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Last date for online submission of Application to MTNL: 27.09.2018
Recruitment Notice for the post of Assistant Manager in HR, Marketing and Finance in MTNL.
MTNL is a Public Sector Enterprise having major operations in the markets of Delhi and Mumbai.
Cooking may seem rather intimidating for a person who is blind or visually impaired. But with proper training and care, it is not impossible.
Are you a blind or visually impaired person looking to learn basic cooking skills? Well, sign up for Shirin Kheriwala’s weekly classes!
Starting 25 August 2018, Shirin will hold classes every Saturday at the V M School for the Blindat Tardeo, Mumbai.
Anand Mahindra-backed start-up Thinkerbell Labs, which builds literacy devices for the visually impaired, is on a mission to solve the problem of low literacy and employability among visually impaired people. This Bengaluru-based start-up has built the first learning ecosystem for the visually impaired which consists of Annie—a smart device for self-learning Braille, software for monitoring user progress and interactive content.
Imagining writing an exam without a pen for a sighted student, is as impossible for a blind student without a reader and a writer! Hence taking this as an opportunity, Blind Graduate’s Forum of India (BGFI)
Audio Description movie screening at Mitra Jyothi, Bangalore on 8th Sep'18.
Audio description of films for the visually impaired initiative is driven by Saksham and 26 films have been done till date.
New Delhi, August 20
Former Indian cricket skipper Bishan Singh Bedi today launched a vision screening campaign for underprivileged children in Delhi.
He distributed free spectacles to 27 children of Government Boys Senior Secondary School, Pandara Park, where 314 students were screened to identify any visual impairment or eye conditions and prevent avoidable blindness as a part of a joint initiative here.
“Vision is as much critical in children's education as it is in the playing fields. It is vital in childhood and in later life,” said Bedi.
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I am Vikash Panchal working with Youth4Jobs Foundation, it is a Not for Profit Organization which sets up placement- linked skilling centres for youth with disability. Youth enrolled are with locomotor, speech & hearing disability, youth with visual impairment. Most of the youth are from rural areas and all are from poor families. Youth4Jobs also helps companies build
an inclusive workforce.
Paola Peretti is losing her eyesight and she wouldn’t have it any other way. When she was 14, she became very short-sighted, virtually overnight. Three years later came the diagnosis of Stargardt macular dystrophy, a degenerative disease that destroys central vision, damages colour perception and results in blindness.
Rustam Oraon, a Class 10 visually impaired student, had a narrow escape as a portion of the roof of his hostel room fell just beside him. The incident took place at the Government Senior Secondary School for Boys (Blind) hostel in north Delhi’s Kingsway Camp on August 8 after heavy rain in the national capital. This incident has occurred after a PIL on the condition of the building and the requirement of teaching staff was filed in the Delhi High Court earlier this month.
Any visually impaired student who has procured admission for pursuing under graduate course in a reputed/recognised college having disability certificate can apply for scholarship.
The scholarship is to be applied for through their college and to be submitted to our trust’s volunteer/college coordinator. Mark sheets for the class 10 and 12 with proper attestation to be attached to the form. Generally, the last date of applying for scholarship will be end of August every year. This will be displayed in our web site.
Just because you can't see doesn't mean you lack vision. The perfect example of that is 27-year-old Ashwini Angadi who has been visually impaired from birth. A popular person, her biggest claim to fame is that she is a global youth ambassador from Karnataka who works for the empowerment of differently-abled children.
The Bombay High Court recently granted relief to a visually impaired student by directing the State board to add 20 grace marks to her result as she was not aware about the disability column to be filled.
A Division Bench of Justices Naresh Patil and G.S. Kulkarni was hearing a plea by Shaikh Mehmoona Abdullah, a student with 75% low vision. She failed Class XII in February-March 2017 and again in her second attempt in July the same year. She moved court in June 27, seeking a direction from the court to issue a fresh marksheet for two subjects in the 2017 exam.
For children from the National Institute of People with Intellectual Disabilities (NIPID), Independence Day was a long one. After all, they had to wake up at 2 am to make their way to the Red Fort. But the energy at the section demarcated for differently abled children was like that at a concert — with frenzied cheering and clapping at the sight of the Prime Minister and his speech — translated by four interpreters at the venue.
The device has gained accreditation from the National Association of Blind, and Blind People Association for being an innovative and impactful product. We have already touched lives of more than 3,800 visually impaired friends in Gujarat, Rajasthan & Delhi and envision to empower 1 million+ lives in the next 2 years.
At TorchIt, we have taken up the mission to empower the visually impaired community by providing them with the "Power of Independence".
10 crore Indians have no access to a pair of glasses’ - Times of India Aug 11, 2018, 11.23 PM IST Printed from
Every day brings news of novel, cruel and unusual indignities inflicted on a human daring to travel while disabled. In the latest demoralising example, Steve Smithers was prevented from flying for the crime of carrying spanners, in case he used them to “dismantle the plane” instead of adjusting his wheelchair.
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