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Today, it has broadened its scope to include programs on teacher training, vocational training of young adults with cerebral palsy, autism, intellectual disabilities, multiple disabilities and learning disabilities. It also works in the field of advocacy and awareness and offers support to parents and other professionals.
The number of people with disabilities in India was stated as 21 million in the 2001 Census of India. [2] In the 2011 census, the figure rose by 22.4% to 26.8 million. [3] According to the 2011 census, 20.3% of people with disabilities in India have movement disabilities, 18.9% have hearing impairments, and 18.8% have visual impairments.
In 2004, the organization collaborated with United States–based National Institute on Disability and Rehabilitation Research for a workshop on autism. [4] During the same time of year, the organization began offering a master's degree program in disability rehabilitation—said to be one of its kind. [ 5 ]
Television shows about disability, the experience of any condition that makes it more difficult for a person to do certain activities or have equitable access within a given society. Disabilities may be cognitive, developmental, intellectual, mental, physical, sensory, or a combination of multiple factors. Disabilities can be present from birth ...
"Single Episode Disability" This is where a regular character on a television series obtains a temporary disability, learns a moral lesson, and makes a rapid, full recovery. Examples include an episode of M*A*S*H where Hawkeye is temporarily blinded, and an episode of Law and Order: SVU where Detective Stabler is temporarily blind.
The Specials is a reality television series that follows the lives of five friends with intellectual disabilities living together in the same house in Brighton. [1] The five young-adult housemates, Sam, Hilly, Lewis, Megan, and Lucy, aged between 19 and 23, include individuals with Williams syndrome and Down syndrome.
India Today admitted to being fined for viewership malpractice. [12] Bombay High Court directed TV Today Network to pay the fine imposed by BARC. [13] [14] In March 2018, Aaj Tak misreported that the Delhi High Court had disqualified 20 MLAs of the Aam Aadmi Party. India Today was among several news channels that also reported the said claim. [15]
She has also been a part of the Designing of Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) Examination Policy with regard to children with disabilities. Her awards include India Today’s Woman of the Year 2015, President's Gold Medal for Topping the IAS Training, First Ladies of India Award by the Ministry of Women and Child Development ...