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New disability quota rules can make life harder for PwDs, burden govt medical systems

New disability quota rules can make life harder for PwDs, burden govt medical systems

If the government decides to go ahead with colour coding in disability certification, it should be based on the level of accreditation instead of the level of disability.

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Namma Yatri: Ways Forward for Accessible Ride-Hailing

Namma Yatri: Ways Forward for Accessible Ride-Hailing

Almost four months ago, ride-hailing app Namma Yatri launched the ‘Purple Rides’ initiative in partnership with one of us. Since then, over 16,000 rickshaw drivers have completed more than 40,000…

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Breaking The Shackles Of Disabilities, This Couple Is Redefining ‘Happy Marriage’

Breaking The Shackles Of Disabilities, This Couple Is Redefining ‘Happy Marriage’

This Valentines’ Day, Jyoti and Roopesh from Bengaluru, share their journey as a couple, fighting the challenges posed by their disabilities

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Wheel power: B’luru man on a mission to ‘ramp’ up Panaji

Wheel power: B’luru man on a mission to ‘ramp’ up Panaji

Moving on his wheelchair amid the bustling International Purple Fest, Prateek Khandelwal is a man on a mission to make public spaces accessible. From Bengaluru, Prateek, who is just in…

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DPI in the purple sector: Disability-inclusive infrastructure can spark a boom

DPI in the purple sector: Disability-inclusive infrastructure can spark a boom

Digital platforms are on their way that can ensure everyone can contribute to the country's economic growth—as consumers and value creators.

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How Apple devices are empowering people with disabilities to live more independently

How Apple devices are empowering people with disabilities to live more independently

Some of the notable accessibility features of Apple devices include Magnifier tools, Voice Over, Assistive Access, and more.

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A for Autonomy

A for Autonomy

On International Day for People with Disabilities, a glimpse at Apple Inc.’s efforts toward building inclusive tech

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Serene voices: Apple embeds accessibility tech into all its devices

Serene voices: Apple embeds accessibility tech into all its devices

There is a coloured ribbon these days for almost every cause but solutions are few and far between. We take a deeper look on International Day of Persons with Disabilities

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On International Day of Persons with Disabilities, independence is what one seeks. Apple delivers with accessibility tech

On International Day of Persons with Disabilities, independence is what one seeks. Apple delivers with accessibility tech

There is a coloured ribbon these days for almost every cause but solutions are few and far between. In 1939, baseball legend Lou Gehrig’s streak of 2,130 straight games came…

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2020 Winner: Changemaker Social Transformation – Shanti Raghavan . Developing a ‘purple economy’ for disability inclusion

2020 Winner: Changemaker Social Transformation – Shanti Raghavan . Developing a ‘purple economy’ for disability inclusion

Shanti’s organisation stayed on course in its plans to develop systems and platforms for the disability sector.

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Namma Yatri Partners with EnAble India to Empower PwDs

Namma Yatri Partners with EnAble India to Empower PwDs

In a nation with an estimated 4-5% of the population, roughly 6 crore PwDs, accessible mobility isn't a convenience; it's crucial for education, employment, and social engagement. Today, most ride-hailing…

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Bengaluru: Namma Yatri App to launch ‘Purple Rides’ to help specially-abled people

Bengaluru: Namma Yatri App to launch ‘Purple Rides’ to help specially-abled people

Bengaluru's Namma Yatri autorickshaw-booking app is launching Purple Rides, a service to assist individuals with disabilities. Juspay Technologies will train drivers in cooperation with EnAble India, an NGO supporting disabled…

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Namma Yatri partners with EnAble India to launch Purple Rides

Namma Yatri partners with EnAble India to launch Purple Rides

Namma Yatri, the Bengaluru-based community-driven auto-hailing app, has launched the “Purple Rides” initiative in partnership with EnAble India, an NGO dedicated to empowering Persons with Disabilities. The initiative aims to…

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Bengaluru’s Namma Yatri autorickshaw booking app to launch Purple Rides for disabled people | New Bangalore iv News

Bengaluru’s Namma Yatri autorickshaw booking app to launch Purple Rides for disabled people | New Bangalore iv News

Namma Yatri will partner with EnAble India, an NGO working with the disabled, to improve the app for visually, hearing and physically impaired users, the app announced on Thursday.

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Bengaluru: Namma Yatri App To Launch ‘Purple Rides’ To Help Specially-Abled People

Bengaluru: Namma Yatri App To Launch ‘Purple Rides’ To Help Specially-Abled People

Bengaluru's Namma Yatri autorickshaw-booking app is introducing a new service called Purple Rides, specifically designed to assist individuals with disabilities. In a pioneering move for India, Juspay Technologies, the payment…

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NAMMA YATRI PARTNERS WITH ENABLE INDIA TO LAUNCH “PURPLE RIDES”

NAMMA YATRI PARTNERS WITH ENABLE INDIA TO LAUNCH “PURPLE RIDES”

EnAble India empowers Persons with Disabilities (PWD) through innovative solutions and community development. Namma Yatri is a community-driven ride-hailing app. Accessible mobility is vital for PWDs, India has an estimated…

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Bengaluru’s Namma Yatri autorickshaw-booking app to launch Purple Rides for disabled people

Bengaluru’s Namma Yatri autorickshaw-booking app to launch Purple Rides for disabled people

The app will partner with the NGO EnAble India to enhance its service for users with visual, hearing and physical impairments.

