Students for RTI applications in Braille
Bhanu P Lohumi
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CM disburses aid to visually impaired pellet victims
Srinagar: Chief Minister Mehbooba Mufti on Thursday disbursed financial assistance among the victims who lost their eyesight due to pellet injuries during the law and order situations in the Valley. This follows a slew of measures initiated by the Chief Minister for the rehabilitation of victims of violence in the state. The 17 visually impaired victims who were provided financial assistance were injured last year.
IN BRIEF- visually challenged kids meet cm on help flag day
2015 graft case: panchayat officer gets 5-yr RI
Getting Aadhaar is harrowing for persons with disability
It took several attempts to get some children enrolled
For persons with disabilities in the city, getting an Aadhaar card is a difficult and stressful experience.
“The Aadhaar enrolment process is not equipped at all for persons with developmental and intellectual disabilities and those with high support needs,” said Smitha Sadasivan, member, Disability Rights Alliance.
Blind sailor chasing world champs gold
Mark Mulcare is totally blind. He's also a three-time world champion helmsman.
The ability to see might seem essential when steering a yacht - and Mulcare can't operate totally on his own - but the Aucklander sails largely on feel.
"I work off how the boat feels and how it seems to be going through the water," he says. "I can gauge the heel of the boat and sense what the breeze is doing."
Eye experts see hope for visually impaired at World Congress of Optometry in Hyderabad
Hyderabad [India], Sept.11 (ANI): The second World Congress of Optometry 2017 opened in Hyderabad today. For the next three days (11-13 September), the world's leading eye health experts will discuss and present new ideas, share research and knowledge from various facets of Optometry.
Telangana Health and Medical Minister C. Laxma Reddy, formally opened the conference at the Hyderabad International Convention Centre.
HEALTH CAMP ORGANISED AT BLIND SCHOOL
A Health Camp was organised at State Blind, Deaf and Dumb School at Harmu in Ranchi on Sunday by Jharkhand IAS Wives Association (JIASOWA) which was also attended by Chief Secretary Rajbala Verma. In her inaugural address, Verma said that those children did not sympathy from anyone, but they need concomitance and love from the people.
Exemption of TET test for visually impaired sought
Tribune News Service
Ludhiana, September 7
Ankit Kapoor, member of the Empowerment Association for the Blind, said the association had been struggling for the rights of visually impaired persons for a long time.
How To Engage Meaningfully With Someone Who Is Blind
A lot of us tend to feel awkward around people who are blind, not knowing what to do or say that doesn't seem inappropriate. Well, the biggest secret to engaging well with a blind person is to treat them like everybody else. If we think of a blind person as anyone who likes to go out, watch a movie, grab a meal with friends, it becomes easier to associate and interact. Here are some easy tips to help you communicate better with someone who cannot see.
Visually impaired man saves man who fell from train
MUMBAI: A 27-year-old visually impaired man who plays the flute on a foot overbridge at Dadar station to eke a living helped save the life of a man who fell on the platform while trying to get off Konark Express as it was pulling into platform number 5 on
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