New Delhi, May 7
The disability division of the Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment today sought data from various departments of the Delhi government and local bodies as regards how many public buildings and places under their jurisdiction were disabled-friendly.
BENGALURU: Microsoft has created a tool that lets visually impaired people code faster.
The project dubbed CodeTalk helps such coders navigate faster on screen, offers audio cues for bugs in the program, and helps users locate and skip comments on their document.
The Bombay High Court on Thursday directed that the HC shall not fill 4% of posts reserved for person with disability for stenographer, junior clerk and peon in the current recruitment process at district courts.
MUMBAI: With nearly 9,000 posts of stenographers, peons and clerks advertised in district courts, the Bombay high courton Tuesday dwelt on a question raised by National Association of the Blind whether provisions of Disabilities Act applies to courts.
MADURAI: For 30-year-old visually-impaired B Velmurugan, life so far has been full of struggles. Fighting against all odds, he managed to complete MA BEd by doing errand jobs. Velmurugan started Thuimai Vizhigal Trust in 2013 to make life easier for others like him and help them complete their education.
NEW DELHI: How do the visually impaired read?
The Feel the View prototype uses haptic feedback and artificial intelligence to give blind and visually impaired passengers the opportunity to experience the view out the car window.
The final leg of Third Edition of the National Blind Football Tournament for the visionless concluded with flying colours in Kochi, Kerala on Tuesday.The home team won the game and with it the sparkling trophy too. The tournament which started four days ago was organized by Indian Blind Football Federation (IBFF)-an independent federation setup in 2016 affiliated to the Paralympic Committee of India & IBSA New Delhi, with an aim to promote sports in the blind people's community.
Clifford Alexander scoops a handful of black ballpoint pens, drops them into a small box and shakes it with a blackjack dealer’s nonchalance. He slides in the next handful to make an exact dozen, and sends the box down the assembly line.
Mr. Alexander, who is blind, performs the quick act again, box after box.
Visual impairment was never an unconquerable hurdle for B. Karthi, who has been selling Benzoin resin, or sambrani, for 10 years now. However, with the help of good Samaritans like those from Padikkatugal, a volunteer-based Non-Governmental Organisation (NGO), life becomes easy for him, he says.
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