EYE CARE
Diabetic Retinopathy:
Diabetic Retinopathy is emerging fast as a major cause of preventable
blindness. Early intervention and treatment can help curb the disease.
Find out more.
A national and international
news digest. Updated monthly, and arranged in five news categories.
 parenting
How Can I Help My
Child?
A series of articles from the book Helping Children Who are Blind
by Sandy Niemann and Namita Jacob. The latest
chapters cover Why Children lose Their Vision and What We Can Do and As Your Child Gets Older
 Careers
An advanced tutorial
of Microsoft Excel. This tutorial will help you use this powerful
spreadsheet software for writing formulas, formatting data and much
more.
Planning to pursue a
career as language translator? Geetha Shammanna,
a professional translator, offers some valuable insights and tips into
this much sought after career.
Looking for a job? Click here.
 Services
A comprehensive
directory of eye banks, eye camps, medical services, libraries,
training and funding agencies.
 Products
With so many screen reading software
available today, choosing the right one is a tough task.
Peter Abrahams, Practice Leader, Bloor Research in
his article How
to choose a screen reader makes our task easier.
From the latest software technologies
to gadgets,
find them all at Eyeway
Products.
 Education
Tactile teaching aids
Monika Sharma, teacher at National Association for the Blind, Delhi,
describes tactile teaching aids for an inclusive classroom.
 Sports
Specially developed for visually
impaired persons, Torball is
a ball game that provides great excitement and opportunity for rehabilitation
activities as well as leisure, school and top level sport.
Also visit the section for
rules of popular indoor and outdoor sports, and the Sports
Hall of Fame.
 Acts and Policies
RBI notification to provide banking facilities to visually impaired persons
The Plenary of the General Assembly adopted the Convention
on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities on 13 December 2006.
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InterviewS
"If you want to succeed, remember,
there is no short-cut to hard work and sincerity towards the game."
That's Manvendra Singh Patwal's
success mantra. His love for cricket has not just helped him reach the
Indian Blind cricket team, but also made him the captain who led India
to the finals of the Blind Cricket World Cup, 2006.
 Amazing
Achievers
Upon the 2000 academic fall semester, a Chinese student, named Yang Jia, began to attract the attentions of Harvard University. Unlike the majority of students attending the prestigious Kennedy College, Yang was inflicted with an eye disorder known as 'macular degeneration', leaving her completely blind. Despite such obvious visual impairments, Yang was able to achieve excellent marks, distinguishing herself as the first, ever, foreign, blind student in the history of Harvard.
Faith, hope and inspiration unlimited. Meet Paul
Mudda, Customer Relations Officer - Credit Card Division, Canara
Bank and the driving force behind the Samarthanam Trust.
 Personality
Development
Resuming Life
Meeti Sethi enjoyed an active social
life and a career as a teacher, till she lost her eye sight. Six years
later, she decides not to allow blindness take control of her life.
And begins her life on a new note. Let's find out how.
Make success look
good
Preeti Monga, a successful blind
woman who is currently working as a public relations officer with a
reputed hospital, shares grooming tips for blind women.
Attitude makes the
difference
Ramakrishna was born with congenital cataract. Today he is General Manager
with the Industrial Development Bank of India. He attributes his success
to ATTITUDE which is an acronym for eight ingredients
that he says are essential for success.
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TESTING TIMES
Scribes, computers or oral examinations? This question is perplexing
visually challenged students all over India as they prepare for their
upcoming college exams. Vaijayanti Savant Tonpe seeks
the right answers.
EYEWAY
RADIO
Launched in November 2005, Eyeway
Yeh Hai Roshni Ka Karwan, our 30-minute radio programme features
an interview, an advice section, a profile of a blind role model and
a competition, as well as lots of useful and interesting information.
Read all about the initiative, the people associated with it and hear
a sample episode. (Featured above, Naseeruddin Shah recording at the
studio for our programme).
SIPRA
DAS: The Inner Eye
Inner Eye is a photo exhibition on persons
with visual impairments by Sipra Das, one of India's
pioneering women news photographers. The pictures have been taken over
a period of seven years. Here we present a selection from Sipra's exhibition.
GREETING
CARDS
You
can order a specially designed set of Eyeway Cards which include braille
messages. Click here to find out more
about the Eyeway Cards.
 Event Calendar
View upcoming events.
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