Visually impaired flyer miffed with lack of assistance
PUNE: An associate professor with ILS Law College, who is visually impaired, has levelled charges of non-cooperation and rude behaviour against Jet Airways and KLM Royal Dutch Airlines.
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Call Center and Agarbati packing paid training for visual impaired students
Helping hand NGO starting Call Center and Agarbati packing paid training for visual impaired students. If any one visual impaired students minimum 10th passed can apply and eligible to start .
Helping hand India NGO tries its best to empower underprivileged children, youth and women through relevant education, innovative healthcare and livelihood programmes. We always dream of a society based on legitimate rights, equity, justice, honesty, social sensitivity and a culture of service in which all are self-reliant.
BGFI's October Knowledge sharing Session On Career Planning
Are you preparing for your very first job? Do you think that you have the potential to grow exponentially in your organization?
Have you been looking for a lateral move to boost your career?
Do you think that someone can greatly benefit from your career planning tips?
If your answer to any of the questions is yes then, Join us!
Date : 27th October 2018
Time : 3-6 PM
Venue : College of Social Work, Nirmala Niketan. 38, New Marine Lines
Churchgate (East) Mumbai. It is walkable from Churchgate Station.
Despite BCCI Apathy, India’s Blind Cricketers Continue to Solider On
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
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
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.
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Phone: 011-2767861
Website: www.kmcollege.ac.in
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Highlights of the advertisement are given below, for complete details visit
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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.
This Delhi teenager’s big chess ambitions include teaching the game to blind children
This Delhi teenager’s big chess ambitions include teaching the game to blind children.
Through her Project Checkmate, Devanshi Rathi hopes to coach more students
In a first, Indian-origin visually impaired man to get guide horse in UK
An Indian-origin man based in north-west England, who suffers from a degenerative eye condition, is set to become the first person in the UK to get a guide horse to assist him with daily tasks once he loses his vision completely.
A white smart stick that’s making visually impaired more independent
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
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
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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Advertisement No. RR Site/HRM/02/2018
Highlights of the advertisement are given below, for complete details visit www.npcilcareers.co.in
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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 .
This October, Celebrate The Achievements Of The Visually Impaired
By FELICITY DARVILLE
#The Bahamas Alliance for the Blind and Visually Impaired (BABVI) is currently observing Blindness Awareness Month under the theme: "Make Provisions to Preserve Your Vision". BABVI's month of activities started on September 30 and will continue until October 28.
Specially abled student denied writer
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.
Hospital pilot project: Visually-challenged women engaged to detect breast cancer
New Delhi: A leading private hospital in Delhi has teamed up with National Association for the Blind (NAB) to engage visually-challenged women in early detection of breast cancer by harnessing their pronounced tactile capabilities.
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