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Namma Yatri app launches disability friendly services

Namma Yatri app launches disability friendly services

The auto-hailing app Namma Yatri on Thursday launched the ‘Purple Rides’ initiative to make mobility disability friendly by enabling drivers to understand and customise their assistance for users with visual,…

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ಬೆಂಗಳೂರು: ನಮ್ಮ ಯಾತ್ರಿಯಿಂದ ಅಂಗವಿಕಲರಿಗಾಗಿ ಪರ್ಪಲ್ ರೈಡ್ ಸೇವೆ ಆರಂಭ

ಬೆಂಗಳೂರು: ನಮ್ಮ ಯಾತ್ರಿಯಿಂದ ಅಂಗವಿಕಲರಿಗಾಗಿ ಪರ್ಪಲ್ ರೈಡ್ ಸೇವೆ ಆರಂಭ

ಬೆಂಗಳೂರು ಮೂಲದ ಆ್ಯಪ್ ಆಧಾರಿತ ಸಂಸ್ಥೆ ನಮ್ಮ ಯಾತ್ರಿಯು ಎನೆಬಲ್ ಇಂಡಿಯಾ ಸ್ವಯಂ ಸೇವಾ ಸಂಸ್ಥೆ ಸಹಯೋಗದಲ್ಲಿ ಅಂಗವಿಕಲ ಸ್ನೇಹಿ ಆಟೋರಿಕ್ಷಾ ಸೌಲಭ್ಯ ಪರ್ಪಲ್ ರೈಡ್ ಯೋಜನೆಗೆ ಜಾಲನೆ ನೀಡಿದೆ.

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ನಮ್ಮ ಯಾತ್ರಿ: ಅಂಗವಿಕಲರಿಗಾಗಿ ಪರ್ಪಲ್ ರೈಡ್ಸ್‌ ಪ್ರಾರಂಭ

ನಮ್ಮ ಯಾತ್ರಿ: ಅಂಗವಿಕಲರಿಗಾಗಿ ಪರ್ಪಲ್ ರೈಡ್ಸ್‌ ಪ್ರಾರಂಭ

‘ನಮ್ಮ ಯಾತ್ರಿ’ ಆ್ಯಪ್‌ ಆಧಾರಿತ ಆಟೊ ಸೇವೆಯು ಎನೇಬಲ್‌ ಇಂಡಿಯಾ ಸಹಯೋಗದಲ್ಲಿ ಅಂಗವಿಕಲರಿಗಾಗಿ ‘ಪರ್ಪಲ್‌ ರೈಡ್ಸ್‌’ ಎಂಬ ಸೇವೆಗೆ ಗುರುವಾರ ಚಾಲನೆ ನೀಡಿದೆ.

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Persons with Disabilities can bank on ‘Purple Rides’ for custom service in Bengaluru

Persons with Disabilities can bank on ‘Purple Rides’ for custom service in Bengaluru

‘Purple Rides’ was launched in the city on Thursday. It has over 3,500 customers and more than 1,300 drivers, and has completed over 6,000 rides on a trial basis.

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‘Purple Rides’ launched for passengers with disabilities

‘Purple Rides’ launched for passengers with disabilities

Representatives from Juspay Technologies, the payments operating system behind Namma Yatri, and the NGO were joined by auto-rickshaw drivers and persons with disabilities at a press conference regarding the launch…

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All-inclusive ‘purple rides’ are here

All-inclusive ‘purple rides’ are here

Bengaluru-based app launches disability-friendly ride option to address unique needs.

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HOW BLIND WOMEN ARE HELPING IN EARLY DETECTION OF BREAST CANCER

HOW BLIND WOMEN ARE HELPING IN EARLY DETECTION OF BREAST CANCER

Noorunnissa and Ayesha Banu are medical tactile examiners (MTEs) trained by EnAble India, as part of Discovering Hands. The programme was started in Germany by Dr Frank Hoffmann, and is…

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Bengaluru NGO to helpmake PwDs employable

Bengaluru NGO to helpmake PwDs employable

The office of the State Commissioner for Persons with Disabilities, Goa has signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with Enable India, a leading NGO from Bengaluru, to collaborate on generating…

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Power of touch: how blind women are helping detect breast cancer in India

Power of touch: how blind women are helping detect breast cancer in India

A scheme training visually impaired women to use their heightened tactile abilities benefits patients and examiners

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Turning the odds

Turning the odds

How visually impaired Ayeesha Banu and Noorunnissa, as Medical Tactile Examiners, are transforming the lives of women by examining and educating them on the importance of early diagnosis for breast…

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Evolution of Rupee for Rupee Philanthropy in India

Evolution of Rupee for Rupee Philanthropy in India

Dipesh Sutariya talks about bridging the gap between vision and action through Social Venture Fund (SVF)

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Sign up to bring change

Sign up to bring change

On International Day of Sign Languages, members of and allies to the deaf community emphasise why it is crucial to learn sign language

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What is the future of work for persons with disabilities?

