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Which disabilities does the government see? The strange case of recognition without rights

December 03, 2025 1:50 pm

Haemophilia, thalassaemia, and sickle cell disease are already listed within the 21 specified disabilities in the RPwD Act. Despite such explicit statutory recognition, persons with rare blood disorders continue to face exclusion — a gap now directly challenged through the haemophilia litigation

Who’s my neighbour: When body becomes the border: Wheelchair changed the way I looked at my neighbours

September 24, 2025 11:29 am

Spaces that once connected me to my neighbours now kept me out

Indian Railways done well to incorporate Braille signage in coaches. But a lot more needs doing

August 14, 2025 4:56 pm

Accessibility should not be a box-ticking exercise. The RPwD Act provides a strong legal mandate — what is needed now is serious implementation with empathy

NMC has asked disabled students to declare ‘what they cannot do’. This is illegal — and cruel

July 31, 2025 1:31 pm

This isn’t just a policy failure. It is a systemic refusal to listen, to learn, to evolve, despite several Supreme Court raps on the knuckles

A more nuanced portrayal of disability and PwDs, like in the recently released film Srikanth, is expected from mainstream production houses.

Why the film ‘Srikanth’ gets disability — and ‘Aankh Micholi’ did not

July 15, 2024 11:50 am

On July 8, the Supreme Court laid down a framework for the representation of Persons with Disabilities in visual media in a case against the movie ‘Aankh Micholi’. Since its trailer launch, disability activists and scholars have criticised the movie for perpetuating stereotypes

Rajkummar Rao as Srikanth Bolla in 'Srikanth'

As Rajkummar Rao’s ‘Srikanth’ shows, the problem is not individual disability, but social inability

May 12, 2024 2:52 pm

We must work towards building accessible infrastructure, accessible education systems, accessible information dissemination systems, and a sensitised society. By addressing these issues, we can ensure that individuals with disabilities are represented and valued for their contributions

SC bats for effective SOP for trouble-free access of airports to persons with disability

April 09, 2024 8:03 am

While hearing the matter on February 26, the apex court had said it will ask the Centre and others, including the Airports Authority of India, to frame an SOP so people with disabilities can have trouble-free access to airports.

While we celebrate limited entry points given to a segment of the disabled population, like accessibility in cinema halls, it will do us good to remember that such accommodations are only available to the non-controversial, mainstream, ‘good’ disabled citizens of this democracy, whereas the same is indubitably denied, not only to those who are less privileged in the socio-economic structures, but also to those who are political dissenters.

Dear Editor, I Disagree: Disability inclusion must move beyond tokenism

March 21, 2024 10:56 am

While we celebrate limited entry points given to a segment of the disabled population, like accessibility in cinema halls, it will do us good to remember that such accommodations are only available to the non-controversial, mainstream, ‘good’ disabled citizens.

International Day of Persons with Disabilities

Int'l Day of Persons with Disabilities 2023: India's rights groups aim to make disability inclusion more than a tick-box exercise

December 05, 2023 5:33 pm

December 3 has been annually observed as the International Day of Persons with Disabilities by the UN since 1992.

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Airlines can’t deny boarding over ‘disability’, need medical opinion: DGCA

July 25, 2022 7:52 am

The move, which was originally proposed on June 3, comes in the backdrop of the incident at the Ranchi airport in May, when IndiGo did not allow a specially-abled child to board its Hyderabad-bound flight, citing potential threat to air safety.