Early detection, treatment, rehabilitation and efforts to eliminate discrimination must continue even as Covid-19 threatens to undo past gains against leprosy
All photos: MONIKA DEUPALANepal has started to vaccinate people with disabilities across the country against the coronavirus with the Johnson &…
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…
Shilu Sharma presenting news in sign language for Nepal Television. Courtesy: Shuli Sharma/ FacebookIn 2013, a government directive required…
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…
SIXTH SENSE: Visually impaired travellers experience Nepal's famous touristic attractions including Kathmandu Darbar Square, paragliding,…
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…
All photos: BIKRAM RAIThe second edition of Mr and Ms Blind Rockers was held in Nachghar, Kathmandu on 16 September 2019. Organised by Blind…
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…
SIBLING MEMORY: Former ambassador Singha Bahadur Basnyat launching a biography of his brother, the social activist Khagendra Basnyat, who helped…
Turkish Airlines ENGAGE Empowering League 2018, the seven day long wheelchair basketball competition in Nepal, will be held from 2-30 June at…
