In India, which hosted the first-ever ‘From Invisible to Visible conference at International Purple Fest in Goa in January, it is not known how many people live with invisible disabilities, as these disabilities are not included in the Rights of Persons with Disabilities Act, 2016.
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India s tryst with disability rights commenced in the 1980s but 76 years since independence, world s largest minority (people with disabilities) is still un-free of physical, attitudinal and systemic barriers preventing them from being active contributors to a healthy society. Let s remedy that by 2047.
Ongoing worldwide research of diverse populations by an international team of scientists, including a University of Massachusetts Amherst genetic epidemiologist, has shed important new light on how genes contribute to type 2 diabetes.