Supreme Court Sets Groundbreaking Guidelines for Disability Representation in Media, a Historic Milestone for Persons with Disabilities

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Guest writer: Imagine how disabled people can, don't assume we can’t

LA Times

When I was a teenager, a professor my parents knew heard that I wanted to major in physics. We’ve got a long way to go toward making the world more accessible for those billion people. After grad school I spent almost 20 years happily designing and prototyping accessible technologies for blind people at the Smith-Kettlewell Eye Research Institute in San …

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3 weeks, 1 day ago

RPwD Act | Hyper Rigid Approach While Dealing With Disabled Candidates Dilutes Purpose Of 'Reasonable Accommodation': Delhi High Court

Live Law

While hearing a plea against a decision granting exemption to an orthopaedically disabled person from typewriting test after the results were declared, the Delhi High Court observed that the approach of a court while dealing with persons with disabilities must be "qualitatively different" from one adopted for able-bodied candidates. It has to be remembered that provisions aiming at inclusion by …

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3 weeks, 4 days ago

SC finds NMC’s eligibility condition of ‘both hands intact’ for disabled candidates ‘antithetical, arbitrary’

The Hindu

The Supreme Court in a judgment on Friday found the National Medical Commission ’s eligibility conditions that candidates with disabilities must have “both hands intact, with intact sensation and sufficient strength” for admission to MBBS course arbitrary and antithetical to the Constitution. Justice Viswanathan, who authored the judgment, held that the view taken by the NMC breached Article 41 of …

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3 months, 2 weeks ago

Are workplaces truly accessible for persons with disabilities today?

India Today

Globally, nearly 15 percent of the population lives with some form of disability, yet their participation in the workforce remains significantly lower than it should be. On this International Day of Persons with Disabilities, organisations and leaders are called upon to commit to creating inclusive workplaces where all employees, including those with disabilities, can thrive and achieve their full potential. …

India Accessibility Inclusion Workplace Culture Employees Disabilities Inclusive

3 months, 3 weeks ago

A formidable legacy in securing disability rights

Hindustan Times

India’s 50th Chief Justice of India, Dhananjaya Y Chandrachud, retired on November 10, 2024. While many reviews of Justice Chandrachud’s legacy have focused on his contributions to constitutional law and judicial reform, his work on disability rights has often been relegated to a footnote. The Supreme Court would also do well to ensure that lawyers with disabilities are inducted into …

India Justice Disability Rights Accessibility Disability Court Disabilities

4 months, 1 week ago

Accessibility for disabled persons is a human and a fundamental right: SC judgment

The Hindu

The Supreme Court has confirmed that disabled persons’ right to access environments, services and opportunities is an essential human and fundamental right which has hardly been realised on the ground. In Mumbai, while newer facilities like Andheri Metro Station met accessibility standards, older buildings such as the Bombay Art Gallery did not offer even basic features like accessible restrooms for …

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4 months, 1 week ago

SC orders NMC to issue fresh norms to admit PwD students

Hindustan Times

Discrimination against persons with disabilities strikes a blow to the entire nation and the collective goal of integration and fraternity, the Supreme Court has held in a judgment that ordered the National Medical Commission to reform its admission guidelines to ensure greater inclusivity and fair treatment in medical courses. The ruling, delivered by a bench led by Chief Justice of …

India Medical Disability Court Collective Nation Bench

5 months, 1 week ago

Researchers say people with cognitive disabilities are over-represented in the youth justice system

ABC

Back in 2023, Victorian Attorney-General Jaclyn Symes was unequivocal when she was quizzed about the government's decision to press pause on child bail laws until a new youth justice bill was introduced. "They can't read, they can't write, and also, particularly when it comes to young people with fetal alcohol syndrome disorder, their ability to remember information is severely impaired," …

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6 months, 3 weeks ago

India Inc must play a role in mainstreaming disability

Hindustan Times

The spotlight remains on sportspersons, with the upcoming Paralympic Games. By increasing the employment of PwDs, organisations benefit from diverse perspectives and unique skill sets. REUTERS/Nacho Doce Corporate discussions on diversity, equity, and inclusion must prioritise accessibility and inclusion for PwDs by ensuring equitable opportunities and accommodating diverse needs. Corporate India can play a pivotal role, not only in terms …

India Employment Opportunities Pwds

7 months, 1 week ago

A case of excesses: On the Puja Khedkar case

The Hindu

Even one egregious violation of the rule can cast shade on the entire process. She claimed mental illness, and visual impairment, faked a community certificate, used a disability certificate to get chosen, having scored a rank that would have otherwise put her out of the reckoning. Considering how persons with a true disability must jump through hoops to merely get …

