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Volume 7 Issue 10

Feature

• ‘The N.C.P.E.D.P. - MphasiS Universal Design Awards’

Interview

• “Awareness that disabled persons are not handicapped, and can perform just as well as anyone else has to grow in society,” Mehul Choksi

News

• M.S.J.E. finally concedes to D.R.G.’s demand for a new law!
• First meeting of Committee on New Disability Act on June 10
• Census 2011: Guidelines for Enumerators on the question on disability
• Incentive scheme for private sector falls flat, second year in a row!
• New Access Guidelines likely to be adopted as standards by B.I.S.
• I.L.O. to develop Global Business and Disability Network
• 30 disabled students clear U.P.S.C. exam
• Bombay High Court overrides Maharashtra rules, grants permission to blind student to write entrance exam
• All historical monuments in the country to be made disabled friendly
• Committee to draft New Disability Act: M.S.J.E. stumbles, yet again

Volume 7 Issue 9

Feature

• Census 2011 and Disability – Mithu Alur’s publicity stunt enrages the disability sector
• Moment of reckoning - New Law versus Amendments

Interview

• West Zone too roots for a new law!
• No matter how many amendments we make, existing law cannot match U.N.C.R.P.D. expectations!

News

• West Zone unanimous too, calls for a ‘New Law’!
• Disability sector opposes proposed amendments to Copyright Act, 1957
• Led by Brinda Karat, thousands protest at Parliament Street
• Urban Development Sub Group on access guidelines likely to miss deadline
• National Policy on Electronic Accessibility put up in the public domain
• Amendments to Right to Education Act tabled in Rajya Sabha
• South Zone unanimously supports ‘New Law’
• “Neither me nor Justice Chapalgaonkar were involved in drafting the Mental Health Act Amendments,” Justice A.P. Shah
• U.N.C.R.P.D. available in Marathi
• Ministry of Information Technology makes it’s website accessible

Volume 7 Issue 7

Feature

• Our Census, Our Future: Disability sector puts up a United Front

Interview

• "My office is always open, we look forward to inputs from the disability sector", Dr. C. Chandramouli
• If the disabled population is counted correctly there will be no space for the government to deprive us from our rights

News

• High Court reserves seats for dyslexic students in Delhi University
• Supreme Court orders immediate reinstatement of teacher with Cerebral Palsy
• Disabled Officer all set to become Major General
• Dates for West and South Zone Consultations finalised
• Justice A.P. Shah endorses the idea of a National Disabilities Advisor
• M.S.J.E. announces vacancy for the position of C.C.P.D.
• M.S.J.E. to form an ‘Expert Committee’ to study the demand for a new law
• Urban Development Ministry forms Sub Group to harmonise access guidelines
• 5th meeting of the National Committee on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (N.C.R.P.D.) held on March 17
• Radical amendments to the National Trust Act proposed

Volume 7 Issue 6

Feature

• ‘Seamless Connectivity’ is the new buzzword in access: say experts

Interview

• “The needs of disabled persons in Malaysia are still seen largely as a welfare function,” Maniam Sinnasamy

News

• Braille codes to be developed in tribal languages in the North East
• Chief Minister champions the rights of disabled people
• Javed Abidi’s workshop leads to setting up of Disability Rights Group - Malaysia
• One day workshop on preventing corruption and fraud in N.G.O.s
• 200 severely disabled children in Delhi to be home tutored
• Parents to insure themselves to ensure lifelong care for their children
• Concessions for students with learning disabilities
• C.B.S.E. to offer mathematics and science exams in Braille
• High Court steps in to allow dyslexic student to write the Board exams
• Visually impaired students can aspire to become doctors – Supreme Court

Volume 7 Issue 5

Feature

• Techshare India 2010: A look at the future of assistive devices

Interview

• “We cannot have inclusive growth unless disability is made an integral part of our growth,” Vinnie Mehta
• East Zone leadership roots for a new law with sharper teeth

News

• N.C.P.E.D.P. commissions study on disability question in Census 2011
• Government finally spells relief for inmates at Asha Kiran
• Desert Storm opens avenues for disabled participants in car rallies
• Is M.S.J.E. finally inching towards a new law?
• Health Ministry planning to amend Mental Health Act of 1987
• East Zone Consultation in Guwahati endorses demand for a new law
• C.P.I. (M.) lends support to disability sector’s demand for a new law
• N.C.P.E.D.P. writes to Sports Ministry on mismanagement of funds at P.C.I.
• D.R.G. Core Group making steady progress in drafting a new disability law
• Finally, disability finds a place in the Union Budget!

Volume 7 Issue 4

Feature

• Standing up for the rights of India's disabled people in North East

Interview

• “D.R.F. would like to promote further advocacy work on C.R.P.D. to advance the human rights of persons with disabilities,” Szporluk, Deany

News

• Diamond maker to employ 1000 disabled people
• East Zone Consultation on Disability Act in Guwahati on February 20
• Another disabled youth faces I.A.S. roadblock
• D.R.G.’s protest against government’s apathy on deaths at Asha Kiran
• Tamil Nadu Chief Minister goes all out to empower disabled people
• M.S.J.E. considering a new law over amendments, Wasnik tells D.R.G.
• Census Commissioner open to inputs from the disability sector
• N.A.S.S.C.O.M.’s Disability Advisory Group – Good start but apprehensions persist
• Only 49 scribes for over 200 dyslexic students
• Government takes a re-look at deaf driving, consults health specialists

Volume 7 Issue 3

Feature

• User interface is a key area that we need to work in, to make this an inclusive world: Shilpi Kapoor

Interview

• “Most of the time, extraordinary people who are doing extraordinary things get lost,” Ashutosh
• New Law versus Amendments – North Zone leaders speak up

News

• Government simplifies process of obtaining disability certificate
• 2nd National Conference of Indian Sign Language Interpreters to be held shortly
• Nari Niketan Case: National Trust Sub-Committee members visit newborn Pari
• Civic bodies must be disabled friendly, Yeddyurappa
• Countdown to Techshare 2010 begins
• Premier B-School on road to being disabled friendly
• Javed Abidi bags lifetime achievement award
• Drafting Committee on Electronic Access Policy finalises ‘revised draft’
• D.P.O.D. & N.C.P.E.D.P. tie up for a project on implementation of U.N.C.R.P.D.
• N.C.P.E.D.P. writes to Prime Minister and Finance Minister regarding Budget 2010
• C.B.S.E. to ensure no disabled child is denied admission
• N.A.S.S.C.O.M. sets up Disability Advisory Group
• After Mumbai, Right to Read Campaign reaches Delhi
• Mukul Wasnik continues to be evasive on new law while the sector’s demand gets stronger
• North Zone Consultation on New Law

Volume 7 Issue 2

Feature

• My ‘Raid de Himalaya’ experience: Deepa Malik
• A brief history of disability sports

Interview

• "D.P.O.s will have to play a central role in lobby and advocacy work for implementation of U.N.C.R.P.D.," Peter Rothe Schultz

News

• Web portal on disability writing
• M.S.J.E. leads by example. Launches central ministry’s first accessible website
• Website on Indian Sign Language launched
• Brinda Karat voices out disability sector’s plight in Rajya Sabha
• Series of deaths at Asha Kiran
• 18 individuals to be conferred ‘I.B.N.7 and Bajaj Allianz Super Idols’ award
• Proposed amendments to Disability Act upsets N.G.O.s
• Special recruitment drive to fill up backlog
• Union Government announces awards for websites having best accessibility features
• Additional Secretary, Ministry of Urban Development positive on revised access guidelines of N.B.C.
• Private sector backs draft Policy on Electronic Accessibility
• Aamir Khan supports Inclusive Education
• Rights group from Manipur demands disability sector’s long pending dues
• Unleashing the Power of Assistive Technology at Techshare India 2010

Volume 7 Issue 1

Feature

• “The year that was…”

Interview

• “It is a mindset change that is required to adopt accessibility,” Shilpi Kapoor

News

• North Zone Consultation on New Disability Act in January
• U.K. Foreign Secretary cites N.C.P.E.D.P. Project
• U.G.C. to fill up posts reserved for disabled people by the end of financial year
• Centre does a U-turn. Deaf persons cannot drive!
• Sports scheme for disabled people to be implemented only in ‘special schools’!
• Cabinet approves bill to amend Right to Education Act
• U.S. issues positive statement at W.I.P.O.
• Kendriya Vidyalayas to recruit special education teachers
• Rights group observes International Fortnight against Violence on Women
• Access not legally binding, feels Urban Development Joint Secretary!
• User Interface is the theme for Techshare 2010
• Copyright Act to be amended

Volume 6 Issue 13

Feature

• An ‘Unsporty’ Affair!

Interview

• "Disability brought my life into focus," Deepa Malik

News

• Limited early bird discounts for Techshare 2010 participants
• 11th N.C.P.E.D.P. Shell Helen Keller Awards wind up to a full house
• Government schools discriminate against disabled children
• Thousands of deaf protestors bring Planning Commission to a standstill
• ‘Want daughter to be a doctor, to take care of me.’
• Urban Development Minister assures N.C.P.E.D.P. on Access Guidelines
• Indian Blind Cricket League called off
• Rights group writes to H.R.D. Minister on discriminatory Copyright Act
• Karnataka High Court issues notice on reservation for disabled people
• World Disability Day celebrations held at India Gate
• Disabled people to be recruited as volunteers for Commonwealth Games
• C.A.T. runs into more trouble

Volume 6 Issue 12

Feature

• Rural India: Inclusion and Access
• I have to go on...

