Mysteries of deep space come alive for visually impaired people at the British Science Festival.

The night sky with the many stars and constellations is beautiful to witness and bringing that experience alive for blind and low vision people is a show at the British Science Festival called A Dark Tour of the Universe.

The deep space is mysterious and beautiful and bringing that alive for blind and low vision people is a new show at the British Science Festival currently on at the University of Warwick.

Disabled Moms: An Interview Project

In honor of Mother’s Day, I ran an interview series with other moms with disabilities throughout the month of May. I enjoyed this so much that I thought I’d keep rolling with it and keep introducing you to cool moms who have disabilities!

The Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) is all set to draft guidelines and policies for children with learning disabilities. Parents and experts working who work in disability space feel that this is going to be a great move since it promotes an inclusive environment. The child will also receive individual care and attention which will help them to do well in academics and other extra curricular activities.

Dubai, September 12

Two UAE-based Indian nationals developed a smartphone app that can help visually impaired people.

The app developed by Nandujit Prathap and Visakh GS is called Ioptyc. It uses distance sensors and visual recognition technology to assist people with visual impairments, the Khaleej Times reported on Wednesday.

HYDERABAD: Renowned deaf-blind political activist Helen Keller had said: “Everything has its wonders, even darkness and silence, and I learn, whatever state I may be in, therein to be content.” Echoing the same optimism and hope, a bunch of visually-impaired persons, who came to the city to be a part of a three-day summit on people with disabilities, spoke on how they have fought against the tide.

Suraj is eight years old and in the third standard at the School for Blind Boys in Bhosari, in the Maharashtra state of India. Children who are blind or have low vision like Suraj face many obstacles. Less than ten percent of the students in the school read at grade level. While mother tongue language instruction is optimal for early reading acquisition, in both braille and audio for students who are blind/low vision, it is a challenge to deliver accessible books in mother tongue languages where no text-to-speech (TTS) engine exists to read these books aloud.