Asha
Special School and Rehabilitation Center: A story of
dedication, passion and philanthropy : The school aims
at ensuring access to education for children and youth
with intellectual disabilities, inclusive education
schools and occupational training centers, by
Dipendra Kumar Pathak (nlt 08/12/2023)
Empowering
through Inclusive Education: United in Action for
Comprehensive Sexuality Education for Persons with
Disabilities, by Jaldeep Sapkota (rep 03/12/2023)
Autism
and educational barriers : Inclusionary efforts across
various sectors are necessary to support individuals and
children with autism, by Sahara Dhakal (kp
19/10/2023)
NA
passes resolution proposal related to right of persons
with disabilities (rn 13/10/2023)
Nepal's
Constitution and Disability Inclusion: A Gap Between Law
and Reality, by Nir Shrestha (rep 20/09/2023)
Empowering
people with disabilities, by Jalasa Sapkota (ae
29/08/2023)
Time
to make Nepal more inclusive for differently abled
people, by Simone Galimberti (rep 28/08/2023)
A
Biratnagar school’s plan to build hostel for disabled
children hindered by funds crunch : Adarsha Secondary
School is the only disabled-friendly community school in
the Biratnagar metropolitan area. The city office says
it can’t help, by Deo Narayan Sah (kp 31/07/2023)
Leaving
No One Behind: The Path to Disability Inclusive
Development, by Jalasa Sapkota (rep 24/07/2023)
Justice
remains elusive for persons with disabilities (ht
14/07/2023)
Refugee
and disability stereotyping : Double bind, double
discrimination, by Dev Datta Joshi (ht 14/07/2023)
Where
deaf women display their handicraft skills : Kavre
Development Association of the Deaf organises skill
development programmes with the goal of making deaf
individuals self-reliant, by Jyoti Shrestha (kp
05/05/2023)
Breaking
Down Myths about Employees with Disabilities, by
Pralhad Gairapipli (rep 29/04/2023)
Baglung
government offices are not disabled-friendly : There are
approximately 4,700 people with disabilities in the
district, stakeholders say, by Prakash Baral (kp
18/04/2023)
Accidents,
insurgency blamed for rise in disabled population :
Activists say disabled numbers could be more than
reported, by Prithvi Man Shrestha (kp 31/03/2023)
People
with albinism: Rights neglected and denied, by
Simone Galimberti (ht 01/03/2023)
If
children with disabilities aren’t educated, they won’t
be able to participate in society : ‘When we work in
inclusive education we have to target the government,
the children, the teachers and also the communities’,
interview with Pauline Nadim Ducos, Regional Director,
Humanity & Inclusion (nlt 24/01/2023)
Lakshmi
Ghimire: A powerful presence in province assembly,
by Tara Chapagain (ae 24/01/2023)
No
public transport for Nepalis living with disabilities :
For disabled-friendly transport to become a reality,
state help is a must, commuters say (kp 12/01/2023)
Disabled
people’s representation minimal in new Parliament
(kh 15/12/2022)
International
Day of Persons with Disabilities (IDPD) 2022: Why Nepal
needs disability inclusive development
Disability-inclusive development has key elements to
promote disability inclusion from grassroots to national
development interventions, by Krishna Gahatraj (nlt
03/12/2022)
How
will people with disabilities vote? The Election
Commission seems to have a ‘something is better than
nothing’ approach to inclusiveness. It’s preparations
are too little, too late, by Cilla Khatry (ae
17/11/2022)
Campaign
of ensuring employment for persons with disabilities
emphasized (kh 24/07/2022)
‘Time
to end systemic discrimination regarding sexual and
reproductive rights for persons with disabilities’ :
Sexual and reproductive equity and justice for persons
with disabilities is yet to get the desired attention
from authorities concerned: Stakeholders (nlt
25/06/2022)
NFD-N
calls guaranteeing education opportunity to disabled
children (kh 09/06/2022)
For
people with disabilities, there are barriers galore to
right to voting: Secrecy, lack of ballot papers with
tactile relief, and tall tables are key infrastructural
issues, by Aakash Chaudhary (kp 10/05/2022)
Exploring
the barriers to the right to inclusive election in Nepal
: Despite elaborate provisions on including persons with
disabilities in political and public life in Nepal,
political participation by persons with disabilities
remains minimal, by Dev Datta Joshi (rec
