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)
Disabled-friendly
toilets
to be built in capital (ht 27/12/2014)
Persons
with
disability deprived of allowance: Out of 7,203
physically challenged persons in Doti district, only
1,659 have been able to get the disability
certificates, by Mohan Shahi (kp 24/12/2014)
A
better place to live in: Disabled women living in a
temporary rehabilitation centre at Jorpati can’t wait
to move into a disabled-friendly building, but the
shelter operators worry financial and bureaucratic
hurdles could hinder their ‘dream project’, by
Chahana Sigdel (kp 16/12/2014)
‘Ensure
differently-abled’s
right to sanitation’ (ht 11/12/2014)
School
dropouts
with disabilities face violence, exclusion: Study
(kp 06/12/2014)
Inaccessibility
remains
a major challenge (kp 03/12/2014), Maths,
Science
trouble visually impaired (kp 03/121/2014), Technology
stressed
to uplift differently-abled people (ht
03/12/2014), Visually
impaired
students’ SLC woes: Say passing math, science almost
impossible with questions not given in Braille (ht
04/12/2014)
Mentally
ill
mother, kids living perilous life on the streets,
by
Shankar Acharya (kp
17/11/2014)
Feeling
their
way: There is much the state and citizens need to do
to assist the safe mobility of blind and visually
impaired persons, by Neera Adhikari (kp
19/10/2014)
Less
than
3 percent of visually impaired have white canes,
by Nirjana Sharma (rep 16/10/2014)
Elderly
woman
struggling to support disabled sons, by Prakash
Baral (kp 13/10/2014)
Amping
up
quality education for the hearing impaired, by
Chetan Adhikari (kp 08/10/2014)
People
with
mental disabilities must be given a chance: UNFPA
(ht 12/08/2014)
Free
minibus
ride for cancer patients (ht 26/07/2014)
Alliance
for
disability inclusive development (ht 29/06/2014)
No
school
for the hearing impaired in Charikot, by Rajendra
Manandhar (kp 22/06/014)
Intellectually
disabled
deprived of allowances, by Prakash Adhikari (kp
10/06/2014)
No
country
for physically challenged: State remains spectator as
more youth fall prey to road mishaps, by Sangeet
Sangroula (rep 24/05/2014)
Include
them:
A person using wheelchair is not given job just
because d/he is disabled, by Dwaipayan Regmi (rep
14/05/2014)
Bid
to
bring special-need kids to school (kp 05/05/2014)
Steppping
in
to help: A crowdfunding organisation set up in the US
is helping disadvantaged patients in places like
Achham get the treatment they cannot afford, by
Grace Dobell (kp 03/05/2014)
Unfriendly
policies
worsen teen's struggle with cerebral palsy, by
Neeraj Chandra Roy (ht 20/04/2014)
Mobility
aids
for people with disabilities (ht 04/04/2014)
Lack
of
opportunity a barrier, not disability, by Neeraj
Chandra Roy (rep 30/03/2014)
Intellectually
disabled
doubly marginalised; succour sought, by Weena Pun
(26/03/2014)
Wheelchair-bound
man
begs for survival, by Durgalal KC (kp 21/03/2014)
Endless
wait
for wheelchairs hinders mobility of thousands, by
Anjali Subedi (rep 06/03/2014)
Disabled
women
not as lucky as men in finding partner, by Anjali
Subedi (rep 27/02/2014)
Sans
Braille
textbooks, blind students struggle head of SLC exams,
by Dilip Poudel (rep 24/02/2014)
Differently-abled
call
for suitable infrastructure (ht 20/02/2014)
More
than
a helping hand: The Helping Hand Handicraft Industry
in Pokhara has been taking in visually- and
hearing-impaired folks, training them in various
crafts, and paying them for their services, giving
many a new lease on life, by Lal Prasad Sharma (kp
15/02/2014)
Visually
impaired
kids in a lurch (ht 10/02/2014)
Access
denied:
The toilet facilities at the Tribhuvan International
Airport offers a revelatory case study of the kind of
ill-planned construction aroundthe country that pays
little heed to the needs of the disabled , by
Ananta Ram Baidya (kp 25/01/2014)
Visually-impaired
want
Braille copies (ht 21/01/2014)
No
CA
seat this time for disabled?, by Anjali Subedi
