From autism, dementia to heart, liver, and kidney health: How sports can prevent & manage a range of diseasesNational Sports Day in India, celebrated on August 29th, honors Major Dhyan Chand and highlights the crucial role of sports in preventing d...
28 Aug, 2025, 09.22 AM IST
Mental health platform Lissun raises $2.5 million led by RPSG Capital VenturesThe funds will be used for expanding its network of centres, enhancing technological infrastructure and broadening its range of service off...
30 Sep, 2024, 02.06 PM IST
Companies worldwide are benefiting from embracing neurodiversity. Indian offices must followNeurodiversity is a popular term describing the fact that there are many variations of human functionality, and each variation needs to be ...
02 Aug, 2024, 11.29 PM IST
India Inc embracing neurodiversity at workplaceCorporate India promotes neurodiversity by hiring individuals with autism, dyslexia and ADHD. Companies like SAP, EY, Publicis Sapient, Acc...
14 Apr, 2024, 07.01 AM IST
Study claims too much soybean oil can damage your gut!Researchers at the University of California, Riverside, in the US examined the gut of mice that were consistently fed a diet high in soybea...
06 Jul, 2023, 07.58 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
Govt opens up jobs for people with mental illness, learning disabilities, autism & acid attack victimsThe Centre has reserved government jobs for people with learning disabilities, autism and victims of acid attacks, four years after it deci...
15 Jan, 2021, 09.11 AM IST
Mental disorder cases doubled in less than 3 decades, anxiety and depression most common conditionAn estimated one in seven Indians suffered from mental disorders of varying severity in 2017.
24 Dec, 2019, 12.21 PM IST
Jobs for acid attack victims, ones with mental disabilityIn case of acid attack victims, the Supreme Court had asked the government to identify this as a disability and reserve jobs.
19 Sep, 2019, 11.06 PM IST
Air pollution may up autism risk in children: StudyThe research followed children in Shanghai from birth to three years to understand the effect of exposure to fine particles (PM2.5). The st...
06 Nov, 2018, 11.22 AM IST
Government jobs for those with learning disabilities tooNine months after the enactment of Right of Persons with Disabilities Act in April 2017, the Centre has spelt out the rules for employing d...
25 Jan, 2018, 07.42 AM IST
Delhi High Court seeks Centre's reply on plea to quash Haj policy barring differently-abledA bench of Acting Chief Justice Gita Mittal and Justice Hari Shankar issued notice to the Ministry of Minority Affairs, the Ministry of Soc...
03 Jan, 2018, 02.45 PM IST
Why scientists are picking rats’ brainsBy studying the brain in a dish and rat brains together, scientists at NCBS hope to understand autism and, by extension, other disorders of...
14 Mar, 2017, 01.15 AM IST
How to plan finances for a child with special needsAs Autism Day approaches, ET tells parents how to manage their finances to take care of their offspring with disability.
30 Mar, 2016, 11.39 AM IST
Music can help autism affected children: Ricky Kej"People, including children with autism, respond well to music when hardly anything around them has failed to attract their attention, whic...
25 Apr, 2015, 03.42 PM 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 to globally employ people with Autism as software testersSAP sees a potential competitive advantage to leveraging the unique talents of people with autism, while also helping them to secure meanin...
02 Jun, 2013, 04.53 PM IST