Speakers at a five-day workshop on ‘Orientation to Braille' laid emphasis on the need to spread awareness on Braille, and cover all visually impaired persons under the Braille literacy programmes, including ones in regular educational institutions.
2012/02/07
Paving way for the visually impaired to have a decisive role in the country's democratic process, the Election Commission is encouraging use of EVMs having braille signs to elect the state's third Assembly.
2012/02/01
Members of the Ramanathapuram District Differently Abled Welfare Association presented a petition to the Collector demanding him to expedite distribuion of welfare assistance.
2012/01/31
The Chief Commissioner for Persons with Disabilities has directed the Karnataka Government to take up a special drive on the lines of the Centre and other States to fill backlog of vacancies in posts reserved for persons with disabilities from 1996.
2012/01/30
Some activists have raised questions about how effective the move would be since practicals for students in CBSE schools.
2012/01/19
Inspired by author J.K. Rowling's Harry Potter series, a visually challenged 18-year-old from a farmer's family wrote Pharaoh and the King, a story based on Indian and Egyptian mythology.
2012/01/10
On the occasion of World Braille Day, an exhibition of gadgets and technologies for the visually impaired was held by the students of Xavier's Research Centre for the Visually Challenged.
2012/01/09
The government has decided to provide visually challenged candidates with special keyboards and screen-reading software to help them while appearing in recruitment tests for the posts of stenographers and lower division clerks across the country.
2012/01/09
The Gauhati University, in collaboration with NTPC Limited, started an information communication training centre (ITC) at the department of disability study.
2012/01/06
For the visually-impaired students of Bangalore University, lessons will become a tad easier as they can now convert their lessons from English to Kannada without any hassle.
2012/01/05
Breaking barriers, a group of Pune-based visually impaired youth are writing computer programmes for a US-based information technology (IT) company to enable it to better sell its cloud computing products.
2012/01/03
For the first time, the Education Department and the Integrated Education for the Disabled (IED) cell have organised a series of sessions to listen to the difficulties faced by the visually-challenged teachers and to come up with measures for their empowerment.
2012/01/03
The demand for trained special teachers increased after the Delhi HC passed an order for appointing special teachers in Delhi schools.
2011/12/28
From this academic year, such students from class XI and XII, will get special question papers without any visual inputs like graphs or diagrams for subjects.
2011/12/26
Public hearing highlights problems faced by kids with disabilities
2011/12/26
Maharashtra Governor K Sankaranarayanan launched the first Marathi Encyclopedia for blind children.
2011/12/19
The Bombay High Court struck down a significant provision of the guidelines of the Mararashtra Housing Area Development Authority (MHADA) on its upcoming recruitment examination of visually impaired candidates.
2011/12/12
Software major Microsoft India introduced disabled-friendly tools for application in software of common use.
2011/12/07
The department of education and extension is working on a project to install advanced sensors at various locations often accessed by students to help needy students navigate through the campus.
2011/12/06
The Wadhwani Foundation would assist around 2,000 educated people with disabilities in getting placed in the IT/BPO.
2011/12/06
The state government of Orissa will provide scholarship to the children of disabled persons
2011/12/06
In a major relief to a visually impaired employee of Chetna College, who was sacked by the college because of her disability, the state government has order her reinstatement.
2011/12/05
Developed by IIT-Delhi, stick to have sensors to alert danger, also inform size, shape, type of obstacles
2011/10/17
GN Sangeetha, 38, was barely seven when she lost her eyesight to a brain tumour. Today, she guides and inspires many like her by sharing her experiences.
2011/10/14
Maharashtra Council for Occupational Physiotherapy (MCOP) has come out with draft guidelines holding visually, hearing and speech-impaired candidates ineligible for admission to Bachelor of Occupational Therapy (BOTh) and Bachelor of Physiotherapy (BPTh) courses.
2011/09/22
The state funds just 30 schools, a dismal number when compared to Maharashtra, which funds 900 schools, and Kerala, which supports 244 schools.
2011/09/20
Heinrich Wagner is a visually impaired man, one who has brazenly performed numerous feats that would reduce most 'normal' human beings to quivering, cowering messes.
2011/09/20
A group of students from international schools in the city have developed robots as part of the Sixth Indian Robotic Olympiad - Mumbai Chapter.
2011/09/20
The Madras High Court on Friday refused to allow a school to sack a teacher who had lost her eyesight, and ruled that she be allowed to continue using the help of a companion to discharge her teaching duties until her retirement.
2011/09/19
Maharashtra government on Thursday assured the high court here that it would immediately remove all barriers from public buildings to allow smooth movement to physically challenged and the elderly.
2011/09/16
TechVision has just completed a paid project from the Silicon Valley, at BoardWalk Tech, a U.S. based company and they are raring for more.
2011/09/12
A 26-year-old 100 per cent visually impaired student from Kolkata has battled all odds to make it to the prestigious management school - IIM.
2011/08/26
Limited time offer for Nuance Talks at concessional rate of Rs. 1800 only
2011/08/25
The Karnataka Welfare Association for the Blind (KWAB) is organising a two-day career guidance programme for the visually impaired students on Friday and Saturday.
