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Despite BCCI Apathy, India’s Blind Cricketers Continue to Solider On

Wed, 10/17/2018 - 12:21 -- geeta.nair

Sportsmen, over all ages and continents, have, in their own way, fought varied challenges to attain the highest pinnacle, and though their fields might be diverse, the hunger to be the best is all too similar.
Some players participate in team games and have to co-join talents as a whole. Some have to keep pushing ahead as a lone entity, and still others have to ensure that their mental strength overpowers their physical stamina. Under the searing sun or in an air-conditioned hall, the vagaries of sport might differ but at the very core, the basics of each sport remains similar.

City’s Kapil Dev makes it to Indian blind cricket team

Wed, 10/17/2018 - 11:21 -- geeta.nair

Ludhiana: Named after the cricket legend, and one of India’s  greatest all-rounders by his father, 29-year-old Kapil Dev  is setting a unique example of hard work and strong  dedication.
Source: https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/chandigarh/citys-kapil-dev-makes-it-to-indian-blind-cricket-team/articleshow/66253037.cms

A Durga Puja pandal created for visually impaired devotees and visitors

Wed, 10/17/2018 - 11:08 -- geeta.nair

One of the defining features of Durga Puja is that it is about inclusion – everyone is welcome to the community pujas to participate, from non-Bengalis to even atheists. Taking this spirit of inclusion one step forward, Samaj Sebi Sangha which is in Ballygunge, Kolkata has dedicated their pandal to the visually impaired this year.

The Indian Braille Translator version 6.0 has been released which now supports Hindi reverse as well.

With the addition of Hindi reverse
·         You can convert a BRF file (Braille file) to Hindi print which can be used for taking print out which a sighted person can read or can be read via a screen reader as well.
 
·         You can type in six key entry mode and also save that in print and Braille formats both.
 
Given below is the download link of the software.

A white smart stick that’s making visually impaired more independent

Tue, 10/16/2018 - 10:16 -- geeta.nair

Panaji: Selfie sticks are more widely known compared to a  white cane even though they came into the market a few years  ago. This goes to show the lack of awareness people have   about the latter, a visually impaired teacher working at the  National Association of Blind (NAB), Mahadev Dayanand Sawant   said.

WATCH: Visually impaired girls dance to song penned down by PM Modi

Tue, 10/16/2018 - 10:06 -- geeta.nair

Navratri is here, and people across the country are gripped in the festive fever. And the festivities are incomplete without donning traditional clothes and dancing to desi beats. Now, as most people are busy perfecting their Dandiya and Garba steps to the tunes of Falguni Pathak and Amit Tridevi, a group of girls have been dancing to a special song penned down by Prime Minister Narendra Modi.

In need of a ‘second-sight’

45 year old Naresh Danwar from Saraswati Vihar, New Delhi lost his vision from an accident when he was 17 years old. But Naresh seems to be still finding his life even after passing his prime and nearing late adulthood. Many reasons can be attributed to his present situation where he remains unmarried, unstably employed and ignorant.

World Sight Day: Sensing the world differently

Fri, 10/12/2018 - 10:52 -- geeta.nair

THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: Sahadulla S ran his fingers along the length of the leaf and then tried chewing it. The bitter taste got to him and the sixth standard student eagerly whispered to his friends, “It is Neem!”. The air was laden with the hypnotic aroma of Neem, Tulsi, Panikoorka (Indian Borage) and several other aromatic trees. The students who were divided into groups of eight took turns to take a whiff of the leaves while some tried chewing it. The visually impaired children were trying to decipher the name of the trees through the leaves.

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Thu, 10/11/2018 - 14:33 -- geeta.nair

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Interactive meeting with a global leader in accessibility

NAB Delhi is organizing an Interactive meeting with a global leader in accessibility on 18 October 2018 from 3 to 5 PM at its R.K. Puram campus in New Delhi.
This is an exciting opportunity for visually impaired persons working with technology or accessibility. It is a rare opportunity to meet Tom Babinszki, and digital accessibility expert, a blind entrepreneur, a renowned speaker and trainer.
Please call or email NAB Helpline to book your seat. Seats are limited, register quickly. registration is compulsory.
Phone: +91 9212319672, 8826261166 .

Specially abled student denied writer

Thu, 10/11/2018 - 11:43 -- geeta.nair

Tribune News Service
Jalandhar, October 10

Differently abled students in the district have alleged harassment by various school administrations who are not allowing them to appear for their compartment exams. While a Class X student on Tuesday was disallowed from taking his writer inside the exam centre, differently abled activists expressed concerns that the same might be repeated with other students, some of whom are visually impaired who won’t be able to write their exams.

World Sight Day: How blind women are being trained to detect breast cancer

Thu, 10/11/2018 - 10:49 -- geeta.nair

In a unique initiative to battle breast cancer in India, blind women are being trained in Delhi to be able to detect early signs of breast cancer. The National Association for Blind (NAB) Centre for Blind Women and Disability Studies, in collaboration with Discovering Hands, Germany has launched the initiative ‘Discovering Hands’ in India.

Time to avoid idioms that mock disabilities

Wed, 10/10/2018 - 11:45 -- geeta.nair

We must stop the casual use of phrases like ‘turning a blind eye’ and ‘paralysed economy’

In our day-to-day interactions, we come across words and phrases like ‘turning a blind eye’; ‘falling on deaf ears’; ‘a paralysed economy’; ‘institutions running on crutches’; and ‘mute leadership’. What is common among these is that they all signify negative connotation, while referring to physically disabled people.

Visually impaired music tutors strike discordant note

Wed, 10/10/2018 - 11:37 -- geeta.nair

Chandigarh, October 7

“My younger brother drops me at our village bus stop every morning before he pushes off to get ready for his school. A bus is supposed to come at 7 am. However, it does not come many a time and I end up requesting commuters to give me a lift. It’s a long wait before someone agrees to drop me at the school where I teach,” rued Iqbal Singh, a visually impaired music teacher at Jamalpur (Ludhiana).

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