hearing impaired

Arwa was born and brought up in a Kashmiri family in which four members were speech and hearing-impaired. So, growing up she had always been sensitive to their needs because she witnessed first-hand their struggles to communicate with people around them.

For Anand Mouli Patnaik, teaching martial arts to the profoundly deaf children is both challenging and exciting. Such physical activities make a big difference to the children’s lives, he says.

TEACH trains students, who have studied in vernacular languages, for three years in English & Maths, starting from grade 10, which prepares them for their higher secondary exams in English.

Competing with 3,148 athletes from 97 countries in 21 sports, the Indian squad made the country proud and clinched one gold medal too.

“While we all learn various languages in school, one very important language that I feel needs to be given its due is sign language.”

Deaf Enabled Foundation (DEF), an organisation “by the deaf, and for the deaf”, is providing vocational skills to the hearing impaired.

Sargaalaya Kerala Arts and Crafts village is an initiative of the state's Department of Tourism, and aims to be a unique tourist destination.

With a seating capacity of close to 40, the café currently employs six to seven differently abled persons who manage the guests.

Meet one of India’s best chess players, who has received recognition all over the world for her skills. Despite the lack of funding and acknowledgement from the Government, this young lady continues to revolutionise the game.

Her daughter’s late auditory impairment diagnosis set this mother on a journey to change the way treatment is handled in India.