THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: Here’s a unique initiative by the students of Government Engineering College, Barton Hill. ‘Vaibhav’, a talent fest, will be held in April, for the special needs children. The event will be held simultaneously with the three-day techno-cultural festival ‘Aagneya’.
Tribune News Service
Jammu, February 15
The Mountaineering Association of J&K is going to host the first National Sport Climbing Championship for visually challenged climbers on March 27 and 28 at Sprawling Buds School, Bantalab.
This was stated by chairman of the Indian Mountaineering Foundation, North Zone Committee, S Bhattacharjee who was here to inspect the climbing infrastructure and other necessary allied facilities available at the venue for the conduct of the national competition.
The Myanmar Independent Living Initiative (MILI), an organisation that advocates for the rights of disabled people, will submit a plan to the Yangon Region Transport Authority (YRTA) on Thursday to install access ramps on all public transport.
The organisation will introduce a plan to install the access ramps for people with disabilities and elderly people on public buses and water taxis. It will also discuss the installation of sound systems for the blind, LED sign systems for the deaf, and removing all barriers to the disabled on public transport.
NEW DELHI: The government has decided to discontinue the Gyan Prabha scheme that was meant for providing financial assistance to people with autism, cerebral palsy and mental retardation in pursuing educational courses.
Officials in the Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment told The New Indian Express that the government had decided to scrap the scheme because many similar schemes for the disabled existed. People with autism, cerebral palsy and other mental disabilities could avail government help under these existing schemes, they said.
Avinash Shahi
The latest budgetary promises for the diasabled may go the same way as the past ones. Remember `Accessible India’ and a National University for Disability Studies?
Avinash Shahi
Doctoral candidate, Centre for Law and Governance, JNU
Patiala, February 13
The Patiala School for the Blind, along with the Royal City Riders, as a mark of respect and goodwill will be organising a car rally during Patiala Heritage Week.
The rally has been aimed to make the blind children feel that they are very much part of society and have equal rights like others. Around 50 drivers will participate in the event to be held on February 25. The rally will commence from Polo Ground and the drivers will cover a distance of 64 km.
There are two men cricket teams in India that have taken the World by the storm. One is the national cricket team led by Virat Kohli and the other is the blind cricket team, that recently won the Blind World Cup.
New Delhi: A three-year collaborative research by IIT-Delhi and Indiana University in the US has led the team to new technologies and cognitive strategies that could improve the lives of the blind and visually impaired (BVI).
The collaboration has resulted in research for the development of a novel new design approach to tactile graphics. "Tactile graphics" -- sometimes called as raised line drawings -- are two-dimensional images composed of linear and textured design elements raised very slightly above a flat surrounding surface.
George Abraham became blind at 10 months, but his refusal to see his blindness as a disability inspired him to organise a national cricket tournament for the blind
Source:http://www.tabla.com.sg/jrsrc/090218full/epage004005/TA20180209-TAB-004-...
Bengaluru: For 37-year-old Nagashetty, who was born visually impaired, the journey to win a doctorate was an uphill one. During the 53rd Annual Convocation on Thursday, he was awarded with Doctor of Philosophy (Faculty of Arts- Kannada) for his research on ‘Kuvempu Kavyagalli Antherdrusti’ from Bangalore University.
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