Product and Technology

BOTCHED CATARACT SURGERY LEAVES 16 VISUALLY IMPAIRED

At least 16 people suffered partial vision loss after undergoing cataract surgery at a charitable hospital. Haryana Health Minister Anil Vij has ordered a departmental probe into the incident.

Rahul Gandhi seeks duty cut on items for blind students

Congress vice-president Rahul Gandhi Monday shot off a letter to Commerce Minister Nirmala Sitharaman demanding reduction in customs duty on import of special equipment for visually-impaired students, after a student from Bengaluru’s Mount Carmel College — which he visited last week — sought his intervention.

A cab service for the disabled

Millions of differently-abled Indians are technically qualified with the necessary skills to be employable.

Visually-impaired students add light to Diwali dazzle

They can’t define light but that is not a deterrent for them to adding dazzle to others’ lives every Diwali.

Visually challenged students get talking laptops

For the first time, more than 50 visually challenged students studying in SSLC and above were given talking laptops in Mysuru. The laptops have in-built audio keyboards that are incorporated with special software to make them user-friendly.

Providing 'Sight' to the Visually Impaired

KOZHIKODE: Utilising their technological and scientific skills, the students of National Institute of Technology, Calicut (NITC), are paving a path of self-reliance for the less affluent who cannot explore the world on their own.

The students have developed the working model of a smart ‘Blind man’s stick’ to guide the visually impaired on the obstacles along their path.

Voice Dream Reader

Voice Dream Reader, the popular and highly successful accessible reading tool for iOS, comes to the Android platform! Read what others have already said about the iOS version:

"This $10 app is one of the best educational finds of my entire career" - Forbes

Helping the disabled: AIOU opens e-learning centre for visually impaired

ISLAMABAD: An e-learning accessibility centre for visually-impaired students has started functioning at the national library of the Allama Iqbal Open University (AIOU).

Blind People Are Not A Liability:On This White Cane Day, Let’s Look Where They Stand

On the occasion of White Cane Day on October 15, we have to address a serious issue today in India. There are over 16 million blind people and around 28 million visually impaired people in India. However only a few of them have been able to accessany help that they deserve from the authorities.

The disabled community never becomes a significant enough vote bank in a constituency to influence the electoral candidate.

The Minister of Social Justice & Empowerment Thawar Singh Gehlot and Chief Minister of Maharashtra Devendra Fadnavis launched the ‘Accessible India’ Campaign for Persons with Disabilities on 24th September 2015. The campaign promises to target three verticals – Built up environment, transportation ecosystem and the information and communication ecosystem. The launch of this campaign itself is path breaking, as political parties and governments in the country have neglected the disabled.