KOCHI: The victory of the Indian Blind Cricket team, the third consecutive victory by the blue shirts including the World T20 2012 and the Blind Cricket World Cup 2014, has given more weight for the demand for recognition by the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI).
When city-based painter Chintamani Hasabnis graduated from his art college in 1986, he vowed against exhibiting his works at an exhibition unless his works had a social message or were capable of contributing to the society in some way. Although he continued painting all these years, he never showcased them. Three-and-a-half years ago, he encountered a ‘subject’ that was worth an exhibition.
To showcase that physical barriers cannot limit artistic expressions, 50 visually-impaired students will take to the stage at Kamani Auditorium on Friday to perform in a musical titled ‘Khushi Ek Ehsaas’.
KOCHI: Flavin Gracious of Vypeen, a visually challenged girl who came to receive braille laptop returned home with a job offer given by the Chief Minister.
Flavin, who has many qualifications to her credit including MA, MEd, NET, SET and JRF, is a rank-holder at the university level.
Shweta Mandal, Sunita Kumari and Shikha Jaiswal, all these candidates wearing the convocation gown sitting in the row with thousands other candidates, cheering and applauding for their friends may appears to be like several other candidates who have come to receive their respective degrees but what makes them different is the extraordinary courage, these differently abled candidates posses.
Jawaharlal Nehru University has turned into a haven for the physically challenged students. In order to make it number one “disable-friendly” university of the country, the varsity has decided to change the name of “blind curve” point at the request of students associated with its Equal Opportunity Cell.
Barely days after students and principals of blind schools were left elated over the decision to allow adult writers during examinations for students with special needs, the Bombay High Court sought further discussions before the Maharashtra government resolution takes effect.
Chief Secretary AP Padhi visited and reviewed the activities of the newly-formed Social Security and Empowerment of Persons with Disability Department on Wednesday.
Charudatta V. Jadhav, president of the All-India Chess Federation for the Blind, said on Saturday that it was essential to develop an online software to help visually challenged chess players to improve their skills in the game.
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.
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