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World Sight Day: Sensing the world differently

Fri, 10/12/2018 - 10:52 -- geeta.nair

THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: Sahadulla S ran his fingers along the length of the leaf and then tried chewing it. The bitter taste got to him and the sixth standard student eagerly whispered to his friends, “It is Neem!”. The air was laden with the hypnotic aroma of Neem, Tulsi, Panikoorka (Indian Borage) and several other aromatic trees. The students who were divided into groups of eight took turns to take a whiff of the leaves while some tried chewing it. The visually impaired children were trying to decipher the name of the trees through the leaves.

Specially abled student denied writer

Thu, 10/11/2018 - 11:43 -- geeta.nair

Tribune News Service
Jalandhar, October 10

Differently abled students in the district have alleged harassment by various school administrations who are not allowing them to appear for their compartment exams. While a Class X student on Tuesday was disallowed from taking his writer inside the exam centre, differently abled activists expressed concerns that the same might be repeated with other students, some of whom are visually impaired who won’t be able to write their exams.

World Sight Day: How blind women are being trained to detect breast cancer

Thu, 10/11/2018 - 10:49 -- geeta.nair

In a unique initiative to battle breast cancer in India, blind women are being trained in Delhi to be able to detect early signs of breast cancer. The National Association for Blind (NAB) Centre for Blind Women and Disability Studies, in collaboration with Discovering Hands, Germany has launched the initiative ‘Discovering Hands’ in India.

Time to avoid idioms that mock disabilities

Wed, 10/10/2018 - 11:45 -- geeta.nair

We must stop the casual use of phrases like ‘turning a blind eye’ and ‘paralysed economy’

In our day-to-day interactions, we come across words and phrases like ‘turning a blind eye’; ‘falling on deaf ears’; ‘a paralysed economy’; ‘institutions running on crutches’; and ‘mute leadership’. What is common among these is that they all signify negative connotation, while referring to physically disabled people.

Visually impaired music tutors strike discordant note

Wed, 10/10/2018 - 11:37 -- geeta.nair

Chandigarh, October 7

“My younger brother drops me at our village bus stop every morning before he pushes off to get ready for his school. A bus is supposed to come at 7 am. However, it does not come many a time and I end up requesting commuters to give me a lift. It’s a long wait before someone agrees to drop me at the school where I teach,” rued Iqbal Singh, a visually impaired music teacher at Jamalpur (Ludhiana).

Team from Ethiopia to learn from Devnar School for the Blind

Wed, 10/10/2018 - 11:17 -- geeta.nair

HYDERABAD: A team from Ethiopia that wants to replicate the education facilities available at Devnar School for The Blind to aid visually impaired students to pursue academics, has visited the school here on Tuesday.

The representatives of Gudina Tumsa Foundation said that though there is one school back in their country where blind students study, they are poorly furnished and that they will work with the government there to establish exclusive schools dedicated to visually challenged.

Running Blind

Tue, 10/09/2018 - 11:16 -- geeta.nair

Running Blind
BENGALURU: Mala S Kolkar, 22 , a visually impaired  marathoner, is working out hard at the Kanteerava Stadium  to prepare for her next Bengaluru Marathon on October 21. 

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