disabilities

As a child, Harishchandra Sude lost vision in one eye and encountered prejudice. Despite this, he dedicated himself to creating change, establishing Grameen Shramik Pratishthan in Maharashtra, which provides skill-based training to individuals with visual impairment and disabilities.

With the Indian Sign Language (ISL) being their only tongue to communicate in with their parents, these CODAs, or Children of Deaf Adults, share what it is like to live a day in their lives.

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.

He refused to let his disability come in the way of his dreams, and till date, Satish has helped in raising funds for 40 operations.

The Nav Prabhuthi Trust. Started in 2013 by Ms Jayshree Ramesh, a few parents of special children and a couple of Rotarians, the trust identified a gaping hole in the vocational training landscape for people with disabilities.

Taking stock of the lack of such facilities in Chennai, the Greater Chennai Corporation is working with Kilikili to create such a public play space near Santhome. The special park will not only be used by children with disabilities

In a historic moment, the government and opposition recently united to pass the Disabilities Bill, 2016 in both Houses of Parliament. Shampa Sengupta from the National Platform for the Rights of the Disabled (NPRD) takes a look at this momentous legislation and what it means for India’s disabled population.

Aaina is an organisation that supports socially ostracized members of the society and provide them with a space to address their grievances

The Hope Kolkata Foundation was founded in 1999 with the sole purpose of bettering the lives of the 2.5 lakh children who have to fend for themselves on the streets of Kolkata.

V-Excel Educational Trust’s Annual Day production ‘Garden of Light’ was a powerful prism for the sheer potential and its intense manifestation of beauty in the world of autism.