06/05/2022), Call
to facilitate participation of persons with disabilities
(kh 07/05/2022)
‘One
district, one school for deaf’ demanded (kh
03/05/2022)
Call
for equal participation of persons with disabilities
(kh 27/04/2022)
She
lost her eyesight at 8. But she had her vision clear :
Neera Adhikari has overcome many obstacles to become the
first blind person to be promoted to the post of
under-secretary of the Nepal government, by Shranup
Tandukar (kp 18/02/2022)
Right
to leadership of persons with disabilities and issue of
accessibility, by Krishna Gahatraj and Simone
Galimberti (rep 02/02/2022)
Well-furnished
facilities envisioned for needy differently-abled
persons (ht 05/01/2022)
No
political party for Nepalis with disabilities, by
Pratik Ghimire (ae 29/12/2021)
Educational
exclusion riles disabled persons, NFDN demands
correction (kh 14/12/2021)
Sports
to Change the Gloomy Status Quo of Girls with
Disabilities, by Samridhi Rana and Simone Galimberti
(rep 06/12/2021)
Govt
active in providing access to basic facilities for
disabled people: PM Deuba (kh 03/12/2021), Act
Relating to Rights of Persons with Disabilities will be
effectively implemented: Minister Regmi (rep
03/12/2021)
Understanding
the intersections of disability and sexuality, by
Obindra B Chand (rec 03/12/2021)
Physiotherapy
Boon For The Disabled, by Hulsha Paudyal (rn
03/12/2021)
Give
Deaf Children Chance to Realize their Full Potential,
by Pralhad Gairapipli and Simone Galimberti (rep
31/10/2021)
Children
with disabilities out of school in Karnali : For a lack
of special classes, trained teachers and supporting
physical infrastructure, disabled children in the
province are deprived of basic education, by Jyotee
Katuwal (kp 10/10/2021)
Guideline
for increasing accessibility of differently-abled
persons (ht 30/09/2021), Govt
allocates grants for differently-abled people (ht
06/10/2021)
Barriers
to inclusive education : In Nepal, the right to quality,
inclusive education is still a pipedream for girls with
disabilities, especially in remote rural areas, by
Dev Datta Joshi (kp 17/09/2021)
Government
office buildings in Salyan are not disabled friendly :
There are around 5,000 individuals living with
disabilities in the district and most of them face
difficulties in availing services from government
offices, by Biplab Maharjan (kp 14/09/2021)
Nepal's
first autism special school in Chitwan district (ht
04/09/2021)
For
queer people with disabilities, the path to acceptance
is more arduous : They face more prejudices in the forms
of queerphobia and ableism, activists say, by Ankit
Khadgi (kp 03/09/2021)
People
with disabilities left out of Covid-19 vaccination drive
: Although the government has decided to inoculate
people with disabilities, vaccines are not
accessible to all in the target group, by Biplab
Maharjan (kp 08/08/2021)
This
teacher is making Nepali Sign Language accessible to all
: A sign language teacher for 21 years, Hari Prasad
Adhikari has been actively making videos on Nepali Sign
Language on YouTube for the last five years, by
Ankit Khadgi (kp 30/07/2021)
Inclusive
education for the blind : It is their right, by Dev
Datta Joshi (ht 15/07/2021)
Lockdown
has been especially hard on Valley’s visually-impaired
persons : Most of the visually-impaired persons in the
Valley were employed in the informal sector, by Anup
Ojha (kp 04/06/2021)
People
with disabilities facing the brunt of COVID pandemic
(ht 23/05/2021)
Not
all disabilities are equal in Nepal : The leaders of the
disability movement are mostly from upper castes and
those with physical disabilities as opposed to
intellectual disabilities, by Henrik Schedin (ae
08/04/2021)
Road
office starts disabled-friendly pavement project in
Kathmandu, by Anup Ojha (kp 02/04/2021)
Accepting
autism : We need to do more to help children with autism
cope with their unique challenges (kp 02/04/2021)
Hard
life for the disabled : Nepal is failing to adequately
protect persons with disabilities from discrimination
and marginalisation, by Dev Datta Joshi (kp
07/01/2021)
Making
schools inclusive: Multi-sectoral approach needed,
by Simone Galimberti (ht 21/12/2020)
Ensuring
employment for persons with disabilities : Only positive
discrimination can help persons with disabilities and
other vulnerable groups to access the job market, by
Krishna Gahatraj and Simone Galimberti (rep 16/12/2020)
67