Interview

• “I have a dream…”

News

• Jammu and Kashmir Government issues circulars on access
• Online training on disability and sexuality
• I.G.N.O.U. offers four year course on Applied Sign Language
• Corporate Affairs Ministry to work on a credit point system to promote inclusive growth
• Heritage building in Goa made disabled friendly
• N.I.D. to introduce course on Universal Design
• No disabled friendly cars rolling out of Indian car manufacturing units
• C.B.R. Forum launches Postcard Campaign for new Disability Act
• Salil sails for access
• N.C.P.E.D.P. & D.N.I.S. official partners for Techshare India, 2010
• Orkids initiate workshop on learning disabilities
• ‘Women with disabilities in India face greater discrimination’: D.R.P.I. Study

Volume 6 Issue 11

Feature

• Right to Read and Copyright Challenges

Interview

• "W.I.P.O. committed to the cause of visually impaired" : Dr. Francis Gurry

News

• Ministry fixes no technical criteria for conducting access audits!
• Accessibility knowledge series launched
• U.N. resolution to align M.D.G.s towards disability issues
• Shameful discrimination against disabled people
• Demand for audio description of Bollywood films on the rise
• 11th N.C.P.E.D.P. Shell Helen Keller Awards announced
• Doctors ditch camp meant to disburse disability certificates
• ‘No to Amendments! Yes to New Law!!’ is the war cry for World Disability Day 2009
• N.C.P.E.D.P. Chairperson receives Japan’s highest civilian honour
• Military schools debar disabled children

Volume 6 Issue 10

Feature

• “No to Amendments,” is the writing on the wall!

Interview

• “The reason we want a new law…”

News

• 4th Meeting of N.C.R.P.D. – India held
• Minister promises amendments to N.R.E.G.A.
• U.G.C. directs Universities to implement Disability Act 1995
• Badhte Kadam: A National Trust Initiative
• National Conference on I.C.T.s for people with disabilities
• N.C.P.E.D.P. releases 5 baseline reports
• Government’s commitments to disabled people largely unfulfilled: World Bank
• Corruption mars tricycle P.C.O. scheme for disabled people
• The ‘C.A.T.’ is belled!
• Efforts to connect disability certificate to Unique Identification Number

Volume 6 Issue 9

Feature

• The ‘lesser’ among the less privileged

Interview

• “Everyone who needs support should be included in the National Trust Act”: Poonam Natarajan
• “Mental illness is not a disability, it is a disease”: J.P. Gadkari

News

• Barrier free Delhi - Ministry more keen on a quick fix
• Finally, Chandigarh Administration comes around
• M.S.J.E. continues to drag its feet on web access
• N.A.D. decries non - implementation of XIth Plan
• West Bengal leads in employing disabled people under N.R.E.G.A.
• Access Audit of Election Booths
• Third time around, hearing impaired Maniram makes it to I.A.S.
• U.N.C.R.P.D. in three more Indian languages
• Call for papers for Techshare India 2010 announced
• Signs of changing times
• Demand for accessible hotel rooms on the rise
• Registration of special category vehicles caught in red tape

Volume 6 Issue 8

Feature

• The ‘State’ of Affairs: Where does the buck stop?

Interview

• “Government systems are not equipped,

News

• India ratifies U.N.C.R.P.D. and then forgets!
• Finally, R.T.E. Act to be amended to include all disabilities
• Hush hush appointment of Chief Commissioner for Persons with Disabilities
• International Day of the Deaf celebrated
• Amendment or New Law? National Consultation to take the debate further
• ‘Right to Read’ : Visually impaired people demand a change in the Copyright Act
• Draft Amendments to the National Trust Act released
• Pay up, Supreme Court tells banks!
• Right to drive for hearing impaired people - Delhi High court to decide soon
• Delhi High Court directs Delhi government to appoint special educators

Volume 6 Issue 7

Feature

• It is time to ‘Act’!

Interview

• “Disability has an external environmental factor which stems from charity and welfare,” Dhruv Lakra

News

• We practice what we preach! D.N.I.S. becomes W.C.A.G. 2.0 compliant
• Scheme for Incentives to the Private Sector a total flop admits P.M.
• Supreme Court judgement out on Right to Motherhood of mentally retarded
• Online C.A.T. 2009 “environment friendly” but not disabled friendly
• Banks sit on 10,000 crores meant for disability
• High Court directs Centre to reconsider discriminatory insurance rules
• Second Conference of States Parties to U.N.C.R.P.D. held in New York
• Asia’s first centre for higher education for disabled people started in U.P.
• Cochlear launches implantable hearing solutions in India
• Supreme Court asks government to fill up job vacancies for disabled persons

Volume 6 Issue 6

Feature

• 'Ah, Taj!'- Says the disability sector, but still from a distance

Interview

• "Media glee over the reported accessibility of Taj Mahal may still be premature," Scott Rains

News

• A tribute to Vikas Sharma
• “It is better to repeal the Disability Act and draft a new law,” feels Mukul Wasnik
• N.C.P.E.D.P. forms a national level Core Group on Disability Act 2009
• Parliament building to become disabled friendly
• Department of Information Technology sets up Core Group on draft National Policy on Electronic Access
• B.N. Yugandhar to head N.C.P.E.D.P's Core Group on Rural Development
• Conference of State Parties to U.N.C.R.P.D. on September 2 & 3
• Newly launched Rajya Sabha website not W.C.A.G. compliant
• A.T.M.s for visually impaired showcased at X.R.C.V.C.
• Revised pension plan to cover disabled siblings of Government employees
• Southern Railways disallows disabled passengers with general tickets from boarding special coach

Volume 6 Issue 5

Feature

• What went wrong with the Right to Education Bill?

Interview

• “Our only motivation was to stop Kapil Sibal from committing a horrible wrong,” Javed Abidi

News

• P.M. directs H.R.D. Ministry to include all disabilities in Right to Education Act
• I.T. Ministry to discuss draft National Policy on Electronic Accessibility
• Draft National Health Bill 2009 open for public comments
• D.R.G. forms an Amendments Committee to review proposed amendments to Disability Act
• C.D.P.F. registered in New Delhi
• Hotels to become disabled friendly
• I.C.T. to enable inclusive education in schools
• States yet to implement preferential land allotment for disabled people
• Court rooms to become accessible in Punjab and Haryana High Court
• Goa government offers V.R.S. for parents of children with disabilities
• Government urges car makers to manufacture disabled friendly vehicles
• N.C.P.E.D.P to form Zonal Committees

Volume 6 Issue 4

Feature

• Right to motherhood - Supreme Court upholds the right of a mentally retarded girl

Interview

• “The Government has to be reminded that merely signing U.N.C.R.P.D. is not sufficient,” Tanu Bedi

News

• N.C.R.P.D. - India calls on the Prime Minister
• Disabled Rights Group protest against non - inclusion of disability in Union Budget
• Right to Education Bill not all right, say disabled rights activists
• 3rd Meeting of N.C.R.P.D. - India held
• Nominations open for Helen Keller Awards 2009
• Parivaar submits Memorandum to the Minister for Social Justice and Empowerment
• Disability Act to be amended
• Core Group Meetings held on July 22 & 23
• Call for disability certificate to be merged with the Unique Identification Number
• Scholarship for students with disability
• Insult on physical disability could be a punishable offence
• Army chooses golf carts over wheelchairs

Volume 6 Issue 3

Feature

• An ‘inclusive’ budget that excludes millions

Interview

• “It will be a sad day when the disabled people are forced into an unnecessary confrontation,” Abidi

News

• National Committee on the Rights of People with Disabilities – India to meet on July 24 & 25
• N.C.P.E.D.P. and AccessAbility propose new Access Guidelines
• N.C.P.E.D.P. and BarrierBreak Technologies put forward National Policy on Electronic Accessibility
• Supreme Court ruling: Minimum medical standards must even for disabled people
• Supreme Court direction to the Medical Council of India
• Andhra Pradesh High Court: A Role Model
• Scheme for Incentives to Employers in the Private Sector a total flop!
• Backlog of vacancies for people with disability to be filled up
• Delhi University filling up teaching posts reserved for disabled people
• Visually impaired person makes it to M.I.T.
• Demand to recognize dwarfism as a disability
• 1000 disabled people stage protest in Chennai

Volume 6 Issue 2

Feature

• Inaccessibility keeps disabled students away from Delhi University

Interview

• “ The key to accessible transport is a complete accessible trip chain,

News

• MSJE urges Finance Minister to “keep people with disability in mind”
• Ministerial faux pas – D. Napoleon lets slip his ignorance on disability issues
• Barrier free constructions in the next three years
• N.A.S.S.C.O.M. to set up accessibility forum
• C.D.P.F. Executive Committee workshop in Uganda
• Core Group on Health to look into disability certificates
• ‘Readable’ to be launched soon
• 99.8 percent disabled students do not make it to Class XII
• Semi low floor buses not disabled friendly
• Visually impaired person treks to Beas Kund

