The simple things we do every day, such as watching TV, are often taken for granted. But for those who are blind or visually impaired, the act of navigating through TV menus and channels can, in fact, be no small task. Even upon reaching the desired channel, finding something to watch that comes with audio description presents a whole fresh set of impediments to readily enjoying entertainment.
However, after she lost her eyesight, she has been spending her art classes learning braille, while here classmates get their hands dirty learning about art.
Brightly coloured paintings and jars made of papier mache line the shelf at the back of the classroom.
“Most visually impaired students cannot fully participate in art classes,” Onanong Ritruechai, art lecturer at Khon Kaen University (KKU), said.
KANNUR: Kerala Federation of the Blind (KFB), the organization of the visually impaired people in the state, has alleged that the Indian Railways is ignoring their needs and this has led to serious issues in their train travel.
Children at National Association for the blind are being taught the art of photography.
Doctors with Disabilities, a group that has been leading a sustained challenge against discriminatory practices in medicine, has sent a powerful response to the Medical Council of India (MCI) Board of Governors (BoG).
This is after the BoG’s public notice seeking suggestions on the MCI guidelines on admission of people with specified disabilities into the MBBS program.
CHENNAI: Holding that when the law is so concerned for the persons with disabilities and makes certain provision/concession, it is the obligation of the law enforcing authorities to ensure implementation of the same in quite promptitude, the Madras High Court has said. It set aside an order dated October 22, transferring a woman with disabilities to a far away school.
The Braille Resource Centre at Bangalore Central University (BCU) has formed a scribe community– a set of sighted volunteers who would lend a hand for the students to write their exams. Finding scribes, who take down answers dictated by the visually challenged students during exams, has been arduous for many students, who depend on friends and NGOs for a volunteer. There are instances when students had difficulties arranging a scribe even a day before their exams. “They’re badly in need of scribes.
KOCHI: After completing 32 years in State Bank of India's (SBI) Ernakulam metro station branch, Varghese K J, who is also the president of Kerala Federation of the Blind (KFB) will retire from his service on Friday as the chief associate of the branch.
BENGALURU: Equality is mere tokenism, feels Yetnebersh Nigussie, a lawyer and disability rights activist from Ethiopia, who was in the city for the recently-concluded India Inclusion Summit 2018. After all, she has faced a fair share of trials and tribulations after having lost her eye-sight at the age of five. “If you say everyone is equal, but you’re not treating others equally, then that’s the worst form of inequality,” says the lawyer, who has taken it upon herself to work at “taking equality beyond just a formality.”
NEW DELHI: Candidates with disabilities seeking to appear in the National Eligibility cum Entrance Test (NEET) 2019 for admission to medical courses are at cross roads with the Medical Council of India (MCI) yet to notify guidelines for them while just three days remaining for submission of application forms.
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