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It Started With a Simple Thought...
It Started With a Simple Thought...
What if everyone saw the person before the disability?
What if everyone saw the person before the disability?
Disability is often spoken about through extremes. Stories of extraordinary inspiration on one side, and stories centred around struggle or sympathy on the other.
Disability is often spoken about through extremes. Stories of extraordinary inspiration on one side, and stories centred around struggle or sympathy on the other.
But everyday life is much bigger than either.
But everyday life is much bigger than either.
And a person is so much more than their disability.
And a person is so much more than their disability.
There are careers being built, relationships being navigated, terrible jokes being cracked, barriers being challenged, adventures being planned and ordinary lives being lived in extraordinary ways.
There are careers being built, relationships being navigated, terrible jokes being cracked, barriers being challenged, adventures being planned and ordinary lives being lived in extraordinary ways.
Somewhere along the way, we realised how rarely these conversations find their way into mainstream media.
Somewhere along the way, we realised how rarely these conversations find their way into mainstream media.
Disability itself isn’t one experience.
Disability itself isn’t one experience.
Different people have different lives, opinions, ambitions, challenges and ways of seeing the world.
Different people have different lives, opinions, ambitions, challenges and ways of seeing the world.
That realisation became Dil Se Abled.
That realisation became Dil Se Abled.
What began as a simple podcast, gradually grew into an independent, disability-first media platform with a simple purpose: to create space for people to tell their own stories, share their perspectives and have conversations that deserve to be heard.
What began as a simple podcast, gradually grew into an independent, disability-first media platform with a simple purpose: to create space for people to tell their own stories, share their perspectives and have conversations that deserve to be heard.
A platform for lived experiences, honest conversations and perspectives that don’t always find enough space in mainstream media.
A platform for lived experiences, honest conversations and perspectives that don’t always find enough space in mainstream media.
We don’t want to speak for the disability community.
We don’t want to speak for the disability community.
We want to pass the mic.
We want to pass the mic.
Because meaningful representation isn’t just about telling more stories.
Because meaningful representation isn’t just about telling more stories.
It’s about hearing more voices, asking better questions and making disability, accessibility and inclusion part of everyday conversation.
It’s about hearing more voices, asking better questions and making disability, accessibility and inclusion part of everyday conversation.
One story may not change how India sees disability.
One story may not change how India sees disability.
But thousands of stories, conversations and voices just might.
But thousands of stories, conversations and voices just might.
Where We’re Going
Where We’re Going
The destination is ambitious. The idea is simple: a more accessible India where everyone gets to participate and treated equally.
The destination is ambitious. The idea is simple: a more accessible India where everyone gets to participate and treated equally.
How Are We Going to Achieve This
How Are We Going to Achieve This
Bring disability-led stories, experiences and conversations into everyday media.
Bring disability-led stories, experiences and conversations into everyday media.
Through podcasts, videos, roundtables, events and our growing community.
Through podcasts, videos, roundtables, events and our growing community.
We want to create spaces where lived experiences are heard, assumptions are questioned and conversations around disability become more open, honest and normal.
We want to create spaces where lived experiences are heard, assumptions are questioned and conversations around disability become more open, honest and normal.
What We Hope To Achieve
What We Hope To Achieve
An India where accessibility isn’t an afterthought.
An India where accessibility isn’t an afterthought.
Where inclusion goes beyond a checkbox.
Where inclusion goes beyond a checkbox.
Where persons with disabilities have equal opportunities to work, travel, participate, create, lead and belong.
Where persons with disabilities have equal opportunities to work, travel, participate, create, lead and belong.
And where everyone learns to #SeeThePersonFirst.
And where everyone learns to #SeeThePersonFirst.
The People Who Started It
The People Who Started It
Pearl Gupta
Pearl Gupta
Pearl believes resilience creates the strongest ideas.
Through advocacy, entrepreneurship, and lived experience, she’s helping build a more inclusive future where disability is seen as strength, not limitation.
Sabhyata Prakash
Sabhyata Prakash
Sabhyata believes meaningful inclusion begins with listening, learning, and taking action.
She is committed to creating spaces where every voice is valued and every story is heard.
Lakshay Gupta
Lakshay Gupta
♿ Founder & CEO, Peaar Healthtech / Aasraa Mobility
💜 Non-Disabled Ally
📧 lakshay@dilseabled.com
Lakshay believes accessibility should never be an afterthought.
Through Aasraa Mobility and Dil Se Abled, he’s working to make disability conversations more visible while building products and platforms that create real impact.
Naman Parakh
Naman Parakh
Curious by nature, Naman believes the best conversations happen over shared experiences.
He brings empathy, fresh perspectives, and a passion for connecting people beyond labels.
Pulkit Sharma
Pulkit Sharma
Pulkit uses storytelling, dance, and content to challenge stereotypes around disability.
His mission is to replace sympathy with understanding, inclusion, and authentic representation.
Sushant Gupta
Sushant Gupta
🏃 Para Athlete, Speaker & Entrepreneur
👁 Visually Impaired (Retinitis Pigmentosa)
📧 sushant@dilseabled.com
Sushant believes challenges aren’t roadblocks, they’re opportunities to grow.
Through sport, leadership, and service, he inspires others to focus on possibilities instead of limitations.
Dil Se Abled isn’t about any one of us.
Dil Se Abled isn’t about any one of us.
It’s about the people who share their stories, the guests who trust us with their experiences, the organisations that join the conversation and the community that continues to grow around it.
It’s about the people who share their stories, the guests who trust us with their experiences, the organisations that join the conversation and the community that continues to grow around it.
We’re simply building the table.
We’re simply building the table.
We hope you’ll pull up a chair.
We hope you’ll pull up a chair.
This story is still being written...
This story is still being written...
By every person who speaks up, every story that gets shared and everyone who chooses to see things a little differently.
By every person who speaks up, every story that gets shared and everyone who chooses to see things a little differently.
Come be part of it...
Come be part of it...
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