Volume 6 Issue 1

Feature

• Disabled students shine in C.B.S.E. examinations

Interview

• “Women with disability face greater discrimination than men,” Pragya Ghildial

News

• India’s first visually impaired I.A.S. officer
• Visually impaired person takes charge as judge
• Prime Time News on Doordarshan to be sub-titled for deaf people
• N.C.P.E.D.P. puts in suggestions for Union and Rail Budget 2009
• Railways to recruit disabled people
• 1500 disabled friendly railway stations soon
• Mumbai to have beepers at traffic crossings
• Applications of disabled students to Delhi University on a 5 year high, but 1000 seats will still go
• Special Bus for disabled students in Delhi University
• No teacher for 10,000 disabled children in the capital
• Disabled people more vulnerable to H.I.V. /A.I.D.S. says W.H.O.
• The ‘Train’ of Thoughts

Volume 5 Issue 5

Feature

• Disability: from budget blues to budget boons

Interview

• “Direct discrimination is forbidden in Finland, but yes, there is discrimination:” Riku Virtanen

News

• Budget 2007-08 has a silver lining - F.M. earmarks Rs. 1,800 crore for employment of disabled people
• Lalu promises more disabled-friendly coaches
• I.I.M.-B. rejects bright disabled student; Rebuffs R.T.I. plea for details of selection
• Power bills in Braille to be introduced in Capital
• Visually impaired people exercise their franchise independently
• Cellphones to aid visually impaired people
• Artificial retina implant brings hope to blind people
• Chennai hospital claims stem cell success on paraplegic
• New two rupee coin creates confusion in minds of visually impaired people
• Provide facilities to autistic patients or face contempt charges: Delhi High Court

Volume 5 Issue 4

Feature

• Partners reconfirm their faith in the spirit of N.D.N. and D.N.I.S.

Interview

• "We are working on a rights based approach in all our projects:" Karen Reiff

News

• N.C.P.E.D.P. organises Strategy Workshop in Jaipur
• Educate and empower disabled people: The voice of ‘India Poised’
• G.P.D.D. Task Force holds meeting in Delhi
• Disabled Civil Services candidate gets relief; C.I.C. slaps fine on Government
• Stop purchase of buses till Govt. finalises disabled-friendly model: Delhi H.C.
• Rajasthan sets example; Introduces low-floor buses in Kota
• India accounts for half of world’s leprosy patients
• Braille E.V.M.s for visually impaired people
• Centre working on measures to strengthen office of C.C.P.D.
• Government announces 22 schools for disabled children in Delhi

Volume 5 Issue 3

Feature

• The Invisible Minority

Interview

• “People see in me the willingness to fight for what I believe in:” Judith Heumann

News

• G.P.D.D. meeting to be held in Delhi
• Meet on multiple sclerosis in Chennai
• S.C. asks Punjab & Haryana H.C. to re-examine plea of visually disabled person
• Madras High Court orders issuance of notice on circular against blind
• Make toilets disabled-friendly: Delhi High Court
• Health Ministry’s national programme offers hope for hearing impaired
• Bihar Government concerned over rise in polio cases
• Injectable polio vaccine for places where people say no to polio drops
• Finnish law student and activist beats dual disability
• Alzheimer’s gene only in old age: Study

Volume 5 Issue 2

Feature

• Are we blind to seeing ‘ability’ in ‘disability’?

Interview

• "We are an equal opportunity company": Niranjan Khatri

News

• 170 million children to get polio cover; U.P. and Bihar committed to give their best
• Madras High Court directs states to set deadline for implementing Disability Act
• Unemployment allowance for disabled people hiked
• Visually impaired children denied admission in schools in Capital
• Quota for disabled
• Chennai Institute of Mental Health to become a regional centre of excellence
• Braille computers for blind schools in Tamil Nadu
• Parents keep disabled girl child-sized; ethical debate on across the globe
• Hawking plans a trip to space
• Mother kills disabled children, commits suicide

Volume 4 Issue 17

Feature

• Happy Anniversary!
• What planning this, ladies and gentlemen??!!

Interview

• D.N.I.S. through the eyes of our eminent readers

News

• History created - Convention on the rights of persons with disabilities adopted
• Government will provide care to the disabled: P.M
• Union Health Minister admits India will miss polio eradication target
• Vaccine fails; 160 new cases of polio in U.P.
• A ray of hope for Haemophilics - Health Ministry to set up P.F.U.
• Theme for World Sight Day 2006 is Low Vision
• Madras High Court Chief Justice calls for removal of lacunae in Disability Act
• Workshops held in Ranchi and Rajgir to sensitise P.A.C.S. partners
• Paralysed I.M.A. ex-cadet gets relief after 11 long years
• Delhi University to open multi-purpose Resource Centre in Braille

Volume 4 Issue 16

Feature

• Born into bondage in ‘Free India’

Interview

• Are Indian disabled citizens truly independent?

News

• Disabled tribal girl denied medical seat
• Bright dyslexic girl denied admission in College of Art
• Victim of ignorance; mentally ill chained at home for years
• 85-year-old man fights for 45 years; yet not given disability certificate
• N.P.d.O. organises State Level Consultation on N.R.E.G.A. & Inclusion of Persons with Disabilities
• I.S.I.C. to start Masters in Prosthetics & Orthotics
• I.C.A.M.B.S. announces commencement of academic programmes
• Book on Cerebral Palsy released in the Capital
• Manual dealing with Sensory Integration dysfunction published
• Study reveals that obesity causes dementia

Volume 4 Issue 15

Feature

• Sign Language - the Life Line for Deaf People
• M.S.J.E.’s Proposed Amendments to the Disability Act – a façade for Inclusion, Justice & Empowerment

Interview

• This country does not have any legal provision on mental health: Dr. Abdul Mabood

News

• M.S.J.E. backtracks! Amendments to the Disability Act postponed
• Elections for the Board of the National Trust announced
• Railways to add reserved wheelchair compartments to all mail express trains
• Bombay H.C. directs schools to abide by guidelines for dyslexic students
• Karnataka H.C. dismisses plea of disabled girl for seat in professional course
• Allocate funds for mental health: Child rights activists and child mental health specialists
• Governor intervenes; Disabled boy readmitted in school
• Centre directs its departments to fill up vacancies for disabled people
• D.U. to implement three per cent reservation for disabled teachers, students
• Revolutionary technology for people with brain and spinal injuries

Volume 4 Issue 14

Feature

• N.R.E.G.A. – Work for all, but none for the disabled!

Interview

• “For us, the C.C.C. is as good as non-existent”: Vandana Bedi

News

• Memorandum known as Delhi Declaration submitted to P.M.
• “Mental illness will not be removed from Disability Act”: Subbulakshmi Jegadeesan
• New Code of Conduct to encourage firms to employ disabled people in Sri Lanka
• Haryana, a role model for inclusive education
• Student develops ‘Braille Face’ for the visually impaired
• Family insurance scheme for disability caused due to mishap
• Haryana Government enhances unemployment allowance for the disabled
• D.U. to bring M.A. application fee for blind on par with S.C./S.T.s
• D.U. to strive for ‘inclusive’ campus; Ropes in N.G.O. to conduct access audit
• Sensors implanted in brain help paralysed man use thoughts to move cursor

Volume 4 Issue 13

Feature

• Planning process for the Disabled – Commitment or Sham?

Interview

• “In all likelihood, 2007 should see the signing of the Convention”: Anuradha Mohit

News

• M.S.J.E. comes up with its own proposal for amendments to the Disability Act!
• Government to rehabilitate polio victims; Rs. 1,039 crore earmarked for polio eradication
• Grant provisional admission to disabled student: Delhi High Court tells D.U.
• National Institute for Persons with Multiple Disabilities in Tamil Nadu
• Delhi Government increases ex-gratia payment for war disabled soldiers
• Loopholes in the proposed Delhi Building Bylaws
• 200 high-capacity buses to hit Delhi roads in next six months
• Specially designed bus shelters in the offing
• New devices for visually impaired launched
• ‘Disabled’ fans ejected from stadium

Volume 4 Issue 12

Feature

• Tax incentives and deductions under Income Tax Act, 1961, under review; Disabled people targetted

Interview

• “Our mission is to provide year round sports to all children with intellectual disabilities”: Keelor

News

• New State Policy for disabled in Goa – first in the country
• Accessible accommodation denied in Symbiosis Law College; Nightmare continues for Pooja Sharma
• C.B.S.E. results project grim picture of education for disabled in India
• Drastic drop in number of disabled students; D.U. to blame?
• Centre tells U.P., Bihar to shoulder blame for rising polio cases
• A.S.I. announces special vehicle, entrance into Taj for physically disabled tourists
• In a new initiative I.T.C.-Welcomgroup employs disabled people
• Disabled children to counter ‘paper chasing’ in University of Madras
• D.U. colleges to make campus disabled-friendly
• Nehru Park to be first ever disabled-friendly park in Delhi

Volume 4 Issue 11

Feature

• Salient Features of the proposed Scheme for Inclusive Education of the Disabled at Secondary Stage

Interview

• “I'm happy that many more orthopaedically disabled people can appear for I.A.S. exams

News

• Delhi High Court directs Airport Authority of India to serve notice on Spice Jet
• Law colleges flouting the Disability Act
• M.S.J.E. invites suggestions for amendment in Disability Act
• Disabled students create history of sorts in Class X & XII exams
• Guwahati High Court orders school authorities to give disabled teacher his salary
• C.I.I. Corporate Code on Disability
• Lightweight wheelchair developed by Indian Spinal Injuries Centre
• Handbook on Employment for Persons with Disabilities
• Miranda House to launch centre for visually disabled
• Directory of information resources on emerging themes in disability

Volume 4 Issue 10

Feature

• Social Security and Disabled People in India

Interview

• “There should be minimum 5% budget allocation in all sectors for inclusion of disability":G.Syamala

News

• Delhi High Court gives deadline to various airlines to file affidavits
• Ten years after Disability Act less than 0.9 per cent disabled employees in private sector
• I.A.S. results declared; Twelve disabled candidates qualify
• C.I.I. reiterates its commitment to mainstream disability
• Lease of houses without proper access can be cancelled: Allahabad High Court
• H.C. orders I.D.B.I. bank to allow visually impaired person to open account
• Special Olympics Bharat accorded priority status
• The capital all set to get its first fully-accessible bus route
• Decision to eliminate key personnel in area of Disability; D.P.I. writes to World Bank President
• Students of world’s only university for the deaf protest appointment of new President

Volume 4 Issue 9

Feature

• ‘Affirmative Action for All’ – None for Disabled!

