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Now, an app to help the visually impaired

Thu, 01/24/2019 - 10:41 -- geeta.nair

In a bid to assist visually impaired people to easily determine denomination of currency notes, the Indian Institute of Technology at Ropar in Punjab has developed an Android App “Roshni”, using image processing and analytics.

The App was launched on Wednesday at the IIT Ropar. Assistant professor Puneet Goyal, said that ‘Roshni’ is the first Android App that works successfully with new currency notes that were released after demonetisation and it works well in broad range of light conditions and holding angles.

NEET 2019: Time running out, disabled medical aspirants remain in dark over eligibility criteria

Thu, 01/24/2019 - 10:27 -- geeta.nair

The panicky father of a 40 per cent visually impaired boy arrived in the national capital from Kaithal in Haryana Tuesday morning to meet disability rights activists. Unwilling to give out his name, the man said he fears his son, studying in Class 12, might not be able to take the medical entrance exam in absence of final guidelines from the Medical Council of India (MCI) for persons with disabilities.

Stipulating 50% Disability Limit In Hearing Impairment Or Visual Impairment For Post Of Judicial Officer Legitimate: SC [Read Judgment] https://www.livelaw.in/top-stories/stipulating-50-disability-limit-in-hearing-impairment-or-visual-impairment-for-post

Wed, 01/23/2019 - 11:25 -- geeta.nair

A judicial officer in a State has to possess reasonable limit of the faculties of hearing, sight and speech in order to hear cases and write judgments and, therefore, stipulating a limit of 50% disability in hearing impairment or visual impairment as a condition to be eligible for the post is a legitimate restriction i.e. fair, logical and reasonable."

Visually challenged to run Mysuru-Bengaluru inter-city marathon

Wed, 01/23/2019 - 11:09 -- geeta.nair

Bengaluru: Visually challenged runners will take part in a three-day Mysuru-Bengaluru inter-city run to spreading awareness on holistic development among different strata of the society.

The ‘Ultra Marathon for and by the visually impaired’ will commence from Mysuru on January 23 and conclude at Bengaluru on January 25, after covering a distance of 150 km.
 

According to its organisers Samarthanam Trust, an NGO engaged in empowering the specially-abled to lead dignified lives, the event is first of its kind.

‘25% of buses have facilities for persons with disabilities

Wed, 01/23/2019 - 10:54 -- geeta.nair

Transport Commissioner C. Samayamoorthy on Tuesday told the Madras High Court that 24.42% buses operated by Metropolitan Transport Corporation (MTC) in Chennai had physically challenged friendly facilities such as lift mechanism, audio alert system and buzzer with switches to stop the vehicles in case of an emergency.

Pune’s EKansh Trust to conduct contest in designing clothing for people with disabilities

Wed, 01/23/2019 - 10:35 -- geeta.nair

Having run contests for students of architecture, Anita Iyer Narayan, founder and managing trustee, EKansh Trust has now announced in designing adaptive clothing for people with disabilities.

On the concept, Anita shared, “We had run contests for students of architecture earlier. Design impacts our lives. Everything that is not natural is designed by us, and we seem to be oblivious to the needs that are not typical. Fashion design students too have to be sensitised and be able to think out of the box.”
 

Post Graduate Teachers (PGTs) (Group-B), NVS

Tue, 01/22/2019 - 14:19 -- geeta.nair

NAVODAYA VIDYALAYA SAMITI
(An Autonomous Organization under Ministry of HRD)
Department of School Education and Literacy),
Government of India
B-15, Institutional Area, Sector-62,
Noida, District Gautam Budh Nagar,
Uttar Pradesh – 201 309

Highlights of the advertisement are given below, for complete details visit file:///C:/Users/ADMIN/Downloads/yd6kQ.pdf

Last date for Online Registration of Application: 14.02.2019

RECRUITMENT DRIVE 2019

Centre proposes to hike monthly pensions for the elderly poor, disabled and widows

Tue, 01/22/2019 - 12:07 -- geeta.nair

Plan likely to be part of interim Budget

Ahead of the 2019 election, the Rural Development Ministry has proposed that the monthly pensions of the elderly poor, disabled and widows be increased from the current ₹200 to ₹800. For those above the age of 80, the proposal is to increase the pension from ₹500 to ₹1,200 a month.

