Troy Kotsur is now the first man who is Deaf to win an Academy Award for acting, collecting the trophy for best actor in a supporting role. His CODA costar, Marlee Matlin, was the first Deaf actor to win an Oscar back in 1987, receiving the best actress award for Children of a Lesser God. Minari star Youn Yuh-jung …
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Mastered skiing during rigorous training at HAWS Gulmarg In an unparalleled initiative, six specially-abled youth from Kashmir undertook two weeks of rigorous skiing training at High Altitude Warfare School (HAWS), Gulmarg.It was Chinar Corps initiative which aimed at providing first hand exposure to specially-abled youth of Kashmir in skiing, with the hope that many more …
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Actress and model Jillian Mercado has spent her entire career breaking barriers for the disabled community. From her role on Showtime’s “The L Word: Generation Q” to her unprecedented appearance on the runway during New York Fashion Week in 2020, Mercado has been making her presence known in the entertainment world for some time now, representing not …
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Dr Rashmi Singh, IAS and a changemaker in public service, emphasised the need for a feminine style of leadership to shape a better development discourse and gender-sensitive planning at the HerStory Women on a Mission Summit 2022. Speaking at the HerStory Women on a Mission summit, Dr Rashmi Singh, IAS (Indian Administrative Services) and Executive Director, National Mission for Empowerment …
Unicef ambassador’s 71.5m followers shown tenacious perinatal work with pregnant women and newborns in besieged city David Beckham has handed over control of his Instagram account to a Ukrainian doctor working in the city of Kharkiv. Throughout Sunday, the former footballer’s Instagram Stories were inundated with videos and photographs following Iryna, a child anaesthesiologist and head of …
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