Disability India Journal
Volume III– Issue XXXXV
December 2007
Week 1

Article of the Week
  • For an equal opportunities world
Non–Government Initiatives
  • Chennai: Aid and charity continues
  • Bangalore: Disability day celebrations
  • Guwahati: North east receives thumbs down on education
  • New Delhi: The XIth Plan
Government Initiatives
  • Thiruvananthapuram: Mental health program to cover 14 districts
Court Order
  • Aurangabad: Appointment of State commissioners
Access–Ability
  • New Delhi: New bus shelters fail audit test
With a Will to Do
  • Ayikudi: S. Ramakrishnan
  • Chennai: Ambika Kameshwar
  • Mumbai: Vineet Shetty
  • New Delhi: Vipin Malhotra
  • New Delhi: Gautam Lewis
  • New Delhi: Mariam Tharakan
Institutions
  • Bangalore: Diversity & Equal Opportunity Centre
  • Madurai: MS Chellamuthu Trust and Research Foundation
Fact and Figures
  • New Delhi: Disability rate higher than claimed
  • New Delhi: Women with disabilities
  • New Delhi: Education and employment rates
Health
  • Polio – India in final four
  • More ills of junk food
  • Check blood pressure, reduce age related disability
Technology
  • Bangalore: Yahoo mail accessibility
  • New Delhi: Document translator
Art & Media
  • Book Review: Noorjehan – The Melody Queen
Conferences and Seminars
  • Chennai: Training program on Orca
Editor: Dr. Madhumita Puri