WHO Outlines Ways To Prevent And Mitigate Childhood Hearing Loss

Nearly 32 million children across the world live with disabling hearing loss. A new WHO report, "Childhood hearing loss: act now, here’s how", suggests that 60% of th...

Film Festival Designed To Illuminate The Lives Of The Disabled

A film festival intended to promote and celebrate inclusion of individuals with autism, cerebral palsy, mental illness and other challenges is playing through Thursday in H...

Going Mainstream In Including Disabled People In Development

Across the world, 1 in 7 people has a disability and 80 percent live in developing countries. Many people with disabilities face discrimination and stigma in their everyday...

Lego Unveils First Ever Minifigure In Wheelchair

Images taken at the Nuremberg toy fair by fan group Promobricks show a wheelchair-using Lego figurine, complete with helper dog, following #ToyLikeMe equality campaign The ...

Building Networks For A ‘Good Life,’ Even After The Caregiver Is Gone

Twenty-five years ago, when Ted Kuntz, a family therapist in Vancouver, British Columbia, was preparing his will, he went around to family members and close friends asking ...

VEER & NCPEDP Celebrate World Disability Day With ‘Walk To Freedom’

First Global Conference On Gender Equality In Kerala Asia Faces Fertility Crisis

In a bid to reduce gender inequality in India and increase female work participation rates, the Kerala government is set to host the country’s first global conference...

International Film Festival For Persons With Disability In December

The first three-day International Film Festival for Persons with Disability (IFFFD) will be organised by Social Justice and Empowerment Ministry on December 1 in which 40 f...

This Smart Glove Translates Sign Language To Text And Speech

Ayoub told me that her motto is always “to design for a cause,” and to produce products that will help a wider community. With the “smart glove,” he...