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Parents of intellectually challenged children and special schools to intensify protest with marches and sit-in dharnas across 14 districts . Demands include full implementation of Right of Persons with Disabilities Act, timely distribution of package to special schools, rehabilitation of special children, vocational training centres, Unique Disability ID card, and…

A report noted ‘gaps in meaningful engagement between governments and disabled people across many parts of the UK’

A report noted ‘gaps in meaningful engagement between governments and disabled people across many parts of the UK’.

The number of social security pension beneficiaries have crossed 1 lakh in the Thiruvananthapuram Corporation, which has the highest number of beneficiaries among all local bodies in Kerala.

Australian governments spend a lot of money supporting young people with disability to find a job. But the success of these programs has been modest.

From Doe v. N.Y. City Dep't of Ed., decided today by Judge Mary Kay Vyskocil (S.D.N.Y.): This is an employment discrimination case. Plaintiff has worked for the DOE since 2012. Plaintiff alleges that she is "psychologically disabled" and was subjected to discrimination, harassment, and unlawful retaliation at work…. [Plaintiff] contends…

HEARTFELT tributes have been paid to a much-loved former SNP councillor and disability campaigner who has died at the age of 62.

It would be operated by Newcastle based NDIS organisation '4U Care'.