New Delhi, Apr 7: With 7.8 million blind people in India, the country accounts for 20 per cent of the 39 million blind population across the globe, of which 62 per cent are on account of cataract, 19.7 per cent refractive error, 5.8 per cent glaucoma and one per cent corneal blindness.

BEIJING, Apr 5: "My son came home from kindergarten today and asked me to call him 'Daddy,'" wrote Cai Zhaohui, on his sina.com microblog.

NAGPUR, INDIA, Apr 4: People with disabilities get benefits of concessions in government jobs and at other places, but they are not so lucky when it comes to booking a railway ticket online.

BEIJING, Apr 4: About 2.12 million impoverished people with disabilities took advantage of various poverty relief programs last year, according to the China Disabled Persons' Federation (CDPF).

DHAKA, Apr 3: Prime Minister (PM) Sheikh Hasina Monday asked the corporate sector and private organisations to provide jobs for autistic and physically disabled people to utilise their merits in nation-building activities, reports UNB.

Apr 3: A growing number of disabled people are not letting their disability get in the way of driving a car.

Apr 3: The Global Alliance on Accessible Technologies and Environments (GAATES) and the Design for All Foundation are pleased to announce a collaborative agreement whereby it is the will of the two organisations to collaborate in order to promote, increase the knowledge of and disseminate information related to the concepts of Universal Design and implementation of the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (CRPD).

Apr 3: Prime Minister Julia Gillard says the government soon will reveal how it plans to set up the national disability insurance scheme.

DHAKA, Apr 2: The government is going to count the number of autistic children in Bangladesh, the social welfare minister has said.

Mar 31: Over one million working-age people with disability were working in 2009, according to the latest report by the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS).