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A world of possibilities	Blind With Camera project teaches photography to the visually impaired since 2006.	2012-02-10 12:00AM
Sightseeing for blind people	Travel can be daunting if you have a visual impairment. But Traveleyes organises group holidays for blind and sighted people that are liberating, fun, and yes, ...	2012-02-08 12:00AM
‘Schoolteachers must learn Braille'	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 ...	2012-02-07 12:00AM
Disabled, Visually Impaired Skiers Competing In Mpls	Cross-country skiers know just how physically demanding that sport can, but try facing that challenge without use of your legs or the ability to see the trail a...	2012-02-03 12:00AM
Documentary encourages visually impaired	A documentary on an inspiring bicycle trip around Taiwan by 10 visually impaired people will be released shortly after the Lunar New Year holiday.	2012-02-03 12:00AM
Visually impaired celebrate democracy through braille EVMs	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 brai...	2012-02-01 12:00AM
Differently abled persons seek intervention of Collector	Members of the Ramanathapuram District Differently Abled Welfare Association presented a petition to the Collector demanding him to expedite distribuion of welf...	2012-01-31 12:00AM
Fill backlog of posts reserved for persons with disabilities, State told	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 State...	2012-01-30 12:00AM
Thumbs up for CBSE’s no to practicals for blind	Some activists have raised questions about how effective the move would be since practicals for students in CBSE schools.	2012-01-19 12:00AM
Hunter cinema delivers the goods for blind movie-goers	Going to the movies just got a whole lot more enjoyable for people who are blind or vision impaired in the Hunter region of NSW, with the introduction of audio ...	2012-01-18 12:00AM
Visually challenged boy pens novel	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 Ind...	2012-01-10 12:00AM
Visually impaired can soon access ATMs	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 f...	2012-01-09 12:00AM
Government orders special software for blind	The government has decided to provide visually challenged candidates with special keyboards and screen-reading software to help them while appearing in recruitm...	2012-01-09 12:00AM
Centre for disability studies inaugurated in Assam	The Gauhati University, in collaboration with NTPC Limited, started an information communication training centre (ITC) at the department of disability study.	2012-01-06 12:00AM
A software that speaks their language	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 witho...	2012-01-05 12:00AM
Turkey's visually impaired look to new technology for increased mobility	The Ministry of Transport and Communications announced its plans for a project that would put new living-assistance technology into the hands of Turkey's visual...	2012-01-05 12:00AM
Techvision puts blind youths from Pune on cloud nine	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...	2012-01-03 12:00AM
Visually-Impaired teachers given training	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 diffi...	2012-01-03 12:00AM
Demand up for special teachers	The demand for trained special teachers increased after the Delhi HC passed an order for appointing special teachers in Delhi schools.	2011-12-28 12:00AM
Young icon for visually-impaired is dead	Saima Ammar Masood, visually-impaired activist for the blind people, passed away after a long struggle with multiple sclerosis.	2011-12-26 12:00AM

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