Accessibility

Helpline launched for people with vision disabilities in India

NEW DELHI: Now people with vision disabilities in India can call a toll free number and get their queries addressed in their local language, thanks to an initiative launched on Monday.

Lov Verma, secretary in the Department of Empowerment of Persons with Disabilities, formally launched the Eyeway Helpdesk for people who are blind.

This is an initiative of Score Foundation with support from the central government, Essel Foundation, Tech Mahindra Foundation and Hans Foundation.

Government Launches Toll-Free 'Eyeway National Helpdesk' for Visually Impaired Citizens of India

Secretary, Department of Empowerment of Persons with Disabilities, Shri Lov Verma, formally launched the ‘Eyeway National Helpdesk’ for the blind and visually impaired at the Department Headquarters in Paryavaran Bhawan. Eyeway National Helpdesk is an initiative of Score Foundation with support from the Department and other organizations like Essel Foundation, Tech Mahindra Foundation and the Hans Foundation.

Helpdesk launched for the blind in India

New Delhi, Dec 21 (IANS) Now the visually impaired in India can call a toll free number and get their queries addressed in their local language, thanks to an initiative launched on Monday.

Mobility device for visually impaired

Hundreds of people took part in the ANZ Samarthanam Walkathon 2015 – Walk for Enabling Accessibility - organised by Samarthanam Trust for the Disabled in the City on Saturday. The event saw the launch and distribution of ‘Ausion,’ a device for the visually challenged.

74 visually impaired students undergo computer training

Seventy-four visually impaired students from various districts of the State underwent a month-long computer training programme at the Centre of Differently Abled Persons, Bharathidasan University.

GARHWA STUDENT BAGS INSPIRE AWARD

Jharkhand’s small village of Nagar Utari in Garhwa district eked out a place for itself amongst hundreds of participants for the first time as Prithviraj Singh, a Class XII student won the third prize in the 16-17 age group category of the Innovation in Science Pursuit for Inspired Research (INSPIRE) awards at the National Science Exhibition in Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), New Delhi yesterday.

Visually impaired Jagadguru a messiah for others

Debility cannot stymie their indomitable spirit

If it was a complete body paralysis that had threatened Dr. Mini Moll, for Dr. Reshmi Pramod it was visual impairment.

Technology must step up, make a difference

The disabled (as defined by the 1995 Persons with Disabilities Act) are roughly 2.21 per cent of the population as per the 2011 Census. If the elderly are included (another 6 per cent), it is a huge, and almost totally untapped market, but one which Indian enterprise doesn’t seem to be keen to tackle.

Riteish Deshmukh, whose Marathi production "Yellow" has been selected as the opening film of the first IFFPD, says it is a "special film" and he is "honoured and excited" with the selection.

Riteish Deshmukh, whose Marathi production “Yellow” has been selected as the opening film of the first International Film Festival for the Persons with Disabilities (IFFPD), says it is a “special film” and he is “honoured and excited” with the selection.