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Draft leaves many questions unanswered

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. Are people with mental illness not disabled people? The draft says that it is a law that covers all rights for all disabled people but there is not a single mention about those with mental illness. What happens to their rights?

The government and the drafting committee say that they want a law in line with UNCRPD. Can this law be a sufficient one without dealing with legal capacity?

Braille Voyager 44

The Braille Voyager 44 gives to the Braille user the flexibility to use a PC or laptop by giving him complete control of the PC or laptop directly from the Braille display. It is small enough to slide into the front pocket of a laptop case. , , It is designed to work as a USB plug & play device with any laptop or PC with Windows '98, Windows XP, Windows ME or Windows 2000, and works with all screen reader software. It is equipped with a practical backpack as part of the standard package.

Braille Star 80

The Braille Star 80 includes all the features of the Braille Star 40 . In addition the Braille Star 80 enables access to 2 PC's in parallel. Two keyboard inputs from two different PC's can be connected to the Braille Star 80. This is done by switching between the USB and serial port, each of which is connected to a different computer.

Talking Wrist Watch (Basic)

This wrist watch provides the facility of one-time-one-alarm and has a single melody tone.

Stem cell therapy helps man regain vision

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, here on Tuesday.

Shailesh (name changed), a 22-year-old US-based medical sciences student experienced a sudden loss of vision after accidentally consuming methanol.

Braille Star 40

In addition to talking all the functions of traditional Braille terminals to new levels of power and performance, Braille Star also enables portable information management. Only Braille Star gives you a "scratchpad" to jot a few notes independently while connected to, or disconnected from, your PC., , Only Braille Star lets you download your data from a PC into the "scratchpad", then disconnect Braille Star to read, edit, add to and save your data when you travel.

Talking Table Clock (Basic)

This watch has a 12/24 hour format with an alarm facility and chime-on-hour.

Revolutionary bionic eye gets green signal

A bionic eye that allows the blind to see has been approved after thorough testing.

Tests have demonstrated that the device is safe, which could mean that it eventually becomes routinely available on the NHS. Specialists said that tests over almost three years had "impressed" beyond their "most optimistic expectations ," reports the Daily Express.

Revolutionary retina implants work in conjunction with a camera mounted on a pair of glasses. The camera sends signals to an implanted chip near the retina, which stimulates retinal cells and produces visual light patterns.

ALVA Satellite Series

The ALVA Satellite series of refreshable braille displays combines versatility with an enhanced ergonomic design. Utilizing both Double Touch Cursors and the new Satellite Key Pads, the ALVA Satellite offers complete access to even the most complex applications.

Talking Thermometer

The thermometer verbalises accurate body temperature in celsius and has a two button display.

Society has to come to terms with PwD

Nasscom Foundation’s CEO, Rita Soni, and vice-president, research, Sagarika Bose, are optimistic that the foundation’s Persons with Disabilities (PwD) employment fair will prove to be a medium for private companies in the IT sector to create employment opportunities for the disabled. The fair will be held in New Delhi on 10 December. In an interview, the two talk about the foundation’s three-point agenda to enable people with disabilities, and the approach companies need to adopt to hire such people. Edited excerpts:

ALVA Delphi Series

A Delphi MultiMedia braille display provides you with a wide range of features that makes it suitable for all situations – effectively and efficiently integrating braille output with your choice of computer, screen reader and speech synthesizer – making it truly the multimedia braille display

ALVA Delphi Multi Media 480

With Double Touch Cursors, four navigation keys and three operating keys, the ALVA Delphi MultiMedia 480 braille display offers full access to even the most complicated graphic screens. And thanks to its comprehensive, slim, and ergonomic design, an ALVA Delphi Multimedia braille display is both easy and comfortable to use. A computer keyboard can easily be placed on top of it.

Talking Phones

The instrument verbalises both incoming and dialing numbers. This verifies that correct number is dialed.

Government should commit to “inclusive education” of visually impaired children

Participants at a day’s forum in Ho on Wednesday urged government to demonstrate commitment to “inclusive education” for children with visual impairment.

They said few children with disabilities who found themselves in segregated special schools have difficulty integrating into the larger society after their training and that children with disabilities have the right to “inclusive education”.

Talking Table Calculator

A desktop calculator with speech facility and an LCD display.

ALVA Delphi MultiMedia 440

With its Double Touch Cursors, four navigation keys and three operating keys, the ALVA Delphi MultiMedia 440 offers full access to even the most complicated graphic screens. And thanks to its comprehensive, slim, and ergonomic design, the ALVA Delphi Multimedia 440 is both easy and comfortable to use. A notebook computer can easily be placed on top of it.

Enabling the Disabled

IMAGINE you are arriving late at night in Singapore. You check into one of the most modern hotels there but you are not able to get to your floor because you (being vision-impaired) can’t navigate the buttons on the lift and the lift doesn’t tell you which floor you’re on. So you go back to the reception desk to ask someone to take you up to your room.

ALVA Braille Terminal 320

With this 23-cell braille display, a maximum of twenty characters can be represented in braille. Three additional status cells provide information on the position of the PC cursor, the position of the braille display and typography (underlining, italic, bold, etc)., , The ABT320 is lightweight and therefore easy to take along. You need only a single parallel or serial cable for operation.

`Talking equipment' for visually challenged physiotherapists

The Xavier's Resource Centre for the Visually Challenged (XRCVC) on Thursday launched fully accessible `talking electrotherapy physiotherapy equipment', for the visually challenged physiotherapists.

Dr Sam Taraporevala, director of XRCVC, told reporters today that this was a "breakthrough", as in the absence of accessible devices, the visually challenged physiotherapists relied on various kinds of adaptations and work-arounds.

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