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Safety failures at charity for blind people follows critical reports at Oxfam GB and Save the Children

Jordan Walker-Brown, from London, says officers stopped him because he is black

Coronavirus has thrown up tough challenges for the profession, but there is also the chance for positive change

Uddhav Thackeray said there are countless COVID-19 warriors who have come to the help of the needy. Raju Chavan, a visually impaired telephone operator at…

Strident and provocative Conservative MP who delighted in throwing out insults and outraging liberal opinion

Source: https://sports.ndtv.com/basketball/watch-visually-impaired-man-hits-free-throw-on-his-first-try-family-s-reaction-is-pure-gold-2250139

Source: https://www.theguardian.com/culture/2020/jun/19/disability-campaigners-warn-of-uks-progress-unravelling-in-the-arts

When he was six, Paul Alexander contracted polio and was paralysed for life. Today he is 74, and one of the last people in the world still using an iron lung. But after surviving one deadly outbreak, he did not expect to find himself threatened by another. By Linda Rodriguez McRobbie

Source: https://www.ndtv.com/education/delhi-high-court-university-of-delhi-reimburse-visually-impaired-students-cost-of-books-and-devices

Many of us have missed the likes of Scope just as much as Primark or John Lewis. We spend a day with happily returning customers, donors and staff