The Department of Social Security and Empowerment of Persons with Disabilities of the Odisha government, on Wednesday, organised a two-day review meeting of district social security officers to further streamline the implementation of social security schemes.
In India, the number of the differently-abled is large, their problems complex, available resources scarce, social stigma widespread and people's attitudes towards the PWD damaging. Attitudinal barriers ingrained as India's historical response to the differently-abled must be changed through education programmes.
With the government flagging off the Sarva Shiksha Abhiyan, which bars schools from rejecting children on the basis of physical…
Already trained 44,000 Persons with Disabilities (PwDs) by teaching various skills to garner jobs, the Union government has decided to…
The Supreme Court on Thursday asked all states and union territories (UTs) to implement within three months, the 2016 Act…
Minister Women and Child Development, Prafulla Samal, distributed 100 laptops to students with blindness pursuing higher education and self employment…
For the purpose of developing analytic thought and reducing mistaken alterations in data received by children with sight disabilities, a…
As per the orders of Supreme Court, the Chandigarh Administration on Tuesday issued guidelines for persons with disabilities as defined under the…
Scientists have developed new toy cars that encourage children with disabilities to engage in physical and social activities. The sit-to-stand…
Social Justice and Empowerment Minister Thaawarchand Gehlot on Sunday said the Rights of Persons with Disabilities law passed by Parliament in December,…
