The election officials in Goa have done their best to stay true to the stated mission of the Election Commission of India – “Leave No Voter Behind.” Special arrangements such as the provision of wheelchair taxis, manual magnifiers, Braille ballot papers, wheelchairs and ramps were made to encourage high participation of differently-abled individuals in the elections. But, …
More than one billion people in this world are living with some form of disability. That’s one in seven of us. Eighty percent of these people acquire their disability between the ages of 18 and 64 – the average working age for most – and they are 50% more likely to be unemployed. At Davos …
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At the age of 12, Inshah Bashir met with an accident which left her wheelchair-bound. Despite this, she took up wheelchair basketball and competed at the national level in 2017. Now, she is all set to represent India at the Sports Visitor Programme 2019 to be held in the US. There are many Indian athletes …
“Where there is a will, there’s a way” is an old saying. And, there can be no better real-life example of the phrase proved right than a recent case from Bengaluru. Kanhaiya was diagnosed with a rare genetic condition at the age of seven. The disorder caused him progressive weakness and loss of muscle mass …
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Pawan Mishra, in his critically acclaimed book Coinman: An Untold Conspiracy, had famously written, “The only thing God is afraid of is a strong-willed human.” Examples of such sheer will power are rarely seen though. Here in India, one man by the name of Vishnu Patel is doing something rather extraordinary. Aged 60, Patel is a …
