| Disability
India & Legal Aid
Website: www.disabilityindia.org
Phone #: 46579691
Email: helpline@sfcd-india.org
Society for Child Development created
the Disability India Network in 1999 to work as a one-stop
portal for disability related issues in India. It is now the
largest and most well known website on disability in India.
 *Winner
of the Manthan Award for the
best e-content practices in India.
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hosts a variety of useful resources, including: |
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Unique discussion
board: a place for members to share experiences
and share information, such as employment notices, etc.
There are over 1500 members and the website receives about
350 hits daily. |
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Disability organizations
database: a searchable list of government, and
non-government organizations related to disability. |
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Legal information
database: explains disability laws in an understandable
and comprehensive fashion. |
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Disability India
Journal: A weekly online journal of news reports
from Hindi and the English print media. |
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Case summaries:
a database of relevant cases that have been analyzed
and summarized for greater readability. |
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List of facilities,
benefits and services available to persons with disabilities:
a comprehensive resource for individuals with disabilities. |
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Online library and book review |
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Gensis:
Our legal awareness project had
its genesis in a small incident that subsequently sparked
off a process, which in its final form today has gained
much acclaim and appreciation for its usability and
outreach.
A colorblind on being denied admission in a medical college on
ground of his disability, approached us. We encouraged
him to fight his case in the Court of Law, providing
him with whatever assistance and support we could. He
won the case, his father wrote down their experience
of the case with all the relevant details, and we posted
it on our website: http://www.disabilityindia.org.
A few months later, a young boy from Delhi faced a similar
problem. While searching for a solution, he came across
the story of the colorblind boy on our website and approached
us for assistance. We gave him the information related
to the case that he presented before the Dean of Colleges,
based on which he was granted admission!
The case made us realize the value
of sharing information and we embarked upon this project!
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| The legal information on Disability
India is also available in Hindi in audio CDs, audio cassettes
and video CD ROMs (with sign language interpretation).
If you would like to order a copy, please contact Dr.
Madhumita Puri at madhumita.puri@gmail.com. |
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Disability Law and Access
to Rights: |
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A database of information related to disability
law was created and uploaded on the Disability India Network
website. |
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The information is also available in CDs,
audio cassettes, and sign language VCDs for dissemination
to people from different disability groups |
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This project was supported by Handicap
International |
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Helpline |
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A Helpline was started in April 2008,
to provide on-the-spot assistance to mothers with children
with special need. Still in its infancy the service has
received calls from about 20 - 25 mothers each month and
emails queries from across the world at an average of
about 50 - 60 per month. |
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Phone #: 46579691 Email:helpline@sfcd-india.org
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