Meeting a deaf-blind lawyer, Mr. Riku Virtanen Recently, thanks to a programme organized by the Bangalore Unit of Human Rights Law Network (HRLN) and the Society for Human Rights, Bangalore, I was able to have my first ever meeting with a deaf-blind person. Mr. Riku Virtanen is a lawyer who specializes in human rights and [...]
Listening to her heart Disability rights activist Michele Friedner, who has severe bilateral hearing loss herself, is now studying how disability is tackled in everyday life. Bharathi Prabhu has the details “Hmmm, my achievements? Getting a gas connection, wrangling for a research permit from the Commissioner of police, braving Bangalore traffic….” ticks off Michele Friedner [...]
Hearing Impaired demand Inclusion IN PERSPECTIVE Helen Keller is supposed to have famously said, “It is better to be blind than to be hearing impaired”. In the world of the hearing impaired, silence is not golden, infact it is deeply isolating as the impairment cuts off nearly 50% of all stimulation and information coming in [...]
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