Here’s How a Tailor Born Without Arms in Haryana Has Mastered the Art of...
“My ability is stronger than my disability.” A host of people in India have stayed true to this credo of living and made a difference. Not only to their own lives, but also to that of others. They...
View ArticleAt This Delhi Cafe Run by Hearing Impaired Staff, You Can Enjoy Your Cuppa &...
For Smriti Nagpal and Virat Suneja, opening a café and employing hearing impaired people wasn’t a decision that needed much thought. Virat had grown up with his cousins, Kapil and Mamta (Smriti’s...
View ArticleTBI Blogs: This Intellectually Disabled Hockey Player Is an Olympic Gold...
We live in a society where people with disabilities are looked down upon and treated like outcasts, especially people with intellectual disabilities. 2 % of our total population suffers from...
View ArticleThanks to Moy-Moy, There’s Hope for Thousands of Handicapped Children
Young Uma Moy Moy Chopra’s stars changed almost as soon as she came into this world. Born as the 13th child to the wife of a potato farmer in Uttarakhand, Moy Moy’s birth itself happened by sheer...
View ArticleAcid Attack Survivors & Autistic Persons: A Change to India’s Disability Act...
More people are going to be able to benefit from state support offered to people with disabilities as seven new categories are going to be added to the Disability Act 2014, bringing the total to 14. As...
View ArticleTBI Blogs: Five Lessons You Can Share with Your Child to Teach Them About...
As you drop your 6-year-old at school, you notice another boy. He flaps his hands oddly and covers one ear. Your little boy turns around to say ‘bye’ to you. But this boy doesn’t turn around, despite...
View ArticleTBI Blogs: How I Spell out A.U.T.I.S.M., Based on My Experiences Raising a...
Autism can sometimes be a difficult diagnosis to live with. However, it can also lead to some truly memorable and special experiences, and it is important to focus on the good things rather than the...
View ArticleMeet the Naman Preraks – Differently Abled Farmers Who Motivate More Farmers...
Shishir Kumar Choudhary from Betul district of Madhya Pradesh worked for Help Age India as he always wanted to help people. However, one accident brought him to an important realization: more than...
View ArticleThis Engineer Customises Cars, Wheelchairs & More to Ease Mobility for the...
We all know that India is not the most convenient country for persons with disabilities. Due to a severe lack of accessible facilities, persons with disabilities in our country struggle with living an...
View ArticleRedefining Disability, This Organisation Helps Train Differently Abled People...
How do you define disability? A certain lack that prevents a person from doing ‘normal’ things that every regular person can or a tag that acts as a blockade to every opportunity that comes along?...
View ArticleHere’s How a Tailor Born Without Arms in Haryana Has Mastered the Art of...
“My ability is stronger than my disability.” A host of people in India have stayed true to this credo of living and made a difference. Not only to their own lives, but also to that of others. They...
View ArticleThis Delhi Company Lets You Travel Without Letting Any Disability Come in the...
While many countries across the world have made public places differently-abled friendly, a large number of places in India aren’t as inclusive. Provisions for the differently-abled do not only mean...
View ArticleThese Awesome Innovations by the Winning Teams of Enable Makeathon Are a...
Innovation differs from an invention with its ability to improvise an existing mechanism to deliver better results. And if innovation can change lives, then its purpose is served. The Enable Makeathon...
View ArticleIn Mumbai’s Most Backward Area, 300 Differently-Abled Kids Are Getting a New...
In a 2011 report, the World Health Organisation (WHO) estimated that 15.3% of the world’s population deals with some kind of disability. The 2011 census numbered India’s disabled at 2.21% of the...
View ArticleEnglish, Math Training: How a Mumbai Org is Uplifting Hearing Impaired Kids
TEACH, or the Training and Educational Centre for Hearing impaired is an initiative that helps deaf students from vernacular medium schools. It also assists them with higher education and professional...
View ArticleHarini’s Story: The Lessons Learnt While Raising a Child with down Syndrome
Meet Harini Sivakumar, mother to two boys and an entrepreneur based in Gurugram. A typical day in the life of this lady begins at 6 am when she goes out for her daily cycling fix. At 7:30 am, she gets...
View ArticleArt in Braille: How This 27-Year Old Is Making Beauty Accessible to Those...
At DAG Modern in Mumbai’s Kala Godha, if you’re lucky enough, occasionally you can hear discussions on art that are unique. Often, the voices you hear are not of students of art or its connoisseurs,...
View ArticleHow One Boy’s Realisation Led to a Campaign to Help Differently Abled...
Vinay Kumar, who is from a small village, Nagla Raja in Etah district of Uttar Pradesh would have been a labourer today had it not been for a chance encounter with Amit Yadav – a differently abled...
View ArticleBreaking Barriers: Meet India’s First Differently-Abled DJ, Varun Khullar!
Deemed India’s first and the world’s second differently abled DJ to open a music festival, 26-year-old Varun Khullar, popularly known as DJ Aamish Underground, is a source of inspiration to the...
View ArticleBlock Print T-Shirts are Always Fun. These Have an Incredible Story Behind Them!
Inclusivity at the workplace is very topical. Be it about gender, ethnic and religious minorities or people with disabilities – the public must be open and accepting of diversity. One such effort to...
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