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During the pandemic, don’t forget leprosy
Early detection, treatment, rehabilitation and efforts to eliminate discrimination must continue even as Covid-19 threatens to undo past gains against leprosy
Nepal’s disabled get a shot at Covid
All photos: MONIKA DEUPALANepal has started to vaccinate people with disabilities across the country against the coronavirus with the Johnson &…
Changing disability to this-ability
Photo: Marcus Benigno / Nepali Times ArchiveIn 2010, my son who has Down’s Syndrome (DS), spent his first birthday in an Indian hospital due to…
Changing disability to this-ability
Photo: Marcus Benigno / Nepali Times ArchiveIn 2010, my son who has Down’s Syndrome (DS), spent his first birthday in an Indian hospital due to…
Listening to the hearing impaired
Shilu Sharma presenting news in sign language for Nepal Television. Courtesy: Shuli Sharma/ FacebookIn 2013, a government directive required…
Hearing for the deaf, seeing for the blind
Sarah Yonzan Giri never intended to become a sign-language expert. The wife of Nepal’s famous Panchayat-era prime minister, she was living in…
Sightseeing for the blind
SIXTH SENSE: Visually impaired travellers experience Nepal's famous touristic attractions including Kathmandu Darbar Square, paragliding,…
Nepal in the 2020s
Photo : SONIA AWALENepal is stepping up preparations for its 10-year census in 2021, which is slated to be the most hitech in history and will…
Blind Rockers 2019
All photos: BIKRAM RAIThe second edition of Mr and Ms Blind Rockers was held in Nachghar, Kathmandu on 16 September 2019. Organised by Blind…
Paying an arm and a leg
https://youtu.be/M2XedSLYl-gHari Pun, 31, was working on the scaffolding of a building in the Malaysian city of Penang last year. He was wearing…
New Life for Khagendra B Basnyat
SIBLING MEMORY: Former ambassador Singha Bahadur Basnyat launching a biography of his brother, the social activist Khagendra Basnyat, who helped…
Sporty wheels
Turkish Airlines ENGAGE Empowering League 2018, the seven day long wheelchair basketball competition in Nepal, will be held from 2-30 June at…