San Francisco, May 18

With an aim to offer students with disabilities an opportunity to learn the language of technology, Apple is bringing an accessible coding programme to schools serving the blind and deaf communities, first to the US and then to more schools around the world.

When S Bhuvaneshwari’s husband turned his back on her and their two daughters, she was shattered. She didn’t know how she would shoulder their responsibility single-handedly. She took up a job, borrowed money from her sister and did whatever she could to make ends meet and ensure that her children’s education did not suffer.

Komal (23) goes through an ordeal every day, changing two buses and an auto to get to her office near Lodhi Road from her residence in Burari. The two-hour commute brings her to the toughest part of her journey — crossing the road from across The Oberoi Hotel to get to the Blind Relief Association, where she works.

The visually impaired receptionist at the candle shop inside the association strives to be more independent every day, but crossing that road as speeding cars whiz past is a challenge.

LAHORE: 

AJMER: Like any other judge, 31-year-old Brahmananda Sharma refers to the court proceedings several times over. However, like them, he does not read through the notes. The first visually impaired judge of Rajasthan, instead, listens to the recorded proceedings.
A civil judge and judicial magistrate of Sarwar town of Ajmer district, who lost his eyesight due to glaucoma at the age of 22, Sharma always wanted to be a judge and did not once think of giving up his dream.