The Ministry has submitted the proposal, which would have an additional annual cost implication of ₹18,000 crore, to the Finance Ministry to be considered for inclusion in the interim Budget to be presented on February 1.

Braille e-reading gets easier for visually-impaired, thanks to new Kindle .

Tue, 01/22/2019 - 11:43 -- geeta.nair

LONDON: A British company plans to launch a Braille e-reader for blind people this year that should greatly enhance their reading experience and spare them from lugging around hefty print volumes. 

Since it was developed by Louis Braille in the 19th Century, the alphabet of raised dots has brought the joy of reading to millions of blind and partially-sighted people. 

But in its printed form it's not exactly convenient or portable: A Braille copy of the Bible can take up about 5  feet (1.5 metres) of shelf space. 

Visually challenged to march past on Republic-Day in Telangana

Tue, 01/22/2019 - 10:55 -- geeta.nair

HYDERABAD:  For the first time in Telangana, a contingent of visually challenged students will be participating in a Republic Day parade. A team of 50 visually students - 26 girls and 24 boys - of Nethra Vidyalaya junior and degree colleges have been training for the last few days at  Parade Ground in Secunderabad ahead of their participation in the Republic Day Parade to be held at the same venue later this month. 

Festival of shopping at Big bazar on 21st January 2019

Festival of shopping at Big bazar on 21st january 2019. Everyone wants Offers  & Discounts &Shoppers with Disabilities are no different.To make the experience  at ease for our Disabled Shoppers,We are extending an exclusive preview day for persons with Disabilities in all 357 Big Bazaar stores across the country.Shoppers with Disabilities can avail Free Shopping Assistance,priority counter,Home Delivery service & special sale offers.

meetup in Gurgaon for people with and without disabilities

I'm organising a small meetup in Gurgaon for people with and without disabilities so as to make new friends and connections.
It is called Social Spaces Plus (a concept by Inclov -matchmaking platform for people with disabilities). 
Following are the details of the meetup for your reference -

Date - 20th January, Sunday
Venue - Imperfecto, Cyberhub, Gurgaon 
Time - 1:00 pm to 5 pm
Entry - Free(whoever wants to eat at the venue can purchase for themselves at their own cost)

Would you like to join us and make the most out of this fun meetup?

Thiruvananthapuram: Special children, teachers strike

Fri, 01/18/2019 - 11:05 -- geeta.nair

THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: Special school organisations decided to intensify their protest against the LDF government’s apathy towards the demands of the schools. Over 1,200 people belonging to special schools in Thiruvananthapuram district held a dharna in front of the Secretariat on Thursday which was inaugurated by former KPCC president V. M. Sudheeran.

Udaan Idol little champs and Radio Udaan’s 5th National Convention 2019 Inbox x

Radio Udaan is ecstatic to inform you that we are all set to host our 5th National Convention!!!
It would be a two day long program in Mumbai on 2nd and 3rd February 2019. On first day there is musical finale of Udaan Idol Little Champs(music competition for children with disabilities) and on 2nd day we have our action-packed fifth National Convention (organized and title sponsored by Samarthanam Trust for the Disabled, co-sponsored by Enable Travels and supported by Mitra Jyothi) at Andheri Sports Complex, JP Road, Andheri West, near Azad Nagar Metro station Mumbai.

Soon, Braille e-reader for the blind

Wed, 01/16/2019 - 11:08 -- geeta.nair

A British company plans to launch a Braille e-reader for blind people this year, which would greatly enhance their reading experience and spare them from lugging around hefty print volumes.

Bristol Braille Technology hopes to launch Canute 360, their new ‘Kindle for the blind’, which displays nine lines of text at a time, or about a third of a page of regular print.

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