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NCPEDP conducts workshop in Hyderabad to empower differently-abled
Updated : 5 years ago IST
Hyderabad (Telangana) [India], February 23 (ANI): With an aim to empower the differently-abled by making them aware of their rights, the National Centre for Promotion of Employment for Disabled People (NCPEDP) conducted a workshop on 'Regional Seminar on the Rights of Persons with Disabiliti
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Hyderabad-based organisation supporting families of children with intellec
Updated : 5 years ago IST
Hyderabad (Telangana) [India], February 19 (ANI): A Hyderabad-based organisation 'Nayi Disha Resource Centre' is assisting the families of children diagnosed with intellectual and developmental disabilities by providing information that is critical for child's development through its mobile-
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Thawar Chand Gehlot lays foundation stone of hostel in Mumbai's institute
Updated : 5 years ago IST
Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], February 18 (ANI): Union Minister Thawar Chand Gehlot on Thursday laid the foundation stone of the hostel building of Ali Yavar Jung National Institute of Speech and Hearing Disabilities in Mumbai.
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Microsoft's new program will help make more accessible games
Updated : 5 years ago IST
Washington (US), February 17 (ANI): American multinational technology company Microsoft's gaming accessibility team on Wednesday announced that developers can now send their games to be evaluated for accessibility and tested by players with disabilities.
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Post-Covid digital economy must include persons with disabilities: ILO
Updated : 5 years, 1 month ago IST
Geneva [Switzerland], February 12 (ANI): Advances in the digital economy significantly accelerated by Covid-19 pandemic are creating unprecedented opportunities to build a more inclusive world of work for the more than one billion people with disabilities globally, according to a new report
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Youths with learning disabilities manage organic outlet in Hyderabad
Updated : 5 years, 1 month ago IST
Hyderabad (Telangana) [India], February 12 (ANI): A retail outlet of organic products based in Telangana's Hyderabad is providing an experiential learning space for the youth who 'face learning challenges' to give them opportunities to learn entrepreneurship in Telangana's Hyderabad.
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Yogi govt committed to welfare of differently-abled persons, says UP Minis
Updated : 5 years, 1 month ago IST
Lucknow (Uttar Pradesh) [India], February 3 (ANI): After inaugurating a Braille printing machine from Norway in a government hostel in Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh Minister Anil Rajbhar said that the Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath-led government is committed to the upliftment of persons with disab
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Delhi HC issues notice to Centre on petition seeking benefits for retired
Updated : 5 years, 1 month ago IST
New Delhi [India], February 2 (ANI): The Delhi High Court on Tuesday issued notice to the Union of India, on a petition seeking to extend the benefits of constant attendant allowance for retiring employees with disabilities--whether they joined with existing disabilities or acquired disab
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NBCUniversal announces to include actors with disabilities in auditions
Updated : 5 years, 1 month ago IST
Washington [US], January 31 (ANI): In an effort to increase and improve disability representation on screen, American mass media and entertainment conglomerate NBCUniversal has announced that it will be auditioning actors with disabilities for each new studio production.
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Special interests can be assets for youth with autism
Updated : 5 years, 1 month ago IST
Washington [US], January 16 (ANI): A new survey from the MU Thompson Center for Autism and Neurodevelopmental Disorders has found certain strategies for children with disabilities that can help reduce anxiety and improve mental health.
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Need to create accessible infrastructure for lawyers, litigants with disab
Updated : 5 years, 2 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], December 23 (ANI): Supreme Court Judge and Chairperson of the eCommittee of the top court, Justice DY Chandrachud, has written to Chief Justice of High Courts across India stressing the urgent need to create accessible infrastructure including digital ecosystem and enablin
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JNU to reopen for science stream's PWD-PhD students from Dec 21, 7-day sel
Updated : 5 years, 2 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], December 19 (ANI): The Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU) has decided to reopen the campus for the science stream's PWD (persons with disabilities)-Ph.D. students from December 21 as a part of Phase IV reopening.
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