The Calcutta High Court has quashed a college’s resolution denying permanent appointment to a teacher with 80 per cent disability...

The Supreme Court on Friday agreed to examine the Centre’s decision to impose a 5 per cent GST on wheelchairs, Braille materials and other equipment used by physically challenged people. A publ...

Inclusion can be an illusion. The Centre recently informed the Supreme Court that under the Samagra Shiksha scheme, a majority of the 22.5 lakh children with special needs would be admitted to regular...

A law being formulated does not guarantee that it will be implemented or that it will change attitudes. The Rights of Persons with Disabilities Act, 2016 followed India’s ratification of the Uni...

I studied in a boarding school. Every day, two hours of the evening were scheduled for outdoor games. Before we could begin playing, our sports teacher would instruct us to run two rounds of the playg...

One of the biggest threats to the health of a democracy is the gradual dismantling of laws and institutions that protect the most vulnerable sections of society. Yet, this is what would happen if the ...

Students overcoming great odds to achieve success is always heartening. Take, for instance, the student in Ludhiana who scored above 90 per cent in the recently declared results of the board exams in ...

The CPM has condemned the move to amend the Rights of Persons with Disabilities Act, 2016, and several organisations of the disabled have urged the government not to go through with the changes, aimed...

In a “glaring” error, the education department of the Assam government has included the “obsolete” Person with Disabilities (Equal Opportunities, Protection of Rights and Full Participation) A...