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And They Lived … Ever After is a south Asian book of reworked European classics written by women with disabilities A deaf Snow White, a blind Cinderella, a neurodivergent ugly duckling and a wheelchair-using Rapunzel: classic European fairytales have b…
Read MoreA scheme training visually impaired women to use their heightened tactile abilities benefits patients and examinersThe most satisfying part of Ritika Maurya’s work is reassuring the anxious. “Women fear coming for breast examinations,” says Maurya. “Wh…
Read MoreHari Budha Magar, a former Gurkha, hopes to be first ever double above-the-knee amputee to scale mountainA former Gurkha who lost both of his legs serving with the British army in Afghanistan hopes to become the first double above-the-knee (DAK) ampute…
Read MoreWith no official sign language, the deaf community are unable to communicate widely and are more vulnerable during natural disastersTasale Edward Bule, a 45-year-old fisher from Vanuatu’s Efate island, remembers the day the world went silent.“I woke up…
Read MoreZahida Qureshi, who became disabled after contracting polio, was forced to crawl around her school as a child. Now, her organisation gives away thousands of custom wheelchairsFor 12 years, Zahida Qureshi travelled to and from school in Pakistan each da…
Read MoreWinner of the inaugural Amal Clooney Women’s Empowerment award says she saw mainstream culture did not represent her, so she created her own spaceTanzila Khan does not like people feeling too sorry for themselves – or for her.“I don’t like sob stories …
Read MoreSallie Culy, who has Williams Syndrome, is the first artist with an intellectual disability to exhibit in Wellington’s public art Lightbox programme“It’s good to be alive,” artist Sallie Culy says as she finishes a ham and cheese sandwich at one of the…
Read MoreNagaenthran K Dharmalingam, who has an IQ of 69, has been on death row since 2010Coronavirus – latest updatesSee all our coronavirus coverageA man with learning disabilities who is facing the death penalty in Singapore for smuggling a small amount of h…
Read MoreAfter her flight from the Taliban, blind activist Benafsha Yaqoobi says fellow vulnerable compatriots are in dangerWorld leaders must act to protect disabled Afghans who are in immediate danger under Taliban rule, a prominent blind human rights activis…
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Read MoreThe photographer Vicky Roy has been travelling around the country documenting people with disabilities. The project, Everyone is Good at Something, hopes to tell their stories and challenge the stigma they facePhotographs by Vicky RoyWhen he isn’t work…
Read MoreFatima Khalil school has given some children the first taste of education – and love – in their livesLaughter and excited chatter burst out of the colourfully painted classrooms. In a quiet garden schoolhouse amid the jam-packed Afghan capital, Kabul, …
Read MoreCompany says adapting recruitment processes for neurodiverse groups disproportionately affected by unemployment has led to increased innovationTalking to people can be difficult for Rishabh Birla, but his last job demanded he did a lot of it. He has au…
Read MoreMenus in sign language and jobs for the hearing impaired are challenging discrimination against those with disabilitiesIt’s not just the bright yellow walls that make the Abey Khao cafe in Islamabad’s Mughal Market stand out. The menu is in sign langua…
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