Abha Khetarpal Maurya – India

Abha Khetarpal, President, Cross the Hurdles, is a counselor for persons with disabilities and a disability rights activist. She has been providing free online counseling to persons with disabilities since 2011. She is a disability rights activist. She is an awardee of #100 Women Achievers Award by Ministry of Women and Child Development. She has developed the first ever mobile application for persons with disabilities, Cross the Hurdles for which she has won NCPEDP Mphasis Universal Design Award 2015. She has authored handbooks, namely, ‘Tax Concessions and Exemptions for the People with Disabilities in India’, ‘Keeping You Abreast’ for Women with Disabilities for their breast cancer self examination and awareness and ‘Going With The Flow’ on Menstrual Management and Hygiene for Women with Disabilities in accessible formats like audio books, Braille books, print version and screen reader versions both in English and Hindi. She runs an accessible e-magazine by the name of Cross the Hurdles E-Magazine where people with disabilities can contribute their write ups. She was one of the four protagonist in the 61st National Award winning documentary Accsex. Many of her papers have been published in national and international journals.