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28 visually impaired students shine in CBSE Class XII board |
DEHRADUN: As many as 28 visually challenged students of Model School for the Visually Handicapped here attempted Class XII board exam this year, and for the first time, one of the students, Mohd ... |
Education and Employment |
29/May/2017 |
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Everybody has the right to travel |
It’s a beaming, end-of-trip group picture like countless others, except that three people are in wheelchairs, while a fourth is on crutches. It was taken at the end of a short trip to Udaipur that... |
Accessibility |
26/May/2017 |
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Booklet on climate change now in braille |
The Braille version of a booklet — Climate Action: We Must Not Delay — dedicated to environmental issues such as carbon footprint, groundwater scarcity and air pollution was recently launched in the... |
Education and Employment |
26/May/2017 |
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Visually impaired teacher running from pillar to post for transfer |
For the last three years, a visually impaired teacher at a school in a village in Bulandshahr district, 55 km away from his residence at Modinagar in Ghaziabad, is running from pillar to post to get... |
Education and Employment |
26/May/2017 |
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This startup is ensuring a fulfilling social life for the differently-abled |
Sameer Garg was a mere teenager when a debilitating spinal injury made a walking stick his companion. Not only did the disability take a toll on his personal life, but the Meerut lad also missed out... |
Accessibility |
23/May/2017 |
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Radio City uses Power of Radio to light up life of a Mumbaikar |
In a heart-warming gesture, Mumbai City responded to fulfil the dreams of Nikita Shukla, a visually impaired law student. When Nikita visited Radio City studios to collect her contest prize, she... |
Achievements |
23/May/2017 |
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HIGHER EDU EXAM PATTERNS BLIND TO VISUALLY DISABLED |
Education and giving exams is no easy task for the impaired. And, those setting the papers seem oblivious to the issues plaguing these students, especially those attempting higher education tests.... |
Education and Employment |
23/May/2017 |
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Teaching them to live their lives |
About 40 kids in the age group of 5 to 15 years participate in the annual L V Prasad Eye Institute’s (LVPEI) camp every year from in and around the adjacent cities.
They go back not just learning a... |
Education and Employment |
23/May/2017 |
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Mission with a vision: let the sighted see |
An undergraduate student at St. Francis College, Hyderabad, walked into the office of the principal at Devnar Foundation and said she wanted to teach blind children painting. He was nice enough to... |
Achievements |
23/May/2017 |
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New technology allows visually and hearing impaired to “watch” TV |
PervasiveSUB, a new, ground-breaking software, enables them to enjoy content in real time without intermediaries.
Scientists have developed a new, ground-breaking software that allows hearing- and... |
General |
23/May/2017 |
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