DAVANGERE: Tejaswini K C and C M Amruta were the cynosure of all eyes during the sixth convocation of Davangere University held on Shivanagangotri campus here on Wednesday.Tejaswini, daughter of a mechanic, won six gold medals in M.Com while Amruta, a visually-challenged girl, grabbed three gold medals in MA in English.
The district administration on Friday began distributing Braille Electors Photo Identity Card (EPIC) to five persons with visual disabilities at the National Voters’ Day celebration at the town hall.
Braille EPIC cards are broader compared to normal EPIC cards.
According to Deputy Commissioner Sasikanth Sentil S., there are 10,331 voters in Dakshina Kannada who are physically disabled.
Of them 300 have visual disabilities and they will receive Braille EPIC cards ahead of Lok Sabha elections.
No driver likes being told how to drive by a passenger, but those behind the steering wheel at the O2 Car Rally this weekend are all for it — drivers will have no idea what the route is, and will be dependent completely on their visually-impaired navigators.
KOCHI: Kerala Blind School Society (KBBS), Aluva has proved that disability will not be a deterrent in achieving one's dream by bagging the overall championship once again in the state special school fair held at Kasargod. The school, established in 1962, has been winning the coveted title every year and hasn't given away the first place in the state-level band competition for the last 21 years.
The school which became aided in 1995 is managed by a governing body of an 18-member-committee constituted by the CSI Marthoma church.
Roshni is an AI based Android application that helps to determine the denomination of INR currency notes. This currency recognition app is specially designed to assist visually impaired persons in the identification of the bank notes.
Source: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.Roshni.ipsa.myapplication
CHENNAI: In January 2017, when we met Vasanth Raghuvir, managing trustee of the Shakti Foundation ahead of their 27th annual fundraiser concert, she shared a positive observation with CE, “The ‘pity factor’ towards persons with disabilities (PwD) is slowly fading away. Another perceptible advancement is that a lot of young PwDs have got married to able-bodied persons. They share work, run households and also work. Acceptance is slowly growing in society. It’s not sympathy that they need but empathy.”
Minister for Religious Trusts and Endowments, Public Relations, Law and Legislative Affairs, Science and Technology and Aviation, PC Sharma boosted children in Sports Day Progarmme organized for handicapped children at Bhojpur Club Ground here on Sunday.
He said that sports transmit zeal in life. He salutes all those, who are making constant efforts to bring happiness in the life of handicapped children.
Sharma further mentioned that differently abled children are full of incredible talents.
From poorly trained teachers to lack of accessible reading materials, the exclusion faced children who are visually impaired is evident in multiple ways.
It also denies them the freedom of pursuing subjects of their choice, especially those that rely on the use of diagrams or images, like science, maths and geography.
Something law student Maitreya Shah was acutely aware of right through his years in school.
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