Disabled

Useful resource e-links related to 'Designing for the Disabled' in India

Resources
Industry
Product Design Studios
Accesibility Design Firms

Organisations
Associations
InDeAs
Standards, IPR

Ministry
Social Justice and Empowerment

Disability India Network
Provides comprehensive information related to disability in India - Links, Resources, Organisations, Forum, etc.

Cerebral Palsy India
A Guide to cerebral palsy in India with news, updates and resources for Educators and Parents

Writings, Reports, etc.
National Policy for Persons with Disabilities (pdf)
Programs for the Care of Elderly - Govt. of India
Barrier Free Tourism for People with Disabilities - from Disability India
Guidelines-Standards for Barrier Free Built Environment - from Disability India
Articles on 'Disability' from India-Together
Articles on 'Designing for All'

e-Groups, Forums
Disability India
Design India
IDCian, IDCians
NID Folks
Sristi School

D'source
- resources on design in India - courses, examples, case studies, videos, etc.

Research Centres
All Institutions
NIVH
NIMH
AYJNIHH
MIPH + more
Museums

NIVH, Dehradun
- National Institute for the Visually Handicapped
- Centre for research and development to assist the visually impaired

NIMH, Secunderabad
- National Institute for the Mentally Handicapped
- empowering the persons with mental retardation
- care and rehabilitation
- research and development

AYJNIHH, Mumbai
- Ali Yavar Jung National Institute for Hearing Handicapped, Mumbai
- research for the education and rehabilitation of the hearing handicapped.

MIPH, Delhi
- National Institute for Physically Handicapped
- committed to the rehabilitation of the persons with locomotor disabilities

Design Institutions
All Schools
NID
IDC, IIT Bombay
Sristi, Bangalore
IIT Delhi
NIFT + more
Museums

IDC, IIT Bombay
- 2 year Master of Design (M. Des)
- Doctoral Degrees (Ph. D)
- Admission through CEED + Entrance Examination + Interview

NID, Ahmedabad
- 4 year) Graduate Diploma Programme in Design (GDPD)
- 2 1/2 year Post - Graduate Diploma Programme in Design (PGDPD)
- Admission through Entrance Examination + Interview

Sristi, Bangalore
- 2 + 2 year Professional Diploma in Visual Communication
- Admission through Entrance Examination + Interview

DoD, IIT Guwahati
- 4 year) graduate program in Design (B. Des) Admission through JEE

Webzines
Disability India Journal
India Together
Design for All

Webzines International
Disabilities Studies
Disabled World
Disability World

NGO's
Indian Handicapped Welfare Association, Gurgaon
National Association of the Blind (NAB)
- NAB, Delhi; NAB, Bangalore; NAB, Nasik
Blind Foundation
Spastics Society of India
Indian NGO's.com - Resources for NGO's

Institutes
Institute for Productive and Empowered Old Age (IPEOA

Organisations
Chief Commissioner for Persons with Disabilities, Delhi
National Centre for Promotion of Employment for Disabled People (NCPEDP)
National Handicapped Finance and Development Corporation: (NHFDC), Delhi
National Trust for the Welfare of Persons with Autism, Cerebral palsy, Mental retardation and Multiple disabilities
Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment, Delhi
Rehabilitation Council of India, Delhi
Institute for Productive and Empowered Old Age (IPEOA

International
Disabled People International
Sense International
The United Nations Global Programme on Disability
Disability and the United Nations