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…
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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.
India’s missing disabled population
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The highest rates of disability are amongst those who are vision-impaired, and those who have problems to do with movement.
Rakshit Malik, 18, has every reason to be pleased with himself. He just scored 96.4% in his Class 12 exam -the third-highest score in CBSE’s disabled category.
Using technology to address issues
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Can technology help the visually-disabled, who have no access to books and reading resources in their schools?
The NCPEDP-Mphasis Universal Design Awards were given away in the capital on August 14, 2016. Nirmita got the award in the “Persons with Disabilities” category.
Bridging the Digital Divide
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Nirmita Narasimhan will be a panelist at an annual event called “All Hands Meet” organized by Wipro on August 25, 2016 in Bangalore.
How I fell in love with my wheelchair
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Don’t ever call me ‘wheelchair bound’. My wheelchair doesn’t bind me – it liberates me