A delegation of differently abled people met the Bharatiya Janata Party Uttarakhand unit president Ajay Bhatt demanding a strong Divyang Ayog, reservation in politics and some amendments in Rights of Persons with Disabilities Act, 2016. In a memorandum submitted to the BJP State president, the delegation has demanded the restructuring of Divyang welfare committee at the State level.
Nakilat recently organised a bowling session for the visually impaired in co-operation with the Qatar Social and Cultural Center for the Blind. Volunteers from Nakilat acted as guides, some of them were blindfolded during the session to better appreciate the challenge of bowling without the sense of sight. Bowling is one of the few sports that can be enjoyed by people of all ages and abilities, and blind bowling has proven to be very popular with the use of guide rails.
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Few things have such a huge impact on happiness and the enjoyment, depth, and fun of life as the friendships we have.
It could be the friendships with people in our community, workplace, gym, or school. Close friendships can evolve with the people we’ve known for a few months, years, or since we were kids. Personally, I spend a lot of time cultivating and nurturing an array of friendships, while also striving to be a good friend.
Yusuf Huraira has complete vision loss, which means he’s never had the experience of drawing with a pen. He has had to rely either on Braille, or on his teachers or fellow students to help him.
So many in our country are shocked at the mention of photography by the blind, they cannot seem to wrap their head around the concept. Why and how would a blind person take a photograph? Like most photographers, persons with blindness too have been drawn to photography out of a curiosity to explore the world through images.
There is need for more advocacy to ensure people with visual impairment are not discriminated in the labour market and social protection programmes for them to avoid begging culture.
The appeal was made at a news conference organised by Rwanda Union of Blind in Kigali, last week.
Dr Patrick Suubi, legal representative of the Union, said employers need to give a chance to visually impaired people to demonstrate their ability.
Blind and visually-impaired people in the country can now read any printed Nepali characters using Optical Character Recognition (OCR) software, which was launched on Monday.
The software, developed by two IT experts from the Kathmandu University (KU) for the Nepal Netra Joyti Sangh in financial support of the Australian government, was launched by Australian Ambassador to Nepal, Peter Budd, amid a function.
"My teacher is so near to me that I scarcely think of myself apart from her." - Hellen Keller
Mark Twain once called a lady ‘The Miracle Worker’. She was Anne Sullivan, the teacher and the lifelong companion of author, political activist, and lecturer Helen Keller. Sullivan was herself visually impaired and had a troubled childhood. But what Sullivan achieved was remarkable. She was the force behind one of the most influential women of the 20th century.
Tribune News Service
Kullu, August 20
The District Red Cross Society organised a special eye camp for visually impaired children at the Regional, Hospital, Kullu today. The society has taken a special initiative in collaboration with the Sarva Shiksha Abhiyan, Rashtriya Madhyamik Shiksha Abhiyan (RMSA), Health Department, Indira Gandhi Medical College Administration and the Social Justice and Empowerment Department.
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