1. When introducing yourself, use loud, exaggerated speech. Since we’re blind, it’s safe to assume we’re a little dim, too.
2. Don’t speak directly to us. It’s always best to talk over our heads like we’re not there at all, especially if you are offering a service. Example: “What would she like to order?” Be sure to ignore our attempts to answer for ourselves.
I loved the trailer of the movie Zero. It’s a Shah Rukh Khan movie that also features Anushka Sharma and Katrina Kaif. Mr. Khan plays a dwarf. Ms. Sharma plays a woman with cerebral palsy using a wheelchair. But it doesn’t seem to be a movie about disability in the traditional Indian sense. More on that later.
Amritsar, December 3
In order to make its students understand the meaning of disability, a city-based school, Spring Dale Senior School, is observing World Disability Week, which commenced from Monday. The School is observing the week under its 'Walking in their Shoes' initiative.
School students Class III to IX and Class XI will be stepping into the shoes of special children to bat for inclusive education during the week long celebration. Classes X and XII students will attend seminars and activities sensitising to disabilities.
Chandigarh, December 3
On the International Day of Persons with Disabilities, visually impaired persons on Monday protested outside the Civil Secretariat here. They rued that the backlog of jobs reserved for blind persons was not being filled.
Agitating under the banner of Netraheen Kalyan Manch, Haryana, the visually impaired said they had come to the Secretariat to meet Chief Minister Manohar Lal Khattar for their demands, but could not meet him as he was not in the Secretariat.
Observed annually as The United Nations International Day of Persons with Disabilities (IDPD), on December 3, an attempt for fostering inclusiveness of differenly-abled people Sahapedia is organising a series of multi-city events.
It started with Kolkata on November 30 wherein West Bengal’s tradition of Beni Putul or glove puppetry demonstration was held. This was helmed by puppeteer Basanta Ghorai and was curated for people with hearing disabilities.
Since 3rd December 2018 is International Day of People with Disabilities, like last year, this time too I have made a small video. Last year my video was related to how we people with vision impairment use screen
readers for working on laptops and mobiles. Today, I am doing this video on self defence.
I am blue belt in Karate and people always ask me how do you learn it being a visually challenged person. Here I would be sharing a few self defence techniques for my friends. Someday I wish to share these techniques face to
India is a nation that ranks second in the list of the worlds most densly populated countries out of which a part of this demographic consists of people with special needs. We have the highest population of visually impared people in the world. According to Disabled Population In India Census 2011, out of the 121 Cr population, 2.68 Cr persons are disabled which is 2.21% of the total population. Among the disabled population 56% (1.5 Cr) are males and 44% (1.18 Cr ) are females.
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.
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