What is the future of work for persons with disabilities?

As the working landscape shifts to a more flexible, remote, and less traditional one, let us explore what it means for people with disabilities.

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EnAble India Helps People with Disabilities Find Work

EnAble India Helps People with Disabilities Find Work

Poverty in India is an ongoing problem and the situation is even direr if a person is disabled and unable to obtain a job

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CSR arm of IT major Cognizant launches Tech4All, to skill persons with disabilities for tech careers

CSR arm of IT major Cognizant launches Tech4All, to skill persons with disabilities for tech careers

Marking the 2021 International Day for Persons with Disabilities, Cognizant Foundation, the CSR arm of IT service major Cognizant, 

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Building a Disability-Friendly Workplace: Why Includability Matters

Building a Disability-Friendly Workplace: Why Includability Matters

An includable leader knows that not everyone comes from the same space with the same privileges. They are aware of systemic barriers that dictate interactions between people of different genders,…

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Building A Disability-Friendly Workplace: Why Does ‘Includability’ Matter?

Building A Disability-Friendly Workplace: Why Does ‘Includability’ Matter?

To go beyond the differences, leaders must focus on the commonalities between them and the person they are interacting with. To be an includable leader, one must do away with…

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Brookfield Properties has partnered with EnAble India to host #ThePurpleCup, a charity golf tournament

Brookfield Properties has partnered with EnAble India to host #ThePurpleCup, a charity golf tournament

Brookfield Properties has partnered with EnAble India to host #ThePurpleCup, a charity golf tournament exclusively designed to raise awareness about disability inclusion and to support India’s Blind Golf Movement. Organized…

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Brookfield Properties Has Partnered With Enable India To Host #ThePurpleCup, A Charity Golf Tournament

Brookfield Properties Has Partnered With Enable India To Host #ThePurpleCup, A Charity Golf Tournament

Brookfield Properties has partnered with Enable India to host #ThePurpleCup, a charity golf tournament exclusively designed to raise awareness about disability inclusion and to support India’s Blind Golf Movement. 

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Shanti Raghavan: Enabling a more inclusive India

Shanti Raghavan: Enabling a more inclusive India

Shanti Raghavan is helping thousands of people with disabilities get trained, join the workforce, earn a livelihood, and live with dignity

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Visually Impaired Teacher Who Creates Study Material To Help Differently-Abled People Crack Entrance Exams

Visually Impaired Teacher Who Creates Study Material To Help Differently-Abled People Crack Entrance Exams

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Tata Steel provides assistive aids to physically challenged

Tata Steel provides assistive aids to physically challenged

December 3 is celebrated as International Day of Persons with Disabilities every year, to mark the challenges, barriers and opportunities of those with disabilities and also as an occasion to…

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How “The Valuable 500” is driving the recognition of people with disabilities

How “The Valuable 500” is driving the recognition of people with disabilities

Visually Impaired Teacher Who Creates Study Material To Help Differently-Abled People Crack Entrance Exams

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INCLUSION Here are 5 NGOs that are upskilling the differently-abled for employability

INCLUSION Here are 5 NGOs that are upskilling the differently-abled for employability

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World Disability Day 2020 – Challenges & opportunities in making the world more inclusive for people with disabilities

World Disability Day 2020 – Challenges & opportunities in making the world more inclusive for people with disabilities

People with disabilities are marginalised in the best of times. Post Covid this has only grown. While the pandemic has underlined, their challenges, it has thrown up opportunities as well.…

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How India Inc is rethinking inclusion during pandemic

How India Inc is rethinking inclusion during pandemic

On International Day of Disabled Persons, we look at the ways corporates are supporting their differently abled employees

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Prosus confirms jury for India social impact challenge

Prosus confirms jury for India social impact challenge

The World Health Organization will collaborate with Prosus on the social impact initiative with technical advisory and support for successful startups

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Global Neurodiversity: A Workplace Primer on Attracting and Retaining Neurodiverse Talent

Global Neurodiversity: A Workplace Primer on Attracting and Retaining Neurodiverse Talent

Neurodiversity is the inherent differences in neurological structure and function. The term encompasses neurocognitive differences such as autism...

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Leveraging technology to offer people with disability opportunities at workplace

Leveraging technology to offer people with disability opportunities at workplace

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