Adventure and Sports
Nepal, UK set for visually impaired women’s cricket
KATHMANDU, OCT 22 - Nepal, who claim to have formed the first visually impaired women’s cricket team in the world, is set to play the United Kingdom in the Best of Three Twenty20 cricket series here at the Pulchowk Engineering college grounds on October 26-19.
Visually Impaired teen in WC Squad
Ranchi: With his heavy bat and signature helicopter shot, Mahendra Singh Dhoni gives sleepless nights to many bowlers in world cricket.
Chess Tourney for Visually Impaired
KOCHI: As part of World Sight Day 2014, an All Kerala Chess Tournament for the blind is being organised by the Little Flower Hospital, Anagamaly, in association with the Kerala Chess Association for the Blind at Little Flower Ophthalmic Institute Auditorium in Angamaly on October 8 and 9.
Successfully Crowdfunded Blind Accessible Audio Game, Grail to the Thief, Now Available for Download
For All To Play today announced the launch of Grail to the Thief, an interactive audio adventure for Windows, Mac, and Linux that can be played using only sound,
without the need for visuals. The game has been designed with the needs of the blind and visually impaired in mind but can be enjoyed by everyone. The game delivers an exciting, immersive experience in which the player is always fully aware of what is happening through the use of voice-overs, sound effects, ambient sound and music.
Visionless sports policy leaves blind cricketer in dark
Seven from state selected to play World Cup in Cape Town
Seven players from Gujarat have been selected as part of the Indian Cricket team for Blind for the World Cup Tournament 2014 in South Africa to be held in November. Gujarat has the largest representation in the Indian team of 17.
An Obama dinner invite for a disabled Indian girl
Next week, US President Barack Obama and his wife will host 12 disabled people from all over the world, including one from Mumbai, for an exclusive dinner at the White House.
The lucky Mumbaikar from suburban Goregaon is athlete Neha P Naik, 23, who is a Special Olympics International Global Messenger, besides taking part in the 100 metres and shot put events.
Proteas squad hosts coaching clinic for visually impaired cricketers in Lanka
Johannesburg: Members of the South Africa squad took time out to host a coaching clinic for visually impaired cricketers in Colombo on Tuesday, ahead of their second Test against Sri Lanka, which is underway at the Sinhalese Sports Club Ground.
The clinic is part of the `Seeing is Believing` campaign, which aims to raise funds for Sri Lanka`s visually impaired cricket team heading to the Cricket World Cup to be held in South Africa in November.
Check mates
Not many of us may be aware, but there is a chess-community of visually impaired youngsters in India. Capturing this in a black and white documentary are UK-based documentary filmmaker Ian Mcdonald and Indian producer Geetha J. who present Algorithms in collaboration with Vikalp at Everest Talkies on July 24 at 7 p.m.
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