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We want people to look up to us with pride, not sympathy, says CABI secy

Tue, 09/18/2018 - 11:22 -- geeta.nair

People look up to us in sympathy, but we want them to look up to us with pride, says secretary of Cricket Association for the Blind in India (CABI) and cricket player Sonu Golkar.

For the first time, the city cricket lovers will witness an International tournament for the blind.

The international tournament will be played in Bhopal on October 17 that will be a great experience for the game lovers.

The tournament is organised by Cricket Association for the Blind in India (CABI). The back-to-back series of cricket will be held in different cities of the country.

Visually impaired 20-year-old Hyderabad man wants to become a lawyer

Thu, 09/13/2018 - 10:43 -- geeta.nair

Twenty-year-old Eshwar Rao Javvadi from Hyderabad is just a few months away from graduating as a lawyer from Gujarat National Law University (GNLU) in Ahmedabad.

But there is something special about Eshwar's story. He is visually impaired. He lost his vision at the age of 10 in 2007.

Eshwar remembers a taxation lawyer he met when he was five, and he wanted to be the same.

Despite all the hardships Eshwar faced, he worked hard to fulfil his dream.

Make Smart City blueprint disabled-friendly: Centre

Wed, 09/12/2018 - 10:59 -- geeta.nair

For the first time since the launch of the Smart City Mission four years ago, the Centre has stressed on making a blueprint on how a smart city should look like from a differently-abled person’s point of view.

The Modi Government on Tuesday asked the States to ensure integrating disabled-friendly measures in various projects being implemented in the smart cities under the Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s pet project. 

Increase in corneal donation and transplant at Delhi AIIMS

Wed, 09/12/2018 - 10:38 -- geeta.nair

The National Programme for Control of Blindness (NPCB) estimates that there are around 1,20,000 corneal blind persons in the country and about 20,000 to 30,000 cases get added every year.

At 1,844 corneas, the All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) recorded its highest ever donations in 2017, according to the data from the National Eye Bank. The donor corneas are transplanted in people with corneal blindness.

Vijayalakshmi who has carved a niche for herself in the Malayalam film industry has also sung in Tamil and Telugu films

Tue, 09/11/2018 - 11:57 -- geeta.nair

Vaikom Vijayalakshmi, the visually impaired singer from Kerala loved much for her unique voice recognisable among scores of new singers, is getting married next month. In a phone call, her dad Muraleedharan confirmed the news.

The groom to be, Anoop N., is an interior designer and mimicry artist who ‘has a taste for music’, Muraleedharan says. The engagement is happening on September 10 and the wedding on October 22 in her hometown, Vaikom. “At the Mahadeva Temple there,” the bride’s father says.

M-tech launches Sathi: Its first senior-friendly phone

Tue, 09/11/2018 - 10:48 -- geeta.nair

Sathi offers Braille support for the visually impaired.

M-tech, a manufacturer of affordable mobile phones, has launched its first senior-friendly phone – Sathi.   

The company has focused to make it easy to use and it comes with a 2-inch horizontal screen, large keypads and on-screen fonts, bold keypad and icons for better visibility.  For facilitating elder with hearing problems, the phone emanates keypad sound for adding an extra touch of usefulness. Considering security and medical emergency as crucial, the phone features an SOS button for emergency.

Ayushmann spent time at blind school for three months

Tue, 09/11/2018 - 10:42 -- geeta.nair

Actor Ayushmann Khurrana, who plays a visually impaired pianist in Sriram Raghavan's forthcoming thriller "Andha Dhun", regularly went to a blind school for three months to prepare for his role.

"I wanted to look 100 per cent genuine on screen. It is extremely sensitive to portray someone who is visually impaired and some of the great actors, the world over, have played these characters perfectly with sheer brilliance. I didn't want to let down my director who had faith in me and in my acting skills," Ayushmann said in a statement.

How friendly are public places in Hyderabad for the visually-impaired?

Tue, 09/11/2018 - 10:36 -- geeta.nair

HYDERABAD: Being able to move on one’s own is a great achievement for visually impaired people like me. I am a 20-plusser student in the city. Visiting a lot of places in a city like Hyderabad especially with a pool of people rushing all the time needs more than white cane mobility. It is highly impossible to move around such places without proper accessibility features in and around them. Being a visually impaired guy myself here’s my two cents of the accessibility off the places which I visit frequently in the twin cities. 

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