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UP CONG STAGES DHARNA OVER ATROCITIES ON BLIND STUDENTS

Thu, 09/07/2017 - 10:37 -- geeta.nair

Uttar Pradesh Congress staged a dharna over atrocities on blind students of Dr Shakuntala Misra National Rehabilitation University and the cane charge after students tried to raise their demands.

Party MLC Deepak Singh, who sat on the dharna to protest administrative excesses on blind students in Lucknow on Wednesday, alleged that the Yogi government was violating all norms to harass students and even blind students were not being spared. 

Making a difference in the lives of students

Wed, 09/06/2017 - 11:19 -- geeta.nair

Ludhiana, September 5

While teaching the visually impaired children for the last 17 years at the Vocational Rehabilitation and Training Centre (VRTC), Hambran Road, Maya (50) makes sure her lessons are interesting and replete with anecdotes and stories.

Despite being devoid of sense of sight, she goes out of her way to inspire the children she teaches.

First ever blind football game to be held in Goa from Sep 2

Fri, 09/01/2017 - 10:55 -- geeta.nair

Panaji, Aug 31 (UNI) Indian Blind Football Federation and Society for Rehabilitation of the Visually Challenged (SRVC) will be conducting the first-ever blind football demo game in Goa with an aim to introduce the game and to encourage blind footballers to take up the game and form a state side in the future.
The Goan chapter of National Association for the Blind along with FC Goa and Chowgule Sports Center is organizing the demo game on of September 2 at the Futsal Arena at the Chowgule Sports Center in Gogol, Margao.

Helping children with multiple disabilities

Fri, 09/01/2017 - 10:50 -- geeta.nair

Muskan provides intervention at various levels under one roof

Ahmed Piyarji (6), could not sit for 10 minutes at a stretch and had difficulty seeing things at a distance. Last year, he was diagnosed with low vision and hearing impairment along with cerebral palsy

After sustained special education, speech therapy, physiotherapy, occupational and vision therapy, he can sit up and perform daily activities like eating and drinking with limited assistance. He is also doing well in areas like fine motor and gross motor skill development, socialisation and communication.

UAE students develop 'smart eye' for visually impaired

Thu, 08/31/2017 - 10:55 -- geeta.nair

The startup technology is being incubated by students at UAEU's Science and Innovation Park.

What started as an idea to help a visually-impaired schoolmate, developed into a smart technology that will allow visually-impaired people to read. Students at the United Arab Emirates University (UAEU) in Al Ain have developed a pocket-sized smart reading device called Braille Eye. The startup technology is being incubated at UAEU's Science and Innovation Park.

In the eye of one beholder, social integration tops visual challenges

Thu, 08/31/2017 - 10:43 -- geeta.nair

Activist K. Selvaraj’s work does not stop at creating awareness of eye donation

The numbers are mind-boggling: 1,006 pairs of eyes that have endowed 2,012 people with the gift of sight.

K. Selvaraj, eye donation activist and social worker for the visually challenged since 1994, keeps a record of his work on his fingertips.

NDMC announces athletics championship for the disabled

Wed, 08/30/2017 - 10:56 -- geeta.nair

Tribune News Service

New Delhi, August 29

The New Delhi Municipal Council (NDMC) has decided to hold an athletics championship for the differently-abled of the national Capital. The athletics meet will be held from October 11-13 this year at Talkatora Stadium.

In this regard, the body has already invited entries from visually impaired and orthopedically challenged students in the age group of 11-14 years under junior category and 15-18 years under senior category for the athletics meet.

NDMC to offer athletics championship to disabled

Wed, 08/30/2017 - 10:48 -- geeta.nair

The New Delhi Municipal Council (NDMC) has decided to institute an athletics championship for the differently-abled. The civic body has invited entries from visually impaired and orthopedically challenged students in the age group of 11- 14 years under the junior category and 15-18 years under the senior category for the athletics meet to be held form October 11 to 13.

CISF widening base to cover private airports in India: Director-General

Wed, 08/30/2017 - 10:34 -- geeta.nair

CHENNAI: The Central Industrial Security Force (CISF) will widen the security blanket to cover private airports in a phased manner.

Plans are afoot to induct an additional 20,000 security personnel across all airports in the country, said Director-General OP Singh.

“We will have a unified command for all 98 airports,” said Singh. “The focus will be on digital surveillance video analytics and perimeter screening,” he said during an interactive session on ‘Safety and Security of Airports’ organised by Air Passengers’ Association of India.

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