When we look back in time we find that the beginnings of work for the disabled leading to better opportunities, more services and programmes were initiated in many cases either by the disabled themselves or by their families. Perhaps the best example of this is Louis Braille, the inventor of what is now come to […]
WE OFTEN hear about employment exchanges both in the public and private sectors offering jobs to normal people.Since, India is now on a take off stage on the world map on all fronts, therefore, it would be ideal if more and more employment exchanges exclusively for differently abled people, both in the public sector as […]
Special pavement for disabled people by the Chennai Corporation’ reads the sign on a wall on Ranjit Road in Kotturpuram. Anbarasan, a person with physical disability, looks at the sign and laughs. Pointing to the condition of the footpath just below the sign, he assures this reporter that even a normal person would find it […]
Prathyasha Foundation means hope and betterment for many disabled people who today lead sad and depressed lives.
Shooting has just been wrapped up in Madurai for the movie Maa’, a love story with a difference every single cast and crew member involved in the movie is disabled. Director Fathima Beevi (pictured) called the shots from her wheelchair. The hero is Deepak TMN, again wheelchair–bound. Cinematographer Rama Rao lost his right leg in […]
World Disabled Day was a good enough reason to bring smile on those hundreds of faces who dream of travelling in a train but their physical disability stands as a barrier. to be Accessibility The Allahabad division of North Central Railway would now ply battery operated cars at some of the selected stations to help […]
Sakthi Trading Company has integrated disabled persons into it’s corporate vision. More than one-fifth of its employees are persons with disabilities. Sakthi Trading Company is familiar to most of us through its brand of Sakthi Masalas. The company follows H.R. policies that have the right ingredients for a successful and responsible company. The company was […]
No one needs an introduction to the National Thermal Power Corporation (N.T.P.C.). Since 1975, we have all been literally seeing by their light! Though N.T.P.C.’s main business is developing thermal power, it is heartening to note that it has also been deeply committed to empowering marginalised sections of society. N.T.P.C. has always had a large […]
Albert Einstein: Mathematician/Physicist: Had a learning disability and did not speak until age 3. He had a very difficult time doing math in school. It was very hard for him to express himself through writing. Alexander Graham Bell: had a learning disability George Patton: This World War II General had a learning disability. Nelson Rockfeller, […]
Traveling in India for the physically challenged is not easy. India is slowly gearing up for making provisions for the physically handicapped or wheel chair bound traveler.