Interview

• Hemophilia is a human rights issue: Ranjit Mookerji

News

• Rajasthan Government provides 3 % reservation for disabled people in R.J.S.
• Bihar Government to appoint State Commissioner for Disability
• N.C.E.R.T.’s Action Plan for ‘School for All’
• South D.L.U. files petition against Culture and Religious Endowments Department, T.N.
• Chennai High Court gives nod to Low Floor Buses
• ‘We don't have the money to provide you with all your rights': Chief Electoral Officer of Tamil Nadu
• National Capital Region gets round-the-clock disability helpline
• Hemophiliacs demand adequate funds and medical facility
• Experiences of the Disability Movement shared in the Arab world
• Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy offers hope to cerebral palsy affected people

Volume 4 Issue 8

Feature

• The good, the bad and the ugly face of Indian Civil Services Examination for disabled aspirants

Interview

• Rashtriya Vikalang Party will be a National Party: K. K. Dikshit

News

• Inclusive Education to receive unprecedented focus through S.S.A.; Sub-Mission announced
• Assembly polls see debut of Braille-enabled E.V.M.s in Assam, but very few ramps
• N.C.P.E.D.P partners with C.I.I. for Conference on Disability
• Disabled girl’s dream of joining I.A.S. nipped in the bud
• Goa becomes the first to announce State Disability Policy
• Social Justice March by disabled political activists reaches Delhi
• Disabled women in Orissa step out to press for their demands on World Women’s Day
• M.S.J.E. clears over one billion rupee to D.T.C. to make public transport disabled-friendly
• Exhibition involving mentally disabled youth, India’s best painters breaks the charity mould
• Jawaharlal Nehru University gearing for disabled-friendly initiatives

Volume 4 Issue 7

Feature

• Assembly elections spur disabled people to demand accessible voting

Interview

• Disabled people demand accessible voting process: Voices from the ground

News

• Social Justice March by National Disabled Party gathers steam; To arrive in Delhi on 16 April
• D.o.P.T. claims extra attempts for disabled candidates will amount to unfair advantage
• G.A.I.L. takes back two of the four sacked disabled employees
• National Conference on Accessible Transportation held in Delhi
• Disability and Law Workshop held in Bhubaneswar
• Unemployment allowance of Rs. 350 per month for disabled people in Delhi
• Blind boy creates software for writing Braille in Devanagari
• Cricket for visually-impaired being ignored by B.C.C.I. says A.C.B.I.
• Delhi Metro and Samarthaya defensive on N.C.P.E.D.P access audit claim
• Retired disabled Army officers burn their artificial limbs as a mark of protest
• Theatre is the most inclusive subject as it challenges both disabled and non-disabled
• 24 million Indians with low-vision treatment left out of Government’s health policy

Volume 4 Issue 6

Feature

• All kind of Disabilities at this entry only!: Delhi Metro

Interview

• Delhi Metro has a solemn commitment towards its commuters, including disabled people: Anuj Dayal

News

• We will do everything to take care of our disabled citizens: Railway Minister
• National Policy for Persons with Disability released on M.S.J.E. website
• Chhattisgarh becomes the first state to frame a policy for disabled people
• Posts for disabled people to be identified soon: Manipur Chief Minister
• Disability Law Unit – South launches advocacy campaign for disabled friendly elections
• Disability Movement to penetrate in the poorest districts of India
• Master Plan Delhi-2021 in its finalisation phase
• World Bank to award grants to innovative ideas on employment generation for disabled people in Pak
• I.T.C. undertaking initiative for inclusion of disabled people
• India will become second in the world in glaucoma cases by 2020: Study

Volume 4 Issue 5

Feature

• There is something for everyone in the Railway Budget, says Lalu! But what about disabled people?
• Inclusive education needs funds

Interview

• There is no ambiguity that disabled people have be to be provided barrier-free environment: Shivani

News

• Union Budget fails to deliver an incentives policy to promote employment for disabled people
• Hopes of millions of disabled people dashed! Lalu’s Orwellian budget fails to address demands
• M.S.J.E. asks States to send recommendations for amendment to Disability Act
• Delhi High Court pulls up Indian Railways for not implementing Disability Act
• Delhi High Court issues notices to private airlines seeking details on disability access
• Delhi High Court issues notice to U.G.C. on lack of facilities for disabled students
• Delhi High Court orders Centre & D.D.A. to notify scheme for land & plots at concessional rates
• Disability sector in Manipur demands implementation of Disability Act
• Learn from the past and move ahead to implement the Disability Act more effectively: Justice Verma
• North Zone Partners commit to strengthen National Disability Network

Volume 4 Issue 4

Feature

• Making leprosy elimination meaningful by ending stigma and exclusion
• National Association of the Deaf holds pioneering National Consultation on Deaf Education

Interview

• Inclusive Education Policy should not be merely restricted to constructing ramps: Dr. Vasishta

News

• Prime Minister meets N.F.B. members; Assures looking into amendments to Disability Act
• Lalu assures D.R.G. that concerns of disability sector will be addressed in Railway Budget
• Implement 3% reservation for disabled people in state-aided NGOs: M.S.J.E.
• C.B.S.E. exams to be disabled-friendly this year: Chairman
• Mumbai H.C. restrains state from filling up post after a blind candidate alleges discrimination
• IGNOU announces special awareness programme in disability
• N.C.P.E.D.P. - N.D.T.V. audit reveals poor state of services for disabled people by Jet
• National Seminar on Poverty and Disability
• Disabled participants register small but vital presence at Delhi International Marathon
• Beautification takes precedence over access at Delhi University library

Volume 4 Issue 3

Feature

• Ushering a Silent Revolution through Augmentative and Alternative Communication

Interview

• National Policy for Disabled People is more a compilation of programmes than a policy: Amita Dhanda

News

• N.C.P.E.D.P. pitches for announcement of incentives in Union Budget 2006-07
• Will disabled people miss the train again?
• Stop discrimination against disabled civil services aspirants, N.C.P.E.D.P. urges Union Government
• Karnataka High Court asks State Government to implement Disability Act
• District Rehabilitation Centre Scheme faces closure: Project Director’s Office
• Bank staff versed with sign language attracts clients with hearing impairment
• Severely disabled people untouched by state education scheme in Himachal Pradesh
• Unique Project to provide employment to 100 hearing impaired people
• India yet to wake up to the challenge of old-age related disabilities
• Disabled people find seriousness missing from Mumbai Marathon

Volume 4 Issue 2

Feature

• 2005 -- The year that was

Interview

• Paradigm shift from the medical model to the rights model has not been taken seriously: Natarajan

News

• Government of India to make access features mandatory for state & inter-state buses
• Delhi Transport Minister approves pilot project for disabled-friendly bus terminal
• Why are there no disabled-friendly cars on Indian roads? Asks National Human Rights Commission
• Training syllabus for I.A.S. officers to include crosscutting perspective on disability
• India’s visually impaired highlight Government’s apathy on World Braille Day
• S.C. awards compensation to an undertrial who spent over 50 years in a mental asylum
• Orthopaedically disabled Haryana State employees to receive higher special allowance
• Another path-breaking judgement by the Delhi High Court
• Delhi High Court admits petition on non-implementation of Disability Act
• H.C. issues notices to Centre and U.P.S.C. on discriminatory norms for disabled category candidates
• N.F.B. stages protest rally in the National Capital demanding to meet P.M.
• Tamil Nadu district representatives discuss on State-level Convention of Disabled People

Volume 4 Issue 1

Feature

• Disability Sector gets star power with an unprecedented pitch for barrier-free India

Interview

• Shah Rukh Khan & Rani Mukerjee as ambassadors of Disability Rights

News

• Poonam Natarajan appointed National Trust Chairperson
• Heart patients not entitled to benefits under Disabilities Act: HC
• National Disability Policy approved by Union Cabinet
• Sharon, the world’s best blind golfer
• W.D.D. celeberations by N.D.N. partners in Jharkhand, Sikkim & Goa
• Deaf Cricket Association demands affiliation with B.C.C.I.
• Disaster Management Bill passed sans disability component
• Air Deccan to charge additional Rs. 500 from passengers using wheelchair
• Neglect & stigma causing exclusion of children with disabilities: UNICEF
• Dementia likely to double every 20 years world-wide, developing countries to be worst hit