2011/08/24
Free coaching for competitive exams is going to be held for the blind aspirants by BGFI from 21 August 2011.
2011/08/19
I have a job that many would envy and I believe I am luckier than many as I get to meet new people from different walks of life every day. More important, I am no longer an object of sympathy. I am now admired for my skills.
2011/08/17
Last week, the Delhi high court judges voted to designate the 57-year-old blind advocate a 'senior' - a first for the country.
2011/08/03
'Devnar Foundation for the Blind' is planning to start an exclusive engineering college for the blind.
2011/07/14
Verma received an award by the government for changing the lives of other visually-impaired persons. He improved accessibility for those, who cannot see, by promoting the use of ICT in their daily life.
2011/07/14
What sets this Hindi teacher apart from others is the fact that in spite of being visually challenged, he has been able to deliver excellent results every year.
2011/07/07
Prachurya Pradhan, a Class IX student, has become the first blind person in the state [Orissa] to secure a FIDE ( World Chess Federation) rating.
2011/07/07
Criminal cases will be registered against the head of departments who fail to earmark three per cent of budgetary outlay for welfare of the disabled.
2011/07/05
The Delhi High Court today directed the Centre and the Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) to provide "scribes" to visually- impaired candidates appearing for Central Teachers Eligibility Test(CTET) tomorrow.
2011/06/26
The pen can read any verse of the Koran loud and clear. All one has to do is to touch it on any page or verse and listen to the Arabic version.
2011/06/24
The Delhi University may consider itself disable-friendly, but the South Campus has proved to be insensitive to the needs of these students.
2011/06/20
In a step towards empowering visually impaired persons in Himachal Pradesh, National Federation of the Blind is all set to open a school in Shimla.
2011/06/16
The batch of 30 letters that makes up "Letters from a Father to his Daughter" was first published in 1929. And now, a brand new Braille version will reveal their contents to the visually impaired.
2011/06/14
UDIS Forum has invited applications from visually challenged girl students for the Marga Schulze Scholarship.
2011/06/13
A high-flying city executive, who has travelled across the world and helped frame disabled-friendly guidelines for Indian airports, hit an air pocket at Patna last week when a private airline insisted he sign a bond before allowing him to board.
2011/06/09
It has been two years since a high court order, but the Delhi government is yet to recruit permanent teachers for differently-abled children in its schools.
2011/06/07
In 2007, Thorat got together a setup and the first issue of the newly-named Sparshdnyan was published on February 15, 2008.
2011/06/01
Madhya Pradesh government has made available braille text books of primary level to all the districts for visually impaired students of the state.
2011/05/30
He started learning classical dance when he was only 7. Now at 22, Lingaraju, the only male artiste in Samarthanam's Sunadha dance troupe, is an accomplished dancer.
2011/05/30
Gauhati University will set up a special centre to train hearing and visually impaired students of the state in computer skills.
2011/05/26
Only four out of the 800 colleges in the Mumbai Metropolitan Region have fully-equipped self-vision centres.
2011/05/26
Contrary to international practices, most carriers in India do not allow blind people to travel independently.
2011/05/25
A national-level chess champion, an athlete and now a school topper — Rinku Shekhawat from DPS RK Puram scored 94% in humanities in her CBSE Class XII exams.
2011/05/24
This year the admission for studetns with disabilities to under graduate courses in Delhi University will be conducted during 28 may to 8 June 2011.
2011/05/24
Members of the Indian Institute of Architects (IIA) have begun a survey of all government buildings, as per High Court directives, to check if they are barrier-free and convenient for the differently-abled.
2011/05/12
Scribes in the city admit that finding scribes for the blind is a challenge.
2011/05/10
Hundreds of children who could only listen to Tagore’s works can now read them as well, thanks to a gift on the eve of his 150th birth anniversary.
2011/05/10
Additional time to crack the two-hour exam, option of bringing one's own scribes along with instruments for problem-solving and a question paper sans any visual reasoning to aid the blind are some of the key features of the Common Law Admission Test (CLAT) policy of candidates with disabilities to be implemented from this year.
2011/05/02
The varsity is now taking initiatives to make their learning process more easier.
2011/04/22
Despite instructions from the Reserve Bank of India that all banks should have one third of their ATMs with Braille keypads and audio aid, there are just four such machines in the city for the visually impaired.
2011/04/22
The Delhi Government will authorise five more hospitals of the city to issue disability certificates in order to reduce pendency.
2011/04/12
“Why are the disabled denied the right to book railway tickets on Internet and avail concession when senior citizens can do the same,” questioned the Delhi High Court.
2011/04/12
Scientists from India, the US and the Netherlands have answered one of the world's most famous philosophical questions aided by Indian blind children.
2011/04/11
A group of students have come forward to record in audio form the entire syllabi of Class VIII to XII for the benefit of blind.
2011/04/07
Aspiring Minds Computer Adaptive Test (AMCAT), the country's first employability test will be held in Delhi, Mumbai, Bangalore and Chennai on 9th and 10th of April.
