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Need to focus on innovation for people with disabilities
Updated : 8 years, 3 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Dec 9 (ANI): There is a need to look for innovation beyond technology and focus on innovation for people with disabilities so that their optimum talent can be explored, said Shakuntala Doley Gamlin, Secretary, Department of Empowerment of Persons with Disabilities (Divyang
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Sarvesh Tiwari appointed as President Para Sports Foundation
Updated : 8 years, 3 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Dec 8 (ANI-NewsVoir): On the occasion of International Day of Persons with Disabilities, a renowned communication expert, Sarvesh Kumar Tiwari, was appointed as the President of Para-Sports Foundation (PSF), India. The announcement was made at the National Award for Divyan
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VP Naidu addresses nation on International Day of Persons with Disabilitie
Updated : 8 years, 3 months ago IST
Guwahati (Assam) [India], Dec 3 (ANI): Vice President M Venkaiah Naidu on Sunday urged the nation to treat disabled people with empathy, not sympathy.
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President Kovind to confer National Award for Divyangjan 2017
Updated : 8 years, 3 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], December 3 (ANI): On the occassion of International Day of Persons with Disabilities, President Ram Nath Kovind will on Sunday confer the 'National Award for Divyangjan, 2017.'
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A promising treatment to cut brain injury in newborns
Updated : 8 years, 4 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], Nov 11 (ANI): A team of researchers has identified a promising treatment to reduce or prevent brain injury in newborns who have suffered hypoxia-ischemia, a serious complication in which restricted blood flow deprives the brain of oxygen.
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Lack of oxygen, not blood flow, delays preemies' brain maturation
Updated : 8 years, 4 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], Nov 3 (ANI): A recent study has found that cognitive and learning disabilities in premature infants, once believed to be the result of lack of blood flow to the brain, is actually caused by low oxygen.
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Nagaland's Disability Rights activist on a mission to change attitudes
Updated : 8 years, 5 months ago IST
Nagaland [India], October 5 (ANI): Diethono Nakhro, one of the leading voices supporting disability rights in Nagaland, is on a mission to change the way differently-abled people are viewed by others and to eliminate discriminations against them.
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NGO in India organises fundraiser for project that promotes entrepreneursh
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], July 29 (ANI-NewsVoir): As a part of the government of Odisha's initiative to promote self-reliance and economic independence among the visually-impaired women of Gajapati district, a Sanitary Napkin Unit has been proposed to be set up. This unit will be operated and
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New hope for stroke patients with disabilities
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
Washington D.C.[USA], May 27 (ANI): Stroke patients left with disabilities have been offered new hope as scientists have developed mind-controlled device that helps them retrain brains to move paralyzed hands.
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Soon, toy cars that'll help get kids with disabilities moving
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], May 26 (ANI): Two new modified toy car designs have been developed for children with disabilities in an effort to encourage them to further explore, play, and engage in physical and social activities.
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Sexual violence against college women with disabilities examined
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], May 16 (ANI): Patterns of sexual violence and intimate partner violence aimed at female college students with a mental health-related or behavioural disability and the health effects of this abuse are presented in a new study.
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Rome: Pope Francis rents private beach for 'disabled'
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
New York [U.S.], Apr. 29 (ANI): His Holiness Pope Francis has rented a private beach near Rome in order to help a charity group people with disabilities enjoy the sea and sands.
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