per cent women with disabilities fall victim to
violence, states NFDN (ht 07/12/2020)
HURPES
aids support to persons with disabilities (kh
04/12/2020)
Disability
rights during Covid-19 crisis : Why are the diverse
needs of persons with disabilities not addressed even
during the pandemic? Who are actually responsible for
this?, by Obindra B Chand and Sudeep Uprety (rep
03/12/2020)
Enable
the disabled : For people with disabilities, the cancel
culture they have to endure all their lives is more than
frustrating (kp 03/12/2020)
Physically
disabled man left to fend for himself (ht
22/11/20210)
Local
levels supporting people with disabilities during
COVID-19 pandemic (kh 21/11/2020)
Pandemic
Leaves Deaf Students At Greater Disadvantage (rn
05/10/2020)
Ensure
Education For Hearing-Impaired Students, by Kiran
Chalise (rn 29/09/2020)
Pandemic
makes life tougher for children with autism and Down
syndrome : The Covid-19 crisis has only exacerbated
already existing challenges for children with
development challenges—and there are no easy solutions
in sight, by Elisha Shrestha (kp 09/09/2020)
New
rules guarantee rights of differently-abled persons
(ht 24/08/2020)
People
with disabilities who depend on daily income suffer due
to nationwide lockdown: They don’t get relief from
municipalities because they don’t have local IDs, by
Anup Ojha (kp 11/04/2020)
Rs
1.86 billion program to address disability rolled out in
Province 1 (rep 18/03/2020)
Listening
to the hearing impaired, by Nunuta Rai (nt
24/01/2020)
Hearing
for the deaf, seeing for the blind: Sarah Giri shares
how she began helping Nepal’s deaf and blind communities
contribute to society, by Sewa Bhattarai (nt
24/01/2020)
Govt
to set up model villages for senior citizens, disabled
persons (ht 17/01/2020)
No
city for disabled: Imagine having to share the same
unsafe roads by a wheelchair bound person, or those with
other types of assistive devices who are forced to walk
on the roads instead of pavements, by Amod Pyakuryal
(rep 13/01/2020)
At
this school on Capital’s outskirts, blind students are
setting sights on higher goals: Prithvi Narayan
Secondary School caters to 14 blind students from a
hostel run by a man who himself lost his eyesight at the
age of 20, by Anup Ojha (kp 12/01/2020)
Adults
with Down syndrome don’t just need sympathy—they need
jobs: A job can provide people with Down syndrome with
not just an income but also a sense of belonging and
identity, by Elisha Shrestha (kp 05/01/2020)
For
students with disabilities, there are few places to turn
to for an education: Few institutions have complied with
the rule for all schools to be disabled-friendly, by
Shuvam Dhungana (kp 02/01/2020)
People
with disabilities in Province 1 find ways to be
independent: Currently, there are 300,000 people with
disabilities across the country. Among them, 94,640 are
in Province 1, by Deo narayan Sah (kp 29/12/2019)
Children
with disabilities benefit from health camp in Kalikot:
The health camp offered free medical exams, medicines,
physiotherapy and mobility aids, by Tularam Pandey
(kp 28/12/2019)
Senior
citizens, single women and people with disabilities
deprived of social security allowance in Siraha: They
have been protesting in front of the Bhagawanpur Rural
Municipality office for the past two days, by Bharat
Jarghamagar (kp 19/12/2019)
NHRC
concerned about status of its recommendation on
differently-abled (ht 04/12/2019)
Accessibility
for inclusion: For those living with disabilities,
by Pralhad Gairapipli (ht 03/12/2019)
Cultural
Relativism & Persons With Disabilities, by
Mukunda Hari Dahal (rn 02/12/2019)
State
is doing little for people with disabilities, yet some
are leading fulfilling lives: Although many
organisations offer skill training to differently-abled,
their efforts are not enough, officials say, by
Shuvam Dhungana (kp 26/11/2019)
School
keeps deaf students of different grades in same class:
Teachers at Tribhuvan Jana Secondary School in Salyan
say that they lack resources to run separate classes for
the deaf students, by Biplav Maharjan (kp
11/11/2019)
Communication
barrier a major hurdle for the deaf: Unless the Nepali
sign language becomes more widely used, deaf people in
the country will keep having a difficult time pursuing
their ambitions, by Prakash Baral (kp 10/11/2019)
A
wheelchair user trying to get an education against all
odds: A brother and sister duo make their way to school
