Disability

As a young child I remember I would blink many times over in a span of a few seconds and was often teased about it.

"When Rachana first called us on 13th March, all she told us was that something terrible is happening to her, and she needs immediate help."

Today, Dr Malvika Iyer, apart from a bomb blast survivor, is also a social worker, a PhD scholar, an international motivational speaker, a disability rights activist and a Global Shaper under the World Economic Forum.

Researchers at IIT Gandhinagar have incorporated an ingenious solution—computer-based VR games—to address upper-limb movement disorder in post-stroke victims.

Shivam was born with just three fingers in his right hand and a joined thumb in his left hand. His legs were completely impaired, and he still walks on his knees.

After a terrible accident, Nisha picked herself up, and fell in love with sports. Here's how it changed her life!

Though she was afflicted with Scoliosis, she made it her mission to educate others about disability, and how people with disabilities should be treated!

The move should help acid attack victims should they encounter discrimination.

Meet specially-abled sportsman Jitendra - a resident of a remote hamlet in Lalitpur, who is not missing his bounce despite lack of government support.

Even a terrible car accident in 2012, which paralysed him from the chest down, did not deter the now 29-year-old. His latest record in the Limca book of records was for driving across the breadth of India – from Arunachal Pradesh’s Tezu to Gujarat’s Koteshwar. This was part of his campaign ‘Accessible India’, to make the nation a more accessible place for Divyangs (persons with disability).