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She Turned Blind at 8. What She Did Next Won Her the President’s Award Twice!
Kanchan Gaba has a few go-to lines that she includes in every motivational speech. Erase all the boundaries around your dreams. The problem is not whether we can achieve something; the problem lies in...
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Delhi Photographer Breaks Boundaries, Helps Differently-Abled Be Their Own Hero!
This article has been sponsored by MG Motor India Mohit Ahuja was confronted with the existence of social labels quite early in his life. “The world creates separate boxes for people to inhabit and...
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Foldable & Bathroom-Compatible: Pune Startup Designs Travel-Friendly Wheelchair!
Durga Prasad Patnaik, 47, was left paralysed from the shoulder down in a road accident in June, 2015. The chartered accountant from Bhubaneswar sustained a spinal cord injury, was hospitalised for...
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B’luru Startup’s AI-Driven App Helps Empower Over 70,000 Visually Challenged...
Mahesh Kumar Ranani, 62, started losing his eyesight when he was in the first standard which gradually deteriorated over the years and it was difficult for him to cope up with academics as he wasn’t...
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This Couple’s Banana Fibre Products Will Make You Proud For a Very Special...
When clinical psychologist, Mala Giridhar and her husband, Dr Giridhar, a psychiatrist, decided to address the stigma associated with people with disabilities, little did they know that one day their...
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Poll Booths to Beaches: Activist Makes Chennai Accessible for 1000s with...
Smitha was 19 when she was diagnosed with multiple sclerosis. “I had been feeling tired and sleepy all the time, unable to concentrate at college. And people wondered if I was just being lazy.” After a...
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Pune MIT Alumni Turn College Project Into Startup That Impacts 12000+ Deaf Users
Anil Kumar Guntur is a BCom graduate from Osmania University. Although the 24-year-old passed out of college in mid-2018 and has appeared for over 20 job interviews since, nothing has materialised so...
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Kerala Auto Driver Treks 1 Km Daily So His Daughter With Cerebral Palsy Can...
Niya is a 7-year-old class 1 student. Every morning is the same for her. Holding a toothbrush, glass of milk, buttoning her shirt, things that should come easily to a child her age, are difficult to...
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With 5 Million Views, Differently-Abled Kerala Girl Is an Internet Star At 23
“The mentality of people is the same everywhere. I studied in a local school only because other schools turned away a girl in a wheelchair,” says Chandni Nair who had been diagnosed with Myopathy at...
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Sightless Since 7, Padma Shri Awardee Has Given 200 Blind Girls A Bright Future
“I worked for my daughters like every parent does. Why the award?” whispered Muktaben Dagli, evoking a chuckle from President Ramnath Kovind as they posed for the cameras. Amidst a thunderous applause,...
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First Asian to Cross Catalina Channel, This Para-Swimmer’s Story Defines...
Satendra Singh gives a whole new meaning to the words determination and perseverance. This 32-year-old from Gwalior, who developed 70 per cent disability in both his legs due to medical negligence only...
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A Disabled Mom, A Loving Husband, And The Mountains They Moved For Love
Everyone in Bappaditya Nag’s distant family blamed him for his father’s death in April 2013. They believed that it was due to a curse which fell upon the family because he was in love with a...
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How This Specially-Abled Kerala Man Became India’s 1st ISO Certified Auto Driver
If he’s not riding the auto, you will most likely find Sreekanth and his ‘Hello Buddy’ auto at the stand near Aluva Karothukuzhi Hospital. From long distance to airport rides, this auto is famous and...
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Delhi Startup’s AI-Powered Exoskeleton Can Help The Specially-Abled Walk Again
When John Ignatius Kujur was working on his final year engineering project in 2013, he found out that his senior from college was unable to find a job because of his locomotor disability. Displeased,...
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This 24-YO Kerala Girl Fought For Her Dreams Till Her Bones Broke, Quite...
Can you imagine a scenario where your bones get fractured if you sneeze too hard or if you shake hands with someone? For Fathima Asla, 24, who has lived with Osteogenesis imperfecta (OI), also known as...
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Puducherry Engineer’s Invention Makes Car Travel Pain-Free for the Elderly,...
With The Positive Collective, The Better India’s COVID-19 coverage is available to regional language publications for free. Write to editorial@thebetterindia.com for more details. Road trips can be a...
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Mom’s Idea Helps Gujarat Boy Who Lost Both Hands, Ace 12th Boards With 92...
With The Positive Collective, The Better India’s COVID-19 coverage is available to regional language publications for free. Write to editorial@thebetterindia.com for more details. “If you can win over...
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Born Without Hands, Hearing-Impaired Man Makes Stunning Paintings With His Feet
“Paintings are universal, there are no prerequisites to understand them. All it takes is your creative imagination,” Gaukaran Patil expresses through his feet via sign language. A gifted painter from...
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The Pandemic is No Hurdle for 27-YO Auto Driver Who Lost Both Legs in Accident
In 2013, 20-year-old Nagesh Kale met with a train accident, which resulted in the amputation of both his legs. But instead of being bogged down, the Pune resident, who was working as an auto driver,...
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COVID-19 Is So Much Harder for the Visually Impaired. Here’s How We Can Help
Even as visually impaired people are navigating the COVID-19 pandemic right alongside their sighted friends and family members, they face some unique challenges of their own. “Everything is closed...
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