BMRCL says washrooms are locked because the general public misuses them. Namma Metro has toilets for the differently abled, but they are locked and inaccessible at most metro stations. These include Nadaprabhu Kempegowda Metro Station, Majestic, Jayanagar, Mysore Road, Trinity, Vijayanagar, Krishna Rajendra Market, National College, and more. Dilip Kumar, who uses a wheelchair and […]
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Bangalore was considered to be the most livable city in the country. However, people with disabilities like blindness, deafness, dwarfism, locomotor disability, etc. face challenges to access restaurants. Bengaluru: Restaurants don’t easily offer menus that are accessible to visually impaired, people with hearing impairments or locomotor disabilities which puts them at a disadvantage. In December […]
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Bank officials say the probability of people with disabilities visiting banks is very low. Bengaluru: Sagar and Ashwini, siblings who are differently-abled and use wheelchairs have stopped going to ATMs because they can’t reach them. They always had to be accompanied by people to get their work done. “They sympathize with us more than providing […]
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While some universities provide suitable access to facilities for disabled students, many still lack disabled-friendly infrastructure. Bengaluru: Many universities across Karnataka are far from accessible to Persons with Disability (PWD), despite the University Grants Commission (UGC) guidelines and rules and guidelines created under the Rights of Person with Disability Act. A study done in 2019 shows the lack of access to […]
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Only 10 percent of these cards, that will help people with disabilities, have been generated. It has been five months since the Swavalambhan scheme has been launched. By Savyata Mishra Vijay, a disabled person with partial visual impairment, hasn’t received his Unique ID for Persons with Disabilities (UDID) card under the Swavalambhan scheme. It has […]
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