Accessibility

Aarogya Setu App

Aarogya Setu app essential, says Centre. What about accessibility, ask disability rights groups

The Centre has declared that the Aarogya Setu app has to be downloaded by all government and private sector employees to enable authorities to track…

Kavya Srinivasan

Bengaluru’s iconic Ranga Shankara theatre introduces storytelling in sign language!

Swapnarani Sinha dancing the Odissi

Unique COVID-19 awareness video combines Odissi dance moves with sign language

Payal Kapoor, Founder, Rasoi ke Rahasya channel

Payal Kapoor’s YouTube channel Rasoi Ke Rahasya is teaching blind people to cook independently

Adventure vehicle with one wheel in front and 2 in the rear

This adventure vehicle for paraplegics is stylish to look at & safe to ride

Pile of Indian coins.

An Inclusive Design study on the “visually impaired friendly” coins launched by the Reserve Bank of India. – By Tanvi Dalvi

Jasmina Khanna, Systems engineer

Disability and Intimacy. – My Take by Jasmina Khanna

Woman shopping in a face mask

Need groceries or vegetables? Call these helplines set up for disabled people during the lockdown

Sandeep Ranade

Pune developer Sandeep Ranade’s app Naadsadhana will make classical music accessible to visually impaired people

Shilpi Kapoor, CEO BarrierBreak

Braille Labels as Adaption – 14 ways in the Workplace. – Guest column by Shilpi Kapoor

generic image of wheelchair user

Consider UN suggestions for protecting disabled community during coronavirus, urge experts

Prototype of Ezy Lift

Ezy Lift, India’s 1st underfloor hydraulic lift, promises to make bus travel easier for wheelchair users

Dehradun Railway Station

Newly renovated Dehradun station is now accessible to visually impaired travellers

Destitute Foundation Braille visiting cards

Save The Destitute Foundation makes history, becomes J&K’s 1st organisation to use Braille visiting cards

Image of a gavel used to symbolise justice

GTB Hospital fails to set up PMR department, impact felt by people disabled in Delhi riots

Smart cards in Braille

Lucknow Metro is India’s first to launch Braille smart cards for visually impaired passengers

wheelchair users bangalore

Wheelchair users in Bengaluru come out to raise disability awareness

disabled in kerala

Thanks to Kerala minister KK Shailaja, Pushpa can now go home through an accessible pathway

Banner of Kerala Tourism

3 reasons why Kerala is an ideal vacation spot for disabled people

Man on a wheelchair with a woman walking by his side

Cupid’s Arrow offers an accessible matchmaking platform for disabled people

disabled friendly parks visakhapatnam

Aluva Blind School’s new disabled-friendly park hopes to make school more fun

marina beach wheelchair friendly

Chennai’s Marina Beach all set to become accessible for wheelchair users