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Press evaluation:
Background:

Disability no bar to education, by Dipendra  Baduwal (kp 06/05/2012)

Hypothetical and the real: The UN’s mechanism to deal with disability issues is not as unconstructive as it first appears, by Jagannath Lamichhane (kp 27/04/2012)

They can do it: People with disabilities should be given jobs suited to their skill and ability, not charity, by Kamal Lamichhane (kp 18/03/2012)

Marginal heroes: Society continues to treat the disabled as second-class citizens, and the media follows suit, by Jagannath Lamichhane (kp 02/03/2012)

Mentally ill boy spends decade in confinement, by Dipendra Baduwal (kp 24/02/2012)

Disabled resource centres send SoS, by Krishna Prasad Gautam (kp 24/02/2012)

Make policies for disabled: House panel (ht 19/02/2012)

Landlords reluctant to take in blind student, by Pushpa Raj Joshi (rep 15/01/2012)

Public vehicles not disabled-friendly, by Pritam Bhattarai (kp 15/01/2012)

Inflicted family deprived of government allowances, by Pritam Bhattarai (kp 16/12/2011)

Sheltered children with disability get their own home: Individuals and organisations donated a new building to the home for differently-abled, by Prateebha Tuladhar (kp 06/11/2011)

Education roadblock: Raising awareness is the strongest tool for working towards better education and more opportunities for persons with disabilities, by Kamal Lamichhane (kp 06/11/2011)

Learn from Jhamak: It hurts when so-called ‘educated people’ are indifferent to the disabled, by Jagannath Lamichhane (kp 09/09/2011)

Disabled students and education, by Bibek Bhandari (rep 09/09/2011)

All you need is law: Nepal requires a comprehensive act preventing discrimination against disabled people, by Kamal Lamichhane (kp 07/09/2011)

Rooted in: Disability is so stigmatised, even the development sector sidelines it (kp 06/09/2011)

Identity card far-fetched dream for the disabled, by Mohan Shahi (kp 05/09/2011)

Educating children with disabilities, by Damakant Jayshi (nt 26/08/2011)

A failing grade: Children with disabilities are subtly discouraged to attend school, by Shanta Rau Barriga (kp 24/08/2011)

A revolution in disability: The Convention of Rights of Persons with Disabilities, if implemented, could well improve the situation of 15 per cent of the world’s population, by Jagannath Lamichhane (kp 19/08/2011)

Shortage of wheelchairs hits disabled, by Arjun Poudel (rep 24/07/2011)

Counting lives: People living with disabilities are not violent. They are the victims of ignorance and the Census should take note, by Jagannath Lamichhane (kp 16/06/2011)

Stark choices: Hearing-impaired students deserve a full education (kp 08/06/2011)

Blind youth spreads light of education, by Gajendra Bohara (rep 02/05/2011)

Education woes: Far west hearing-impaired students have scant hope, by Mohan Shahi (kp 31/03/2011)

Blind students left in lurch, by Barun Paneru (rep 19/03/2011)

In darkness, light, by Byanjana Thapa (kp 19/02/2011)

Disabling the differently-abled, by Sradda Thapa (rep 10/02/2011)

School slams door on disabled: Hearing-impaired children left in the lurch (ht 05/02/2011)

World Braille day: System in shambles (kp 05/01/2011)

Disabled girl doing bone-crushing job for a living, by Ratna Prasad Acharya (ht 25/12/2010)

It’s their right: Public transport should be disabled-friendly (kp 14/12/2010)

Public transport inaccessible to persons with disability (kp 09/12/2010)

Rights elude those afflicted with disabilities, by Prasun Singh (kp 06/12/2010)

Hearing-impaired kids showcase their talents (kp 03/12/2010), Ensure basic rights of people with disability, by Nirmala Gyawali (kp 03/12/2010), Keeping the promise: Issues related to disabilities need to be prioritised, by Kamal Lamichhane (kp 03/12/2010), Differently-abled seek policies, by Prasun Singh (kp 04/12/2010), A (non) inclusive state: Despite the ratification of the UN Convention for Disabled Persons, visually-impaired students face boundless hurdles and government indifference in getting an education, by Jenee Rai (kp 04/12/2010)

Visually-impaired sans readable books, by Jenee Rai (kp 16/11/2010)

Sticks rare among visually impaired (kp 15/10/2010)

The pleasure of reading: Nepal's only Braille library has a new collection of books, and that has its visitors excited, by Ujjwal Pradhan (kp 02/10/2010)

Claiming disability rights: Justice has to come to the fore, by Alok Rajouria (ht 15/09/2010)

Disability no deterrent to this toiling man, by Nirjana Sharma (kp 03/09/2010)

Double whammy for women with disability (kp 03/09/2010)

The gift of sight: You can bring light to people even after you pass into darkness, by Rubeena Mahato (bnt 06/08/2010)

Way smoothened for differently-abled (kp 04/08/2010)

Education a dream for visually impaired, by Bimal Khatiwada (kp 20/07/2010)

Helping hearing-impaired bare their soul, by Prasun Singh (kp 18/07/2010)

Right to move: Now is the perfect time to consider the rights of the disabled (kp 11/07/2010)

Feeling words: Visually impaired Nepalis limited to school curricula can now swim in an ocean of world literature, by Suresh Raj Neupane (nt 25/06/2010)

Centre’s move to create disabled-friendly spaces (kp 02/06/2010)

Social Service For The Marginalised, by Prem Khatry (rn 25/05/2010)

Govt blind to sightless’ woes (kp 19/05/2010)

Forget them not: The campaign to bring education to everybody has left out children with disabilities, by Kamal Lamichhane (kp 20/04/2010)

They have rights too: hildren may suffer from disability at birth, during childhood or later in life, by Jagannath Lamichhane (kp 16/04/2010)

First sightless Nepali conferred PhD, by Jayaram Gautam (ht 28/03/2010)

Able citizens mistreating disabled, by Pragya Lamsal (rn 16/03/2010)

Books on Braille, Keller for the blind (ht 14/03/2010)

Coming of AGE: The difficulties of caring for a disabled child are compounded in Nepal, but some are making a genuine effort to help, by Clare Harvey (nt 12/03/2010)

Disabled school gets aid (kp 03/03/2010)

Implementation Of CRPD, by Narayan Prasad Wagle (rn 09/01/2010), Ratification ain’t enough, by Kamal Lamichhane (kp 10/01/2010)

Conventional wisdom (kp 01/01/2010)

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