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Autism Acceptance Month: Care, from beyond the spectrumFamilies raising autistic children face a daunting financial future. India's systems fall short in providing lifelong support and structure...- Disability & health insurance: What’s covered, what’s not, and why the protection gap is still massiveHealth insurers extend coverage under regular policies, albeit with waiting periods for ailments related to disabilities. However, the prop...
- Supreme Court flags hostile discrimination against persons with disabilities in employmentThe Supreme Court has questioned the Centre on the lack of upward mobility for meritorious candidates with disabilities in reserved employm...
- Government employees with disabilities to get 4 per cent reservation in allotment of housingThe Centre has announced a 4% reservation for persons with disabilities in government housing allotments under the General Pool Residential...
- SC’s e-accessibility order to push firms on digital inclusivityThe order confirmed that digital tools used for compliance must correspond with the provisions of the Rights of Persons with Disabilities A...
- SC ruling on digital accessibility as part of right to life and liberty can bridge the digital divideThe Supreme Court has affirmed digital access as a basic right. This decision addresses the exclusion faced by disabled individuals in digi...
- Poor handwriting, lack of sense of direction, more: Delhi teachers receive directions to check for subtle signs of disability in studentsThe Directorate of Education mandates schools in Delhi to screen students for 21 disabilities using the Prashast app, aiming for early iden...
- SC allows visually impaired persons in judiciary, strikes down discriminatory rulesThe Supreme Court has ruled that visually impaired individuals cannot be denied employment in judicial services, striking down discriminato...
- "Completely antithetical, reeks of ableism": SC orders revision of "both hands intact" rule for MBBS admissionThe Supreme Court has ordered revision the 'both hands intact' requirement for aspiring doctors, deeming it discriminatory against persons ...
- SC directs Centre to establish mandatory accessibility standards for disabled personsThe Supreme Court has ordered the Indian government to implement mandatory accessibility standards for public spaces within three months. T...
- SC issues notice to Centre, others on PIL for effective implementation of disability lawThe Supreme Court is taking action after a PIL demanded better implementation of the 2016 Rights of Persons with Disabilities Act. The peti...
- Policies must focus on removing barriers for differently-abled children: Justice B V NagarathnaSupreme Court judge B V Nagarathna emphasized the need for policies to remove barriers for differently-abled children to integrate them int...
- Paris champs mustn't stumble at homeIndian para-athletes have won 24 medals at the Paris Paralympics, surpassing their previous record. The contingent includes 32 women, the h...
- Why the Budget needs to do something ‘special’ in healthcareThe number of individuals with disability is expected to rise and as per WHO, 21% of the population across various continents have some dis...
- Airlines operating in India need to implement Rights of Persons with Disabilities Act provisions: RulingAll airlines, including foreign companies, operating in the country are responsible for implementing the provisions of the Rights of Person...
- NHRC wants Irdai to ensure insurers offer hassle-free health products to the disabledThe National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) has called on the insurance regulator, Irdai, to ensure that insurance companies provide hassle...
- Enable all abilities at work: Rights of Persons with Disabilities (RPwD) Act to be implemented by JuneThe guidelines give company HR teams the tools to understand whether their workplace is truly inclusive, and whether they are addressing al...
- COVID-19 pandemic severely affected education system: Dharmendra PradhanPradhan also said that under the inclusive education component of the 'Samagra Shiksha' scheme, financial assistance is provided to states ...
- Centre highlights protections for disabled govt employees seeking voluntary retirementThe ministry said no promotion shall be denied to a person merely on the ground of disability. It said no government establishment shall di...
- With disability bill stuck in PMO, hope fades for its passage in HouseThe new law will expand the definition of disability including 19 conditions compared to just seven disabilities in the 1995 Act.
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