every morning with the brother helping his sister on the
wheelchair, by Pratap Rana Magar (kp 27/10/2019)
Maintain
uniformity in disability ID card: MoFAGA (ht
31/08/2019)
For
limbless children, this organisation is here to lend a
hand: e-Nable Nepal is providing free 3D printed
artificial hands to children without one, by Anup
Ojha (kp 22/08/2019)
For
disabled in Valley, overcoming odds a daily struggle,
by Aditi Baral (kp 06/08/2019)
Pokhara
city office is not disabled-friendly, by Bina Thapa
(kp 17/07/2019)
Disabled-friendly
schools and hostels opened in Baglung: Schools have set
the target to bring every disabled child into the
education system, by Prakash Baral (kp 07/07/2019)
With
few options for education and employment, deaf community
remains limited to service jobs and skilled work: The
development of a Nepali Sign Language and dedicated
schools have helped but there is much more that
could be done, by Srizu Bajracharya (kp 23/06/2019)
People
with disability: Do we care?, by Srijana Kattel (ht
21/06/2019)
Coping
with intellectual disability: Govt, NGOs should help,
by Pushpa Priya (ht 13/05/2019)
People
in wheelchairs demolish recently built sidewalks, demand
disabled-friendly infrastructure, by Anish Regmi (kp
29/03/2019)
People
with disabilities protest against reduction of quota in
civil service, by Prithvi Man Shrestha (kp
05/03/2019)
Free
distribution
of disability aids hit by fund crunch: National Disabled
Fund lacks components to build artificial limbs,
crutches and wheelchairs, by Arjun Poudel (kp
15/02/2019)
Govt
urged not to reduce reservation quota for disabled
(rep 13/02/2019)
Country’s
only
library for visually impaired has no visitors: National
Braille Library at Thapathali hosts over 25,000 English
language books from a host of genres but lacks
dictionary, internet and blind-friendly software, by
Anup Ojha (kp 12/01/2019)
Technology
for the disabled: Maximising opportunities, by
Rajesh Man KC (ht 10/01/2019)
Shortage
of trained teachers for children with disability, by
Balika Maden (rep 03/01/2019)
Using
public transport an ordeal for disabled people, by
Shuvam Dhungana (rep 30/12/2018)
Lack
of disabled-friendly infrastructures mars education
sector, by Shuvam Dhungana (rep 24/12/2018)
Infrastructure
in Valley inaccessible to differently-abled (rep
13/12/2018)
Making
adventure accessible: Tourism is not only for the
able-bodied, by Obindra B Chand (kp 12/12/2018)
Maths,
Science exams a big worry for blind students using
braille, by Mukti Prasad Neupane (rep 08/12/2018)
Disabled
people to campaign for inclusion across the country:
513,321 disabled people live in Nepal, according to 2011
census, by Anup Ojha (kp 01/12/2018), Count
them in: The state must take ownership over empowering
differently-abled people (kp 03/12/2018), Getting
noticed: For people with disabilities, the realisation
of their basic human rights is a huge challenge, by
Rajesh Man KC (kp 03/12/2018), Rally
amplifies needs of people with disabilities (kp
04/12/2018)
For
those living with disabilities, navigating Kathmandu is
nightmare, by Bibhu Luitel (kp 21/11/2018)
Elections
and disability: Disabled communities in Nepal are
disenfranchised before, during, and after elections,
by Gianna Francesca M Catolico (rep 18/11/2018)
Tailoring
skills empower physically-challenged women, by
Sarita Shrestha (rep 07/11/2018)
Seeing
in
the darkness: In Nepal, many people with impaired vision
or blindness are needlessly deprived of accessing vision
rehabilitation services, by Mahesh Kumar Dev (rep
08/10/2018)
Disenfranchised
citizen: Every citizen has the right to a good
education, even the visually impaired, by Parbishi
Mishra (kp 03/10/2018)
Construct
disabled-friendly infrastructure: MoFAGA (ht 24/09/2018)
Disabled
children in Nepal facing barriers to quality education: HRW
(ht 15/09/2017)
Disability
and
poverty: Breaking the ugly nexus; Hundreds of thousands
of people with disabilities in Nepal are caught in
endless poverty cycle. They need to be rescued
from that trap, by Sudarshan Neupane (rep
03/09/2018)
Local
units asked to furnish report rights of people with
disabilities (kp 02/09/2018)
Even
govt offices are not disabled-friendly, by Bira
Gadal (rep 18/08/2018)
Differently
abled deprived of ID cards (ht 28/07/2018)
Nepal
Association of the Blind celebrates silver jubilee
(rep 21/07/2018)
Civil
