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COVID19 - Helpline for PWDs needing Groceries, Medicines & essential items

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Check out 20-year-old Vinamra Arolkkar’s skills on his YouTube channel ‘The Special Cook’

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Fitness enthusiast & motivational speaker Sonal Kashyap has big dreams for the future!

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Teenager Jyoti Kumar riding 1,200 kms with disabled dad shows plight of migrants with disabilities

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‘Fashion Meets Autism’ – Instagram session focuses on inclusion in fashion

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Challenges faced in grassroots activism in disability advocacy is focus of 6th Know Your Rights Webinar Series

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Online classes in web development for visually impaired people, at no cost!

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Lockdown challenges an opportunity to innovate, say these organisations employing disabled people

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AIIMS Rishikesh Director forced to withdraw discriminatory order under sustained pressure

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Revised order by AIIMS Rishikesh Director insensitive & discriminatory, say disability rights groups

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Ministry intervention sought in AIIMS Rishikesh director’s discriminatory order towards disabled people

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Tiktok mocking disabled people: A new low for the platform
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The lockdown and the world of special needs parents and children

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Google launched new accessibility tools for Android users, updates Live Transcribe

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Special Olympics Bharat goes online to help athletes train effectively during lockdown

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“If you don’t step forward to break barriers, no one else will”- My Take by Sweta Mantrii

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