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Notes of empathy

CHENNAI: In January 2017, when we met Vasanth Raghuvir, managing trustee of the Shakti Foundation ahead of their 27th annual fundraiser concert, she shared a positive observation with CE, “The ‘pity factor’ towards persons with disabilities (PwD) is slowly fading away. Another perceptible advancement is that a lot of young PwDs have got married to able-bodied persons. They share work, run households and also work. Acceptance is slowly growing in society. It’s not sympathy that they need but empathy.”

Sports Day for Handicapped: Min encourages children

Minister for Religious Trusts and Endowments, Public Relations, Law and Legislative Affairs, Science and Technology and Aviation, PC Sharma boosted children in Sports Day Progarmme organized for handicapped children at Bhojpur Club Ground here on Sunday.

He said that sports transmit zeal in life. He salutes all those, who are making constant efforts to bring happiness in the life of handicapped children.

Sharma further mentioned that differently abled children are full of incredible talents.

Vision To Achieve Dreams

Persons with vision impairment are as normal as those with eyesight. They have similar aspirations, abilities and desire to learn as any other person. The only thing that differentiates them from the ‘sighted’ is their lack of visual interaction with people, things and the overall environment. However there are other ways they can use to engage. What they also lack is an accessible environment and encouraging attitude from people around them.

Denial of banking rights on grounds of disability

Banking is an essential part of every person’s life, be it able or disabled. It is so vital that even age is not considered for it. Working adults, homemakers and even students access bank accounts for their day-to-day financial needs. Like everyone else, visually impaired and blind people also require banking services like issuance of Cheque book, Debit and Credit card, Locker and Loan facilities etc. In spite of the guidelines issued by RBI and IBA (Indian Banking Association), banking services are very often denied to persons with vision impairment.

Never stop believing in yourself

Aspiring for more!

Restarting his life at 28

To new beginnings

Finding new direction to move forward

Overcoming despondency

Finding focus and assistance to gain economic independence

Never back down

46 year old Dileep CR lives in Kurumassery, Kerala with his wife and daughter. Working as a construction labourer, he met with an accident on the site which adversely affected his eye sight. Following the mishap, Dileep found it increasingly difficult to continue his job due to low vision. Recently one of his eyes was enucleated and he has some vision in the other eye. Since then he has been looking for a source of employment so he can cater to the needs of his family.

Learning about ways to move forward despite blindness

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TouchVision brings pictures alive for people with visual disabilities

From poorly trained teachers to lack of accessible reading materials, the exclusion faced children who are visually impaired is evident in multiple ways.

It also denies them the freedom of pursuing subjects of their choice, especially those that rely on the use of diagrams or images, like science, maths and geography.

Something law student Maitreya Shah was acutely aware of right through his years in school.

Punjab: Visually impaired students set to march in Republic Day parade

As many as 27 students, and a visually impaired teacher, Pooja, who leads them, are part of the special marching contingent of the Patiala School for Blind.

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Paytm modifies app to make it accessible for blind, low vision users

Be it booking a cab to ordering your weekly supply of vegetables, Paytm is used by many people in India, and has emerged very quickly as one of India’s leading mobile payment companies. It's tagline of Paytm Karo promises a hassle free experience to users across the board.

Not all users, however, with many blind and low vision people reporting that the app was inaccessible, an issue that NewzHook has reported on extensively.

Soon, voter enrollment form to come in braille

Ever hear of an application forms for voter-list enrollment in braille? As part of its accessible election drive, the Election Commission (EC) will soon launch braille versions of electoral list related activities including the application form for enrollment. The measure will be executed on the National Voters’ Day, January 25, in West Bengal’s South Dinajpur district.

IIT Ropar launches Android App to help visually impaired recognise currency

It is often difficult for the visually impaired people to identify the denomination of the currency note. To assist them easily determine denomination of INR currency notes, a team from IIT Ropar, Punjab has developed an Android App “Roshni”, using image processing and analytics.

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As many as 27 students, and a visually impaired teacher, Pooja, who leads them, are part of the special marching contingent of the Patiala School for Blind.

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