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Disability affairs department receives hike of 0.02%, allocated Rs 1,225 crore in budget
The Department of Empowerment of Persons with Disabilities has been allocated a total of Rs 1,225.2…
PTI
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Robots and AI-powered assistive tech are poised to transform accessibility and mobility
Companies are developing mobility aids and technologies including robotic exoskeletons, limbs, and …
Jake Hall
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Disabled travel blogger carried off Air Canada-operated flight in 'broken aisle chair'
Tori Hunter, 26, uses an electric wheelchair due to a neuromuscular condition called spinal muscula…
Rebecca Rommen
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A disabled woman posted an argument with airline staff who pushed her wheelchair without permission
Lottie Drew shared an interaction with staff at Stansted Airport near London, where she became tear…
Lindsay Dodgson
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The beheading of tech CEO Fahim Saleh, and the tiny clue that may clinch the case against his personal assistant
The embezzlement was bigger than anyone realized. And a tiny clue, missed by the killer's vacuum, m…
Laura Italiano
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I have a fake personal assistant. It started almost by accident, but for 10 years has made people take me more seriously.
"He negotiates rates, schedules meetings, and rejects offers that aren't up to par. He also doesn't…
Fortesa Latifi
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Air Canada disconnected a disabled passenger's ventilator and dropped a mobility lift on her head, report shows
A disabled Air Canada passenger was hit in the head by equipment and had her ventilator disconnecte…
Mia Jankowicz
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4 cops were caught on video laughing after a disabled veteran urinated on himself after being denied restroom access
Dynell Lane, a veteran who was wounded while deployed for the US Army, was refused access to a rest…
Alia Shoaib
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Remote work has finally made me - a legally-blind person - feel like I can thrive at my job. I'm sad it took this long.
"I haven't told my new employer about my vision impairment because, for the first time, it doesn't …
Rachel Christian
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I have an invisible disability. I wish people were more compassionate sometimes.
The author shares how during a visit to the Empire State Building, she wasn't allowed to use the el…
Lindsay Karp
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A disabled woman was stuck on a plane for an hour while the cleaners worked around her
Keri McIntyre says she was left waiting for another hour in a basement room with no phone signal an…
Jyoti Mann
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Uber will pay over $2 million to disabled riders after charging them with waiting fees, and it might have to pay millions more
Uber settled with the DOJ to pay over $2 million to disabled riders who were charged and agreed to …
Isobel Asher Hamilton
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Identity verification service ID.me has a lucrative contract with the VA. Veterans and their families say it’s locked them out of disability payments and emergency assistance.
These issues disproportionately affected older veterans and veterans abroad, and added technical hu…
Caroline Haskins
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New scheme for entrepreneurship development of disabled persons: Gadkari
"I assure you that the MSME (Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises) ministry will work (out) a specia…
PTI
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Airlines break thousands of wheelchairs per year, leaving disabled passengers stranded. Activists and politicians are fighting for change.
To board a plane, wheelchair users must surrender their devices and hope that airlines return them …
Talia Lakritz
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61 million American adults have a disability. Experts say an intentional approach to accommodations can help companies ensure these workers feel valued.
Remote work is just one accommodation employers can offer to make the workplace a more welcoming pl…
Rachel DuRose,Madison Hoff,Ca…
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A disabled veteran facing $7,000-per-week medical costs wrote a letter begging the Purdue Pharma bankruptcy judge not to allow a settlement
People trying to settle claims against Purdue Pharma have written emotional letters to the bankrupt…
Kenneth Niemeyer
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Biden's pick for assistant health secretary would be the first transgender person confirmed by the Senate
Dr. Rachel Levine, a physician who led Pennsylvania's COVID-19 response, would be the first trans p…
Connor Perrett
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My developmentally disabled son should not be on the sex-offender registry. He deserves a pardon.
Carol Nesteikis was devastated when her intellectually disabled son was convicted of "exposure." Sh…
Jane Ridley
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2 women suing Disneyland say cast members laughed at their disabled mother before she broke her leg exiting the Jungle Cruise ride
Joanne Aguilar, 66, died in recovery five months after breaking her leg while exiting the Jungle Cr…