Wheelchair Cricket India Tournament on 30th April 2017
Wheelchair Cricket India – One day tournament league – Teams from UP, Delhi, Tamilnadu and Karnataka have confirmed their participation.
List of Cricket
22nd National Cricket tournament for the Blind
22nd National Cricket tournament for the Blind in Delhi & Gurgaon from 17th to 21st december 2015
India won the Blind Cricket World Cup 2014
India broke Pakistan’s unbeaten 2014 Blind Cricket World Cup run to claim gold by 5 wickets in the competition. The final score was 389 / 7 to 392 / 5. It was the first time India won the event.
Making Partnerships Work – Differently abled Sports Inclusion
In creating more opportunities around sports the government can encourage/demand a more accessible environment, civil society must advocate for further development and corporates can help to fund accessibility infrastructure improvements and encouraging volunteering on the part of employees.
First Ever T-20 World Cup for the Blind
The First ever T-20 Cricket World Cup for the Blind – From 1st To 13th Dec 2012 @ Bangalore – India. Confirmed participants of this T-20 World Cup for the Blind are Australia, Bangladesh, England, India, New Zealand, Pakistan, South Africa, Sri Lanka and West Indies and new entrant Nepal.
Adinath jain trust
Disha Foundation is a registered charitable trust established on November 16, 2006 at Chennai. The founders and the members of Disha are mostly youngsters in the mid twenties, from different localities and backgrounds.
Nethrodaya – Self help institution for the differently abled
Nethrodaya, which operated from rented houses for six years, built its own building in Chennai in 2008 on land allotted by the Government of Tamil Nadu. Between 2002 and 2009, 327 students benefited from Nethrodaya.
I stand only three feet and nine inches tall – Venkatesh Yethiraj
Achondroplasia is one of the oldest known birth defects. The frequency of achondroplasia is estimated to range from about 1 in 10,000 births in Latin America to about 12 in 77,000 in Denmark. An average figure worldwide is approximately 1 in 25,000 births.It results in abnormally short stature and is the most common cause of short stature with disproportionately short limbs.There is disorder of bone growth.
The differently abled feel handicapped at employment drives
Job fests for the differently abled are all the rage amongst corporations out to act on their corporate social responsibility mandates. Few applicants benefit from these drives, and many others find themselves short sold. Jobs offered to them at these events that are commensurate with their educational qualifications.
Mansur Ali Khan Pataudi – The former Indian cricket captain
The Indian cricket captain from 1962 to 1970, popularly called Tiger Pataudi met with a nasty car accident in the early 1960s resulting in complete loss of vision of his right eye. This was just when he was at the threshold of a great future. He continued playing undeterred by this big blow and went on to not only continue playing the game but also captained the side. Regarded as one of India’s more successful cricket captains, Tiger Pataudi was the Wisden Cricketer of the Year in 1968.