Activist Javed Abidi, championing the cause of specially abled people, feels that creating awareness and sensitization among disabled people is not an easy task for their enumeration in 2011 census.
"The greatest challenge would be to create awareness and sensitization among disabled people and their families across the country to ensure that every single person is enumerated...that every single people do not shy away from people for being labeled as a person with disability," said Javed Abidi, director of NCPEDP.
Disney Accused Over Lack of Disabled Characters in Films
Former British Labour MP Oona King has accused Disney for the lack of disabled characters in their films.
Former British Labour MP Oona King has accused Disney for the lack of disabled characters in their films.
The achievement of 2001 census was the inclusion of the question on specially abled people in order to get the statistics of specially abled in India.
However, at most places, it was reported that the enumerators did not ask the question on disability. The figure that emerged was that only 2.13 percent of India's population was specially abled people.
Disabled People Get Jobs In Ethiopia
Hundreds of disabled people are forced to beg in the streets of the Ethiopian capital.
Hundreds of disabled people are forced to beg in the streets of the Ethiopian capital.
The National Centre for Promotion of Employment for Disabled People (NCPEDP) is now deciding on the question that is to be asked in census 2011 in order to get a more accurate data. (ANI)
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US Couple Cares for Disabled Chinese Children
Seven-year-old Huang Zhuoxiang was immobile a few months ago due to cerebral palsy and his parents were at their wits end trying their best to seek medical help in China.
Seven-year-old Huang Zhuoxiang was immobile a few months ago due to cerebral palsy and his parents were at their wits end trying their best to seek medical help in China.
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Japan Develops 'Robot Suit' to Help Disabled
Three Japanese cyborg look-alikes turned heads on busy Tokyo streets and subway trains Monday as they made their way to a robotics conference on a hot summer's day -- without breaking a sweat.
Three Japanese cyborg look-alikes turned heads on busy Tokyo streets and subway trains Monday as they made their way to a robotics conference on a hot summer's day -- without breaking a sweat.