(rep 07/01/2014), Disabled
announce
stir demanding seats in CA (kp 08/01/2014), CA
seats
for disabled: Demand for representation invites
lathicharge, by Weena Pun (kp 09/01/2014)
Disability
is
not a hindrance for this visually-impaired man, by
Thakur Singh Tharu (kp 02/01/2014)
Braille
books
launched (ht 29/12/2013)
Our
job
to reach out: Companies need to look at the physically
handicapped as a valuable human resource option,
by Samira Shakya (nt 27/12/2013)
High
hopes
as career fair for disabled starts, by Weena Pun
(kp 13/12/2013), Career
expo
for people with disabilities in capital today (ht
13/12/2013), Poor
infrastructure
puts off disabled job seekers, by Pratibha Rawal
(rep 13/12/2013), Hopes
and
doubts at career expo for disabled, by Weena Pun
(kp 14/12/2013)
Creating
a
heaven: Making a difference, by Nitya Pandey (rep
13/12/2013)
Disabled
cobbler
rises from rags to riches, by Kisan Sangeet Nepali
(rep 12/12/2013)
People
with
disability put forth 19 demands (kp 10/12/2013), Differently-abled
serve
ultimatum (ht 10/12/2013)
Disabled
boy
confined at home for years, by Madhav Aryal (kp
09/12/2013)
Disabled
kids
in sorry state (ht 05/12/2013)
Towards
equality:
Disabled-friendly structures (rep 04/12/2013), Disabled
people
ask govt to act (ht 04/12/2013)
Differently
abled
to act tough to secure livelihood (kp 02/12/2013)
Donation
for
visually impaired pupils, by Purna B.K. (kp
27/11/2013)
Defying
darkness:
A troupe of visually challenged musicians who play
regularly on pavements around Kathmandu open up about
their lives and concerns, by Anup Ojha (kp
16/11/2013)
Disabled
Likely
To Be Excluded In CA: NFDI, by Anjali Subedi (rep
10/11/2013)
Still
struggling
for access, by Sujata Awale (ht 03/11/2013)
Right
to
sight: There are things we can do to bring hope to the
world's blind, by Eli Pradhan Ranjitkar (rep
10/10/2013)
Govt
‘apathetic’
towards deaf school, by L.P. Devkota (kp
06/10/2013)
Computer
training
for disabled youth starts (ht 01/10/2013)
Call
to
make math optional for the visually impaired, by
Binod Ghimire (kp 05/09/2013)
Senior
citizens,
disabled people to get KMC allowances (ht
15/08/2013)
Capital’s
broadened
roads turn blind eye to the blind, by Weena Pun
(kp 09/08/2013)
Begging
for
benefits: Our political and bureaucratic structure
makes social security benefits inaccessible to
ordinary people, by Daulat Jha (kp 07/08/2013)
Every
step
we take: Persons with Disabilities should not be left
behind in the post-2015 development agenda, by
Jagannath Lamichhane (kp 26/07/2013)
Differently-abled
people
deprived of allowance, by Bharat Jarghamagar (kp
20/06/2013)
Call
to
make city structures disabled-friendly (kp
03/06/2013)
Shift
focus
on special kids, says UN report (ht 03/06/2013)
Peace
rally
to highlight issues of differently-abled people,
by Weena Pun (kp 01/06/2013)
Rising
through
the cracks: A local organisation in Pokhara is giving
disadvantaged women vital life skills and making them
self-sufficient, by Sahina Shrestha (nt
17/05/2013)
Visually
impaired
to be able to vote (ht 14/05/2013)
Make
public
places disabled-friendly: Govt (ht 30/04/2013)
As
a
fundamental right Inclusive employment for PWD, by
Renu Lohani (ht 15/04/2013)
Dreams
of
mobility: Kathmandu, as seen from the perspective of
physically-challenged individuals, can be a heartless,
hopeless place, a city where only the fittest survive,
by Aagat Khatiwada Sharma (kp 13/04/2013)
A
fighting chance: Visually-impaired candidates in the
race for permanent teaching positions in Nepal find
themselves at an instant disadvantage thanks to the
unavailability of reference books and other preparatory
material in braille, by Roshan Sedhai (kp
13/04/2013)
Hearing-impaired
to
get driving licences (kp 12/04/2013)
Beyond
the
pale: Inclusive livelihhod for PWDS, by Meenraj
Panthee (rep 20/03/2013)
Disabled
woman’s
quest for survival, by Durgalal KC (kp 18/03/2013)
Differently
abled?
