India is expected to have a large diabetic population of about seven crore by 2025. The progression and severity of diabetic retinopathy is directly related to the duration of diabetes and early medical intervention is necessary to prevent visual impairment, Governor Banwarilal Purohit said here on Sunday.
This election, the two Lok Sabha constituencies in Thiruvananthapuram district will have Braille voter’s slips and dummy ballot papers in Braille to help out voters with visual impairment.
Usually, visually challenged voters cast their votes with the help of an assistant. This time, they will have an option. ,” Chief Electoral Officer Teeka Ram Meena said.
With the aim of empowering people with visual impairments with useful information, the BGFI-Blind Graduates Forum of India has been organizing sessions from time to time.
For people with visual impairments, professional life can be challenging, requiring them to make more efforts to get promotions and move upwards.
Understanding how that can be done can make a huge difference in lives of blind professionals and job seekers.
Sakshi Srivastava (27) was once dejected in life with the sudden impairment of her vision. She who loves colours and books is now left with just 8 per cent of her vision.
While efforts have been made to improve facilities at polling booths for persons with disabilities, there was quite a bit of disappointment reported by such persons with regard to their voting experience.
Voters with disability had to tackle issues such as steep or non-existent ramps, lack of railings along the ramps and unreachable EVMs and VVPATs.
It was a bittersweet moment for the family of a visually impaired girl from East Delhi who received a braille voter ID card Thursday. Kavita Kumar (19) was one of the 50 visually impaired people from the area, including a few first time voters, who collected the card from Chief Electoral Officer Ranbir Singh at an event at Kashmere Gate.
Visually challenged artistes will perform ‘Teen Paishacha Tamasha’, a play written by Pu La Deshpande, Marathi literature icon, to mark his 100th birth anniversary today.
The inaugural show of the play will take place today, at Balgandharva Rangmandir at 12.30 pm. The play has 27 visually challenged artistes in its cast, directed by Swagat Thorat and produced by Vina Dhole and Rashmi Pandhare.
Football is a sport that requires speed, strength, swiftness, and skill. It is known to be a tough game even for people who are athletic and able bodied. Now, imagine this sport being played by the visually impaired? Sounds impossible, isn’t it?
The Election Commission of India (ECI)'s PwD App aims to make the voting process hassle free and accessible for people with disabilities. It allows voters to register themselves and has useful information regarding application status, polling booth location and lots more.
CHENNAI: When Ummul Khair decided to select her candidate from the Electronic Voting Machine, she realised that the button to select to finalise her vote was too far to reach. Thus, the wheelchair user and advocate had to speak to officials about the issue and seek assistance before she was able to vote.
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