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October seem to be a month for service providers to think of making their services accessible to people with disabilities. Earlier this week, we have witnessed launch of Shopping Assist program by Big Bazar and today, Uber India has launched UberAccess and UberAssist initiatives at Bengaluru, India in partnership with MphasiS. Some details:

We have just started a new initiative to post our collection of accessibility related articles and other stuff on a weekly basis. We aim to post this on every Thursday.

3rd December of every year is observed as International Day of Persons with Disabilities. Objective of observing this day is to raise awareness about people with disabilities and bring them to the mainstream. As we are gearing up to mark International Day of Persons with Disabilities, I would like to spend a few minutes and pen my thoughts how lives of people with disabilities have changed over a few years.

The famous annual Carnival of Goa is round the corner and this year it promises to be super special. For the first time, the carnival…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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)…

“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…