servants with disabilities object to proposal to
decrease reservation quota (rep 08/07/2018)
A
new beginning: Inclusion of differently-abled people
will renew the national dialogue on development
narrative, by Rurik Marsden and Tomoo Hozumi (kp
02/07/2018)
Lack
of disabled-friendly buildings a problem in Jumla,
by DB Budha (rep 13/06/2018)
Budget
fails to impress differently-abled people: Government
makes grand plans every year, ‘but never implements
them’ (kp 31/05/2018)
Get
them onboard: Majority of marginalized children and
children with disabilities remain excluded, by
Deepak Raj Sapkota (rep 31/05/2018)
Sign
Language Dictionary unveiled (ht 29/05/2018)
Children
with disabilities: Get them to schools, by Sudarshan
Neupane (rep 02/05/2018)
Disability
inclusion: Political participation, by Dev Datta
Joshi (ht 09/04/2018)
Uniquely
human: Autism is being recognised as a serious
disability thanks to the work of a group of parents with
afflicted kids, by Simone Galimberti (kp 05/04/2018)
The
right of passage: There are more facilities for the
visually impaired, but there is a long way for full
mobility, by Sahina Shrestha (nt 30/03/2018)
Walk
the
talk: Though Asian countries have ratified CRPD, not
much has been done by the governments for persons with
intellectual disabilities, by Dev Datta Joshi (rep
20/03/2018)
Disabled
persons call for inclusive info technology (kp
19/03/2018)
More
than words: Simply relying on NGOs will not allow the
disabled to achieve self-sustainability and equal rights,
by Simone Galimberti (kp 13/03/2018)
Sajha
rolls out disabled-friendly bus in the Valley, by
Anup Ojha (kp 08/03/2018)
Inclusive
health services: Caring for women with disabilities,
by Dev Datta Joshi (ht 28/02/2018)
Meaningful
measures:
Despite having legal measures that address issues in
disability, multidimensional implementation has been
lacking, by Obindra B. Chand (kp 18/02/2018)
‘Build
disabled-friendly public infrastructure’ (ht
01/02/2018)
Inaccessible
justice:
Persons with disabilities, in addition to facing
barriers in enjoying human rights, also face hurdles
accessing justice, by Dev Datta Joshi (kp
30/01/2018)
Dolakha
children with physical disability in dire need of
helping hand, by Gokarna
Prasad Bhandari (ht
07/01/2018)
Rolling
on:
Young Nepali entrepreneurs have built an electric
wheelchair that could potentially revolutionise
differently abled lives, but how would it fare on
Kathmandu’s chaotic streets?, by Anuj Kumar Adhikari
(kp 06/01/2018)
Enabling
the disabled, by Priyanka Gurung (rep 05/01/2018)
Against
all odds: One woman’s quest to make basic education
available to thousands of visually-impaired across the
country, by Abijeet Pant (kp 31/12/2017)
Destitute
couple worried about future of differently-abled sons,
daughter (ht 31/12/2017)
Written
off: Due to associative costs and lack of equal
opportunity, the disabled are poorer than the rest of
the population, by Dev Datta Joshi (kp 29/12/2017)
Breaking
barrier:
Placing persons with disabilities under guardianship is
a violation of human rights, it is unfair and
unnecessary, by Dev Datta Joshi (rep 26/12/2017)
‘SDGs
crucial for rights of disabled’ (kp 19/12/2017)
Forgotten
girls: The forms of violence to which girls with
disabilities are subjected to in rural Nepal are many,
by Dev Datta Joshi (rep 17/12/2017)
Equality
before
the law: Govt must examine all areas of law to ensure
persons with disabilities have unbiased right of legal
capacity, by Dev Datta Joshi (kp 06/12/2017)
Call
to protect rights of disabled: 80 per cent of the
disabled people are illiterate (kp 04/12/2017)
Visually
impaired students deprived of joy of reading (ht
03/12/2017)
Second
coming:
Differently abled athletes are shining at international
competitions, but their achievements have largely gone
unacknowledged, by Sandesh Ghimire (kp 02/12/2017)
Blind
people call for secret voting rights (kp 16/11/2017)
50pc
disabled people deprived of ID cards (ht 28/10/2018)
[related to Nawalparasi district]
Ensure
construction of disabled-friendly infrastructure, local
levels told (ht 25/10/2017)
Disabled
people leading inspirational lives, by Hari Krishna
Gautam (rep 24/10/2017)
Disabled
people guaranteed right to political participation
(ht 16/10/2017)
Hearing-impaired
children deprived of education (ht 15/10/2017)
Enabling
Act:
The definition of person living with disabilities has
