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Rights of Persons with Disabilities bill to be tabled in Parliament today
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Dec. 7 (ANI): The Rights of Persons with Disabilities Bill, 2014 is scheduled to be tabled in the Rajya Sabha today.
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President Mukherjee to confer Divyangjan awards tomorrow
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Dec.2 (ANI): President Pranab Mukherjee will present the "National Awards for the Empowerment of Persons with Disabilities (Divyangjan), 2016" on the occasion of the International Day of Persons with Disabilities on December 3 at a function organized by the Depar
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Children with disabilities are bullied even as they mature
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], Nov. 29 (ANI): Children with disabilities are victimized by bullying at a much higher rate than their peers without disabilities, reveals a researcher and bullying expert from University of Missouri.
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Govt. to provide more sports facilities to encourage players with disabili
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Oct. 30 (ANI): Social Justice Minister Thawar Chand Gehlot on Sunday said that the government will establish five National Level Disability Sports Centres in separate zones in the country to promote sports among the differently-abled (Divyangjan).
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Hearing disabilities is linked to your brain, not ears
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], Oct. 19 (ANI): Do you ask people to repeat their words during conversation?
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Foster care children are at greater risk of mental, physical health proble
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [US], Oct. 17 (ANI): The children, who are brought up under foster care system, are at a significantly higher risk of mental and physical health problems - ranging from learning disabilities, developmental delays and depression to behavioral issues, asthma and obesity, sugges
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PM Modi to distribute aids, assistive devices to disabled on birthday
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Sept.15 (ANI): Prime Minister Narendra Modi will distribute aids and assistive devices to the disabled at the Samajik Adikarita Shivir organised by Department of Empowerment of Persons with Disabilities (DEPwD), Ministry of Social Justice and & Empowerment in Gujarat&#
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Workshop of mediapersons on awareness of disabilities held in Agartala
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
Agartala, Sept. 14 (ANI): The National Institute for the Mentally Handicapped under Department for Empowerment of Persons with Disabilities with support of Abhoy Mission recently organized a one-day orientation and training programme on disabilities for the mediapersons in Agartala.
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Umang festival: celebrating abilities of the differently-abled
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
Tura, Aug. 24 (ANI): To create awareness about the disabilities in human beings and to provide them a platform to interact and celebrate their existence, a festival, named 'Umang' was organized today at Tura town in Meghalaya.
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Family of Pakistani origin sues NY school over forced 'terrorist'
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
New York, Aug. 18 (ANI): An American family of Pakistani origin has in a $50 million federal lawsuit claimed that a 12-year-old Muslim boy with learning disabilities was forced by the officials of a school in New York to sign a false confession stating that he was a terrorist.
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Kids with disabilities benefit from Head Start
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
Washington D.C, Aug 5 (ANI): Kids with multiple disabilities, who are enrolled in Head Start, have better literacy, reading and math scores than children who aren't in the federally funded program, according to a recent study.
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