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.
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.
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).
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.
Hyderabad: To facilitate citizens, the Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation has decided to set up 84 mock polling centres to ensure complete awareness on the use of the Voter Verifiable Paper Audit Trail (VVPAT) with Electronic Voting Machines (EVMs).
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.
LUCKNOW: Visually impaired since birth, 14-year-old Kavita has visited the zoo a few times. However, her Sunday's visit was unlike any other till now. For the first time, no one had to tell her what she was looking at.
PANAJI: In June, Prime Minister Narendra Modi, via video conferencing, appreciated the innovation of three students of Dr K B Hedgewar High School at Cujira. They had invented a device that automatically dims the headlight of an oncoming vehicle for a driver. Now, two Class VIII students of the same school have designed a device that can help the visually impaired detect obstructions in their path.
Porvorim: For the first time, Goa will host international matches for visually impaired cricketers at the GCA Academy ground, Porvorim, it was announced at a press conference at the Goa Cricket Association (GCA) headquarters on Sunday.
Source: https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/goa/goa-to-host-t20-tri-series-for-visually-impaired/articleshow/66112139.cms
Inclusive is a word that guides, drives and inspires art and disability expert Siddhant Shah, who specialises in bridging the gap between cultural heritage and disability through the initiative, ‘Access for All’. The 27-year-old, also a heritage architect and access consultant, with his team and experts is steadily pushing the boundaries of physical, intellectual and social access in spaces like museums, art galleries, cultural tourism sites, monuments and public spaces.
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