Vine Veracity An experience of empathy, care, love, joy and togetherness! It was a beautiful morning. I could feel the warmth of the sun in winter season on my skin. Finally, the day had come. After “Footprints ‘09”, the Dehradun Chapter, I was in surge to initiate my internship. It was Tuesday, 3 November 2009, Continue Reading →

An initiative taken for a social cause sets your foot on holy ground and you’ll not go without leaving your trail behind…. So why not put a step forward to help the people with disabilities and make them shine in this world with the talents infused in them. Disability is not a disease. I don’t Continue Reading →

Hi, I am Vandita Uniyal. I am a student of M.A [Hindi} from D.A.V. College. I am doing a part time job as a cooking instructor in Latika Vihar. Latika Vihar is a one of the great project of Latika Roy foundation. One day while reading the local newspaper I got to know about the Continue Reading →

Imagine if someone told you that you couldn’t go to college, that nobody would employ you because you didn’t have the skills for the workplace and that even if you were willing, all doors were shut to you for further training? Well for thousands of young adults in India with disabilities, this is the reality. Continue Reading →

As a foundation working for people with disabilities we realize the importance of early intervention. We know that early intervention services can quell parents’ anxiety and most importantly they can enhance a child’s educational and developmental growth making him more self reliant. This is a reason why several years ago we started the Early Intervention Continue Reading →

This is the first in a series of articles examining the role of sexuality in the lives of young people with disability, particularly those with intellectual disability. Parents the world over are uneasy about sex education and their children. It’s an area many of us already feel uncomfortable with in our own lives, especially given Continue Reading →

Excited voices, dancing feet and smiling faces is what will greet you when you enter the tiny white gate of Latika Vihar in Vasant Vihar. Latika Vihar is an after school activity centre for children, it is a haven in a world where children are forced to grow up, where parental pressure to excel in Continue Reading →

The vote is the most powerful instrument ever devised by man for breaking down injustice and destroying the terrible walls which imprison men from other men. People with disabilities can and do VOTE. And their votes COUNT. Following a Supreme Court order in October 2004, the Election Commission had promised easy access to booths, and Continue Reading →