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In a first, Indian-origin visually impaired man to get guide horse in UK
An Indian-origin man based in north-west England, who suffers from a degenerative eye condition, is set to become the first person in the UK to get a guide horse to assist him with daily tasks once he loses his vision completely.
A white smart stick that’s making visually impaired more independent
Panaji: Selfie sticks are more widely known compared to a white cane even though they came into the market a few years ago. This goes to show the lack of awareness people have about the latter, a visually impaired teacher working at the National Association of Blind (NAB), Mahadev Dayanand Sawant said.
WATCH: Visually impaired girls dance to song penned down by PM Modi
Navratri is here, and people across the country are gripped in the festive fever. And the festivities are incomplete without donning traditional clothes and dancing to desi beats. Now, as most people are busy perfecting their Dandiya and Garba steps to the tunes of Falguni Pathak and Amit Tridevi, a group of girls have been dancing to a special song penned down by Prime Minister Narendra Modi.
World Sight Day: Sensing the world differently
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.
This October, Celebrate The Achievements Of The Visually Impaired
By FELICITY DARVILLE
#The Bahamas Alliance for the Blind and Visually Impaired (BABVI) is currently observing Blindness Awareness Month under the theme: "Make Provisions to Preserve Your Vision". BABVI's month of activities started on September 30 and will continue until October 28.
Specially abled student denied writer
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.
Hospital pilot project: Visually-challenged women engaged to detect breast cancer
New Delhi: A leading private hospital in Delhi has teamed up with National Association for the Blind (NAB) to engage visually-challenged women in early detection of breast cancer by harnessing their pronounced tactile capabilities.
World Sight Day: How blind women are being trained to detect breast cancer
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
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.
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