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My Disability Pushed Me to Build a Locomotive Device for Disabled People &...
This article has been sponsored by Infosys Foundation. “What stands out about the Aarohan Awards is that it does not see background or educational qualification, but simply whether the idea has...
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‘I’m Disabled. So What?’ Woman Fought Polio & Broke Taboos to Clear CA in 1st...
Shilpa Mehta Jain was born and brought up in Mumbai, but her family had strong roots in Sanchore, a small village in Rajasthan. So, even though being a woman with a disability was never a twofold blow...
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Infosys Foundation Awardee Won Rs 10 Lakh for ‘Self-Learning’ Braille Device...
This article has been sponsored by Infosys Foundation. “Children who are visually impaired have a different way of interacting with the world,” explains Sanskriti Dawle, co-founder and CEO of ed-tech...
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Shattering Myths: How India Can Make Public Events Disability Inclusive
In early 2022, Srishti Pandey visited a popular Gurugram restaurant on a night out. “This was one of my first outings in so long and I wanted to have fun,” she recalled. However, on arriving at the...
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‘Lessons I Learnt From My Son With Asperger’s Syndrome’: Mom Trains 1000s of...
As a young PhD fellow, Neena Rao from Hyderabad had always envisioned her professional life to be in the impact sector. At the time, however, she never fathomed the difference she would go on to make...
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‘An Invisible Disability’: 7 Ways Workplaces Can Help Employees With Blood...
Throughout Radha’s (name changed) younger life, large bruises, severe nose bleeds, heavy menstrual cycles were her “normal.” “I hated physical education classes, because my ankles and knees would...
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Duo Runs One Stop Shop to Buy All Things Made by NGOs to Help the Poor &...
“We wanted to do purposeful work,” says Bhumika Marwaha, a 43-year-old engineer from Mumbai, on how she and her colleague Bipin Joshi started their enterprise Jhappi, which translates to ‘a hug of...
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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 Sadasivan was 19 when she was diagnosed with multiple sclerosis (MS). She recalls, “I had been feeling tired and sleepy all the time, unable to concentrate at college. And people wondered if I...
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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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