disabled friendly

Bengaluru-based Prateek Khandelwal was paralysed after an accident. As a wheelchair-user, he feared that he would be forced into a permanent lockdown. He started RampMyCity, a startup working towards making public places inclusive and disabled-friendly.

This Chennai-based startup has developed a personalised wheelchair, and a battery-powered clip-on device that converts the wheelchair into a roadworthy electric vehicle.

These buses will have hydraulic lifts, GPS trackers, CCTV cameras and panic buttons fitted in them. A welcome step towards equality!

Managing trustee of Swarga Foundation, Swarnalatha is paving the way for other people with varying forms of disability embrace their impairment and make the best out of their lives too.

After having met with an accident in January that left him with a fractured leg, Sudhakar depends on the wheelchair service provided by Namma Metro staff to go for work since June.

Sarthak has successfully placed 7250 Persons with disabilities in various fields spanning retail, BPOs, IT and hospitality, through all its centers in India.

Visually impaired students can download the customised app on their smartphones and use it to conveniently access various parts of the campus.

Open defecation continues to be a major problem in India. Governments and other agencies are constructing toilets in huge numbers to combat this issue, but overlooking certain basic issues which may make adoption very slow. Balaji Gopalan looks at one such key issue – toilet design.

With an estimated disabled population of 70 million, India unfortunately lags far behind in terms of enabling travel for this sizeable chunk of its population. Here are six ways our country can improve access and facilities to help the disabled have peace of mind while travelling.

For people with disabilities, for those who face trouble while steering or pedalling bicycles, for the benefit of bicycle sharing stations, for solving innumerable environment issues – this driverless bicycle developed by some students of IIT Kharagpur may well be the answer. Read how.