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Survey finds disabled women doubly disadvantaged
A pioneering study on women with disabilities, conducted in five eastern Indian states, finds that disabled women, besides lacking education and employment opportunities, are completely ignorant about their legal rights
Disabled children five times more likely to remain out of school than SC/ST children: WB report
Only 1% of funds under the Sarva Shiksha Abhiyan are spent on inclusive education; employment of people with disability fell from 43% in 1991 to 38% in 2002 despite strong economic growth; and negative attitudes towards the disabled persist. These are some of the findings of a new World Bank report on disability in India
Taj Mahal becomes disabled-friendly
People with disability will now be able to take a closer, more intimate look at the magnificent monument to love thanks to the construction of nine ramps at various points in the complex
Court raps Maharashtra for failure to fill disabled job quota
The Bombay High Court orders the freezing of recruitment for Maharashtra state government jobs until the backlog of vacant posts earmarked for the disabled is filled
Govt promises inclusive education for disabled children
In keeping with demands for a more inclusive system of education in India, the government promises to include disabled children in all its educational programmes
The 'special children' trap
Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh recently announced that positions in the Indian bureaucracy would be open to the disabled, a move that won many plaudits. Yet, writes Neera Kuckreja Sohoni, barriers persist in preventing variously challenged people from accessing education and other services
Ministry reports neglect the disabled: shadow report
According to a shadow report on disability, released recently, the office of Chief Commissioner for Persons with Disability has been vacant for over nine months