated the achievements of people diagnosed with cerebral palsy despite their physical challenges.
