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Gurugram students design walking stick & self help shoes for visually impaired people

Thu, 04/25/2019 - 14:19 -- geeta.nair

In our weekly feature #TechThursdays we turn the spotlight on a school that
is going against the norm of marks and grades and encouraging its students
to develop lateral thinking skills.

What happens when you encourage students to come up with solutions to real
world problems and develop working prototypes of solutions, they have
proposed using latest technologies? You get an automated walking stick, 3D
printed braille cards, and "help me" shoes - all aimed at enabling visually
impaired people perform daily tasks with ease.

Education should not be self centred: Acharya

Thu, 04/25/2019 - 10:38 -- geeta.nair

Governor of Nagaland, PB Acharya and his wife with the students from the Visually Impaired School, Dimapur during the outreach programme held at Raj Bhavan on April 24. (DIPR Photo)

Kohima, April 24 (MExN): An outreach programme was held at the Raj Bhavan, Kohima for students from Visually Impaired School, Nutun Basti, Dimapur and Government Middle School, Officers’ Hill, Kohima on April 24.

Visually impaired make independent choice

Thu, 04/25/2019 - 10:24 -- geeta.nair

PANAJI: Sumera Khan, 19, didn’t think her first voting  experience would be so pleasant. The visually impaired  student from Curtorim constituency had seen many of her kind  go up to the polling booth but were forced to depend on someone else to execute the task for them. Making an independent  choice was simply not possible, until Tuesday. 

CBSE to allow visual aids for disabled kids from 2020

Wed, 04/24/2019 - 10:44 -- geeta.nair

The CBSE students, from 2020, will be allowed to use magnifying glasses and portable video magnifiers during the Class X final examination.

CBSE, notifying the exemption said, “Alternative-type questions will be provided in lieu of questions having visual inputs for visually impaired candidates in social science. With effect from 2020, in lieu of large-font question papers, candidates will be allowed to use magnifying glasses/ portable video magnifiers.”

Suriya Foundation: Helping poor, disabled kids get a new life

Mon, 04/22/2019 - 13:18 -- geeta.nair

Bengaluru: The Suriya Foundation, a not-for-profit organisation from Bengaluru, aims to provide quality education to visually impaired and economically weaker sections. "Along with education, we also support the students with basic necessities like as food, clothing and medical services," said Mr Saravana, one of the founders of the Suriya Foundation, while talking to Deccan Chronicle.

India needs more eye doctors’

Mon, 04/22/2019 - 13:10 -- geeta.nair

Conference on retinal surgery inaugurated

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.

Braille voter’s slips, dummy ballots in capital

Mon, 04/22/2019 - 12:57 -- geeta.nair

524 electors with visual impairment in Thiruvananthapuram

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.

A session on managing your own career for people with visual impairments

Mon, 04/22/2019 - 10:59 -- geeta.nair

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.

With the General Elections 2019 in full swing, we would like to know your experience of casting your vote as a person with vision impairment. If you have faced any difficulty in registering or acquiring your Voter ID, or lack of assistance at the polling

Fri, 04/19/2019 - 11:16 -- geeta.nair

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.

Disabled friendly? Physically challenged persons continue to face problems at booths

Fri, 04/19/2019 - 11:01 -- geeta.nair

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.

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