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Do we really care for special children?

Thu, 01/05/2017 - 12:44 -- geeta.nair

Of course it is a positive development to term children with disabilities ‘special or gifted children’ but similar things should happen in Urdu, Sindhi and other languages as we still tend to refer to them as maazoorin Urdu/Sindhi or have just translated the same word which is not understood very well. Changing a language is the first and foremost step towards changing behaviour of the public at large. But it appears that it has failed to influence the existing belief, “once disable, always disable”. As a result, special children are considered a liability, burden and a shame.

Blind get training in cashless transaction

Thu, 01/05/2017 - 10:56 -- geeta.nair

VADODARA: The Vadodara district branch of the National Association for the Blind,Andhjan Kalyan Trust and Mumbai-based NGO Blind's Dream on Wednesday began a two-day conference to train the visually impaired in cashless transactions.

The workshop was kicked off to mark the World Braille Day. A total of 65 visually impaired teachers, workers and students were imparted training.

DISTRIBUTION OF ASSISTIVE DEVICES ON SIR LOUIE BRAILLE’S BIRTHDAY

Thu, 01/05/2017 - 10:36 -- geeta.nair

On the birth anniversary of Sir Louie Braille, 270 smart phones and 40 daisy players were distributed to students with visual impairment under ADIP scheme of the Department of Empowerment of Persons with Disabilities. Scholarships cheques worth `5 lakhs were also distributed to each of 66 students with visual impairment under National Scholarship Scheme of National Federation of the Blind.

This shows apathy of govt towards us: Visually impaired persons

Thu, 01/05/2017 - 10:17 -- geeta.nair

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. 

World Braille Day: Who invented the reading and writing system and why?

Wed, 01/04/2017 - 11:08 -- geeta.nair

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.
 

World Braille Day On 4th Jan 2017

Wed, 01/04/2017 - 10:51 -- geeta.nair

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”

TBI Blogs: Here’s How Hospitals Are Trying to Improve Accessibility for Visually Impaired Patients

Tue, 01/03/2017 - 10:59 -- geeta.nair

TBI Blogs: Here’s How Hospitals Are Trying to Improve Accessibility for Visually Impaired Patients

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.

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