Disability Khedkar

7 months, 2 weeks ago

Defending disability reservations

The Hindu

The recent controversy involving Puja Khedkar, who allegedly faked her disability and caste to obtain benefits, has ignited a debate on the reservations granted to persons with disabilities. Although he later clarified that he was referring only to mental disabilities, his statement, along with similar comments from other civil servants, raises troubling questions about societal attitudes towards disabilities and reservation …

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7 months, 3 weeks ago

Reasonable accommodations and disability rights

The Hindu

The principle of reasonable accommodations is foregrounded in the legal framework through the Rights of Persons with Disabilities Act, 2016. However, compliance with this standard can only thrive in an ecosystem where institutions realise that in addition to fulfilling the legal mandate, an investment in RAs can also generate tangible business benefits for them. Since the rights of PwDs directly …

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8 months, 1 week ago

SC releases guidelines to prevent stereotyping of differently abled

Hindustan Times

The Supreme Court, in a landmark ruling on Monday, laid down comprehensive guidelines to prevent stereotyping and discrimination of persons with disabilities in visual media, including films and documentaries, emphasising the importance of sensitive and accurate representation of PwDs in order for discourse to be inclusive rather than alienating. While disability humour attempts to better understand and explain disability, disabling …

India Media Representation Disability Rights Disability Court Rights

8 months, 1 week ago

Stereotyping differently-abled persons in films, visual media perpetuate discrimination, says Supreme Court

The Hindu

A Supreme Court Bench headed by Chief Justice of India D.Y. Chandrachud held on July 8 that stereotyping differently-abled persons in visual media and films perpetuate discrimination and creators ought to provide an accurate representation of disabilities rather than mocking or mythifying them. The judgment, described as “path-breaking” by Justice J.B. Pardiwala on the Bench, denounced the use of words …

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1 year, 7 months ago

Rosie Jones’s Am I a Retard: The controversy distracts from documentary’s crucial message

The Independent

There are many things that are difficult to watch in Rosie Jones’s new documentary, Am I a R*tard?. Jones’s open and frank exposing of the abuse she faces sends that message loud and clear – and forces the audience to question why it has been tolerated for so long. It’s painful to watch, even though for disabled people like me, …

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1 year, 7 months ago

A job and career right the disabled cannot be denied

The Hindu

‘Justice delayed is justice denied’ is a statement often used in the context of judicial cases that have been or are pending for long in courts of law. An integral part of reservation Reservation for the disabled in promotion in all groups was first interpreted as an integral part of reservation by the Department of Personnel and Training, order no. …

India Training Court Reservation Order Right Promotion

1 year, 8 months ago

Society must stop seeing autism as a handicap, says expert

The Hindu

In a world where society still sees autism as a handicap, knowing and understanding the disability can change this mindset, according to Dr. Stephen Mark Shore, Clinical Associate Professor, Adelphi University, New York. Speaking on the second day of the three-day International Conference on Comprehensive Education for Children with Special Needs, at the Different Art Centre here on Thursday, he …

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2 years, 1 month ago

What is ableism – and what isn’t?

The Independent

The best of Voices delivered to your inbox every week - from controversial columns to expert analysis Sign up for our free weekly Voices newsletter for expert opinion and columns Sign up to our free weekly Voices newsletter SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Only one in every two disabled …

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2 years, 2 months ago

Book on This Kind of A Child launched

The Hindu

This Kind of Child — The Disability Story, a book that encompasses the struggles and experiences of persons with disabilities and provides an understanding of disability, was launched at the Museum of Possibilities in the city on Saturday evening. Authored by poet and translator K. Srilata, the book has provided an account of the life of persons with disabilities and …

Disability Book

2 years, 3 months ago

International Day of Persons with Disabilities 2022: Disability Inclusion Through Better Employability a Key Need

News 18

On the International Day of Persons with Disabilities, celebrated on December 3, the topic of ‘disability inclusion’ was in the air. According to the report, out of a population of 1.3 billion, India has an overall PwD talent of 3 crores, around 50 per cent of which i.e nearly 1.34 crore is employable. And while society is becoming more ‘accepting’, …

India Pwd Persons With Disabilities Pwd Workforce

2 years, 3 months ago

Disability inclusion in esports and gaming can 'change the makeup of society'

