Swavlamban Health Insurance Scheme for persons with disabilities provides a much needed affordable and yet comprehensive insurance cover for the PwDs in low income group. We present the benefits, premium amount and conditions of this scheme.

Today we are presenting some data on disability distribution in India in terms of literacy, educational status, marriage, sex-ratio, age groups, rural-urban divide and disability types.

Let’s learn the benefits of the Niramaya Health Insurance Scheme for disabled persons. We will also discuss the enrollment process, documents required, fee and coverage of the scheme.

Learn if Army and other security and armed forces allow people with flat feet to join the service. Also learn the reasons as to why flat feet and over-arched people are not allowed to be part of the armed forces.

Is flat foot considered a disability? Many people want a disability certificate for permanent flat feet condition. Let’s learn if you can.

Here is an infographic list of disabilities that are covered under the Right of Persons with Disabilities Act 2016. The RPWD Act enlisted 21 medical conditions as recognized disabilities.

Learn the meaning of various types of tactile tiles used in making path for the blind people. These include blister, stripe and lozenge shaped tiles. A tactile path is used by partially sighted people for navigational purpose.

Have you ever wanted to travel by Delhi Metro and wondered if metro stations are accessible for persons with disabilities? Well, we researched about it. This article lists accessibility features of stations and tips for you to travel by Delhi Metro.

Learning the use of appropriate language and terminology to address the persons with disabilities is an important part of disability etiquette. Let’s go through a list of such dos and don’ts for disability reference.

People often are not sensitive enough to the requirements and feelings of persons with disabilities. Some people even feel dilemma and stressed about the “appropriate way” of interacting with persons with disability. This article details the basic disability etiquette that would help.

This article allows you to download the UDID registration form for making offline application. Also learn the process of applying offline for a UDID card.

Learn how to deal with the 504 Gateway Time-out error while submitting the UDID application online. The SwavlambanCard portal often throws this error. Here is the solution.

Learn how to apply for the UDID Card online. The process of application for the Unique Disability ID (उडिड) card is very easy and nicely explained in this article. Read on…

Prime Minister’s Suraksha Bima Yojna (PMSBY) is the cheapest and probably the only disability insurance plan in India. This Government of India scheme has low premium and good enough sum assured in case of an unfortunate event of disability.

Let’s learn what is disability insurance and how to be insured for disability in India. In this article we will also talk about the accident riders and permanent / partial disability riders given in the life and term insurance plans.

Here are a few useful train travel tips for disabled people in India. These will help wheelchair users and persons with other disabilities to use the Indian Railways. Such information is especially useful if you’re a disabled tourist in India.

Let us learn the definition of disability. We will also explain different meanings of disability as it varies with the way people and societies see disability conditions.

SwavlambanCard or Unique Disability ID (UDID) Card has a number of benefits and uses for the government as well as the persons with disabilities. This new card will solve many problems and will make disability data management much more accurate and efficient.

Today we are publishing summary and overview of the RPWD Act 2016. In this article we are also including an infographic containing important points related to the rights of persons with disabilities act.

Today we are publishing an infographic on interesting and useful statistics on disability in India. This infographic shows data on important aspects like education, employment, marriage, literacy rate among disabled people.

Walking with forearm crutches may involve a bit of learning curve. In this article we will learn how to walk with this type of crutches. These tips will enable the first time users to easily and safely use crutches while maintaining body balance.