NOA set to launch free eye care

The Nigerian Optometric Association (NOA) said it has concluded plans to launch a free eye service care programme for children code-named ‘My sight, my right’.

With over 285 million people visually impaired worldwide, the NOA has also called for more awareness on eye health and vision care among the populace with a view to preventing blindness through knowledge and information. According to the body, out of the 285 million, 80 per cent of the cases can be preventable, and four out of five blind people are needlessly impaired.

Can a person with low vision become doctor: Supreme Court to examine

New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Friday agreed to examine whether a person suffering from disability of 'low vision', in which eyesight cannot be corrected or improved, can be allowed to pursue MBBS course and treat patients.

This contentious issue came up before a vacation bench of justices U U Lalit and Deepak Gupta which wondered whether it would be feasible to allow a person with visual impairment to become a doctor and treat patients.

magic shows are not limited to sighted people anymore

Magic in the Dark

20 June 2018

Don’t be fooled by the grey winter weather. Magic is everywhere in Melbourne in July – even in the dark.

For the first time, members of the blindness and low vision community can participate fully in the Melbourne Magic Festival thanks to Chilean magician Juan Esteban Varela and his incredible show, Magic in the Dark.

The event is designed specifically for people who are blind or have low vision. It’s a sensory thrill ride that’s held in a darkened theatre, and those with sight are blindfolded throughout Varela’s performance.

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Blind solo traveler is out to change perceptions about disability

The road less travelled: Partially blind expat on trek of a lifetime

Dr Thornton, who suffers from macular degeneration, is on a solo 400km trek through the wilderness of Estonia to create awareness about his condition

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Blind students of class 9 and 10 in Odisha to get free Braille textbooks!

Measure to be adopted in schools from 2018-19 academic session

From the current academic session, all visually impaired students of Class IX and X in Odisha will be provided free Braille textbooks.

Earlier, the Odisha Primary Education Programme Authority was providing free Braille textbooks to all visually impaired students studying in Class I to VIII in government-managed schools. From this year, this measure has been extended to Class IX and X students as well.

Helping visually impaired see this beautiful world

Kotrabasappa family of Kaddirampur signs consent letters to donate eyes

Four generations of K. Kotrabasappa’s family, comprising 28 members, in Kaddirampur village, adjacent to the world famous Hampi, have proved to be Good Samaritans through their noble act of volunteering to donate their eyes and distribution of saplings to increase green cover.

Blind teen's admission stuck over Rs 40 at DU

Ved Prakash

Getting into Delhi University is indeed a tough deal. 18-year-old Ved Prakash is testimony to the struggle. For the past five days, after he made it to the first cut-off list at Satyawati College, the Uttar Pradesh boy is running from pillar to post just to pay his admission course fee- a mere Rs 40. However, on Monday evening, the fee payment was made.

Students belonging to the Physical Disability category are exempted from paying course fee. In case of Ved Prakash, he has to pay Rs 40.

Guidebooks in Braille will help visually impaired people in Rajasthan to exercise their voting rights

The Election Commission is going all out to make voting inclusive in the upcoming assembly elections in Rajasthan! At the office of the state election commission, officials are giving the final touches to election booklets. The booklets state the rights and rules for voters clearly. What makes them different this time is that they are in Braille.

The Rajasthan election department is working around the theme of Sugam Matadan or convenient polling. The aim is to get disabled voters out of their homes so they can cast their votes.

Visually impaired powerlifter from Burin enters first weightlifting competition

After three months of training Kelly Picco can deadlift 155 pounds. - Submitted

Kelly Picco inspired by a visionary trainer

BURIN, N.L. — It’s a gift to discover a passion for a new activity.

These blind massage therapists can heal your knots with their touch

As Lata Sadashiv gently strokes the base of your neck, the phrase ‘healing touch’ starts to make perfect sense.

A blind massage therapist at Sparsh Foot Spa in Mumbai, her fingers seem to know exactly which spot to hit.

It is a skill that speaks volumes not only about Lata’s years of experience, but also the strong desire to help and heal people.

Sparsh is an initiative of NGO Trinayani. Since it was founded in 2006, the NGO has been working towards creating awareness about disabilities and equal opportunities for disabled people.

Central institute for blind persons in Tamil Nadu closed for almost a year, students protest

The regional centre of the National Institute for the Empowerment of Persons with Visual Disabilities in Karayanchavadi has remained closed for over six months. A student in the centre said the institute had not reopened after Puja holidays last year.

Courses were not conducted since August at the institute which was established in 1988.

The centre offered a few courses including Braille shorthand and a diploma course in executive secretaryship.

Fight for Sight research could see an end to eye injections for patients with macular degeneration

Eye research charity Fight for Sight has announced funding for a research project that could help see an end to eye injections for patients with wet age-related macular degeneration (AMD).

We have made the announcement at the start of Macular Week 2018. We will be funding researchers at the Universities of Birmingham and Bristol to develop medicines that could be given in ‘drop’ form rather than through the usual method of eye injection.

Tech Makes Life Easier for Disabled Travelers, Until They Board.

Tech Makes Life Easier for Disabled Travelers, Until They Board.
By JOSHUA BROCKMAN. 

Technology is fast changing how people with
disabilities get to and then navigate airports and train and bus
stations. But technology can go only so far: Its advantages usually
stop at the door of the plane, train or bus.

Consider the experience of Michael May, who is blind and typically

Dyslexic teenager uses sign language to help blind and deaf man on flight

Boston: A teenager is being credited with coming to the aid of a blind and deaf man during a flight from Boston to Portland, Oregon.

Clara Daly, of Calabasas, California, says she and her mother were travelling last week when the flight attendants asked if anyone knew American Sign Language.

The 15-year-old had been taking sign language classes for a year and volunteered to help. That's when she met 64-year-old Tim Cook, who was traveling alone and struggling to communicate.

Clara is dyslexic and began learning sign language last year.

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