ABC

Brisbane's Justin Hua, 28, has always enjoyed playing video games. It aims "to solve the most pressing challenges within disability and rehabilitation", and has a focus on three areas, live, work, and play — which promotes inclusive sport and recreation. "We aim to work with people with disability to create products, services and places focused on reducing impairment and increasing …

Women Games Disability Gaming Game Work Inclusive

2 years, 3 months ago

The invisible minority in India wants basic rights and dignity, not a softer or a politer name

The Hindu

When Gitanjali Govindarajan, educator and Director of Snehadhara, a city-based NGO, took a group of people with Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities on a visit to the Gollahalli railway station last month, little did she know the group would not only be denied entry, but would also be threatened with physical harm by officials at the station. ‘People-first’ language Arman Ali, …

India Language Disability Rights Disabilities Term Person

2 years, 7 months ago

Rigid Criteria, Fewer Posts Under Reservation: Why People With Disability Find it Hard to Get Jobs?

News 18

Despite the Rights of Persons with Disabilities Act, 2016 mandating 4 per cent reservation for Persons With Disabilities in government jobs, the job sector in India barely has any representation from the PWDs community. Removing Reservation For People With Disabilities In 2021, the Center exempted all categories of posts under the Indian Police Service and Indian Railway Protection Force, including …

India Job Delhi Disability Recruitment Jobs Reservation

2 years, 8 months ago

Discourse On 'Otherization' In Disability-Sexuality Law At RGNUL 11th July 2022

Live Law

The Rajiv Gandhi National University of Law, Punjab conducted a discussion on "Epistemology of First Person Discourse unfolding 'Otherization' in Context of Disability-Sexuality" on 11th July 2022. Mr. Sachin Sharma, Assistant Professor of Law, outlined the discursive truths surrounding disability, culture and gender through discussion on denial of sexual autonomy to persons with disabilities. Prof. Anand Pawar, Registrar, RGNUL said, …

Sharma Person Discourse Rgnul 11Th

2 years, 8 months ago

Before Laal Singh Chaddha, a look at Hindi films that pushed the envelope of disability representation in cinema

Firstpost

On the heels of Laal Singh Chaddha’s release, it has sprung to my mind that the representation of the differently-abled in Hindi cinema has been somewhere between being reductive and one-dimensional, to memorable and decent. On the heels of Laal Singh Chaddha’s release, it has sprung to my mind that the representation of the differently-abled in Hindi cinema has been …

Film Representation Disability Cinema Films Hindi Character

2 years, 9 months ago

Disability rights: Taking steps towards an inclusive society

Live Mint

There are easy ways to look at the recent incident at Ranchi Airport when a young traveler was denied permission to board a flight because he is disabled. In a truly inclusive school, our airline staffer would have grown up with a whole range of kids with different learning styles and mobility needs and teachers who accommodated them naturally and …

Inclusive Disabled Child

3 years, 11 months ago

The harmful ableist language you unknowingly use

BBC

The harmful ableist language you unknowingly use Alamy Some of our most common, ingrained expressions have damaging effects on millions of people – and many of us don't know we're hurting others when we speak. Frequently, ableist language crops up in the slang we use, like calling something “dumb” or “lame”, or making a declaration like, “I’m so OCD!”. Ableist …

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4 years ago

Book Review: 'It Can be Done: IDAP Interview Series' By Rahul Bajaj, Anusha Reddy, And Madhavi Singh

Live Law

In 2014, V Surendra Mohan, a practicing advocate, applied for the post of a Civil Judge in Tamil Nadu. Although a conscious effort has been made to interview at least one person each with major disabilities including hearing impairment, cerebral palsy, multiple sclerosis, deaf-blindness, blindness and orthopaedic disability, the selection does not claim to be representative of the experiences of …

Law School Disabilities Judge Book Mit Blind

4 years, 1 month ago

From The Witches to Lion King, portraying disabled people as villainous, scary is a media trope with real world consequences

Firstpost

In this monthly column, Srinidhi Raghavan explores the understanding of bodies-minds and navigating spaces as disabled, chronically ill and sick people. We have feelings.” Similar to the very real ways in which parents in the TikTok challenge used those with facial differences or scars to scare children, in the latest adaptation of The Witches, written by Roald Dahl, the witches …

