Disability

"All my life I have only heard people stop me from doing things. Some, because I am a woman, and many more because I was on crutches. All I knew is that I could never let them dictate my life!", says the national-level wheelchair basketball champ. #WomenPower #DareToDream #RealLifeHeroine

Lack of teaching facilities restrict visually-impaired from pursuing education. This device and mobile application makes self-learning easy.

Ira is the first person with a disability to have topped the UPSC CSE exam. This gritty officer suffers from a medical condition called scoliosis, which is essentially the curvature of the spine.

Today, we bring you stories of five differently-abled Indians who beat all odds to crack one of the toughest examinations in the country, the Union Public Service Commission (UPSC) exams.

This gold medallist paraplegic swimmer's incredible story is a living example of how dreams come true with a pinch of courage and a lot of will power!

Latheesha suffers from Osteogenesis Imperfecta (OI), also known as brittle bone disease. A rare genetic disorder, OI mainly affects bones making them brittle and prone to easy breakage.

“I love to travel alone. This initiative has helped solo women travelers like me since we don’t have to depend on others to ask for directions all the time,’ says a visually-impaired teacher at Blind School, Mysuru.

Nayi Disha was founded to support parents of such children, empowering them with the right resources and necessary information, to help them care better for their children.

At 28, Devika is an international para-athlete, an advocate for people with disabilities on national and global platforms, a recipient of the prestigious Queen’s Young Leader Award 2015 and the co-founder of Wheeling Happiness, an organisation which is impacting thousands.

Rejected by hostels for being blind, Rahul Deshmukh has opened digital libraries, computer classes and even a hostel that have benefited thousands of intellectually-challenged and visually-impaired students.