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Older adults face new disabilities after hospital treatments for serious i
Updated : 6 years ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], Feb 25 (ANI): Adults in their older ages face disabilities after staying at a hospital for serious illnesses, suggests a new study.
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Following removal of standardised assessments, UK special school pupils a
Updated : 6 years ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], Feb 24 (ANI): After the removal of standardised assessments that were used to evaluate the performance of children with intellectual disabilities, a recent study has shown that such children at special schools in the UK are again being treated differently from children
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Secure your child with Personal Accident Cover from Bajaj Finserv
Updated : 6 years, 1 month ago IST
Pune (Maharashtra) [India], Feb 11 (ANI/BusinessWire India): As a parent, it isn't uncommon for you to be worried about your child's safety and this concern only intensifies when your young one is away at school or playing outside.
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TN Govt increasing access to early intervention therapy for children with
Updated : 6 years, 1 month ago IST
Chennai (Tamil Nadu) [India], Feb 11 (ANI/NewsVoir): The school enrollment rate of children with special needs improved from 69 per cent to 85 per cent when they received early intervention therapy, finds a study by Amar Seva Sangam, Ayikudi (ASSA), a premier non-profit organization in the f
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Effective ways to include people with disabilities in workplace
Updated : 6 years, 1 month ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], Feb 8 (ANI): Researchers have authored a new article that describes the practices that employers use to facilitate the inclusion of employees with disabilities in their workplaces.
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Awakening dormant dopaminergic neurons is key to reversing Parkinson's, sa
Updated : 6 years, 2 months ago IST
Seoul [South Korea], Jan 11 (ANI): Parkinson's disease affects as many as 10 million people across the world and apart from causing just movement disabilities. It also adversely impacts their quality of life. The current treatment approaches for Parkinson's disease (PD) are mostly symptomati
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Punjab okays amendments to tourism and culture policies to make it disable
Updated : 6 years, 2 months ago IST
Chandigarh [India], Jan 9 (ANI): To make tourism more friendly for persons with disabilities, the Punjab Cabinet led by Chief Minister Captain Amarinder Singh on Thursday approved the necessary amendments to the Punjab State Culture Policy, 2017 and Punjab State Tourism Policy 2018.
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The National CSR Award-winning program of Spark Minda enabled 1000 persons
Updated : 6 years, 2 months ago IST
Pune (Maharashtra) [India] Dec 28 (ANI/NewsVoir): Spark Minda with their special program 'Saksham - Empowerment of Persons with Disability Camp' under the CSR arm of the Group - Spark Minda Foundation, has organized a seven-day 'Empowerment of Persons with Disability Camp' at Chimbali Phata,
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Mark Ruffalo, Danny DeVito urge Hollywood to promote actors with disabilit
Updated : 6 years, 2 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], Dec 21 (ANI): Mark Ruffalo and Danny DeVito are among the actors to urge Hollywood to cast more disabled actors and embrace disability as a key facet of diversity in order to erase the stigma that surrounds disability.
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Multiple Disabilities divyangjan candidates can rectify disability option
Updated : 6 years, 2 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Dec 20 (ANI): Eligible Multiple Disabilities (MD) Divyangjan candidates who have filled their disability option incorrectly while applying for vacancies can now represent to the Railway Recruitment Cells (RRC) of Zonal Railway they had opted for with proof.
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Need to make elections accessible for PwD, senior citizens: Sunil Arora
Updated : 6 years, 2 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Dec 19 (ANI): Chief Election Commissioner Sunil Arora on Thursday stressed on the need to make elections more accessible for persons with disabilities (PwD) and senior citizens.
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Launch of Assessment for All (AfA) tool by CBM
Updated : 6 years, 3 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Dec 4 (ANI/NewsVoir): The Assessment for All (AfA) tool is the first-ever inclusive tool which can assess foundational skills of learners, with and without disabilities was launched today at an event organized by CBM India Trust, Pratham, and ASER at the India Internationa
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