The department of empowerment of persons with disabilities deals with three legislations governing different aspects of disability, welfare and empowerment of the persons with disabilities. These are ...

A disability rights group has asked the Calcutta Municipal Corporation to create a database of people with disabilities so the authorities would know who would need special care if infected by the cor...

The pandemic has posed intervention and assessment challenges for children with disabilities, professionals who work with them have said. It is difficult to keep children, aged between three and eigh...

The boss of the Calcutta Municipal Corporation has promised to “rectify” public utility buildings and other public spaces that are not friendly towards the physically challenged in terms o...

The clinical establishment regulatory commission on Thursday asked Midland Nursing Home, In Belghoria,  to deposit Rs 5 lakh with it after it found that the hospital was prima facie negligent in ...

At least 10 special children have decided to lend their support in the fight against Covid-19 pandemic through their creativity in Dhanbad. The special children, who are mostly intellectually impaire...

Sir — The Karnataka government has proposed an 18 per cent goods and services tax on parathas, against 5 per cent on rotis. This is taking regionalism to the extreme. The true taste of the India...

A vocational training institute will start training siblings of children with disabilities to sensitise them to the needs of their brothers and sisters so that they are not “overwhelmed” by their ...

On December 3, the world observes the International Day of Persons with Disabilities (IDPD) amid awareness marches, street plays and cultural programmes. But what happens next? A small step may n...

The Northeast has failed to promote inclusive education for persons with disabilities for want of proposals from the states in the region.Former Rehabilitation Council of India chairperson Aloka Guha ...