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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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I use a wheelchair and dread flying. Pets are treated better on planes than disabled people.
TV host Sophie Morgan told Business Insider flying is often a horrific experience for passengers wi…
Tom Carter
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I started working with students with disabilities after struggling to land a job post grad school. It's so rewarding and never something I imagined doing.
Paraprofessional Bethany Clark helps students with tests and notetaking and offers emotional suppor…
Bethany Clarke
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A boomer on short-term disability isn't required to make student-loan payments right now. Her servicer took out $200 from her bank anyway.
Amy, 59, knew her student loans should not be in active repayment while pursuing her teaching certi…
Ayelet Sheffey
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Gerry Turner, the 72-year-old 'Golden Bachelor,' is proud about displaying his hearing aids on national TV
Gerry Turner's acceptance of hearing loss featured on ABC's 'The Golden Bachelor'
Jane Ridley
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YouTuber MrBeast grew to superstardom giving away money. Now he's pivoting to 'curing' disabilities, but with it comes backlash.
YouTube superstar MrBeast has given away millions of dollars in YouTube videos, but his latest post…
Charissa Cheong
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More UN aid workers have been killed in Gaza in the last few weeks than in all previous wars between Israel and Hamas combined
More UN staff have been killed in Gaza in the last few weeks than in all the previous wars between …
Charles R. Davis
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350,000 student-loan borrowers with disabilities have gotten $7 billion in debt wiped out under Biden. Here's how to qualify.
Biden has taken steps to improve student-loan forgiveness for borrowers with total and permanent di…
Ayelet Sheffey
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Chronic illness made me reimagine my career. Now I focus on myself more — and I'm both successful and happy.
"It makes me sad that it took a pandemic for people to realize we need more work flexibility," ther…
Fortesa Latifi
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Tucker Carlson repeatedly interviewed a man he described as a disabled veteran. The FBI is accusing the same man of organizing an Oath Keepers militia to aid the Capitol insurrection.
Thomas Caldwell was indicted Thursday on charges of seditious conspiracy and faces up to 20 years i…
Morgan Keith
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What is assistive technology? Understanding accessibility features and services
Assistive technology devices and services help users with disabilities perform tasks like typing, d…
Ennica Jacob
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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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Student-loan borrowers with disabilities could be paying extra taxes because of 'false and misleading' information on debt forgiveness, advocates say
Student-loan borrowers with disabilities may not know their debt forgiveness isn't taxable. Student…
Ayelet Sheffey
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Hard-of-hearing TikToker who got hearing aids explains what things he thought made sounds but actually don't
TikToker Milo said when he first got hearing aids in April he thought that clouds and the sun both …
Lindsay Dodgson
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The YouTube video of MrBeast giving hearing aids to 1,000 deaf people has the internet divided and now Elon Musk is involved, too
"People definitely shouldn't be attacked for doing good. Is it really just a question of money to r…
Reena Koh
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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'm a working mom who's had no choice but to homeschool my kid. The government should offer more aid for families like mine.
"I don't have a full-time 'job,' but I'm literally doing the job of a hundred different people. Whe…
Melissa Petro
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$50 billion of student debt could be entitled to automatic cancellation in bankruptcy but borrowers may not know about it
The report by the Student Borrower Protection Center is the first estimate of how much private stud…
Cezary Podkul
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The war isn't over: A UN official reveals how Russia is jeopardizing lives in northwest Syria
Millions living in the opposition-held province of Idlib rely on international aid from a single bo…
Charles Davis
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Exiled activist says that disabled Afghans are at grave risk under Taliban rule
A blind commissioner with the Afghanistan Human Rights Commission spoke to Insider after escaping t…