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TBI Blogs: Meet Chetna Nagpal: Visually Impaired, Ambitious, and a Fighter
People suffering from visual impairment often face extreme difficulties in various aspects of their lives. Here’s a young woman who decided to take on her disability – and its associated difficulties –...
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TBI Blogs: If Your Autistic Child Has Problems with Communication, You Need...
If you have a child on the autistic spectrum, chances are you’ve worried about how to encourage their communication skills. There are plenty of tools and methods available to help non-vocal individuals...
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TBI Blogs: Cerebral Palsy Can Be Debilitating for Many, but 19-Year-Old Anmol...
Anmol isn’t your average teenager. At 19, she manages her family’s grocery store in the suburbs of Delhi. As if this weren’t enough, she has overcome cerebral palsy and inspired entire communities....
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TBI Blogs: The Supreme Court – and a New Legislation – Are Bringing Fresh...
Last week the Supreme Court directed the Centre to fulfill promises under the ‘Accessible India’ campaign. This campaign – launched a year ago – seeks to make half the buildings in each state capital...
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Inspiring Story of the Wheelchair Table Tennis Player Who Has Her Eyes Set on...
Bhavina Patel and three other para table tennis players are making India proud on the international stage and the Blind People’s Association is helping them achieve greater heights! In the year 2004,...
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“I Am Deaf & I Love to Dance!”- Inclusive Dance Festival Offers a Platform to...
Tandav, an inclusive dance festival that brings together people from diverse backgrounds – including persons with disabilities and children from difficult backgrounds, is set to take place in Bengaluru...
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TBI Blogs: This Young Woman Helps Disabled Individuals Regain Self-Confidence...
Aside from working full-time at EnAble India, Vidushi and her volunteering group take the blind and hearing-impaired on adventurous treks to show them that they can accomplish much more that they...
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Celebrating Disabilities: Author Malini Chib Sheds New Light on Disability...
In this excerpt from Disability, Gender and the Trajectories of Power, edited by Asha Hans and published by Sage Publications, Malini Chib, disability rights activist and author, who has cerebral...
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TBI Blogs: From Their Favourite Stories to Class Curriculum, India’s Visually...
Nonprofit tech company Benetech’s Bookshare project is the world’s largest online library of accessible ebooks for people with print disabilities. In a world dominated by print, images, and videos,...
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This Hearing Impaired Artist Paints with Coffee. And Her Work Is Amazing.
Dressed smartly in a lemon green top and blue jeans, Amita Dutta sat inconspicuously at her stall like any other person. It was the brilliant array of coffee paintings displayed behind her that...
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TBI Blogs: These 7 Inspiring People Prove All Common Misconceptions about...
Estimates claim that almost 30,000 children are born with Down Syndrome every year in India. People with Down Syndrome can face severe hardships and poor treatment from a society that often...
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MY VIEW: The Rights of Persons with Disabilities Bill 2016 Is Historic, and...
In a historic moment, the government and opposition recently united to pass the Disabilities Bill, 2016 in both Houses of Parliament. Shampa Sengupta from the National Platform for the Rights of the...
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TBI Blogs: Meet Usha Kamath – At 67, She’s a Dancer, Breast Cancer Survivor &...
Taking care of and rehabilitating people with mental disabilities is no easy task. Meet a woman who’s chosen to commit herself to this cause voluntarily, and is committed to helping spread the word...
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BOOK EXCERPT: Shubhrata Prakash Discusses Her Hardest Challenge Fighting...
Living with depression can be particularly different in Indian society, where misconceptions about the disorder are common and widely prevalent. An author talks about the difficulties she faced in...
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This Mumbai-Based NGO Is Trying to Help 400 Disabled People in Ladakh Walk...
Ratna Nidhi Charitable Trust, a Mumbai-based NGO is planning to organise a camp in Ladakh next year to donate prosthetic legs, callipers, crutches, wheelchairs, and hearing aids to people with...
View ArticleVIDEO: Born Blind. Always Loved Cricket. This Is Jafar Iqbal’s Inspiring...
Jafar Iqbal represents India in cricket. He was part of the team that lifted the World Cup in 2014 after having defeated Pakistan in the finals. And chances are, you are currently scratching your head...
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A Child with Hearing Disability Turned This Fashion Designer into a Certified...
Her daughter’s late auditory impairment diagnosis set this mother on a journey to change the way treatment is handled in India. Ritu Nakra was an all-rounder in high school, a national hockey player...
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How This 63-Year-Old IIT Alumnus Made It Possible for the Deaf-Blind to Read...
Meet Professor Arun Mehta, an IIT Delhi alumnus who is making it easier for people with multiple disabilities to communicate. When Professor Stephen Hawking visited India in 2001, his aides reached out...
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Meet India’s First Visually Impaired Person Who Will Participate in the...
Initially, when Sagar Baheti couldn’t spot the ball while playing cricket, he dismissed it. He was sure it was nothing. Except the problem persisted until he went to an eye doctor to see if he needed...
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This Chennai-Based Designer Is Trying to Simplify the Lives of the Disabled...
Students and working professionals with disabilities will walk the ramp for Chennai-based fashion designer Shalini Vikasan, who has designed party wear adaptive clothing for them. In an innovative...
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