Accessibility

A painting from the Art is Life festival at MAP

Bengaluru’s Museum of Art & Photography promises a holistic experience with emphasis on accessibility

Starting 5 December, the Museum of Art & Photography (MAP) in Bengaluru is organising the Art (is) Life festival. This is a seven-day-long festival with…

Blacka nd white figures of people in wheelchairs and some standing

World Disability Day 2020 – Challenges & opportunities in making the world more inclusive for people with disabilities post Covid

peopleholding hands at workplace

Greater understanding of invisible disabilities needed in the post Covid scenario

Images of Sanket Khadilkar and Jasmina Khanna

Meet these Mumbaikars who have come together to make the city accessible for disabled people

Vineet wearing a blue coloured blazer with 1 flap pocket in front and a blue coloured bow tie. He is also wearing a black coloured jeans.

Only way to make pandemic response foolproof is to include people with disabilities. – Guest Column by Vineet Saraiwala

Sketch of Father Stan Swamy

Disabled tribal activist Father Stan Swamy finally gets a sipper in jail

image of cinema hall

As theaters reopen post Covid crisis, India’s disabled community hopes for accessible cinema halls

Sketch of Father Stan Swamy

Over 100 straws & sippers sent for Father Stan Swamy as outrage builds up over denial of assistive aids

Sketch of Father Stan Swamy

83-year-old disabled tribal activist Father Stan Swamy still awaits straw & sipper in jail

wheelchair users on houseboat

Kerala-based ‘Kombans’ wants to break barriers & prove travelling can be fun for disabled people

Close up of Rajesh Sharma

Tributes pour in for Jaipur mechanic Rajesh Sharma who gave disabled people the power to drive

Undergraduate candidates with disabilities from J&K denied reservation in NEET counselling

Exterior shot of Kerala High Court

Mixed reactions to Kerala High Court order regarding accessible roads & footpaths in Kochi

Exterior shot of Aiims Bhbaneshwar

AIIMS Bhubaneswar violates RPWD Act provisions in hiring for faculty posts

Sketch of Father Stan Swamy

Maharashtra Human Rights Commission to hold hearing in Father Stan Swamy matter

Sketch of Father Stan Swamy

NHRC intervention sought under RPWD Act for imprisoned tribal activist Stan Swamy

Meera Menon is wearing a black and white kurta

PH.D student’s ordeal over inaccessible toilet is heard, IGNOU Kochi directed to take steps

Blue and yellow mobile van launched by Aash

Children with disabilities in rural Kullu to get support at home thanks to mobile therapy initiative

Iamge of Jeeja Ghosh

Prominent Kolkata mall apologises to activist Jeeja Ghosh for blatant discrimination

Close up of Anan Jaiswal

Indian Navy to deny disability benefits to former surgeon lieutenant

Zamir Dhale, Founder, Society for the Empowerment of the Deafblind

My life as a person with deafblindness. – Guest Column by Zamir Dhale, Founder, SEDB

A voter with crutches outside a polling booth in Bihar

Insufficient wheelchairs, inaccessible booths affect voting experience for Bihar’s disabled population