Defining dissability, by Ananta Baidya (rep
13/03/2013)
13-yr-old
girl
born withoutlower limbs in tight corner, by Ananda
Gautam (kp 03/03/2013)
Donate
for
disability: The govt and donors both have disability
policies and show commitment to the CRPD, but both lack
implementation, by Jagannath Lamichhane (kp
15/02/2013)
No
right
of passage: Lacking proper roads and sidewalks,
Kathmandu Valley is one of the most difficult places to
live in for those who are mobility-impaired, by
Sulaiman Daud (nt 08/02/2013)
‘60
pc
blind students’ lack Braille books (kp 25/01/2013)
Find
your
peers: In darkness, if people find a little motivation,
they may be ready to accept further help and support,
by Jagannath Lamichhane (kp 21/12/2012)
In
the
dark: The lack of curriculum in braille means that the
future of blind students remains bleak, by Mina
Sharma (nt 07/12/2012)
1st
job
fair for disabled sew new opportunties, by Roshan
Sedhai (kp 06/12/2012), Here
we
are: The Career Expo for Persons with Disabilities
inspired them to stand up and demand work and
opportunities, by Jagannath Lamichhane (kp
07/12/2012)
Mobile
camp
boon for disabled, by Rabindra Upreti (kp
04/12/2012)
Vision
screening:
World disability day, by Mahesh Kumar Dev (rep
03/12/2012)
Make
way,
here we come: I pray that they make mobility and
accessibility a right for the disabled in new Nepal,
by Ananta R. Baidya (kp 29/11/2012)
Books
for
blind students with pics embossed on cards, by
Kokila K.C. (ht 13/11/2012)
Visually
impaired
struggling for his family, by Manoj Basnet (kp
04/10/2012)
Enhancing
inclusion:
Disabled-friendly roads, by Ananta R. Baidya (rep
04/10/2012)
SC
orders
govt to pay stipend to the disabled (kp 16/08/2012),
Govt
told
to provide allowances pronto to differently abled
(ht 16/08/2012), They
better
listen: Supreme Court’s order to implement the rights of
the disabled gives us the upper hand now, by
Jagannath Manishhane (kp 24/08/2012)
Mentally
ill
woman confined for 18 yrs, by Kumbha Raj Rai (kp
16/08/2012)
The
vital
link: Disability and technology, by Meenraj Panthee
(rep 11/08/2012)
Licence
to
ride: Hearing impaired Nepalis demand the government to
reconsider laws that bar them from driving, by Mina
Sharma (nt 10/08/2012)
Blind
faith:
A unique cyber cafe in Pokhara empowers the visually-
impaired by making the Internet accessible, by
Candice Neo (nt 10/08/2012)
NHRC:
Build
disabled-friendly infrastructure (kp 04/07/2012)
Count
us:
The new budget should consider the needs of the people
with disabilities, by Jagannath Lamichhane (kp
29/06/2012)
Imagine
ability:
The needs of the “otherwise abled” and elderly can be
achieved by modifying current construction practices and
by designing future facilities, by Ananta R. Baidya
(kp 03/06/2012)
What
about
us?, by Meenraj Panthee (rep 27/05/2012)
World
report
on disability: Valuable recommendations, by Alok
Rajouria (ht 25/05/2012)
Disability
no
bar to education, by Dipendra Baduwal (kp
06/05/2012)
Hypothetical
and
the real: The UN’s mechanism to deal with disability
issues is not as unconstructive as it first appears,
by Jagannath Lamichhane (kp 27/04/2012)
They
can
do it: People with disabilities should be given jobs
suited to their skill and ability, not charity, by
Kamal Lamichhane (kp 18/03/2012)
Marginal
heroes:
Society continues to treat the disabled as second-class
citizens, and the media follows suit, by Jagannath
Lamichhane (kp 02/03/2012)
Mentally
ill
boy spends decade in confinement, by Dipendra
Baduwal (kp 24/02/2012)
Disabled
resource
centres send SoS, by Krishna Prasad Gautam (kp
24/02/2012)
Make
policies
for disabled: House panel (ht 19/02/2012)
Landlords
reluctant
to take in blind student, by Pushpa Raj Joshi (rep
15/01/2012)
Public
vehicles
not disabled-friendly, by Pritam Bhattarai (kp
15/01/2012)
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