Chandigarh: Punjab minister of social security, women and child development, Razia Sultana on Tuesday said 21 disabilities would be covered under the Rights of the Persons with Disabilities Act, 2016.
Sultana chaired the first meeting of the state advisory board on disabilities constituted under the Act, on Tuesday.
Reading the menu at a restaurant wouldn’t take much effort for most sighted diners. But for the blind and visually impaired, trying to figure out what to order and what the meal would cost could be a daunting experience.
Just ask Stephanie Jones, who had to rely on her children and friends to read the menu so she could order what she really wanted. “Whoever was with me would read the menu,” said Jones, the mother of five children. “I used braille menus in the past, but they’re not always updated. But you learn to work through it.”
A children’s movie Netraheen Sakshi (The Blind Witness) was screened at Madhya Pradesh State Tribal Museum here on Thursday. The movie was screened under the regular film screenings of the tribal museum ‘Ullas’.
The movie is based on the life of a blind boy who can actually identify people correctly through their voices. But, what he witnesses formed rest of the story. The movie is directed by Nabendu Ghosh and features, Beena Bannerjee, Alok Nath and Manisha Patel in lead roles.
The Delhi High Court on Tuesday directed the Centre to place before the RBI suggestions made by the visually-impaired on ways to distinguish between various denominations of currency notes with help of features like cut edges or different shapes and sizes.
Source: http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-national/tp-newdelhi/put-proposals-of-visually-impaired-before-rbi-hc/article23498051.ece
Hyderabad: The Hyderabad bench of the Central Administrative Tribunal came to rescue of a visually impaired candidate by directing the Centre to appoint him to civil service and allocate a suitable post based on the rank he secured in Civil Service Examinations 2016. A two-member bench comprising Justices R. Kantha Rao and Minnie Mathew allowed an application by Rizwan Basha Shaik from Kurnool, challenging the proceedings issued by the Department of Personal and Training (DoPT, IAS division) cancelling his selection.
Gurbir Singh Dehlon, a visually impaired athlete from Ludhiana, has brought fame to his parents and the coach by clinching two medals in the recently held Para National Athletics Championship.
Gurbir, a total blind athlete, participated in this championship held at Panchkula where he finished at the victory podium in two events. He finished ahead of others to annex gold medal in the 400-metre race besides winning bronze in the 200-metre race.
The Punjab Government has decided to add 14 new disabilities under the Rights of Persons with Disability Act-2016 taking the total number to 21.
Announcing this, the state Social Security, Women and Child Development Minister Razia Sultan on Tuesday said: “With this, the financial and other benefits of other social security schemes would be extended to more number of disabled persons.”
A new device is giving toddlers - who are visually impaired - a chance to move, explore, and learn with less fear and risk of falling.
For a visually impaired person, a cane is what gives them mobility and a measure of safety as they navigate the mostly unseen world around them.
However, toddlers don't have the physical dexterity or attention span to learn to use a cane effectively, so their exploration of the world around them becomes a bruising experience.
Not surprisingly, visually impaired toddlers become hesitant to move around.
By Victor Ifeanyi Uzoho
10 April 2018 | 3:52 am
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The Onome Akinlolu Majaro (OAM) Foundation, a group championing the plights of persons with albinism, has given a four-year scholarship to a blind albino, 29-year-old Victor Kalu, a native of Bende in Abia State and 100-level student of History & Strategic Studies at the University of Lagos (UNILAG).
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