now been overhauled, overcoming, once for all, the
paternalistic welfare approach to disability, by
Simone Galimberti (rep 14/09/2017)
People
with disabilities: Access to justice, by Dev Datta
Joshi (ht 11/09/2017)
Reconceiving
the
second sex: Nepal must protect reproductive health
rights of women with disabilities, by Dev Datta
Joshi (kp 05/09/2017)
Right
to
vote: Ensure accessible polling booths so that persons
with disabilities are not disenfranchised, by Pragya
Lamsal (kp 01/09/2017)
Blind
people
face difficulty opening bank accounts, by Bina Thapa
(kp 30/08/2017)
Reading
software
to aid blind and visually impaired (kp 22/08/2017)
Inclusive
response:
People with disabilities are more vulnerable in
disasters due to their impairment, existing barriers and
lack of information, by Sudarshan Neupane (rep
22/08/2017)
Paving
the
way: Creating genuine opportunities for all vulnerable
youth groups is the next important step, by Simone
Galimberti (kp 18/08/2017)
Act
of hope: Long-neglected issue of mental health and
developmental disabilities has been given due space in
new disability Act, by Simone Galimberti (rep
13/08/2017)
Academic
Accommodations For Disabled, by Dev Datta Joshi (rn
05/08/2017)
No
safe roads in Pokhara for disabled, by Santosh
Subedi (rep 03/08/2017)
Bill
moots
free education for persons with disabilities (ht
30/07/2017), ‘Pass
Rights
of Persons with Disabilities Bill’ (ht 31/07/2017)
Article
of faith: Implementation of articale 12 of CRDP will
empower people with disabilities in all aspects of life,
by Dev Datta Joshi (rep 30/07/2017)
Physically,
mentally
challenged boy living in cage for a decade (ht
15/07/2017)
Reasonable
accommodation:
Great landmark, by Datta Joshi (ht 04/07/2017)
Bouncing
back:
Polio crippled their limbs, but not their will, by
Shreejana Shrestha (nt 30/06/0217)
Disabled
people
seek equality (ht 24/06/2017)
Disabled
deprived
of identity cards, by Gokarna Prasad Bhandari (ht
11/06/2017)
Behind
the curve, by Dev Datta Joshi (rep 10/06/2017)
Assisted
living
facility: The big gap, by Samridhi Rana Thapa (ht
29/05/2017)
Inclusive
education:
A must for disabled, by Dev Datta Joshi (ht 25/05/2017)
Burns
victims
face humiliation (ht 24/04/2017)
School
for disabled struggles to continue, by Arjun Bhushal
(rep 05/04/2017)
Education
for
disabled: Our curriculum is still not disable-friendly
and hence not accessible to children with visual and
hearing impairments, by Sudarshan Neupane (rep
05/04/2017)
Attention
engineers:
New buildings are coming up all over, but most are not
accessible to disabled people, by Simone Galimberti
(kp 30/03/2017)
17-yr-old
writes with leg in SEE (rep 18/03/2017)
Quality
education
for girls and women with disabilities stressed (kp
08/03/2017)
Calls
to
make infrastructure in Valley wheelchair-friendly
(kp 02/03/2017)
It’s
all in the signs, by Priyanka Gurung (rep
24/02/2017)
Disabled
people
hit by road expansion, Melamchi works, by Anup Ojha
(kp 21/02/2017)
Visually
impaired
struggle to open bank account, by Rameshchandra
Adhikari (kp 19/02/2017)
Turning
a
blind eye to deafness: Many instances of deafness could
be prevented if the government took the problem
seriously, by Dhundi Raj Poudel (kp 08/02/2017)
Ministries
asked
to develop disabled-friendly infrastructure (kp
03/02/2017)
Inclusive
education:
Disabled students should be equipped with basic academic
and adequate life skills, by Umesh Raj Regmi (kp
03/02/2017)
Govt
to
lessen woes of people with disabilities (ht
31/01/2017)
Lack
of
Braille textbooks leaves visually impaired students
worried, by Pradeep Menyangbo (kp 30/01/2017)
13
disabled-friendly
buses launched: City Metro Yatayat Pvt Ltd is the first
private company to introduce disabled-friendly buses in
Kathmandu (kp 28/01/2017)
Road
widening drive adds to woes for wheelchair users, by
Pooja Chauhan (rep 28/01/2017)
The
uncertainty
of tomorrow: Children with disability need a secure future
even when their parents are gone, by Samridhi Rana
Thapa (kp 25/01/2017)
Mainstreaming
disability:
Existing social protection measures in Nepal are far from
adequate to benefit the disabled persons, by Sudarshan
Neupane (rep 21/01/2017)
Disabled,
elderly
at Parbat village get benefit cards, by Agandhar
Tiwari (kp 12/01/2017)
Family
with 6 blinds: Why no red disability ID cards for us?,
by Jitendra Kumar Jha (rep 07/01/2017)
Making
room:
Accessibility and inclusion are a national issue,
