For them, Tamil Nadu has become friendlier

The state of Tamil Nadu became a pioneer of sorts in conducting "disabled-friendly" elections. Special ramps, audio signals, braille inscribed Electronic Voting Machines (EVM), were in place.

This article also mentions there are 1.7 million differently abled people in India and 1 in 10 of all handicapped people in the world live in India. Tamil Nadu alone is supposed have to have 500,000 of them.

Read full article here: DNA - India - For them, Tamil Nadu has become friendlier - Daily News & Analysis

What affirmative action can be all about

This article in Financial Express mentions "A Chennai company gave its canteen contract to a cooperative of hearing and speech impaired women after appropriate training. While a short-sighted IT company rejects a polio-affected software engineer, another is eager to employ such persons affirmatively, as their training and retention is easier." I would like to get more specific details on this.

Surprisingly, this article (or is it a reader comment?) written as a pro-reservation viewpoint, does not have author mentioned.

What affirmative action can be all about

The Hindu : New Delhi News : A pioneer in therapeutic theatre

"Guru Syed Sallauddin Pasha instils confidence in differently-abled artistes by training them in acting and dancing".

Very interesting, seems like the hearing impaired have good ear for the music and dance!

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The Hindu : New Delhi News : A pioneer in therapeutic theatre