Zoe Kothari, an 18-year-old, 12th-grade student has come up with a special platform called ZIAI, a resourceful app for the disabled community and for nondisabled individuals looking to be allies. In 2019, Zoe met with a major accident in her school which resulted in 5 broken bones, a punctured lung, and a head injury. She was …
Troy Kotsur is now the first man who is Deaf to win an Academy Award for acting, collecting the trophy for best actor in a supporting role. His CODA costar, Marlee Matlin, was the first Deaf actor to win an Oscar back in 1987, receiving the best actress award for Children of a Lesser God. Minari star Youn Yuh-jung …
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Mastered skiing during rigorous training at HAWS Gulmarg In an unparalleled initiative, six specially-abled youth from Kashmir undertook two weeks of rigorous skiing training at High Altitude Warfare School (HAWS), Gulmarg.It was Chinar Corps initiative which aimed at providing first hand exposure to specially-abled youth of Kashmir in skiing, with the hope that many more …
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Actress and model Jillian Mercado has spent her entire career breaking barriers for the disabled community. From her role on Showtime’s “The L Word: Generation Q” to her unprecedented appearance on the runway during New York Fashion Week in 2020, Mercado has been making her presence known in the entertainment world for some time now, representing not …
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Nazreen C J, who is hearing impaired, marvels art connoisseurs by transforming unheard tunes into elegant moves, reports Anuja Susan Varghese ERNAKULAM: The differently-abled are often blessed with myriad capabilities. Heightened sensory powers and special skills, developed by some individuals over several years overcoming challenges, at times leave audiences spellbound. Such is the tale of …
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