The general elections are coming to a close with just one more phase left on 19 May. There was an impressive turnout witnessed from the disabled community with the Election Commission of India (ECI) making special efforts to make voting accessible,

So, how has it panned out on the ground? Well, the views are rather mixed.

It’s called Ranchhod Sees the World and it’s an illustration picture book about Ranchhod Soni, a visually impaired teacher in Gujarat, who has not disability come in the way of discovering new things.

Bringing his story alive in a vivid and vibrant way for the first time is the Beyond Braille series which claims to offer breakthrough research to help visually impaired people visualise and imagine the world.

Arrangements for blind and partially sighted people to vote in secret are “a parody of the electoral process”, a high court judge has ruled in a decision that will force improvements to the system.

The legal challenge to the adaptation used at ballot boxes was brought by Rachael Andrews, 46, from Norwich, who has no sight in one eye and little sight in the other.

Kaveesha Kohli
Tribune News Service
Chandigarh, May 2

Despite being partially visually impaired since birth, Ritik Goyal of the Institute for the Blind, Sector 26, has scored 94.8 per cent in humanities.

All of us have the desire to travel, explore unknown destinations, and embark on expeditions.

CHANDIGARH: No less than 12 students of the Sector-26  Institute for Blind have done well in their CBSE Class-XII  examinations. The school offers only humanities stream and had nine boys and 3 girls as candidates. 

Organised by Devnar foundation under the aegis of All India Chess Federation.

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Advocates say the product could transform reading for blind and visually impaired children, making the experience of learning Braille more inclusive and helping to combat what has been called a Braille literacy crisis.

A new effort is underway to help blind and visually impaired children more naturally learn to read Braille, a system based on different configurations of six small, raised dots that blind people read with their fingertips. And it is coming in the form of a favorite childhood toy: Lego bricks.

An eye impairment can be especially traumatising for children and their parents but new technology comes to the rescue. By Team Viva

The Indian Association for the Blind in Madurai comes out with two monthly magazines in Braille for the visually challenged that carry stories contributed by the people from the community