Representation Disability Scars Witches Disabled People Facial Differences

4 years, 5 months ago

Instead Of These Ableist Words, Use Inclusive Language At Work

Huff Post

nadia_bormotova via Getty Images Ableist words and phrases like "insane," "blind spot" and "falling on deaf ears" perpetuate false and harmful notions about what living and working with a disability is like. One law review journal describes it as the “stereotypes about people with disabilities that acts as a barrier to keep them from achieving their full potential as equal …

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4 years, 7 months ago

Amid reality of medical rationing, ableist bias against disabled people in accessing healthcare must be challenged

Firstpost

It is not a matter of coincidence that during medical emergencies, we see the system saving those who are ‘most useful to society’ while disabled people are pushed to the periphery. Therefore, it is not a matter of coincidence that during medical emergencies, we see people saving the lives of those who are ‘most useful to society’. She says: “There …

Medical Medical Emergencies Ableism Lives Disabled People Disabled This Pandemic

4 years, 7 months ago

Words Like "Disabled," "Physically Handicapped" & "Mentally Retarded" Offend Human Dignity Of Persons With Different Abilities: Pakistan SC [Read Judgment]

Live Law

In a landmark judgment, the Supreme Court of Pakistan has directed the Government and its agencies to desist from using words like "disabled," "physically handicapped" and "mentally retarded" for persons with different abilities. Holding the latter to be "adverse" to the interest of the PWDs, the Court held that Disability Quota for establishments should first be worked out on the …

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4 years, 8 months ago

For equal treatment: The Hindu Editorial on the Supreme Court extending benefits to the disabled

The Hindu

In holding that people suffering from disability are entitled to the same benefits and relaxations as candidates belonging to the Scheduled Castes, the Supreme Court has recognised the travails of the disabled in accessing education or employment, regardless of their social status. Recently, the top court ruled that the Delhi High Court had correctly decided in 2012 that “people suffering …

Court High Disabled Social Disability

4 years, 8 months ago

Understanding and unlearning ableism is an ongoing process and one we must work on day-to-day

Firstpost

In this fortnightly column, Srinidhi Raghavan explores the understanding of bodies-minds and navigating spaces as disabled, chronically ill and sick people. Rebecca Cockley, director of Disability Justice Centre at the Center for American Progress, defines ableism in this tweet as: “I think part of ableism that we don’t talk about is being ignored. Not just mocking but when acting like …

Language Disability Work Ableism Disabled

5 years, 1 month ago

Why specially-abled individuals are boon for your organisation

India Today

Persons with disabilities comprise about one-fifth of the world's population. Initiatives taken by government for specially-abled individuals Governments of many countries incorporate policy and laws for people with disabilities. Governments across nations have also introduced various financial benefits, various tax benefits, and funding for workplace modifications to ease the people with disabilities into the mainstream. Specially-abled professionals are loyal The …

India Training Work Disabilities Pwds

5 years, 7 months ago

Student's disability status depends on where they go to school: Study

India Today

The likelihood of a child being classified with an educational disability depends on the characteristics of their school and how distinctive they are from their peers, claimed a new study. "Kids may have the same test scores and same social background, but the school they attend determines whether they'll get a disability classification," said Dara Shifrer, the study's lead author …

Disability School Study Shifrer Disability Classifications

5 years, 9 months ago

The struggle to get and keep employment when you have a disability

ABC

For those with disabilities, it's not just hard getting a job, it can be a struggle to feel secure and challenged, say two Australians with firsthand experience. "Having a meaningful job is hard, because … they see you have a wheelchair and assume you can't travel, without actually asking you," says Abigail*. "I wasn't really expecting anything but I wanted …

Job Disability Work Normal Eric Photo Hard

6 years ago

This Viral Hashtag Lets People With Disabilities Show Off Their Sexy Sides

Huff Post

Andrew Gurza, creator of the #DisabledPeopleAreHot hashtag. #DisabledPeopleAreHot pic.twitter.com/ENbHjCculy — Andrew Gurza #DisabledPeopleAreHot Creator February 17, 2019 #DisabledPeopleAreHot’s growing popularity not only empowers people with disabilities to share, but also encourages able-bodied people to see, confront and move past their own biases and perceptions of people with disabilities, Gurza recently told HuffPost. If we’re honest ― if able-bodied people were …

Disability Sex Sex Workers Think Twitter Disabled People Disabled

6 years, 7 months ago

Americans Are Finally Waking Up About Ableism

Huff Post

Starbucks announced on July 9 that it would ban the use of plastic straws in its stores before 2020. In the end, Starbucks let the barista go, and the corporation ― already knee-deep in necessary anti-bias and sensitivity training — has confirmed there will be more training on ”additional topics in the months to follow.” This may not seem like …