2011/04/07
An NGO for the visually challenged has requested the West Bengal chief electoral officer to ensure better arrangements in polling booths for blind voters in the Assembly election.
2011/04/07
The judges also directed the state to identify gadgets/devices/ software for visually impaired employees and shortlist pricing issue within two months.
2011/04/01
Jayshree Raveendran, founder of the Ability Foundation, speaks up for the rights of the disabled and works for an inclusive society .
2011/04/01
The band, Black, performed on Saturday at a charity event at Sri Satya Sai Nigamagamam. All 13 members of the band are visually impaired.
2011/04/01
Though ATM facilities are widely available, the visually challenged are unable to make use of them -- all because some banks allegedly refuse to provide ATM cards, while others do not even open accounts.
2011/04/01
A visually impaired person himself, Pincha voiced that disabled persons do not have to adapt to the society, but the society has to adapt to the disabled, so that the latter have the honor and status to live with dignity.
2011/04/01
Learning about how a sound ball works and the game of cricket be played with the specially designed ball, was a defining moment in the life of Vaishnav Mahender. Mahender, who suffers from irreversible vision impairment and 13 other visually impaired cricketers, recently represented India at the international level.
2011/04/01
Satish Navale, the man behind the Braille Vani web radio for the visually-impaired, is a former visually impaired student of the University of Pune (UoP).
2011/03/31
The Xavier's Resource Centre for the Visually Challenged (XRCVC) launched fully accessible `talking electrotherapy physiotherapy equipment', for the visually challenged physiotherapists.
2011/03/31
Why Indian companies still hesitate to hire Persons with Disabilities (PwD)
2011/03/21
In what was termed a first of its kind in India, doctors used stem cell therapy to restore the vision of an NRI whose condition was claimed to be irreversible by American doctors.
2011/03/16
Doubts over what the government, the legislature and the new disability law drafting committee are doing about discrimination we hear from various quarters are raised every now and then.
2011/03/15
The differently abled people have a reason to cheer as the Centre has approved a grant of Rs.5 crore to the Archaeological Survey of India (ASI) to make five of its World Heritage Sites and 25 other ticketed monuments accessible to persons with disabilities.
2011/03/15
He cannot see but has always wanted to reach out to people through his voice. Now Rishi, 21, is doing just that, thanks to Panjab University's community radio Jyotirgamaya that gave him a chance to host a radio show.
2011/03/14
A new mailing list named "Valluvan Paarvai" is certainly the first of it's kind in India - a mailing family in a regional language for the visually impaired people.
2011/02/23
Tagliaferri, 41, spent much of two years creating his marble interpretation of "Cristo Velato," or "Veiled Christ," a 1753 masterpiece that he has neither seen nor touched.
2011/02/22
Samsung 150+ netbooks are available with Saksham at subsidised cost of Rs. 9200 for visually impaired
2011/02/21
Actor Shriya Saran’s newly opened spa in Lokhandwala, has highly trained therapists and masseurs who are visually challenged.
2011/02/18
Sixteen-year-old Sandeep Shalu, a shot putter and discus thrower, was the proud chief guest yesterday in a Republic Day function celebrated in Sham Nagar by NGO Baba Vishvkarma Dal.
2011/01/28
Baroda-Based Darpan Inani Wins Chennai Open Chess Tournament
2011/01/27
Aasaan, part of a new range of cellphones, has large keypads and numbers printed on them in magnified, bold letters.
2011/01/14
For 31-year-old visually impaired Rashpal Kaur, maneuvering a Gatka is just like doing any other every day chore.
2011/01/13
This one-of-its-kind show, first time in India, will commence next week at the Inorbit Mall in Madhapur.
2011/01/07
A dictionary of contemporary Tamil will shortly be available in Braille form.
2011/01/05
Resource room for differently-abled children set up under the RTE.
Barrier Free Access under RTE refers not just to infrastructure but also to learning process.
Each resource centre has three specially trained resource persons, two helpers.
2010/12/15
Ashish is the first blind trader at J P Morgan, and possibly in any bank anywhere in the world. His near-impossible feat has earned him the National Award for the Empowerment of Persons with Disabilities, 2010.
2010/12/02
A team of doctors and volunteers in rural Bihar show that with determination and community effort it is possible to eradicate blindness.
2010/11/10
The Delhi State Council of Education, Research and Training has decided to allow an extra time of 20 minutes per hour to persons with disabilities who take the assistance of a writer.
2010/11/02
The Bombay High Court has directed the Maharashtra government to clarify its stand on allowing visually challenged and other disabled students from pursuing professional and health science courses.
2010/07/30
A visually challenged person cannot see the beauty of the Taj Mahal. But now he will be able to ‘feel’ the beauty of the monument by touching the exteriors of a scaled-down model of the Taj.
2010/07/26
Three years after he cleared the civil services exams, a visually impaired man, Ravi Prakash Gupta, is all set to join the elite Indian Administrative Services (IAS) with the Supreme Court on Wednesday directing the Centre to grant him posting within eight weeks.
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