BLOOMINGTON, Ind., Oct 2: A new publication developed by Indiana University centers and the Indiana State Department of Health encourages parents to have their young children evaluated if they suspect autism and provides guidance for professional evaluations.

NEW DELHI, Sept 25, 2012: INDIACSR, India’s largest CSR Network in partnership with Choice International (UK), is organizing an international conference themed “Disability Equality and Accessibility - India in Bangalore on December 2012. 

June 6, 2012: A NATIONAL workshop on inclusion of People With Disabilities (PWDs) in national development opened in Abuja to appraise the integration and performance of this class of citizens in the federal civil service.

NZ, May 2: A group of disabled persons organisations lead by New Zealanders with disabilities, known as the Convention Coalition, has commissioned a systemic monitoring report on the rights of persons with disabilities in New Zealand.

CHENNAI, INDIA, May 3: The Madras High Court Bench here has disagreed with the contention of the Director of Teacher Education, Research and Training that only those more than 70 per cent of disability were eligible to claim three per cent reservation meant for disabled people in gaining admission into teacher training institutes.

ISLAMABAD, May 2: A staggering number of people – 10,323 to be precise – were left physically disabled in the insurgency-plagued valley of Swat during the three years Mullah Radio and his cohorts held a reign of terror there.

NEW DELHI, May 2: HRD Minister Kapil Sibal met representatives from the disability sector opposing the amended RTE Act that provides home-based schooling to children with disabilities with one of them claiming they were assured of steps to prevent the Act from being misused.

BHUBANESWAR, INDIA, May 2: The trend of plastic money has caught on with blind youths of the City. They staged a demonstration here on Monday against non-issuance of Automated Teller Machine (ATM) cards to them by commercial banks.

May 1: The Coalition is reserving its stance until after next week's federal budget on the detail of the national disability insurance scheme - but the Gillard government is pressing ahead with an accelerated timetable that would see launch sites in place next year.

May 1: Minister of Labor Adel Fakeih yesterday opened a forum and workshop on the Tawafuq, the scheme to employ persons with disabilities, at the premises of the Disabled Children’s Association (DCA) in Riyadh.