addressing which will benefit everyone, by Simone
Galimberti (kp 01/01/2017)
Disabled
kids
still lack access to education, by Anita Shrestha
(ht 31/12/2016)
Hard
of
hearing people demand disabled status (kp
27/12/2016)
Visually
impaired
unable to open bank accounts in Pokhara, by Bharat
Koirala (ht 18/12/2016)
Charity
concert
to be held for visually impaired students: About 2 per
cent of the total population of the country has some
form of disability (ht 17/12/2016)
Human
Rights
Summit of Persons with Disabilities begins (ht
13/12/2016)
Conference
aims
to promote inclusive education (ht 08/12/2016)
Rights
of
disabled: ‘Draft bill has excluded the concerns of deaf
and mute’ (kp 03/12/2016), Differently
abled
continue their struggle for rights (ht 03/12/2016),
Rights
activists
demand equal opportunities for differently abled (ht
05/12/2016), Mindset
needs
to change: There are numerous obstacles to inclusive
education for children with disabilities; Disabled
people are often subjected to inhuman treatment and are
largely perceived as requiring charity as opposed to
rights, by Devdatta Joshi (kp 07/12/2016)
Seeing
the world through inner eyes, by Upendra Lamichhane
(rep 03/12/2016)
The
indifference for the different, by Priyanka Gurung
(rep 02/12/2016)
Bajhang’s
disabled
man struggles for wheelchair, by Basanta Pratap
Singh (kp 29/11/2016)
‘Disabled-friendly
public
toilets needed’ (ht 25/11/2016)
Rights
of
people with disabilities: New bill ignores reproductive
health rights; The bill briefly touches upon
reproductive right but is silent on reproductive health
rights of women living with disabilities (kp
22/11/2016)
Public
toilets
of no use to visually impaired (ht 20/11/2016)
One
person one rupee can enable a disabled, by Gyanu
Sapkota (rep 19/11/2016)
Dadeldhura
disabled
deprived of identity cards (ht 30/10/2016)
Not
working:
Many financial cooperatives in Nepal are not open for
business for vulnerable and disadvantaged youths, by
Simone Galimberti (kp 07/10/2016)
Disabled
have poor access to health services: Report (rep
19/09/2016)
Blades
of
gold: Recognising persons with disabilities in the sport
sector would be a positive step towards their inclusion
in society, by Simone Galimberti (kp 07/09/2016)
Changing
the
debate: Issues related to over a billion people living
with disabilities are often treated as stand-alone,
isolated from other social problems, by Simone
Galimberti (rep 01/08/2016)
The
rebound:
Uplifting the status of people with disabilities through
sports, by Smriti Basnet (nt 24/06/2016)
‘Disability
significant
in 10-14 age group’, by Manish Gautam (kp
19/06/2016)
Empowering
sports:
Sports offer an opportunity for persons living with
disabilities to connect with the rest of the society,
by Simone Galimberti (rep 31/05/2016)
Infra
to
be made disabled-friendly (kp 29/05/2016)
Inclusion
for
the disabled: Development organisations need to open up
their programmes for people with disabilities, by
Sudarshan Neupane (kp 27/04/2016)
Sajha
to
introduce disabled-friendly bus (kp 20/04/2016)
My
autistic
brother: Let us get on this road together to eliminate
taboos associated with development disorders, by
Kritika Lamsal (kp 01/04/2016)
Let
them
in: Companies being inclusive towards persons with
disabilities makes business sense, by Simone
Galimberti (kp 27/03/2016)
Call
to
ensure construction of disabled-friendly infrastructure:
Persons with disability are living in poverty and
scarcity in Nepal (ht 18/03/2016), Seeing
it
a different way: There is a long way to go in ensuring
full mobility for the visually impaired on streets that
are dangerous even for sighted people, by Smriti
Basnet (nt 18/03/2016)
‘Ensure
education,
jobs to visually-impaired women’ (ht 13/03/2016)
Few
jobs
for visually impaired: Nepal Blind Association says out
of around 100,000 visually impaired women in the country
only 134 are employed,
by Pratichya Dulal (kp 12/03/2016)
DPM
Mainali
‘handicaps’ National Disabled Fund: Move to block funds
affecting people with disabilities, by Manish Gautam
(kp 11/03/2016)
Disabled
demand
for more space to their issues in media (rep
10/03/2016)
In
the
world’s eyes: Blind people are shown as being stupid,
sinful and plain bad luck in most literatures, by
Pawan Ghimire (kp 04/03/2016)
Differently-abled
deprived
of access to information (ht 24/02/2016)
Books
with
pictures in Braille for schoolchildren (kp
