Disability Rights

Tinkesh Kaushik, a 30-year-old man from Goa, has become the world's first triple amputee to reach the Mount Everest Base Camp located 17,598 feet above sea level, a private disability rights body has claimed.

Looking at Parvathy's determination, her mother started believing that she is meant for bigger things in life "Now that belief has been proven right," she said.

Mere disability does not deprive a person of his constitutional right to practise any profession or to carry on any occupation, trade or business, the Delhi High Court has said.

Baldur’s Gate 3 patch #2 is right around the corner, and it is largely aimed at fixing performance issues in Act 3. The update will also add a new optional ending for our Tiefling companion Karlach that provides much-requested closure, and in the future, will expand the epilogue. Larian Studios has also found the bug which prevented 1,500 lines o...

The court's order came on a public interest litigation which alleged that the university was not providing 5 %reservation to specially-abled persons.

In an oral intervention in the general debate on persons with disabilities at the 52nd Session of the Human Rights Council, Samarthanam Trust for the disabled raised awareness about the impact of post-Covid on persons with disabilities.

Justice Vikas Mahajan issued notices and sought replies from the Centre, NMC, Medical Counselling Committee (MCC), National Testing Agency, Lady Hardinge Medical College, and the Department of Empowerment of Persons with Disabilities.

The cochlear implant is an electronic device that stimulates the cochlear nerve, picking up sounds with a microphone, processing it, and transmitting the sound to the internal part of the implant.

Supreme Court judge Justice DY Chandrachud said that despite laws mandating disability-friendly infrastructure, public transport, buildings, hospitals, libraries, parks and other spaces continued to be inaccessible for Person with Disabilities.

A New York state agency has filed an administrative complaint against Amazon. The e-commerce giant has been accused of discrimination against pregnant and disabled workers by denying reasonable accommodations and forcing them to take unpaid leave. The state law requires all employers to provide reasonable accommodation for pregnant and disabled wor...

Disability rights activist, Rajiv Rajan, was stunned when US-Bangla Airlines charged him Rs 2,500 for the wheelchair service at Chennai airport.

Madhya Pradesh Women's Commission chairperson Shobha Oza on Thursday slammed the state government's decision to provide financial assistance to women suffering disability due to domestic violence, citing that it was "impractical".

Facebook on Friday said it disabled its topic recommendation feature after it mistook Black men for "primates" in video at the social network.

Tokyo Paralympics: The campaign launched before Paralympics aims to emulate other human rights movements such as Black Lives Matter and #MeToo, and comes with a slick visual identity based around the colour purple.

Facebook said it had disabled accounts used by the Palestinian Authority's internal intelligence organisation to spy on journalists, human rights activists, and political opponents.

Tinkesh Kaushik, a 30-year-old man from Goa, has become the world's first triple amputee to reach the Mount Everest Base Camp located 17,598 feet above sea level, a private disability rights body has claimed.

Looking at Parvathy's determination, her mother started believing that she is meant for bigger things in life "Now that belief has been proven right," she said.

Mere disability does not deprive a person of his constitutional right to practise any profession or to carry on any occupation, trade or business, the Delhi High Court has said.

Baldur’s Gate 3 patch #2 is right around the corner, and it is largely aimed at fixing performance issues in Act 3. The update will also add a new optional ending for our Tiefling companion Karlach that provides much-requested closure, and in the future, will expand the epilogue. Larian Studios has also found the bug which prevented 1,500 lines o...

The court's order came on a public interest litigation which alleged that the university was not providing 5 %reservation to specially-abled persons.

In an oral intervention in the general debate on persons with disabilities at the 52nd Session of the Human Rights Council, Samarthanam Trust for the disabled raised awareness about the impact of post-Covid on persons with disabilities.

Justice Vikas Mahajan issued notices and sought replies from the Centre, NMC, Medical Counselling Committee (MCC), National Testing Agency, Lady Hardinge Medical College, and the Department of Empowerment of Persons with Disabilities.

The cochlear implant is an electronic device that stimulates the cochlear nerve, picking up sounds with a microphone, processing it, and transmitting the sound to the internal part of the implant.

Supreme Court judge Justice DY Chandrachud said that despite laws mandating disability-friendly infrastructure, public transport, buildings, hospitals, libraries, parks and other spaces continued to be inaccessible for Person with Disabilities.

A New York state agency has filed an administrative complaint against Amazon. The e-commerce giant has been accused of discrimination against pregnant and disabled workers by denying reasonable accommodations and forcing them to take unpaid leave. The state law requires all employers to provide reasonable accommodation for pregnant and disabled wor...

Disability rights activist, Rajiv Rajan, was stunned when US-Bangla Airlines charged him Rs 2,500 for the wheelchair service at Chennai airport.

Madhya Pradesh Women's Commission chairperson Shobha Oza on Thursday slammed the state government's decision to provide financial assistance to women suffering disability due to domestic violence, citing that it was "impractical".

Facebook on Friday said it disabled its topic recommendation feature after it mistook Black men for "primates" in video at the social network.

Tokyo Paralympics: The campaign launched before Paralympics aims to emulate other human rights movements such as Black Lives Matter and #MeToo, and comes with a slick visual identity based around the colour purple.

Facebook said it had disabled accounts used by the Palestinian Authority's internal intelligence organisation to spy on journalists, human rights activists, and political opponents.