A visually impaired person himself, Pincha voiced that disabled persons do not have to adapt to the society, but the society has to adapt to the disabled, so that the latter have the honor and status to live with dignity.
2011/04/01
Doubts over what the government, the legislature and the new disability law drafting committee are doing about discrimination we hear from various quarters are raised every now and then.
2011/03/15
The Central Government Wednesday informed the Delhi High Court that equal benefits for postal life insurance will be provided to the differently-abled government employees with a maximum limit of Rs 5,00,000.
2010/01/08
Government will bring an amendment in the Disability act in the coming budget session of Parliament to improve the lot of the differently abled.
2010/01/04
The Delhi High Court directed the Central government to reconsider its postal insurance rules and to treat the persons with disability at par with other people.
2009/09/04
Disability rights activists have welcomed Human Resource Development Minister Kapil Sibal’s Lok Sabha speech, made before the landmark Right to Education Act was passed on Tuesday.
2009/08/07
Australia has signed up to the UN's Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities Optional Protocol.
2009/08/05
A U.N. convention aimed at ensuring equal rights for the world's 650, million disabled people in work, education and social life will go into, force on May 3, the United Nations said.,
2008/11/04
The Bush administration is about to propose far-reaching new rules that, would give people with disabilities greater access to tens of thousands, of courtrooms, swimming pools, golf courses, stadiums, theaters, hotels, and retail stores.,
2008/06/23
, A U.S. federal judge has ordered the U.S. government to redesign its currency notes so that blind people can easily identify differently denominated bills.
2006/11/30
, A blind employee could have continued in her job if her employer had made reasonable adjustments, a tribunal case under U.K.’s Disability Discrimination Act declared recently. The pronouncement supported Hayley Tudor, who lost her job after she lost her vision.
2006/08/06
, Braille-enabled Electronic Voting Machine was introduced on an experimental basis, in the just concluded state elections. The initiative facilitated visually impaired voters cast their vote independently.
2006/07/04
The Goa Government will offer incentives to employers in the private sector who provide 3 per cent reservation for differently abled persons.
2006/06/28
, The Guwahati High Court restates visually impaired person’s right to open and operate a savings bank account.
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