Volume 3 Issue 24

Feature

• Celebrating World Disability Day with the “Walk to Freedom”

Interview

• Litigation is a way to develop Disability Law: Ashok Aggarwal

News

• Delegation of disability leaders calls on President of India on World Disability Day
• A law with no one to implement has been the tragedy of the India's disability sector: Abidi
• Kalam asks States to appoint Special Commissioners to ensure implemention of 3 per cent reservation
• Firm up disability laws to ensure rights of disabled people: Delhi High Court Chief Justice
• More and more disabled students enrolling in open schools: National Institute of Open Schooling
• H.R.D. Ministry to be nodal agency for implementation of Inclusive Education policy
• Madras H.C. directs C.M.T.C. not to buy new buses without ensuring their accessibility
• Inclusive Education Plan set for launch next year: Arjun Singh
• Special Olympics 2005 leaves only "winners"
• Protests over lack of implementation of Disability Act mark World Disability Day
• Two-day career development forum held for promoting inclusive employment opportunities
• Access audit by D.L.U. South belies claims of disabled-friendly railway stations
• Delhi Travel and Tourism Development Corporation to construct accessible traffic crossings
• Eye Hospital by Rahul Gandhi to address high incidence of curable blindness in Uttar Pradesh
• Thai disability rights protestors clash with police on World Disability Day

Volume 3 Issue 23

Feature

• Tenth year of the Disability Act – It’s time for ACT10N

Interview

• B.P.C.L.'s philosophy is to provide equal opportunities to disabled people: S. Mohan

News

• Parivaar accuses National Trust of going soft on corruption allegation; Aloka Guha denies charge
• Government institutions should respect the Disability Act: President
• Sacking an employee on grounds of schizophrenia violates Disability Act: Bombay H.C.
• Disability perspective missing in ActionAid’s critique of Millennium Development Goals
• Guwahati H. C. directs Nagaland to extend reservation for disabled to include higher posts
• Delhi Chief Minister inaugurates Special Olympics National Games
• Disability cultural festival scheduled to mark World Disability Day has no sponsor!
• Delhi Zoo being made disabled-friendly
• Technical snag grips low-floor disabled-friendly buses
• Europe’s leading low fares airline announces policy change on vision impaired passengers
• Chennai to host conference on Augmentative and Alternative Communication
• Rajiv Gandhi Foundation gifts 'mobility' on birth anniversary of late Indira Gandhi
• National Convention held on National Policy on Inclusive Education
• Spirit of assertion by the disability sector fills the air ahead of World Disability Day
• I.T.P.O. says it is helpless with regard to inaccessible pavilions at International Trade Fair

Volume 3 Issue 22

Feature

• Honouring excellence and commitment – 7th N.C.P.E.D.P. - Shell Helen Keller Awards announced

Interview

• Remove fear of the unknown to create awareness for employability of disabled people: Bhargava

News

• H.C. asks D.U., Indraprastha University to submit affidavits on facilities for disabled people
• N.C.P.E.D.P. Kashmir Earthquake Fund set up, round table planned in J&K
• President urges scientists, doctors to create an affordable cochlear implant
• Delhi Building Byelaws (Amendment) Bill-2005 referred to Union Home Ministry
• Despite H.C. order, visually impaired still await promised appointment
• Mumbai Police Chief asks cops to deal empathetically with problems faced by disabled people
• Much-awaited disabled-friendly buses hit Delhi roads
• V.S.O Fundraising and Resource Mobilisation Workshop held in Orissa
• As India gears to celebrate World Disability Day it's time for introspection
• Camera study by I.S.I.C. to pave wave for wheelchair for Indian conditions
• H.R.D. Ministry to hold National Consultation on National Action Plan on Inclusive Education

Volume 3 Issue 21

Feature

• Disabled people worst-hit and least attended in Kashmir quake: Report

Interview

• The Disaster Management Bill-2005 is terrible: Dunu Roy

News

• N.C.P.E.D.P. presents its recommendations to make Master Plan Delhi–2021 disabled-friendly
• Sikkim to get its first Disability Law Unit
• Braille-enabled E.V.M.s in two constituencies, hardly any ramps in Bihar polls
• National Conference held on empowering livelihoods
• Unemployment allowance to vision impaired in Haryana hiked
• Engineering student with vision impairment braves odds to follow his dreams
• Supreme Court issues notice to Union Government on Mental Health Act
• H.C. gives Goa Government six months to frame a disability policy
• Students with vision impairment break new ground with “Braille Face” software
• Demands of students with disabilities ignored during J.N.U. Students' Union elections
• Largest ever international conference on disability rights takes place in Bangkok
• Disabled people from poorest section demonstrate in front of Supreme Court

Volume 3 Issue 20

Feature

• Status of Implementation of Disability Legislation in North East States of India

Interview

• 12 million hearing impaired neglected by policy makers: Arun Rao

News

• National Programme for prevention of speech and hearing impairment on anvil: Health Minister
• The 10th year of the Disability Act- It’s time for ACT10N is disability sector's theme for this year
• Ektha core group meet held in Chennai
• The Disaster Management Bill 2005 leaves 70 million disabled people endangered
• P.I.L. filed in Guwahati H.C. seeking a direction to Tripura Government to implement Disability Act
• Now a DU College for training visually impaired teachers
• Pioneering study on water and sanitation for disabled people
• Government announces major initiative for N.G.O.s on World Sight Day
• Sensitising tomorrow’s media persons to issue of Access for people with disabilities
• D.P.I. India, N.D.N. to send fact-finding team to look at quake relief in Kashmir
• Forging Inclusion on playgrounds, not just classroom
• U.P. Government asks all its departments hold recruitment examination on ground floor
• Convergence India: Making disability part of every development initiative

Volume 3 Issue 19

Feature

• Will India’s elections ever be disabled-friendly?

Interview

• People with disabilities among most adversely affected by communication barrier: Anupam Basu

News

• C.B.S.H.O.D. concludes with Islamabad Declaration to give a boost to disability rights movement
• C.I.I. ties up with N.C.P.E.D.P. to enhance awareness on employment for persons with disabilities
• India on its way to total eradication of polio: Global Polio Eradication Initiative
• National Consultation on National Disability Policy brings out unrepresentative framing process
• Centre to extend financial assistance to organisations providing services to persons with diabilties
• N.C.P.E.D.P. calls for nominations for Shell Helen Keller Awards
• Punjab H.C. seeks details on undertrials in mental institutions
• Delhi H.C. issues notices to Government of India, Ministries concerned on issue of access
• Delhi H.C. asks D.U. College to grant admission to a disabled student
• M.H.R.D. releases revised Action Plan on Inclusive Education for Children & Youth with Disabilities
• Wheelchair using siblings denied entry to a Delhi cinema hall

Volume 3 Issue 18

Feature

• Access audit exposes pathetic state of access in Orissa

Interview

• Adolescents, youth with disabilities unable to access programmes targeting sexuality: Renu Addlakha

News

• Red-tape scuttles S.R.K. show in aid of N.C.P.E.D.P’s National Campaign for Barrier-Free India
• H. C. gives three weeks to Goa Govt. to work out timeframe for implementation of Disability Act
• Kerala’s people with dwarfism demand benefits and reservation under Disability Act
• Another victim of Hindu Marriage Act’s provision that allows divorce on grounds of leprosy
• Delhi H.C. orders disabled boy to be given admission and fee remission in a mainstream public school
• Pioneering State Resource Centre for people with disabilities in Chennai
• Indian Administrative Services probationers sensitised on disability issues
• Vietnam to introduce disabled-friendly mass public transport system
• Seven disabled-friendly foot-over bridges to come up in Delhi: N.D.M.C.
• Kanpur Teenager invents a device to allow drivers to ride two-wheelers by using only legs
• Appointment of Manoj Kumar as C.C.P.D, bolt from the blue for the disability sector

Volume 3 Issue 17

Feature

• Investing in future leaders of India’s disability movement

Interview

• Plan for making Taj Mahal's inner dome accessible has been shelved: A.S.I. Chief

News

• Delhi Chief Minister calls for launching freedom movement for barrier-free India
• Victim of systemic neglect, C.C.P.D. without a head for over a year now!
• People with visual impairment cannot be barred from appearing for Bank P.O. Exam: S.C.
• Another polio case reported from Uttar Pradesh, W.H.O. questions efficacy of immunisation drives
• Disabled people in Uttar Pradesh can now avail loans up to 20 lakh
• Orissa college agrees to extend age bar and 3% reservation for disabled students
• Haryana earmarks Rs. 57 lakh to build ramps in 950 schools, plans resource centres at block-level
• Five Andhra disability NGO’s implicated for abuse of funds
• Freedom on wheels! Rajiv Gandhi Foundation distributes three-wheelers to disabled people
• Disability Law Unit’s team discovers shocking violation of disability rights in Kerala
• Hundreds of people with visual impairment court arrest in Delhi over their demands
• Aishwarya to campaign for polio eradication programme in Pakistan
• Rajiv Gandhi Scholarship offers vital data to map educational status of disabled people
• Aloka Guha out of the race for the post of Chairperson, National Trust

Volume 3 Issue 16

Feature

• Barrier-free Access for all: A step to freedom

Interview

• Make one colony totally accessible as a beginning to make Delhi a model of access: P.R. Mehta

