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When Sushma and her friends went shopping in busy areas (bazaars/open shopping markets, etc) during the weekends, they found it difficult to find clean and hygienic washrooms. This led to a lot of other problems as either they…
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“Disability need not be an obstacle to success,” believes Geeta Chouhan, an International wheelchair basketball player from Mumbai. Born in a middle-class family, life took a turn when Geeta turned six. Polio, a disabling and…
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“Kindness is a language which the blind can see and the deaf can hear”, goes an adage. Devnar foundation for the blind believes in the same and has been rendering relentless service in education and rehabilitation of the visually…
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It was in 2008 when Aditya suffered a major sports injury forcing him to be bedridden for a long time. While being dependent on using wheelchairs and crutches to walk, there were times when he was called names, was denied…
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From being diagnosed with rare muscular nervous disorder called Friedreich ataxia to being the youngest Indian in the Middle East to receive ‘She the Change - Udyami award’ (during the Pravasi Bharatiya Divas 2019 in Kashi,…
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If I were to describe Dr S C Shankare Gowda, then I would have put it in these simple terms- a flag-bearer of hope, a life-saver and a Samaritan. But, I would like all of you to know what makes him so? Fondly known as ‘Five…
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“My Ability is stronger than my Disability,” states Anand Arnold who is the first wheelchair bodybuilder of India. Hailing from Ludhiana, Punjab, Muscle Man Anand shares his inspirational journey with Socio Story.
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July 15 was declared as the World Youth Skills Day (WYSD) by the United Nations at its General Assembly held in November 2014. Youth Skills Day becomes more relevant when viewed in terms with the Sustainable Development Goals…
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‘Hope sees the invisible, feels the intangible, and achieves the impossible’ and one such star giving a helping hand to the people in the dark is Anang Tadar from Nirjuli village of Papum Pare, Arunachal Pradesh. The thought of…
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Over the seventy-six years of its existence, the Blind Relief Association believed and continue to believe that children and adults with visual impairment and other disabilities are invaluable human assets. They deserve the right…
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As a child, Anugreh Sehtya was always curious and one thing that always intrigued him a lot was building innovative things. Realising his penchant, he started to teach himself on how to build things from the internet at a very…
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