Differently Abled
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Crip Camp review: Obamas' follow-up to American Factory on Netflix is part-inspirational, part-inconsistent
Devanshsharma •The bridge established between the 'Crip Camp' and the Civil Rights Movement for the differently abled is too wobbly to be enjoyed as a beautiful journey.
Meerut's differently-abled, tired of govt apathy, threaten mass poll nominations; give UP election officials jitters
Kamal Bhargava •On 14 March, about two dozen persons with disability arrived at the collector's office and enquired how to go about filing the nominations
Urjit Patel resignation: Reticent but independent-minded RBI governor who found his voice
•Urjit Patel's resignation came just days ahead of the 14 December meeting of the board of RBI that was to take up issues like governance in the central bank.
Two differently-abled women found dead under mysterious circumstances at Patna shelter home
•A controversy has arisen over the death of two inmates of a shelter home for differently-abled women with the hospital authorities and Bihar social welfare department providing conflicting narratives and reportedly keeping police in the dark.
Court in Gujarat awards two life sentences to 57-year-old man for raping differently-abled minor in 2016
•District and sessions judge NL Dave on Tuesday held the accused, Lalji Parmar, guilty of raping the 10-year-old girl in the staff quarters of the city-based M S University, where they both were neighbours.
Differently-abled woman beaten up in West Bengal's Jalpaiguri district on suspicion of being child-lifter
•Locals claimed that the woman was spotted in the neighbourhood in Jalpaiguri dictrict for the past few days and used candies to lure children.
'Ability' and the spectrum of performative possibilities: Dismantling notions of the 'perfect' dancing body
Ranjana Dave •Dancers whose bodies aren't 'perfect' or 'symmetrical' find ways of reconciling their strengths to the demands of concert performance
BJP lists nine steps taken by Narendra Modi govt towards welfare of differently abled, one found to be false
Indiaspend •There is uncertainty over two claims the BJP made regarding schemes for the differently abled, but six were true.
Differently-abled woman raped in Jharkhand's Ramgarh district; arrested accused is survivor's cousin
•A 26-year-old man was arrested today for allegedly raping a differently-abled woman in Ramgarh district, police said.
Govt Haj policy bars differenly-abled people: Delhi HC seeks Centre's response on plea seeking quashing of policy
•Delhi High Court sought the Centre's response on a plea seeking quashing of certain provisions in the new policy for Haj pilgrims that bars differently-abled persons.