Fast growing diabetes is leading to blindness and visual impairment due to poor blood sugar control among patients. According to the diabetes and diabetic retinopathy survey by the AIIMS conducted between 2015 to 2019, one in eight persons above 50 years in India is a diabetic.
One in every 46 diabetics is blind and one in seven diabetics has some form of impairment in their vision due to high blood sugar levels
Satyawati College (Evening)
University of Delhi
Ashok Vihar Phase-III,
Delhi – 110052
Website: www.satyawatievedu.ac.in
Phone: 011-27213402
SCE/Advt./Teaching/2019
Highlights of the advertisement are given below, for complete details visit http://satyawatievedu.ac.in/DataFile/OptionMenu/677.pdf or refer to the Employment News dated 5th October 2019, page no.34
The last date for receipt of online application is 19.10.2019
World Sight Day logo. World Sight Day is observed on October 10th annually – offering an opportunity to remember the burden of visual impairment throughout the world.
MUMBAI: Not being assured of airline assistance for boarding and de-boarding at airports, especially foreign ones, can make air travel quite stressful for visually impaired solo travellers.
A kindle for visually impaired students is expected to hit the markets in six months — one that wouldn’t cost a bomb. The International Institute of Information Technology, Bengaluru (IIIT-B), has tied up with IT firm Touchetech Labs and non-profit organisation Vision Empower to produce what may be India’s cheapest Refreshable Braille Reader (RBD), or the kindle for visually impaired.
Originally conceived by Paul D’ Souza
I am super happy to meet Lisa Ferris through this interview.
I love her sensibility, practicality, and humor.
I’ll bet you will, too.
** This interview with Lisa Ferris is available both in distraction-free pdf and through my podcast at the end of this post **
In the series of our Domestic & International Trips, Here we come with one more trip for You All.
Imagine yourself sitting in cool weather on a Sandy Beach where large Waves of the Sea are touching your feet YES, YES, YES - You are thinking right GOA. Pack your bags and Get ready for some Mauj & Masti in the Most
Check-in : 21 Nov.2019
Check out: 24 Nov.2019
Duration: 03 Nights /04 Days
Hotel Details- Red Fox Hotel Morjim North Goa (4** Trip Advisor) or similar
Total Cost per Person: INR* 5990/-on Triple Sharing Basis.
The website also provides GPRS route and satellite images of the facility for easier access to the people.
The All India Institute of Medical Sciences in collaboration with the Union Health Ministry on Monday launched the first-ever website and mobile application on oral health awareness.
NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR THE EMPOWERMENT OF PERSONS WITH VISUAL DISABILITIES (DIVYANGJAN) (Department of Disability Affairs, Ministry of Social Justice & Empowerment, Govt. of India)
116 RAJPUR ROAD, DEHRADUN-248001
UTTARAKHAND
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Highlights of the advertisement are given below, for complete details visit http://nivh.gov.in/images/october2019vac.pdf
When it was time for Sunil and Shubha Jangam to enrol their daughter Urvi, who was born without sight, into school, they took her to a school for the blind. At the time, they’d thought Urvi’s blindness would be a disability, but as it turned out, there would be no holding Urvi back. After a stellar academic career, last week, Urvi, 31, became the first blind female student in India to be awarded a PhD in German studies.
Shaastra 2020, to be held in January, will focus on impacting the lives of visually challenged persons through its campaign — Blink.
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Tanya has launched a vision loss support group in Pune & had been actively working for uplifting the blind community in her own unique ways.
Circulating her message below on Insight & Do reach out if you are based out of pune & would like to join it.
*INSIGHT: Vision Loss Support Group, Pune*
Bookshare is inviting applications for a post of ‘Membership Support Personal’. The position requires the following:
-Fluency in English, Hindi. Any other languages will be considered as additional benefit.
The candidate must have good knowledge of ‘Assistive Technology’ including screen readers for Windows, Android and IOS platforms.
Knowledge of reading e-content on the above platforms will be encouraged.
Interested candidates must send in their complete resume along with expected salary by E-mail to:
Enable India in collaboration with 'Discovering Hands Germany' and 'NAB India, Centre for Blind Women & Disability Studies-Delhi invites applications from eligible blind girls for training in `Breast Cancer
Detection under `Discovering Hands Project.
About Discovering Hands
BERHAMPUR: Visually impaired Plus II students can look forward to Braille text books, as well as literary works in Odia, from the next academic year.
Read more at: https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/bhubaneswar/braille-press-gets-machine-to-print-hs-books/articleshow/71430558.cms
We have constituted a unique award for enhancing entrepreneurship opportunities for persons with visual impairment. We understand that start-ups cannot operate in a vacuum and that they need mentorship and
HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT ALLAHABAD
Advertisement No. :-02/R.O./2019
Highlights of the advertisement are given below, for complete details visit http://ahcro2019.cbtexam.in/PdfDocuments/DetailedAdvtforRO2019.pdf
Last date for Submission of On-Line Application 21.10.2019
Travelling to work, meeting friends for a catch up or just doing some shopping are often taken for granted by people with no known disabilities. For the visually impaired, these seemingly simple things can be a serious challenge.
In 2012, an international child rights agency offered a unique opportunity to Poonam Shroti, who was desperately looking for a break from a dull corporate job. She excitedly reached the interview spot — a multi-storeyed hotel, with her mother pushing the wheelchair. But the absence of a ramp as well as a lift left her dispirited, and she came back home feeling rejected.
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