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Visually impaired girl students wait for cultural events to begin at the hostel for blind girls at Malakpet in Hyderabad on Wednesday | sayantan ghosh
Visually impaired persons who had organized a function to mark the World Braille Day turned emotional after invited officials skipped the event at SP College here.
The event was organized by J&K Welfare Association for Blind, a group of visually impaired persons. The function was scheduled to start at 10:30 am, however, it was delayed as organizers waited for the officials who were invited to the function.
However, as the officials did not turn up, many visually impaired persons turned emotional and burst into tears.
Around 285 million people are estimated to be visually impaired worldwide, with 39 million blind and millions more with low vision, as well as two million people living with sight loss in the UK alone.
According to National Braille Week, around 150 million people use braille – a code system of raised dots – as a form of literacy, as it allows users to spell, use punctuation and format text on a page.
To commemorate the World Braille Day, the students of Nethra Vidyalaya Junior & Degree colleges for Visually challenged students will be organising a walkathon on 04/01/2017. The students will be participating in the walkathon along with the lecturers, college staff, friends and well wishers.
The Nethra Vidyalaya Walkathon starts at 9am to commomorate World Braille Day and celebrate the divine message of HH Chinna Jeeyar Swamijis of how:
“Education Plays a Key Role in Enabling Visually Challenged Children to See the World through DIVINE EYES of KNOWLEDGE”
Jammu and Kashmir Welfare Association for Blind is observing World Braille Day here on Wednesday.
Empowering the Visually Impaired:
Opportunities & Challenges
George Abraham
CEO
Score Foundation
India is taking great strides to provide accessibility to the disabled in the country. However, the medical centre unfortunately seems to have a lot of ground to cover. Anoushka Mathews takes a look at what steps hospitals can take to ensure that their services and facilities are offered to all on an equal footing.
As the Kerala Federation of the Blind (KFB) enters its 50th year, its members acknowledge that the plight of the visually impaired population in the State has improved immensely over the last few decades, although there is still a long way towards becoming a visually impaired-friendly society.
In 1967, when the federation was founded, the visually impaired were a neglected and stigmatised section of society, says Habeeb C., vice president, KFB.
Srinagar, Jan 2 (UNI) A co-educational residential school for visually impaired children will start functional in the summer capital, Srinagar, from March 2017.
An official spokesperson here today said that Divisional Commissioner Kashmir Baseer Ahmad Khan today convened a meeting to review the progress with regard to the establishment of the school at Parimpora in the city.
During the meeting, the Div Com said the Government had selected rented accommodation comprising 35 rooms at Parimpora for a school for visually impaired children.
Aarti Kapur
Tribune News Service Chandigarh, December 31
For the first time in the city, differently abled will get a chance to walk the ramp during a fashion show to be organised by the UT Department of Social Welfare, Women and Child Development. They will walk the ramp on January 23 in the event called Pride Fashion Show.
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