Tag: English
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Accessible Examinations in higher education
By Preethi Srinivasan, Disability Rights Activist, India. Paralysed below the neck, she shares her fight for a PhD at IIT Madras — battling inaccessible exam centres, finding a scribe 48 hours before the test, and passing UGC-NET despite being made to write in a storage room.
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Interview with Pamela, a single mother of a child with disability from Lilongwe, Malawi, Africa.
By Msenga Mulungu, Program Manager, Sandi Thandiza, Malawi. An interview with Pamela Chipeka, a 29-year-old single mother in Lilongwe raising 4-year-old Irenaeus who has cerebral palsy and epilepsy — the challenges of finding housing, employment, and support.
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Parents travel over 200 Km to access services for their Children with Mobility Challenges.
By Msenga Mulungu, Program Manager, Sandi Thandiza, Malawi. Parents from Karonga district describe travelling over 200 kilometres with their children with mobility challenges to reach the nearest service provider.
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Statewide Siege Protest Demanding Removal of Illegal restrictions to accessing disability pension. December 3 Movement Tamilnadu, India. சட்ட விரோத தடைகளை நீக்ககோரி மாநிலம் தழுவிய முற்றுகை போராட்டம் – டிசம்பர் 3 இயக்கம், இடம். சென்னை, தமிழ்நாடு, இந்தியா.
By Varadan Bhoopathy, December 3 Movement, Tamil Nadu, India. A statewide siege protest demanding removal of illegal restrictions on disability pension access. Report in English and Tamil.
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PODCAM counsels a family for locking up a member with disabilities for 30 years.
By Msenga Mulungu, Program Manager, Sandi Thandiza, Malawi. PODCAM visits the family of Estery Chakhumbira — a 30-year-old woman with severe cerebral palsy who has been locked inside her home since childhood.
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Families of Children with Disabilities are severely hit economically due to Covid: steps taken in Malawi to train parents on making masks.
By Msenga Mulungu, Program Manager, Sandi Thandiza, Malawi. Families of children with disabilities are severely hit economically during Covid-19. Ronnacy Nyirongo of PODCAM describes how she trains parents to make reusable masks locally.
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December 3 Movement Siege Protest Success! In Nilakottai. Dindigul District, Tamil Nadu. India
By Varadan Bhoopathy, December 3 Movement, Tamil Nadu, India. The DPO achieves protest success at the Panchayat Union Office in Nilakottai, Dindigul District — winning 5 demands including full wages and appropriate work for persons with disabilities under MGNREGA.
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Opening Ceremony of new office for Kallakurichi DPO Association of December 3 Movement, Flag hoisted by Prof. Deepak Nathan(D3M Leader), Mr. Ram Robert(Leprosy Mission)
December 3 Movement opens a new district office in Kallakurichi, Tamil Nadu. DPO leader Prof. Deepak Nathan and Leprosy Mission representative Ram K. Robert hoist the D3M flag and distribute identity cards to members. Report in English and Tamil.
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New Education policy is not suitable for the disabled. December 3 Movement
புதிய கல்வி கொள்கை மாற்றுத்திறனாளிகளுக்கு ஏற்ற வகையில் அமையாததால் மாவட்ட வாரியாக மாற்றுத்திறனாளிகள் எதிர்ப்பு தெரிவித்து வருகின்றனர்….. தற்போது விழுப்புரம் புதிய அலை மாற்றுத்திறனாளிகள் சங்கத்திலிருந்து……இடம்: விழுப்புரம் மாவட்டம், தமிழ் நாடு,இந்தியா. District wise person with disability people are protesting as the new education policy is not suitable for the disabled. Currently from Villupuram Puthiya Alai Disabled Association…..Location: Villupuram, Tamil Nadu. India
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