Chief Minister Raman Singh on Tuesday had breakfast with the visually impaired students of Jashpur School and asked the students to recite   Mathematics table at the breakfast table.

A visually handicapped student of Standard-I, Raju recited the table uninterruptedly much to the amazement of the Chief Minister and the gathering.

Singh appreciated the student and said even he cannot remember the Mathematics table of 26. He blessed the boy with a bright future.

The Chief Minister later invited the visually impaired school children for breakfast.

Seek action against official for ridiculing two visually impaired persons

The Joint Action Committee of the Associations for the Disabled is planning to stage an agitation on Wednesday to protest against the alleged behaviour of M. Rajendran, Commissioner, Tamil Nadu State Co-operative Societies Election Commission, towards two persons with disabilities.

HYDERABAD: LV Prasad Eye Institute, Hyderabad, has developed Fittle, the world’s first 3D printed Braille Puzzle. Created in collaboration with Serviceplan and educational toy company Ravensburger to develop Fittle, the puzzle is for millions of visually impaired children across the world. Fittle models can be downloaded from the Fittle website and 3D-printed at almost zero cost, making Braille more accessible than ever.

Slovakia's Henrieta Farkasova won the first gold medal of the Pyeongchang Winter Paralympics on Saturday in women's vision impaired downhill skiing.

Farkasova and her guide Natalia Subrtova finished in 1min, 29.72 sec, beating second-placed Millie Knight of Britain and her guide Brett Wild by 0.86 sec.
 

It was the Slovakian's sixth Paralympic gold in vision impaired skiing. Belgium's Eleonor took the bronze medal, finishing the course in 1min, 31.60 sec.

Visually challenged singers get ‘talent cards’ from the Thai government that allows them to perform on streets

Strumming his guitar with ease and backed by a drummer, Singhkum Boonriang belts out covers of Thai ballads as strangers pass by on a busy Bangkok afternoon.

But Singhkum is no ordinary busker — he’s one of the hundreds of visually challenged singers who perform across the Thai capital at traffic junctions, skytrain stops and other busy locations.

“It’s born out of my love to play music and sing,” he explains, sitting in front of a small donation box.