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Researchers work on bringing art to visually impaired students

“ART IS MY favourite subject,” Nattinan Dankratok, a Mathayom-4 student at Kanlayanawat School in Khon Kaen province, said.

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.

Trains should provide better facilities to the visually impaired people: KFB

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.

These visually challenged kids are learning to click pictures with a regular camera

Learning photography has made these visually impaired children more confident at an early age. Express Parenting met fashion photographer Richa Maheshwari, who is helping these kids express their love for photography, fuelled by the desire to be seen on social media.

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Children at National Association for the blind are being taught the art of photography.

'Involve US' - A stinging, eloquent response to discriminatory guidelines in MBBS admissions

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.

Order refusing posting of disabled woman in nearby school set aside

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.

Scribe community to help visually challenged students

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.

For him, blindness is not a limitation

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.

Don’t turn a blind eye to equality, says visually-impaired lawyer

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.”

NEET 2019: Many aspirants still in dark over disability quota

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.

Nine years later, HC orders hiring of 10 colour-blind candidates

AHMEDABAD: Nine years after they were selected to fill lok rakshak posts in the police department, the Gujarat high court has directed the state government to appoint 10 colour blind candidates to the posts immediately.
Source: https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/ahmedabad/9-years-later-hc-orders-hiring-of-10-colour-blind-candidates/articleshow/66835470.cms

Researchers work on bringing art to visually impaired students

“ART IS MY favourite subject,” Nattinan Dankratok, a Mathayom-4 student at Kanlayanawat School in Khon Kaen province, said.

Trains should provide better facilities to the visually impaired people: KFB

These visually challenged kids are learning to click pictures with a regular camera

Learning photography has made these visually impaired children more confident at an early age. Express Parenting met fashion photographer Richa Maheshwari, who is helping these kids express their love for photography, fuelled by the desire to be seen on social media.

'Involve US' - A stinging, eloquent response to discriminatory guidelines in MBBS admissions

Order refusing posting of disabled woman in nearby school set aside

Scribe community to help visually challenged students

For him, blindness is not a limitation

Don’t turn a blind eye to equality, says visually-impaired lawyer

NEET 2019: Many aspirants still in dark over disability quota

Nine years later, HC orders hiring of 10 colour-blind candidates

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“ART IS MY favourite subject,” Nattinan Dankratok, a Mathayom-4 student at Kanlayanawat School in Khon Kaen province, said.

Learning photography has made these visually impaired children more confident at an early age. Express Parenting met fashion photographer Richa Maheshwari, who is helping these kids express their love for photography, fuelled by the desire to be seen on social media.

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