Trans Persons With Disabilities Lack Enabling Social Systems and Healthcare Support
Mumbai: India has laws and support systems for both transgender persons and people with disabilities, but none for those who are both identities – trans persons …
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Desire, Sexuality And Choice: Disabled Indian Women And Queer Persons On Their Experiences
Bengaluru: When they were 18, Nu, a non-binary person with physical and speech disabilities, recalls apologising often to their dates: “I’m sorry I walk with a …
Women With Disabilities Have To Constantly Negotiate Between Isolation And Intrusion
Mumbai: Barely a month before her 12th grade board exams, Kavya Mukhija (now 23) had to take a week’s sick leave from school. She had contracted …
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Tangled In Red Tape, The Disability ID Card Process Is Steeped With Gender Barriers
Mumbai: Khushi, 18, was elated to get admission to her dream Delhi University college to study English literature. Then, the teen, who was diagnosed with a …
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Who Gets To Be A Mother? How Disabled Women Are Absent In The Idea of motherhood
Mumbai: A few weeks ago, Hera* and her toddler stared at the wall in awe. The light that gleamed through the broken glass pieces of the …
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‘How will you manage?’ How Disabled Women Are Forced Into Surgical Procedures
Bangalore: Nearly a decade ago, Smitha*, who lives with cerebral palsy, underwent a surgery to remove fibroids from her uterus. The doctors, at the time, asked …
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India’s Laws Fail To Uphold Abortion Rights Of Women With Disabilities
Mumbai: Arpita Roy Sengupta was 22 years old when her parents, much against her wishes, arranged her marriage in 2007 with Alok*, a deaf person like her. …
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