23/02/2016)
Disabled
‘denied’
SRH facilities (kp 16/02/2016)
Disabled
sports:
It is high time we started playing hard ball to make the
country more open, diverse and just for the disabled,
by Simone Galimberti (kp 28/01/2016)
Teen
with
disability rescued from barn (ht 28/01/2016)
A
new hope: Disability and poverty reinforce each other,
but assistive devices could help enhance capabilities of
victims who lost limbs during the April earthquakes
(kp 16/01/2016)
Let
them
in: It is crucial to ensure that disabled people benefit
from the policies made for them, by Sudarshan
Neupane (kp 15/12/2015)
Have
skill,
will work: Concrete actions to offer jobs to youths with
disabilities are all doable and possible, by Simone
Galimberti (kp 29/11/2015), Equally
able:
If disabled people receive the support they deserve,
they can go beyond themselves in many ways, by
Nitish Raj Pathak (kp 29/11/2015)
Lift
the
burden: The state must lead the efforts to rehabilitate
and integrate the physically challenged in society,
by Sandhya Regmi (kp 10/11/2015)
Sports
for
a cause Pay attention: Join hands with the Madhesis who
are fighting to end ethnic discrimination Nepal’s flag
could fly high at Paralympics in a few years if it
invests in disability sports, by Simone Galimberti
(kp 08/10/2015)
The
missing
millions: Programmes for the disabled must be redesigned
to employ persons with disabilities, by Sudarshan
Neupane (kp 26/10/2015)
Right
to
read: The new government should facilitate the access of
visually impaired people to published works, by
Pratyush Nath Upreti and Asmita Dhital (kp 18/10/2015)
Visually-impaired
man
operates grinding mill to look after family, by
Kashiram Dangi (kp 16/10/2015)
Fault
in
the system: It is time to review and improve the
assistance provided by the government to support
disabled citizens, by Kristie Drucza (kp 29/09/2015)
Give
them
a way: While rebuilding Kathmandu, we need to turn it
into a disabled-friendly city, by Stéphane Huët (nt
25/09/2015)
Leave
no
one behind: Planners should focus on people with
disabilities to ensure inclusive development, by
Sudarshan Neupane (kp 17/09/2015)
Several
kids
at school for deaf in Dolakha have severe ailments,
by Rajendra Manandhar (kp 15/09/2015)
Life
of dignity, by Sabitri Dhakal (ht 12/09/2015)
Disabled
people
want friendly spaces (kp 31/08/2015)
Visually
impaired
deprived of access to web, by Thomas Bogaty (ht
25/08/2015)
Veggie
farming
changes life of differently-abled (ht 20/08/2015)
New
constitution:
Disabled people stage demos demanding political rights
(kp 04/08/2015))
Wheelchair-friendly
toilets
for differently abled (ht 09/07/2015)
Disabled
community
leaders demand political rights (kp 05/07/2015)
NFD
stresses
on disabled friendly infrastructure, by Pratichya
Dulal (kp 18/06/2015)
Quake
worsens
life’s raw deal for disable girl, by Rohit Rai (rep
18/06/2015)
Long,
hard
road for disabled quake survivors (ht 16/06/2015)
Seeing
through
the darkness: Earthquake experience of the visually
impaired, by Anjali Subedi (rep 12/06/2015)
Still
waiting:
In the post-quake relief effort, little attention has
been paid to the plight of the disabled, by Umesh
Raj Regmi (kp 09/06/2015)
Living
under
the shadow: The relief and rehabilitation efforts of the
government have done little to ease the lives of the
disabled, by Simone Galimberti (kp 02/06/2015)
Shortage
of
wheelchairs, prosthetic limbs hits quake disabled,
by Arjun Poudel (rep 02/06/2015)
Disability
And Development, by Rajesh Man KC (rn 30/05/2015)
Part
of
the game: Nepal has tremendous opportunities to promotes
sport for people living with disabilities, by Simone
Galimberti (kp 05/04/2015)
Wheelchair
users
lament lack of public toilets for the disabled: ay the
capital city is not a friendly place to live in when it
comes to lavatories (ht 05/04/2015)
Yet
to
be tapped: All of society must realise the economic
potential of youths living with disabilities, by
Simone Galimberti (kp 01/03/2015)
Education
for
disabled children a far cry: Govt yet to categorise
types of disabilities to address special needs, by
Kokila KC (ht 28/02/2015)
Disabled
kept
in wooden box for past two decades, by Shankar
Acharya (kp 26/02/2015)
DoR
developing
disabled-friendly footpaths (ht 05/02/2015)
Visually
impaired
benefit from computer training, by Bhawani Bhatta (kp
17/01/2015)
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