Volume 1 Issue 7

Feature

• Global Inclusion Benchmark results out
  The results of this year's Global Inclusion Benchmark, declared by Employer's Forum on Disability, provide compelling evidence that disability is moving up the Corporate Social Responsibility agenda.

Interview

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  "Life is a challenge, meet it"
  Nazir Kaderbhay has proven that will power and a positive outlook towards life can help overcome even the most daunting of odds.

News

• Blind meet Kalam, wait for government action
  A delegation demanding government jobs in Haryana for the visually handicapped meets the President of India.
• A day to celebrate
  On World Disability Day (December 3) this year NCPEDP, along with its partner organisations, will be organising a 'Walk to Freedom' at India Gate in New Delhi.
• IAS officer trainees sensitised about disability-related issues
  On November 21, the next generation of India's bureaucrats were sensitised about 'Issues relating to differently abled persons'.
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  Drafting an incentives policy for the employment of disabled persons
  The second and third Think Tank consultations to frame incentives for corporates to employ disabled people were held in Delhi on November 17 and 24, respectively.
• Seminar on incentives policy organised in Mumbai
  After the Think Tank consultations in Chennai and Delhi, a seminar was organised in Mumbai, on November 28, to discuss the draft incentives policy for the public and private sector.
• Radio City partners with NCPEDP
  A popular radio channel joins hands with NCPEDP to promote World Disability Day (WDD) celebrations
• Special bus makes its maiden run
  On November 22, the first Delhi Transport Corporation (DTC) bus with a ramp for physically challenged persons made its maiden run
• Special way of tapping special talent
  A brainchild of film-makers Vinay and Meenakshi Rai, Spandan is a movement initiated to encourage talent among special children.
• Can and able: Quiz that overcame all handicaps
  A quiz competition ranscended disability and brought together the physically challenged and the differently-abled together on a common platform.
• Afshari is an angel for children
  Tucked away in Khar, Mumbai, is a school pioneering work with children challenged with multiple disabilities.