The gutsy mother speaks to SheThePeople.TV about being a working woman with a disability, her inter-caste marriage, being a cross-disability couple, bringing up two daughters independently without much family support and how things are for immune-compromised people under the current pandemic.

Jerlin clinched four medals, including a gold, at the World Deaf Youth Badminton Championship in Taiwan last year, and made a name for herself in the industry.

Singer Rihanna also expressed her sadness on hearing the news via a powerful Instagram post. Rihanna called her a queen and a force who brought her strength to savgeXfenty show in 2019.

Kusum Bhargava, 86 was one of the two and the oldest participant of the run. Eiswari Amma, 78, ran with her son, daughter-in-law and grandchildren who pushed her wheelchair to the finish line.

Jerlin has numerous medals in her name including two silver medals and a bronze at the 5th Asia Pacific Deaf Badminton Championship held in Malaysia in 2018. In the 2017 she secured the fifth place despite being the youngest player in Deaflympics held at Turkey.

To make India accessible for differently-abled, Shakti Cajla co-founded Bangalore-based NGO Anuprayaas, to provide facilities and the much-needed solution this country needs.

A girl from Haryana, Nishtha Dudeja, has won the Miss Deaf Asia 2018 title at an international pageant held in Prague, Czech Republic, recently. She has thus become the first Indian to clinch a title at the Miss Deaf World Pageant. “I want to thank my parents for their consistent support who were always there to […]

Anushka Panda, who scored 97.8% in her Class X CBSE board exams, was mentioned by Prime Minister Narendra Modi in his radio show ‘Mann Ki Baat’. Who is Anushka? Anushka was born with  “spinal muscular atrophy”, a genetic disease that slowly reduces a person’s physical strength. A student of Suncity School, she passed her board exams in […]

The life of disabled women and girls in India is nothing short of a nightmare. Their survival instinct helps them cope with daily hurdles, but sexual violence is something they often have to deal with. A recent report by Human Rights Watch revealed that women with disabilities face several hurdles to access the justice system.  Five years […]

The life of a Paralympian is beyond hard work and trophies. Their grit takes them to the biggest podiums, but at the end, they have to prove their ability or in this case “disability”. British Paralympian Sophia Warner was the latest to face an apathetic system. She has spoken out about a recent “devastating” airline experience. […]