Disability Awareness Population Disability Sam Starbucks Movement Disabled

7 years, 3 months ago

Wonder: Reflections on how we treat the disabled in India, and a handbook on doing better

Firstpost

In order to be more tactful and sensitive in the way we treat disabled persons, we need to first take a look at the language we use. Disabled persons are okay being called just that – “a person with disabilities”. While one school of thought believes disabled persons don’t feel these urges, the other thinks of them as hyper-sexed individuals …

Film Disabilities Need Person Disabled Persons Abled

7 years, 6 months ago

Self-identifying as disabled could lead to pride, aid overall well-being

China Daily

People who self-identify as "disable" are more likely to develop pride in their disability, a shift in thinking that can help build resilience and change public attitudes about the "disabled" label, according to two new studies led by researchers at Oregon State University. "The challenge with disability as a label is that it's so mired in stigma that people don't …

Disability Label Identify

7 years, 11 months ago

Discrimination complaints soar, people 'unaware' of stereotype impact

Dutch News

The Dutch human rights council College voor de Rechten van de Mens received 3,143 complaints about discrimination last year, a rise of almost 1,000 on 2015 ‘We believe that people are increasingly having to deal with discrimination on the grounds of race, origin and religion,’ chairwoman Adriana van Dooijeweert said in a statement. ‘We Dutch see ourselves as a modern, …

Dutch Discrimination Van Dooijeweert

8 years ago

I Am "Disabled," And That Label Matters

Huff Post

KaraGrubis via Getty Images The first time someone asked me about my handicap placard, I didn’t know how to respond. Finally I mumbled something along the lines of “I’m disabled” before running inside trying to hide my tears. Before being diagnosed, I thought about my illness like it was a cold ― “someday it will go away” ― because they …

World Disabled

8 years, 3 months ago

Parliamentary panel recommends more schemes for disabled persons

Live Mint

New Delhi: A parliamentary panel has recommended revamping existing schemes for persons with disabilities and formulation of new ones to cover more homeless and destitute PWDs. The standing committee on social justice and empowerment in a report said, “Though there exists a national policy for persons with disabilities since 2006, a large population is not aware of it and the …

Schemes Pwds Parliamentary Panel

8 years, 10 months ago

People Who Are Not Disabled Need To Check Out #AbleismExists Right Now

Huff Post

To put it simply, ableism is prejudice against people with disabilities. — Sarah Blahovec April 17, 2016 when non-disabled actors get AWARDED for playing disabled roles, but disabled actors aren't even allowed to audition #AbleismExists — Dominick Evans April 17, 2016 when people tell my boyfriend that they're "proud" of him for "loving me no matter what", when i'm right …

Ableism Experiences Evans Disabled People Disabled Dominick Evans Ableismexists

9 years ago

Law on the Protection of Persons with Disabilities

China Daily

Updated: 2016-03-01 DECREE BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC OF CHINA Decree No.3 I hereby promulgate the Law of the People's Republic of China on the Protection of Persons with Disabilities revised at the 2nd Meeting of the Standing Committee of the Eleventh National People's Congress of the People's Republic of China on April 24th, 2008. Hu Jintao President …

Law Social Rehabilitation Work Disabilities Family Members State

9 years, 3 months ago

Beyond Labels: Living With an Invisible Disability

The Quint

It’s the International Day of Person’s With Disability. There are more than 21 million disabled people in India, according to the last Census report. The history of disability is a history of myths – myths propagated by society, shaped by our mindsets, enshrined by medical science, and then debunked by further investigation. This complex cycle has repeated itself through decades …

9 years, 3 months ago

Beyond Labels: Living With an Invisible Disability

The Quint

It’s the International Day of Person’s With Disability. There are more than 21 million disabled people in India, according to the last Census report. The history of disability is a history of myths – myths propagated by society, shaped by our mindsets, enshrined by medical science, and then debunked by further investigation. This complex cycle has repeated itself through decades …

9 years, 10 months ago

Insulted disabled; non-functional legal framework

Live Law

Exercising one’s right or freedom of speech and expression every so often creates hatredness aiming insult of a class of people. A former minister of Kerala abused the physically handicapped or differently able persons accusing that the various schemes of reservations and privileges granted to them is one of the major reasons for loss in public sector undertakings. The Kerala …

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Supreme Court Sets Groundbreaking Guidelines for Disability Representation in Media, a Historic Milestone for Persons with Disabilities

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