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First day of hearings told multiple instances of violence led to anxiety that affected 10-year-old’s walking and speech

Bengaluru-based NGO Anuprayas and Northern Railways have come together to make Chandigarh railway station accessible to visually impaired people. This will make Chandigarh the first…

Letters Sun 3 Nov 2019 13.12 EST Last modified on Sun 3 Nov 2019 13.15 EST Rob Palk’s article (Now I fear the state more than poverty,…

Councils in England warn provision of home-to-school transport is under threat due to unsustainable costs

‘You say little, but your presence is immense. You reinforce the essential simplicities of life’

In July 2016, Dr Rajlakshmi, a wheelchair user and her mother Dr Sobha booked a conducted tour while travelling from Bengaluru to London in an…

Letters Fri 1 Nov 2019 13.51 EDT Last modified on Fri 1 Nov 2019 13.53 EDT Campaigners for assisted suicide – or assisted dying as they euphemistically…

Report says mental health law is blighting rights of those with learning disabilities

After my consultant said I’d never walk again, I sat in my wheelchair feeling utterly broken

Biju Paul from Thrissur met with an accident almost 16 years back. This affected Biju’s spinal cord and he has been a wheelchair user ever…