Among the most celebrated accessibility initiatives in 2018 was the Blind Faith Upgrade launched by Isobar India, part of the global Dentsu Aegis Network. This…
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Be it booking a cab to ordering your weekly supply of vegetables, Paytm is used by many people in India, and has emerged very quickly…
From ground up to policy level, Multiple Sclerosis Society of India speaks for patients
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In 1995, when Prabal Malaker was diagnosed with multiple sclerosis (MS) he was sent to an orthopaedic rather than a neurologist. An indication of how…
Get set for #Sabkeliye, India’s biggest & boldest accessible shopping initiative ever
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Be it dedicated priority counters, Quiet Hours for shoppers with autism, or a body wash in Braille packaging, Future Retail Limited has shown a strong…
IIT Ropar launches Android app Roshni to help visually impaired people recognise rupee notes
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Moved by the difficulties experienced by visually impaired people in identifying the new rupee notes, a team from the Indian Institute of Technology, Ropar (IIT-RPR)…
Disability groups fume over Supreme Court order on “reasonable sight, hearing, speech faculties” for judicial officer
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“Regressive.” “Disgusting.” Those are the words being used to describe the Supreme Court judgement upholding a 50% disability limit in hearing and vision disability for…
Sabke Liye, Future Group Retail’s accessible shopping initiative, gets a good response
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As accessible shopping experiences go, leading retail chain Future Retail Group has been raising the bar consistently with a range of initiatives. The most recent…
After Chennai, the Kozhikode Municipal Corporation in Kerala has opened an exclusive park for disabled children at the Mananchira Square in the city. The park…
Inaccessible Indian roads make daily travel a nightmare for visually impaired people
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Two years after RPWD Act 2016, accessibility of public places remains largely on paper. Barring ramps in some government buildings, most such measures are sheer…
Konkani voice to guide the blind
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Those visually-impaired and well-versed only with the language of Konkani, now need not worry. Neither their blindness nor the language barrier will come between them and the use of mobile phones, computers and other technology.