Disabled

Hundreds of thousands of people shackled for mental health issues: HRW

Common belief "is that people with mental health conditions are bewitched, or possessed or have sinned, and as a result, they have a condition," says Kriti Sharma, senior disability rights researcher at Human Rights Watch.

Nepal opens first trekking trail for the disabled

Although Nepal hasn't got enough infrastructure for the disabled, many say the new trail is a good start.

India's tax revolution hurts the disabled

Recent changes to the tax code designed to simplify and unify it have triggered criticism from disability advocates, who say the new measures tax a group that was previously protected.

Japan knife attacker wanted to kill the 'severely disabled'

Satoshi Uematsu, who killed 19 people in a centre for those with disabilities sought a world 'in which the severely disabled can be euthanised'.