NEW DELHI: The Centre has for the first time opened up government jobs for people with mental illness, learning and intellectual disability and autism as well as victims of acid attacks. Over two years after the enactment of the Right of Persons with Disabilities Act in April 2017, raising reservation in government jobs and educational institutions from 3% to 4% and the number of benchmark disabilities from seven to 21, central ministries have finally identified positions for the differently abled under the new rules Continue reading →

Twin boys, aged four, have travelled half way around the world to Redruth to receive specialist suits to help with their cerebral palsy. Zach and River Dove London will collect their super hero suits from D M Orthotics (DMO). Continue reading →

Pablo Hernandez surprised a group of youngsters with cerebral palsy (CP) recently as they took part in a Leeds United Foundation training session. Continue reading →

37 Seconds, the feature debut of out-of-the-box short filmmaker Hikari, is not your conventional story about a disabled person facing and overcoming societys prejudice. The most touching thing about its 23-year-old heroine, sweetly played in a wisp of a voice by newcomer Mei Kayama, is not that she has a disability, but that she is a beautiful soul Continue reading →

Diane Zimmermanns journey to opening her own Anat Baniel Method NeuroMovement (ABM) practice, Pathways NeuroFitness LLC, was equal parts serendipitous, self-driven, and destinty. Zimmermann, who has been a Niwot resident for around 20 years, began taking initial steps towards her journey almost two decades ago, when her children entered Niwot Elementary. Continue reading →

The family of an eight-year-old girl with cerebral palsy is claiming a Cumbernauld charity has kept almost 2000 from them. The money was raised to buy a specialist bike for Ava Alexis Rogan after various charity events, organised by Community Care Scotland, were held in Glasgow in 2017. Nearly 2000 was raised but it took months for Ava to receive the bike she had been waiting for Continue reading →

Exhausted and beaming with pride, this is the incredible moment a teenager with cerebral palsy walked over the Great North Run finish line with his delighted family. Kieran Vose is permanently in a wheelchair, has no control over his limbs and communicates using an eye gaze device Continue reading →

Updated September 18, 2019 06:37:06 It is a quiet Monday morning, and as people are returning to desks and lining up for coffee, Doreen Deede is zig-zagging between bars, collecting cans and bottles emptied over the weekend. Cashing in refundable containers, hosting charity events, even selling donuts at a local market Ms Deede tried all options as she inched towards a fundraising goal of $35,000 to fund overseas medical treatment Continue reading →

September 17, 2019 Students, alumni join together to give back to the community during annual National Day of Service Posted in: University Nearly 375 Montclair State volunteers gardened, picked up trash, painted and performed other acts of community outreach in the Universitys annual National Day of Service that honors and remembers the victims, survivors and heroes of the 9/11 attacks. Students, alumni and community members joined together for the service projects spearheaded by the Center for Community Engagement and Volunteer Center. Campus partners include the Center for Student Involvement, Residential Education and Chartwells Continue reading →

As those modes gain footholds in journalism, many outlets have published ill-considered claims that promote reductive, essentialist beliefs about race and gender. Continue reading →