News

• N.C.P.E.D.P Launches National Campaign for Barrier-Free India
• Confederation of Indian Industry to soon unveil its Disability Policy
• H.C. seeks report from D.U. on steps taken to make structures accessible
• Public Sector Bank employees with disability cannot be transferred: H.C.
• G.A.I.L. C.M.D. threatens D.R.G. with criminal action
• A.P. Court rejects bar set by M.C.I. for admission to M.B.B.S. under disability quota
• India ‘least inclusive’ among Asian nations: Disability survey
• Despite immunisation drives, Rajasthan and other States report fresh polio cases
• British media accuses Teresa’s nuns of tying up children with mental disabilities
• Visit by American disability activist highlights inefficacy in implementation of India’s disability
• Third Regional Consultative Meeting at Kolkata to forge roadmap for Inclusive Education
• North-East and East Zone Partners’ Meet held in Kolkata

Volume 3 Issue 15

Feature

• Disablility Sector flays Draft National Policy for flouting international conventions
• C.A.B.E. meeting offers great hopes for Inclusive Education for children and youth with disabilities

Interview

• Disability leadership strongly criticises Draft National Policy

News

• S.C. issues notice to Union, State Governments on safety, access for visually impaired
• National Disaster Management Authority constituted under Chairmanship of Prime Minister
• Terrorists in Jammu and Kashmir using people with learning disabilities for planting explosives
• Delhi Gurudwaras go disabled-friendly
• Final Draft for M.C.D. Building Byelaws to be made public for inviting suggestions
• Bombay High Court drubs Goa Government over non-implementation of Disability Act
• War disabled pensioners to get free medical care
• Mental disabilities still attributed to curse or evil spell in Nagaland: Survey
• Northern Railway announces plan to make 40 stations accessible
• Involve disability expert in planning, design, implementation of Delhi Master Plan: Sheila Dikshit
• Shocker for Disability Sector, “Handicapped University” comes up in U.P. with State’s blessing
• Order issued by Andhra Government to include person with Dwarfism as Orthopaedic Disability

Volume 3 Issue 14

Feature

• A film festival with a difference
• On the road to a dignified life

Interview

• A world without leprosy is our dream: Dr. Cornalius Walter

News

• Disability activist Javed Abidi nominated to Central Advisory Board of Education (C.A.B.E.)
• National Policy for Persons with Disabilities to be announced soon: Meira Kumar
• Disabled invitees stranded at Social Justice Ministry’s event
• Pioneering effort to reach disabled people in Andaman and Nicobar Islands
• New strands of polio virus found in India and Indonesia
• N.C.P.E.D.P. calls for changes in Draft Delhi Master Plan to make Capital disabled friendly
• Disability sector meeting in Mumbai focusses on failure to implement The Disability Act
• National Urban Transport Policy to come up for Cabinet discussion
• EC fails to make Goa bye-poll disabled-friendly; Disability groups may file contempt
• D.U. fails again; Number of disabled applicants much below total quota seats
• Huge costs for parents of disabled children: U.K. Study
• South Zone Partners commit to strengthen National Disability Network
• Petroleum Minister summons GAIL CMD on illegal terminations of four disabled employees
• Ministry of Social Justice makes mockery of selection process of National Trust’s Chairperson

Volume 3 Issue 13

Feature

• D.R.G. demands a Separate Ministry on Disability Issues
• Zonal Consultation to operationalise Comprehensive Plan of Action for Inclusive Education

Interview

• Inclusive Education is high on priority for U.G.C : Rajasekaran Pillai
• Society, American or Indian, must regard all citizens as potentially contributing citizens: Avraham

News

• D.R.G.’s demand for separate Ministry, a step in right direction: Justice Anand
• Public buildings flaunting disability regulations not to be certified: M.C.D.
• Despite hike unemployed persons with disabilities in Punjab get less than non-disabled counterparts
• National conference on disability organised in Delhi
• Learning forum for livelihoods promotion for disabled persons
• India has 21.9 million disabled; Visual impairment highest of all disabilities
• Case filed against Indian Airlines for discrimination against disabled passengers
• Disability group in A.P. threatens legal recourse over withdrawal of disability allowance
• Ministry of Social Justice releases Draft National Policy for Persons with Disabilities
• Mumbai H.C. wants Braille E.V.M.s at all polling booths; directs C.E.O. to publicise

Volume 3 Issue 12

Feature

• Admission seekers with disabilities stranded at Delhi University’s “rundown gate”

Interview

• Universal Design is the basis of accessibility: Prof. Abir Mullick

News

• NTPC calls for projects for self-employment of persons with disabilities
• Dwarf people face bulls and death in Mexico
• Zonal meet on proposed Integrated Education Scheme for Children, Youth with Disabilities
• Iodine deficiency leading cause of mental retardation: Study
• M.C.D moots draft for changes in building byelaws; no mention of access for persons with disability
• Awareness about leprosy minimal in Delhi: Study
• Pioneering news service on India’s disability sector holds annual review meeting
• South Korea moves towards Disability Discrimination Acts
• Achievements of India’s disabled people on show in New York apparel expo
• Dystrophy-afflicted siblings tired of waiting; seek President’s permission to end their lives
• Education Community Workshop by UNESCO for Universal Education

Volume 3 Issue 11

Feature

• If you vote for me, you will vote for equality and for development: Mallesh
• The Human Right to Mental Health

Interview

• There are no laws that protect the rights of persons with mental illness: Dr. Abdul Mabood

News

• Four disabled candidates qualify C.S.E, 2004; DRG says it’s just 0.94 against 3% quota
• Project to integrate post-tsunami reconstruction with rehabilitation of disabled people
• Delhi High Court calls for more inclusive definition of disability
• Goa Assembly by-polls: EC to make polling booths disabled friendly, fails on EVMs with Braille
• Despite sterling performance in board exams D.U colleges inaccessible for disabled student
• SC issues notices for constitution of panel to look into treatment of blind children
• VAT may dampen polio eradication programme
• Agilent Technologies grants 15 scholarships for disabled students
• I.C.M.R. Study to evaluate mental health of tsunami-hit people
• Make schools barrier-free; focus on inclusive education for disabled children: C.B.S.E
• News camerawoman captures colours of lives of people with visual impairment
• All India Ophthalmological Society calls for ban on Naina
• Glaucoma: Avoidable blindness
• Inclusive education only means to combat inequality based on disability: Seminar

Volume 3 Issue 10

Feature

• India’s persons with disability await inclusive sports policy

Interview

• “The blind community has no borders and no discrimination”

News

• Crisis finally resolved; employees get jobs in I.G.L.
• Railways turns deaf ear to memorandum from N.C.P.E.D.P.; claims it is doing ‘enough’
• Assam Government agrees to demand for multiple exam venues for disabled candidates
• Failure to implement reservation; Delhi High Court stays appointment of Principals
• India's first indigenous automated wheelchair ready, courtesy army officers
• Sensitising future administrators about disability
• N.I.A. to offer health insurance to persons with mental, physical disabilities
• N.C.P.E.D.P. organises Disability and Law workshop in Goa
• Pakistan to host regional seminar on Inclusive Education; Javed Abidi to recount Indian experience
• Mental illness to be the greatest killer by 2020

Volume 3 Issue 9

Feature

• Networking for strength

Interview

• "A parent alone can understand the problems of a child with mental disability": J.P. Gadkari

News

• Campaign for reservation in Andhra Pradesh Legislative Council
• Abidi to fast unto death unless GAIL reinstates its disabled employees
• Legal cell for persons with disabilities launched in Orissa
• International conference on Disability Rehabilitation
• N.H.R.C. provides relief to mentally ill undertrials
• Blind cricketers from India and Pakistan meet in five-match series
• ASTHA workshop discusses disability issues
• Disabled children honoured at annual National Bal Shree Awards
• No subways for disabled people in New Delhi
• Indians most vulnerable to AIDS

Volume 3 Issue 8

Feature

• Disability Assistive Framework: The need of the hour

Interview

• “Disabled persons must project their issues to their governments”

News

• India makes it to Regional Council of D.P.I-Asia Pacific
• National Legal Literacy Mission launched
• Delhi takes strong steps to implement Persons with Disabilities Act
• Protest march demands inclusion of mentally disabled children
• Rajiv Gandhi Scholarships announced
• New economic reforms passed for disabled people
• N.C.P.E.D.P. petitions for unlimited attempts for disabled candidates
• N.H.R.C. to ensure upkeep of mentally ill undertrials
• No progress made in physically disabled I.I.T. scientist case
• Government of India starts fresh recruitments for Chairperson of National Trust

Volume 3 Issue 7

Feature

• Talking hands

Interview

• "Advocacy is most important"

News

• Arjun Singh announces plan to make education disabled-friendly by 2020
• IIT Delhi shows its true colours
• GAIL dismisses disabled employees
• U.D.S.P.A. threatens mass agitation
• Advertising gimmick or sheer insensitivity
• ‘Public interest' advertisement on road safety outrages sensitivity
• Towards a disabled-friendly Lucknow
• N.C.P.E.D.P. launches training programme in Mumbai
• Legal cell in Orissa to support disabled people
• Tsunami-affected families to get psychosocial relief

Volume 3 Issue 6

Feature

• Ramp or no ramp, Lalu Prasad Yadav and P. Chidambaram have romped home

Interview

• “Public-spirited persons should file petitions and point out violations”

News

• How inclusive are ‘inclusive’ schools?
• Appointments for all three key disability posts put on hold
• CavinKare Awards for disabled people
• Punjab to provide free legal services to disabled persons
• Disabled-friendly transport derailed before it can take off?
• Special police cell for hearing and speech impaired in Bhopal
• C.B.S.E. lets down visually disabled students appearing for Board exams
• N.D.M.C. to build a disabled-friendly Delhi
• State-level workshop on ‘Disability and Law’ organised in Manipur
• Planning for disabled-friendly services

Volume 3 Issue 5

Feature

• Inclusive education: A vision come true?

