PM Modi's Push For Accessibility Galvanises Disability Rights Movement
All India
Updated: Mar 21, 2016
Prime Minister Narendra Modi's new push for accessibility has galvanized a disability rights movement in a country with a notably poor record on inclusive infrastructure. Experts say that the Accessible India initiative launched in December focuses for the first time on removing the barriers in the environment - a radical cultural shift from the charity and pity model that has long dominated how Indians have viewed people with disabilities.
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