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How are people with disabilities perceived by themselves and others?

Thu, 05/31/2018 - 10:51 -- koshy.mathew@ey...

Let me start by saying this is my view and I am sure lots of you may agree or disagree with me and I am fine with that! It’s good to have differences.

Yes, I believe people with disabilities can do everything. Let me say this again, I believe that people with disabilities can do everything.

In a way, I have proved this through Barrierbreak, where people with disabilities co-exist with everyone.

Legal blindness doesn't stop this self-taught seamstress from making military uniforms

Tue, 05/29/2018 - 11:27 -- koshy.mathew@ey...

Barbara Moore has been legally blind her entire life. Born with a condition called nystagmus with cataracts, she has limited vision, but Moore has never let her sight deter her from accomplishing what she set her mind to doing.

In fact, Moore taught herself to sew at an early age. “It was just something I wanted to do,” she recalls. “It was the day after New Year’s 1996 and I wanted to make a comforter. So, I bought a sewing machine and figured out how to sew.”

Career Centric Computer Training for VI Candidates - July to Dec 2018

Tue, 05/29/2018 - 10:59 -- koshy.mathew@ey...

*Who should join this course?

·  Candidates who have completed their graduation and are seeking skill
development to get into good jobs.

·  Candidates who seek to be independent and look forward to employability
training & over-all personality development.

·  Candidates who are in-between jobs and want to develop/improve their
skills to get better jobs by learning the usage of Computers

Diabetes induced blindness: AI detection shows clinical promise

Mon, 05/28/2018 - 14:37 -- koshy.mathew@ey...

An artificial intelligence (AI)-based diagnostic tool developed by Google and researchers in India, for detecting diabetic retinopathy (DR), is showing clinical promise in the Indian setting, according to Rajiv Raman, a senior consultant at Chennai’s Sankara Nethralaya, one of the country’s leading eye hospitals.

Telangana govt to take conduct eye screening drive across

Mon, 05/28/2018 - 11:09 -- koshy.mathew@ey...

Telangana will embark on an ambitious project to achieve "avoidable blindness-free status" by conducting comprehensive eye screening for its 3.5 crore population.

The Telangana government embarked on a noble project of achieving "avoidable blindness-free" status by conducting comprehensive and universal eye screening for the entire population of the state under the title "Telangana Kanti Velugu," a Government Order (GO) issued today said.

For the visually impaired: LHC issues notice on plea for job quota

Fri, 05/25/2018 - 10:48 -- geeta.nair

LAHORE: 

Justice Shujaat Ali Khan of the Lahore High Court issued a notice to the Punjab government on a petition seeking an order to grant jobs to visually-impaired people who are protesting on the road for their rights.

Judicial Activism Panel, the petitioning NGO, filed the plea through its counsel. It was stated that every state deals with special people by taking the utmost care, but the situation is different in Pakistan. He added the visually-impaired are running from pillar to post for their basic rights.

Braille stays untouched as a click, a tap grow popular

Thu, 05/24/2018 - 11:24 -- geeta.nair

Swati*, a 15-year-old visually challenged girl, runs her fingers over the shuffled dots of a Braille book, attempting to understand a sequence of dots. Every time she touches it, she tries to relate it with pictures or events she has heard about. "I was never taught Braille. I have been tutored only through audio lessons," said Swati, who touched a Braille book for the first time.

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