Interview

• “The word ‘impossible’ is not in my dictionary”

News

• Arjun Singh plans to introduce bill for education of disabled children
• IFS to now include disability quota
• Disabled candidate wins Panchayat election in Chattisgarh
• Union and Railway Budgets disappoint
• Dwarfism now recognised as ‘disability’
• DRG opposes people chosen for three key disability posts
• Disabled PCO owners in Andhra Pradesh protest slash in rates
• Study reveals domestic violence against disabled women in Orissa
• Jagjit Singh sings for mental health
• Disabled rights champion, Lal Advani, passes away

Volume 3 Issue 4

Feature

• Walk to Freedom to Disability Pride – still a long way to go

Interview

• “The law has lots of teeth...It is we who should learn to bite hard and bite more often!”

News

• Shadow Report slams government apathy
• NCPEDP submits budget recommendations for Railway and Union Budgets
• Krishnamurthy found guilty of failing to provide facilities for disabled voters in Haryana
• India tops world leprosy tables
• Taj Mahal to be accessible to physically disabled people
• Tsunami victims take delivery of wheelchairs
• Blind navigators set the pace in Chennai Rally
• DDA housing scheme reserves flats for physically disabled persons
• ‘Black’ throws light on disability
• Indian automobile designer focuses on disabled persons

Volume 3 Issue 3

Feature

• A systemic neglect

Interview

• “Allowing euthanasia reinforces the often heard message that it's better to be dead than disabled”

News

• Prime Minister issues an order to adhere to 3% reservation for disabled persons in the Civil Service
• Disability leaders call on Home Minister demanding unlimited attempts in Civil Services
• Blatant discrimination against disabled scientist by IIT, Delhi
• State-level consultation on Civil Society partnership in post-tsunami rehabilitation
• NCPEDP part of ‘Sarva Siksha Abhiyan’ Executive Committee
• Disability group presents ten-point charter to President
• Mumbai Marathon turns inclusive
• Bollywood stars take up disability issues
• Disabled boy receives National Bravery Award
• Special children to be part of mainstream schools

Volume 3 Issue 2

Feature

• Post-tsunami rehabilitation through the lens of disability

Interview

• "Disabled people's needs differ very little from their non-disabledcommunity members"

News

• End discrimination in Civil Services
• Haryana government makes provisions for its visually impaired voters
• Louise Braille remembered
• Special charter to protect rights of disabled women
• Campaign for disabled people's recruitment in public service: Survey
• NCW investigates disabled women's rights
• NHRC sets example with ramps
• Self Help Advocacy Group inaugurated
• Chennai group dances to music of silence
• Disabled people to get prostheses in February

Volume 3 Issue 1

Feature

• 2004 -- The year that was

Interview

• "Society is guilty if anyone suffers unjustly": Justice V.R. Krishna Iyer

News

• Founder President of DPI- India passes away unsung
• Two posts reserved for disabled people in the Indian Administrative Service
• Ramps in Mumbai High Court
• A decade on, IEDC resting on enrolment laurels
• Helpline for mentally disabled people
• Still in a quest for justice
• Disabled friendly Shell outlet in Bangalore
• Round Table on employing disabled people in BPO industry
• Book on unsung heroes released in Bangalore
• Tsunami disability relief fund set up

Volume 2 Issue 24

Feature

• Celebrating art and ability

Interview

• "If you do not move fast enough, you will be run over"

News

• UN Convention on Rights of Disabled People concludes final stage
• President Kalam announces speech applet for visually impaired people
• Search on for new CCPD
• Helen Keller awards presented
• Let's Walk to Freedom!
• Disability and Law workshop organised in Cochin
• ITF promotes Indian wheelchair tennis
• Disability still dogs Bhopal gas survivors
• Breaking down barriers
• Land mines are a major cause of disability

Volume 2 Issue 23

Feature

• Specialisterne: From unique skills to unique results

Interview

• From charity to self-advocacy: The emergence of disability rights movement in India

News

• DRG unveils blueprint for rights of disabled citizens
• SC rejects plea of blind people
• NHRC Chairman objects to term 'able bodied person' in proposed National Employment Guarantee Act
• Barrier-free attitude sets an example for accessibility
• Third CavinKare Ability awards announced
• Indian NGO helps disabled children move into the mainstream
• Local scientist writing software for Prof Hawking
• Resource Centre bridges information gap
• International arena for disabled sportspersons expanding
• Magiktuch concert for visually impaired people a grand success

Volume 2 Issue 22

Feature

• Status of disability advocacy in India

Interview

• "Continue to fight for what has not been achieved"

News

• Government wants jobs reserved for disabled people in NGOs
• NCPEDP joins hands with Bhagidari for WDD celebrations
• CBSE to make inclusive education a reality
• Arunachal polling booths not disabled-friendly
• 5% seats now reserved for disabled people in Nepal Civil Services
• War disabled allege discrimination
• Youth Parliament debates strategies to tackle AIDS
• Arman Ali nominated for Vietnam seminar
• ArtsAbility promotes creative expression
• IT.com 2004 firms sensitive to disabled people

Volume 2 Issue 21

Feature

• The disability sector as business partner

Interview

• "We want our transport system to be defined in just one word: Inclusive"

News

• Arjun Singh sets up working group
• Supreme Court issues notice on non-implementation of Section 43 of PWD Act
• NCPEDP-Shell Helen Keller Award winners for 2004 announced
• Ministry of Finance clarifies Income Tax issue
• Significant step in establishing dyslexia as 'disability'
• Vishwas: Self-employment opportunities in Rajasthan
• Indian disability films selected for Moscow film festival
• Indian traffic system inching towards disabled-friendliness
• Physical disability adds to woes of Kutch earthquake victims
• Conquering disability, conquering hearts

Volume 2 Issue 20

Feature

• Disabled IAS candidates given rightful place

Interview

• The best thing you can do is to live life the way you want, not the way others think it should be

News

• Historic by-elections held in India
• Disabled woman discriminated against by Gulf Air
• CBSE schools most insensitive to disabled students' needs
• Government to initiate new policy for mentally ill
• Disabled adventurer scales new heights
• Christopher Reeve: Crusader for disabled passes away
• Exhibiting possibilities despite limitations
• World Mental Health Day draws attention to mental illness
• World Sight Day 2004 raises awareness
• Tendulkar shoots for ramps

Volume 2 Issue 19

Feature

• A sporting chance

News

• Mumbai election officials ignore disabled voters
• Dharna moves Election Commission to action
• Progress on issue of Braille for visually impaired voters
• Seminar promotes inclusive education
• Devendra bags Paralympic Gold
• NCPEDP launches 6th annual Shell-Helen Keller Awards
• Disabled cricketers have a gala time in Delhi
• New sign language connects
• UP government to help disabled people become self-employed
• Dance and drama competition for disabled children

Volume 2 Issue 18

Feature

• Empowering women with disabilities

Interview

• "Financial independence gives confidence": Sugirtha

News

• Shocking statistics unveiled regarding 'Education scenario vis-à-vis disabled people'
• Expanding horizons
• Only 20 disabled beneficiaries in Delhi in the last five years
• The missing link in reservations
• Campaign ahead of elections
• Employment audit conducted
• NHRC focuses on plight of mentally ill prisoners
• Indian Oil Corporation scholarship scheme announced
• Supporting ability
• Law students learn about disability

Volume 2 Issue 17

Feature

• Inspiring Indians

Interview

• A vision of equality

News

• Rajiv Gandhi scholarship awards for disabled students
• 98.8% disabled students don't get higher education
• High Court sensitive to stuttering assistant
• Sarva Shiksha Abhiyan to serve education needs of disabled children
• Disability Law Units convene in Delhi
• A music album to raise money for disabled children
• Job opportunity for the physically disabled
• Aanchal to help mentally challenged children
• Referral units for disabled throughout the country
• Self-employment opportunities in Faridabad

Volume 2 Issue 16

Feature

• Campaign for inclusive education launched

Interview

• Breaking down barriers

News

• Education Audit shows up lack of facilities for students with disabilities
• Ministry told to refile dyslexia affidavit
• NCPEDP celebrates Independence Day with the launch of its inclusive education campaign
• 72 days of dharna; Government yet to take action
• Physically disabled boy fights for the right to study
• CAG says government not meeting targets for employment
• DNIS - the way forward
• DPI meeting discusses strategy
• Government to notify welfare schemes for the disabled students by October
• Incentives policy meeting organised

Volume 2 Issue 15

Feature

• Enabled achievers

Interview

• "We slowly built trust over a period of time"

News

• Simple test to detect walking problem
• Youth work for a social cause
• Disabled children shine through
• An arena for the intellectually disabled
• ‘Expressions’ to be a guiding light to disturbed kids
• Deepalaya marks 25 years of serving the marginalised
• Club-foot clinic unable to cope with increasing demand
• Budget is a farce for disabled children
• No disappointment for disabled students in DU
• ‘Jeena’ gives disabled immigrant children a new ray of hope

Volume 2 Issue 14

Feature

• Altering lives the Family of Disabled way

Interview

• "Something had to be done, so I did it"

News

• Good news for India’s visually challenged
• India sets up first gene screening lab in South Asia
• ‘Vision 2020-India’: restoring sight to the blind
• No posts for blind in the Civil Services?
• NGOs seen as only answer to social reform
• Action For Autism lays foundation stone
• Disabled doctors make a difference
• Union Budget sensitive to disability sector
• Railway minister unable to fulfil expectations

Volume 2 Issue 13

Feature

• What’s in a word?

