Asif Iqbal is a person who can easily become a role model for many.He has never let his disability come in his way. He has met the former President of India (Dr. APJ Abdul Kalam) to discuss technology initiative which would benefit blind/ visually impaired community.
mile Foundation’s I am Kalam has so far won 12 national and international awards. The film has travelled to over 25 film festivals across the globe. The film has been chosen by the audience over cult films like 3 Idiots, Udaan and Dhobi Ghaat at several film festivals.
Raghavendra Anvekar was selected to be in the Indian team of swimmers for the 16th Asian Para Games-2010,that took at Guangzhou in China in December.Raghavendra has won 18 international medals and 43 gold medals at national-level competitions, besides three silver and one bronze medals he got at the IXth IWAS World Games for Physically Handicapped held at Bangalore last year.
She has achieved success amidst adversities. Her hard work has taken her to places. She being intelligent and ambitious, could do things which nobody had expected her to do. A fashion designer, a qualified HR and Marketing executive, a wife and a mother..she manages everything with great zest and enthusiasm. She is an adept singer, painter and a writer too She has anchored and organized fashion shows for the physically challenged. She believes in carry yourself well and put your effort to the right direction..She in her own words says, “I have too much respect for my challenged life”
Navin Gulia, a name, that doesn’t need any introduction..Navin Gulia, a soldier in real sense of the term, a fighter in true sense who has never learnt to give up. “The Man” never surrendered to the circumstances and continued to face the rough challenges of life even after spinal cord injury. He had to remain hospitalized for two years but the spirits remained undaunted.
Dr Ketna Mehta, a great personality, a dedicated social worker, an adventure loving person, a compassionate soul and a human being possessing indomitable courage, is the founder of Nina Foundation. She has completed her PhD on a breakthrough area in Healthcare Management.
George Abraham lost his eyesight when he was ten months old. The real problem, he believes, is not blindness. It is the way people react to it. That attitude should change, says the man whose mission is to help the blind live with dignity.
This Handbook is for providing access to information relating to various programmes and schemes of the Government of Tamil Nadu for the disabled under the control of the Special Commissioner for the Disabled for promoting transparency and accountability in this office.
The government has announced changes in the issuance of disability certificates. An official release said for hearing and visually impaired persons it would be issued on Mondays; for those Locomotor handicapped/cerebral palsy/leprosy cured it would be on Tuesdays and for mental retardation, multiple disability, autism and mentally ill persons it would be on Friday.
44-year-old Malini Chib was born with cerebral palsy. But she not only overcame the challenges that she faced but also took up the cause for the differently-abled by speaking out for their rights and the problems they face. A cause that finds reflection in her book, One Little Finger, that outlines the journey of her life and the odds she faced.