Disabled

High-tech jacket, Sound Shirt, allows deaf people to feel the music in their body

The shirt has 16 sensors embedded in its fabric so wearers can feel violins on their arms.

In Wade Bolhai, visually impaired calendar salesman Sambhaji Bhor fights for the rights of the disabled

For the past two decades, Sambhaji has been selling calendars. This started off in the late 1990s when one of his uncles suggested him to make a living out of it. The piece of advice changed Sambhaji’s life as he embarked on the journey of traversing villages.

Nagaland's infrastructure for differently-abled 'deficient'; implementation of disability schemes in North East 'very poor'

Kumar said the pension of disabled persons in Nagaland was meagre and there was a need for the creation of a separate department to look into the interests of the PwDs.

Election Commission to develop Braille ID cards for visually challenged voters

The EC will provide Braille photo ID cards to visually challenged voters across the country.

BJP lists nine steps taken by Narendra Modi govt towards welfare of differently abled, one found to be false

There is uncertainty over two claims the BJP made regarding schemes for the differently abled, but six were true.

SC tells institutions of higher education that lack of facilities for disabled persons amounts to discrimination

People with disability have a right to get higher education and not making adequate provisions to facilitate their proper education would amount to "discrimination", the Supreme Court said

SC to pass orders on making higher educational institutes disabled-friendly soon

The Supreme Court on Tuesday said it will pass an order on a plea seeking to make higher education institutions physically accessible for disabled students.

Disabled people protest against GST on helping aids, demand subsidies and incentives

Disabled people on Friday organised a candle light vigil against the Goods and Services Tax (GST) on their helping aids and appliances and demanded subsidies, concessions and incentives.

Microsoft holds "Accessibility Summit" in India to boost tech access for disabled people

These included innovations from non-profit organisations, assistive technologies developed by Microsoft partners as well as Microsoft solutions.

SC tells states and UTs to 'scrupulously' follow law for disabled, seeks compliance reports

The Supreme Court on Monday asked all states to scrupulously follow the 2016 law on the rights of persons with disabilities and submit a compl