Disability

Moved by the plight of a mother on the verge of abandoning her disabled child, special educator Anil Joseph from Agra decided to shelter the baby, which became instrumental for him to start an NGO and a shelter for children.

Founded by N S Hema, who lost her legs and one arm to polio, the Association of People with Disability is an NGO that provides horticulture training to people with disabilities to help them become skilled landscapers and gardeners.

Three Mumbai friends launched Mann Centre for Individuals with Special Needs with an aim to provide age-appropriate jobs to hundreds of people with intellectual disabilities.

Singapore’s Enabling Village is a community for people with disabilities to find opportunities for jobs, skills, integration in society, or just a familiar world. What can India learn from a community like this?

Lakshmi Menon works with 15 women from the Kerala Federation of the Blind to make luxury artisanal brooms as part of her venture Choolala.

Ishrat Akther slipped and fell from the balcony in 2016. She tells us about her journey from a bedridden patient to an international basketball champ.

Deepmala Pandey, a primary school principal from Uttar Pradesh's Bareilly, has been instrumental in getting over 800 disabled students enrolled in schools. She is supported by 400 teachers.

Goa resident Bipin Kadam has built a ‘Maarobot’ that can feed his disabled daughter when he is off to work and his wife, who has vertigo, is indisposed. Here’s a look at his moving story.

Aditya KV, a former Teach for India fellow, realised the difference he could make in the lives of children with disabilities and founded Umoya Sports to empower one million students.