In August 2016, Divyanshu Ganatra, a visually-impaired adventure enthusiast set out with a sighted captain to pedal from Manali to Khardung La in the Himalayas, a length of 550 kilometres that the team completed in just eight days. He became the first blind tandem cyclist to accomplish the feat.
The phone never stops ringing at Pallavi Acharya’s house. It’s not hard to understand why: the 35-year-old has taken up the responsibility of arranging scribes for close to a 1,000 visually impaired students across Karnataka. In the last two years, Ms. Acharya, who is a consultant with the NGO Youth for Seva, has arranged scribes for 2,500 examinations for more than 350 visually impaired persons.
Visually impaired honoured for making a mark in their lives at SCD Government College
Tribune News Service
Ludhiana, June 27
Visually-impaired persons, who have made a mark in their lives, was honoured during a function organised by the Punarjot Guldasta Eye Bank Society here today.
The function at SCD Government College saw the visually-impaired veterans share their words of wisdom.
Students of National Public School, Yelahanka, invited children of a blind school to spend quality time with them. Students from the blind school attended regular classes and they participated in quiz and other activities. SUPW club period provided some fun and relaxed learning. NPS students presented book marks made by them to blind children.
KOLLAM: It was a special occasion for Kerala when it became the first state to launch a disaster preparedness training programme for persons with disabilities. That was in May 2016. A year after, the state is again in the limelight.
The National Disaster Management Authority (NDMA), which is in the process of chalking out guidelines for training the differently abled on survival skills in times of natural disasters and other emergency situations, has decided to seek the help of the Kerala State Disaster Management Authority (SDMA) in preparing it.
Treat the differently-abled as the “most treasured” passengers, the Delhi High Court on Monday told the Railways which it blamed for a visually impaired man missing his M.Phil entrance exam as he could not board a reserved coach since it was locked from inside.
A Bench of Acting Chief Justice Gita Mittal and Justice C.Hari Shankar noted that the youth tried to reach Delhi on July 3 for the exam to be held on July 5, but could not as he first did not get a confirmed seat.
BHUBANESWAR: Thirty-two year old visually challenged man Dilip Sahoo, who had lost both his legs in a train mishap, will be provided artificial limbs. Minister for Women and Child Development, Social Security and Empowerment of Persons with Disabilities Prafulla Samal announced this while visiting Sahoo at KIMS Hospital where he is undergoing treatment.
ITANAGAR, Jul 23: The Self-Help Group (SHG) members of Yangfel Parteh Deneh, Itanagar on Sunday visited the Donyi Polo Mission School for the Hearing & Visually Impaired at Chimpu and donated various edible items to the school for the use of the differently-able students.
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