The long awaited 2019 Cricket World Cup has arrived. The Indians begin their campaign against South Africa on June 5 at The Rose Bowl, Southampton. As far as India is concerned, the World Cup is the biggest sporting event. Now that the Lok Sabha Election results have been announced, the focus of the nation will shift to cricket for the next month or so.
The National Association for the Blind is organising online programmes on digital accessibility training for visually impaired people. This is important given the potential growth of job opportunities companies need people who can test websites and other digital mediums to ensure they are accessible for people with disabilities.
R Prajapati, a visually-impaired student from Chhattisgarh’s Balrampur passed 12th CBSE examination with flying colours by scoring 82%. Prajapati achieved this feat by studying from Delhi Government’s school in Braille system. His achievement was also acknowledged by Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal, and he got a congratulatory letter. “There were no facilities for me in our village so I asked my parents to find a school for me. I'm feeling happy, I'll continue studying further," he said. Prajapati aims to crack UPSC civil services exams.
Chennai: Madras high court directed the authorities to allot a medical seat to a minor student with more than 40 % visual impairment. The court pointed out that the notification issued by the Medical Council of India dated February 4, 2019 making persons with visual impairment of low vision and blindness equivalent to or more than 40 per cent ineligible to join the medical course, would operate prospectively and it cannot be given effect to retrospectively.
Scientists have developed a smart suitcase that warns blind users of impending collisions and a smartphone app that can help people with visual disabilities to navigate airport terminals safely and independently.
30 May 2019: This Bengaluru NGO is making India's railway stations blind-friendly
Over three years after making the Mysuru railway station India's first blind-friendly station, the NGO Anuprayaas continues to make public spaces more accessible to disabled people.
BOW -- Delaney Spain-Kelly was diagnosed at 18 months with an inoperable brain tumor in her hypothalamus.
Despite multiple rounds of chemotherapy aimed at controlling the tumor's growth, the malignancy began to press against Delaney's optic cavity, leading to severe vision loss.
She has light perception in her right eye and a quarter of her field of vision in her left.
Delaney is 9 years old. Doctors have predicted she will lose her sight completely by the time she reaches adulthood.
Accessibility was under the spotlight like never before in the recently held general elections in India. For the first time ever, an audit was conducted by members of the disability sector on the areas of concern and what should be looked at closely going ahead.
Accessible Elections was the much talked about buzzword in this general election and for the first time in India's history, the disability sector held a nationwide audit on how the accessible features actually panned out on the ground.
On May 31, Amarjeet Singh Chawla, 63, will set off on a marathon from Mumbai to Pune, a distance of about 150 km. Chawla, who is visually impaired, will do so to raise awareness about the the issue of ‘avoidable blindness’.
Chawla will be part of the awareness marathon — ‘No More Avoidable Blindness’ — an initiative of the National institute of Ophthalmology (NIO) Vision Marathon. He has already participated in 174 races, 106 half marathons, 64 10-km runs and four ultra marathons.
The general elections are coming to a close with just one more phase left on 19 May. There was an impressive turnout witnessed from the disabled community with the Election Commission of India (ECI) making special efforts to make voting accessible,
So, how has it panned out on the ground? Well, the views are rather mixed.
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