Interview

• "The network provides solidarity"

News

• Delhi judge rules dyslexia is a disability
• Legal big guns support regional disability law unit workshop
• Visually impaired professionals provide new insight for IT firm
• Botox therapy for cerebral palsy
• Medics draw blood at call centres
• Delhi's hospitals are hoping for a brighter future
• Delhi University's disability certificate bureaucracy
• Health camps for disabled children
• Welfare for disabled people
• Bhopal disabled a step closer to justice

Volume 2 Issue 12

Feature

• Campaign of equals

News

• Finance minister meets disability group
• NCPEDP awards deadline approaches
• Disabled torch bearers show Olympic spirit
• Equality issues in the UK
• Bangalore offers rehab courses at a distance
• Disability features in President's address
• DU access still a problem

Volume 2 Issue 11

Feature

• Polity and disability

Interview

• "Awareness is crucial for accurate and timely diagnosis"

News

• Disabled people in Olympic Torch Relay
• Disabled students exam result
• RCI publishes list of courses for disability professionals
• Leprosy patients seek protection of human rights
• City reeling under severe blood shortage
• Advances in prevention of blindness for glaucoma
• HFI Project extended
• Airtel launches services for hearing impaired
• Mumbai teenager given chance to see again
• Pulse Polio campaign

Volume 2 Issue 10

Feature

• Mall Content

Interview

• Scholarships for the talented

News

• Disability highlighted in education survey
• Scholarship scheme goes from strength to strength
• IAS winner awaits his job
• Independents launch joint campaign for good governance
• Delhi University makes disabled students undergo medical examination
• Delhi authorities claim to ramp up access issue
• Election Commission fails to fulfil SC order
• World Thalassaemia Day observed
• Bus shelters designed with the disabled in mind
• Voters choose to play safe with big parties

Volume 2 Issue 9

Feature

• On the election trail

Interview

• Rites of passage in India

News

• Protest outside EC office; several activists detained
• PIL requests Chief Justice to intervene in the access order
• Javed Abidi files nomination to stand as an independent candidate
• CJI takes up access issue
• SC orders ramps for polling booths in cities
• Disabled celebrate verdict on ramps
• Incidence of disability declining says NSSO survey
• Sponsored worldwide bikers raise funds for ORBIS in Delhi
• Disabled teenager conquers North Pole
• Shortage of teachers for disabled people

Volume 2 Issue 8

Feature

• Accessibility to elections: A global overview

Interview

• Enabling act

News

• Poor access to polling stations is a bar to democracy
• Protestors demand their democratic rights
• Accessibility is not an expensive issue
• Independent candidate slams big two parties for ignoring significant minority
• CEC agrees to meet DRG representatives
• DRG puts demands to Krishnamurthy
• High Court orders report on disability bar
• President meets disability campaigners
• EC issues response to DRG's election demands
• Javed Abidi to fast unto death over EC's "apathetic attitude"

Volume 2 Issue 1

Feature

• The Disabilities Act or the 'Disabling' Act?

News

• VSO to tap Indian talent
• "The whole exercise is a sham!"
• Government aid needed to eradicate polio from the country
• Rajiv Gandhi Foundation: Working towards a disabled friendly city
• High-capacity buses to be a reality soon
• President to provide hope for the hearing impaired
• Law fails to protect human rights of mentally challenged prisoner
• A barrier-free environment in the new year
• Pitiable state of mental health in our country

Volume 1 Issue 8

Feature

• World Disability Day celebrations 2003: A part of the whole

Interview

• I don't earn money; I earn respect!

News

• Government violates its own Act
• Disabled persons need jobs, not allowances
• Visually challenged in Orissa: Tired of assurances, craving for action
• Helen Keller awards honour hard work done in the disability sector
• Disabled physiotherapists excel in their field
• Special Olympics Bharat gives disabled children a 'sporty' life
• Finally! A place fully accessible to disabled people
• Authorities in need of sensitisation
• India soon to eradicate polio
• Disabled professors find no place in DU

Volume 2 Issue 7

Feature

• Five easy steps to make General Elections 2004 disabled-friendly

Interview

• 'It's a privilege helping people': Neeru Vaid

News

• Disabled persons too want to vote
• Javed Abidi: Candidate for the differently abled
• Disabled seek political space
• President Kalam urged to make voting disabled-friendly
• Visibility in election manifestos
• Blind doctor set to practice medicine
• SC notice to Centre on care of mentally ill
• Disabled passengers' nightmare at domestic airport
• HC orders disability pension for Army man sacked in 1964
• Stress on special education

Volume 1 Issue 7

Feature

• Global Inclusion Benchmark results out

Interview

• "Life is a challenge, meet it"

News

• Blind meet Kalam, wait for government action
• A day to celebrate
• Special bus makes its maiden run
• Special way of tapping special talent
• Can and able: Quiz that overcame all handicaps
• Afshari is an angel for children
• IAS officer trainees sensitised about disability-related issues
• Drafting an incentives policy for the employment of disabled persons
• Seminar on incentives policy organised in Mumbai
• Radio City partners with NCPEDP

Volume 1 Issue 6

Feature

• Certifying disability

Interview

• Sensitisation is the need of the hour: Mehta

News

• A very special cricket tournament
• Education Bill lacks focus on disability
• NIMH gives hope to mentally disabled
• NGO-watch policy on the anvil
• BT tops Europe's equal opportunities' employer list
• Chomsky to speak at World Social Forum
• India ratifies UN Convention
• Impairment is not a barrier
• Disabled scholars angry with DU
• GOI refuses to recognise merit

Volume 1 Issue 5

Feature

• Are Delhi's universities disabled friendly?

Interview

• There is a big gap between knowing the law and using it, says rights advocate

News

• National panel for disabilities notified
• Samsung to sponsor 20 scholarships for disabled students
• NCPEDP to conduct an audit on the NHFDC's operations
• Disability music video, Kinara, selected for international film festival
• Centre, Delhi governments to set up autism centres
• Meet on incentives for corporates to employ disabled people
• NCPEDP to conduct employment audit in private sector
• 59th Commission of ESCAP to make the region barrier-free
• Natalie is a very special athlete
• Rapist of mentally challenged to face

Volume 1 Issue 4

Feature

• Hardly heard

Interview

• Corporates need readymade disabled-friendly HR policies

News

• NCPEDP features on Discovery
• Rights groups meet to discuss Biwako Millennium Framework
• Disabled women seek their rights
• Sarva Shiksha Abhiyaan applauded
• Insurance schemes should be modified for disabled people
• Rights activists demand government support for self-help groups
• Scouts march for leprosy awareness
• Disabled kids to get educational policy soon
• Employment cannot be achieved in isolation: Activists
• NCPEDP-Shell Helen Keller Awards announced

Volume 1 Issue 3

Feature

• Disability and the transportation scenario

Interview

• CCPD could be dissolved, discloses CEC member

News

• CCPD may go
• World Disability Day’s theme this year will be ‘Inclusion’
• DRG to meet Jatiya on the stature of Disability Commission
• Disability to be part of World Social Forum
• HC slams govt for failing to frame comprehensive education scheme
• Social Welfare directorate must pay minimum wages to disabled workers: HC
• HRD ministry brings out manual on inclusive education
• Disgusted disability activist moves court for employment rights
• CII to have disability in its awareness campaigns
• NCPEDP-Samsung employment unit set up

Volume 1 Issue 2

Feature

• Delhi colleges not accessible for disabled students

Interview

• Colleges lack funds to build accessible toilets

News

• India to discuss Biwako Millennium Framework for barrier-free society
• NCPEDP sets up Disability Law Units to empower people
• Indian Oil scholarships for meritorious disabled students
• NHRC to discuss core disability issues
• Abhimanyu, an inspiration to Sachin Tendulkar
• Connaught Place will be barrier-free soon
• Commercial vehicle permits to be cancelled for violating disabled people’s rights
• Delhi to have a disabled-friendly bus system soon
• Determination knows no disability
• World Social Forum 2004 to be held in Mumbai

Volume 1 Issue 1

Feature

• Hacked By Indonesia

Interview

• NHFDC collaborates with commercial banks for easy loans

News

• NCPEDP bags Samsung DigitAll Hope award
• Disabled students to get 3 per cent reservation in medical schools
• Cars get cheaper for disabled owners
• Heritage monuments to become disabled friendly
• Centre sets up National Commission for Disabled Persons
• Karnataka to formulate disability policy
• Multiple disabled people can avail double I-T deduction
• Project to address disability rights
• 43 students get scholarship for higher education
• Delhi to become barrier free by 2008