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.
KOLKATA: The Calcutta High Court on Wednesday gave the Centre a September deadline to replace high lead-content devices with non-toxic parts in Taylor Frame, an equipment used by visually disabled persons to learn mathematics.
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.
BENGALURU: Students from the Electronics and Communication Engineering Department of Sri Jayachamarajendra College of Engineering (SJCE) in Mysuru have developed a self-powered navigation system to aid the visually-impaired by generating the embedding transducers in their shoes.
Students A Anusha, S Ashwini, CB Divya and MH Kalpana, under the guidance of Shivaprasad N, assistant professor, Department of E and C, have developed the device. They have worked hard for six months to improve the quality of the gadget.
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.
Operations in the provincial city were once again disrupted due to multiple protests on Monday.
The protests held at key points in the city became a nuisance for citizens, disrupting traffic flow.
LAHORE:
Dehradun: A blind man has claimed that he was discriminated against after he was denied a chance to go river rafting. Shailendra Yadav, general secretary, North Zone Blind Cricket Association said that he has been visiting Uttarakhand for last few years for river rafting but was never refused because of his disability.
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.
The students of Acropolis College Indore have invented a guiding stick for the visually impaired. This electronic walking stick will help them to identify the hurdles on the path accurately and also inform different other types of changes coming on the way.
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