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).
BENGALURU : Travelling can be an enriching experience. While we able-bodied people look at ensuring we get the right facilities, visit the best spots and are carrying the right luggage with us when we travel, those who are differently-abled might find difficulty doing the little things while on a trip that we tend to overlook. In spite of their disabilities, these courageous people have travelled to multiple places across the globe.
One in five Australians are living with a disability. This includes 357,000 individuals who are blind or visually impaired[1]. Like most Australians, they rely on the internet to find information, goods, services, and employment.
Two women have designed a website for the visually impaired where they can make their own travel itinerary and embark on a journey of exploration
Kochi: The fresh norms and guidelines of the Motor Vehicle Department (MVD) to provide driving license to differently-abled citizens will come into effect from April 1, 2018. With this new circular, people having monocular vision can also apply for driving license. People with partial hearing problems and disability in legs or hands will also get driving license as per the new norms.
Chennai: Two low-cost devices that enable people with motor disabilities to access and use electronic and tech devices were launched by a city-based advocacy group for People with Disabilities (PwD).
Karnataka women made a clean sweep, bagging all the medals, while men secured one gold.
The Karnataka team that participated in IMF National Sports Climbing Championship
Following the fifth consecutive day of protests by the Joint Action Committee of the Association of Disabled, the Tamil Nadu State Co-operative Societies Election Commission put on hold the election process for the post to which a visually impaired candidate had filed his nomination in Dharmapuri. The process has been postponed until clarity is obtained, said a communication on behalf of the Co-operative Societies Election Commissioner M. Rajendran.
25th March 2018 marked the most memorable day in the lives of visually-impaired couple KM Kiran and Basamma B Udakari.
Kiran and Udakrai met for the first time, eight years ago when they both started working for the Samarthanam BPO run by a Bengaluru-based Samarthanam trust for the disabled. They fell in love soon after.
Despite a lack of support in their own family to take their eight-year-long relationship one step forward, the couple stood undeterred.
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