Disabled People

A note outside a building has left social media users baffled. The note instructs people to climb upstairs and inform a staff member that they need to use the life designed for them.

Para-badminton star Manasi Joshi was not amused by the Instagram video featuring Harbhajan Singh and Suresh Raina as she slammed the former cricketers for insulting people with physical disabilities.

Japanese eSports gamer Mashiro is blind and often relies on a companion to get around Tokyo -- but he hopes that artificial intelligence, hailed as a promising tool for people with disabilities, can help him travel alone.

For the first time in Lok Sabha elections, people above 85 years of age and those with more than 40 per cent disability will be able to cast their votes from home, Chief Election Commissioner Rajiv Kumar announced on Saturday.

A total of 88.4 lakh people with disabilities have been registered in the electoral roll, the Election Commission said today.

Neurological conditions like epilepsy and dementia are now the leading cause of ill health and disability globally, affecting 3.4 billion people in 2021, according to a major new analysis published in The Lancet Neurology journal.

The Supreme Court on Monday dismissed a PIL seeking a quota for persons with disability in the Lok Sabha, saying the judiciary cannot interfere with policy decisions.

The four people, who are in the age group of 20-32, were in this profession for the last six months after they came from Uttar Pradesh.

Over 1.2 million die every year in road crash incidents and between 20 and 50 million people suffer injuries globally in road accidents that even incur disability, according to the World Health Organization.

To mark the International Day for Persons with Disabilities (December 3), the Adani Group on Monday organised the Green X Talks where individuals with disabilities sh

The vote-from-home facility for those above the age of 80 and people with disabilities has begun in Bhopal to help them exercise their franchise when Madhya Pradesh goes to polls on November 17.

Altogether 10,585 senior citizens, people with disabilities (PwDs) and government officials exercised their franchise for the November 7 Mizoram polls through home voting and postal ballots till Saturday, an official said.

More than 6,400 voters in Chhattisgarh have decided to avail the Election Commission of India's vote-from-home facility introduced for people above 80 years of age and persons with more than 40 per cent disability in the state assembly elections.

Mrunmaiy concluded her thread by writing that she shared her experience to sensitize people about the importance of accessibility and the challenges of living with a disability in India.

With large buttons arranged in a circle and a joystick on one side, Sony is launching a PlayStation controller from December, designed to make gaming easier for people with disabilities.

A note outside a building has left social media users baffled. The note instructs people to climb upstairs and inform a staff member that they need to use the life designed for them.

Para-badminton star Manasi Joshi was not amused by the Instagram video featuring Harbhajan Singh and Suresh Raina as she slammed the former cricketers for insulting people with physical disabilities.

Japanese eSports gamer Mashiro is blind and often relies on a companion to get around Tokyo -- but he hopes that artificial intelligence, hailed as a promising tool for people with disabilities, can help him travel alone.

For the first time in Lok Sabha elections, people above 85 years of age and those with more than 40 per cent disability will be able to cast their votes from home, Chief Election Commissioner Rajiv Kumar announced on Saturday.

A total of 88.4 lakh people with disabilities have been registered in the electoral roll, the Election Commission said today.

Neurological conditions like epilepsy and dementia are now the leading cause of ill health and disability globally, affecting 3.4 billion people in 2021, according to a major new analysis published in The Lancet Neurology journal.

The Supreme Court on Monday dismissed a PIL seeking a quota for persons with disability in the Lok Sabha, saying the judiciary cannot interfere with policy decisions.

The four people, who are in the age group of 20-32, were in this profession for the last six months after they came from Uttar Pradesh.

Over 1.2 million die every year in road crash incidents and between 20 and 50 million people suffer injuries globally in road accidents that even incur disability, according to the World Health Organization.

To mark the International Day for Persons with Disabilities (December 3), the Adani Group on Monday organised the Green X Talks where individuals with disabilities sh

The vote-from-home facility for those above the age of 80 and people with disabilities has begun in Bhopal to help them exercise their franchise when Madhya Pradesh goes to polls on November 17.

Altogether 10,585 senior citizens, people with disabilities (PwDs) and government officials exercised their franchise for the November 7 Mizoram polls through home voting and postal ballots till Saturday, an official said.

More than 6,400 voters in Chhattisgarh have decided to avail the Election Commission of India's vote-from-home facility introduced for people above 80 years of age and persons with more than 40 per cent disability in the state assembly elections.

Mrunmaiy concluded her thread by writing that she shared her experience to sensitize people about the importance of accessibility and the challenges of living with a disability in India.

With large buttons arranged in a circle and a joystick on one side, Sony is launching a PlayStation controller from December, designed to make gaming easier for people with disabilities.