Paediatric health startup Butterfly Learnings raises Rs 32 crore led by InsitorButterfly Learnings plans to use the funds to “extend its reach across multiple states and cities in India through a 200-center network,” i...
12 Apr, 2024, 05.27 PM IST
World Autism Awareness Day 2024: Theme, date, history, significance and other detailsWorld Autism Awareness Day provides an opportunity to dispel myths surrounding the disorder and educate people about how autism impacts ind...
01 Apr, 2024, 08.15 PM IST
18 million Indians have autism: Learn more about 3rd most common developmental disorder; know the basics of parenting children with ASD1 to 1.5 per cent of children aged two to nine years are diagnosed with ASD.
02 Apr, 2023, 09.21 AM IST
Six NGOs for specially-abled and human rights lose FCRA licencesWhile Blue Cross Society claims to be affiliated to United Nation-DESA and accreditation with The European Union, the Good Education Societ...
31 Mar, 2023, 12.17 AM IST
View: To not pay heed to disabled learners giving board exams will be a collective failureThe cumulative enrolment of National Institute of Open Schooling (NIOS), under the education ministry, is 2.71 million. It is called the ‘l...
12 Apr, 2021, 02.23 PM IST
Right to travel a fundamental right of an accused: Court“It is now well settled that even a person facing a criminal trial has a fundamental right to travel abroad which is subject to reasonable ...
25 Dec, 2020, 01.44 PM IST
A student commits suicide in India every hour; how can our educational system prevent this?Society, parents, educational system need to join hands for the holistic well-being of children.
22 Mar, 2018, 02.21 PM IST
Padma Shris for all 10 Asean nations to mark 25 years of partnershipMalai Haji Abdullah Bin Malai Haji Othman of Brunei Darussalam got the award in the medicine category. He is the founder of the Society for...
26 Jan, 2018, 08.38 AM IST
MNCs embrace autistic people to improve diversityJPMorgan has hired people with autism in roles for application and software development, quality analysis and business analysis, playing to...
25 Nov, 2017, 12.42 AM IST
- 'Nothing can be done' in genetic Fragile X Syndrome a myth
Kolkata, Feb 18 (IANS) The absence of clinical medicine to treat Fragile X Syndrome, the most common known genetic cause of autism, does no...
19 Feb, 2017, 11.05 PM IST
World Mental Health Day: Bengaluru-based rock band to release song for awarenessThe aim is to invoke inclusiveness of those suffering from mental issues.
03 Oct, 2016, 01.26 PM IST
Hrithik Roshan's legal notice claims Kangana Ranaut suffers from Asperger's disorder!The charge has led to much outrage about the actor not being aware of the exact nature of Asperger's.
17 Mar, 2016, 09.45 AM IST
What tech companies do to make the road smoother for persons with disabilitiesAccenture also recently completed the first New Joiner Orientation for a group of hearing and speech impaired employees over Tele Presence,...
03 Dec, 2014, 07.10 AM IST
SAP Labs to hire 60 people with autismAimed at harnessing talents of people affected by autism to work in technology-oriented jobs, SAP Labs today said it will employ around 60 ...
25 Aug, 2014, 06.52 PM IST
Tablet turns into a lifesaver for autistic childrenThe Autism Society of India started the Prayas Project, which has an iPad lab in Indiranagar, Bangalore, said Sridhar Sundaram, who volunte...
22 Jan, 2014, 04.27 PM IST
Leveraging skill sets of autistic individualsIT jobs that requires data to be fed and organised into the system are done in a fixed manner, hence can be done well by them.
02 Jul, 2013, 01.32 PM IST
‘Focus on basic science education’Prof Mriganka Sur, one of the top five experts on brain and cognitive science in the world, advises to keep using the brain to improve memo...
04 Jan, 2010, 03.23 AM IST