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A walk to support cricket for the visually impaired

Bengaluru: Come Saturday, around 15,000 people will walk for 3.5km to support sports talents with visual impairment. In the run-up to the second T-20 World Cup Cricket for the Blind, slated to be held in January, the Samarthanam Trust for the Disabled is organizing a walkathon from Kittur Rani Chennamma Stadium in Jayanagar.

The Indian team will take on visually challenged players from nine other countries; they will play with metal stumps and jingle ball

International Day of Persons with Disabilities: PM Modi Salutes the Spirit of 'Divyangs'

New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday hailed the determination of the disabled people on the International Day of Persons with Disabilities.

"I salute determination of our Divyang sisters and brothers and convey my best wishes to them," Modi tweeted.

"Let us continue our ongoing efforts with renewed vigour and create a nation where both accessibility and equality prevail," he said.

Sfa Club Unites Visually Impaired for Holiday Season

SFA’s Braille and Cane Club will host its seventh annual Christmas party from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Thursday in the BPSC Regents Suite B.

“We refer to the event as the Braille and Cane Club Christmas Party,” Laura Kiefer, club president, said.

According to Michael Munro, program director, members invite visually impaired or blind public school students as well as their teachers and parents from the surrounding area to attend.

NERUDA’S POEMS IN BENGALI BRAILLE

The Embassy of Chile in India, Instituto Cervantes in New Delhi and Blind Persons’ Association of Kolkata are going to present “Ode to Things”, containing selected poems of the Chilean Nobel Prize Laureate Pablo Neruda), translated into Bangla by Shri Aparajit Chattopadhyay and printed for the first time in South Asia into Braille characters for the visually impaired readers. The book presentation ceremony will be held on Thursday, 1st December 2016, 7 PM at the Auditorium of Instituto Cervantes, 48 Hanuman Road, New Delhi.

City releases dignity anthem

BENGALURU: People often fail to see the differently abled as equals, with a right to a life with dignity. What better way to communicate this to them, than with a triumphant song?
The famous Bollywood singer Shanker Mahadevan launched a special song titled ‘Garv Se Jiyenge’ on Sunday which he described as “special”, “beautiful” and “important”.

They overcome their limitations to help others

“I may not be able to fly an aircraft, but I can certainly find my way home,” says Pratik Rajiv Jindal, who has not let his visual impairment deter him from dreaming big.

He is one of the recipients of this year’s Helen Keller awards for disability which would be presented on December 3 to mark World Disability Day.

The 29-year-old from Bengaluru suffers from Retinitis Pigmentosa, a genetic disorder where one loses vision over a period of time. It was at the age of 20 when Jindal was staring at a loss of vision.

Disability will be loved, the change will come’

International accessibility leader Haben Girma talks about innovation, tech and laws in disability.Being the first deaf-blind graduate from Harvard Law School, she believes that disability is an asset.

Festival lends a helping hand to the visually impaired

PANAJI: The 47th edition of the international film festival of India (Iffi) has become the first film festival in India to screen movies for the visually impaired.

Skill India fails women with disabilities in Odisha

BHUBANESWAR: Odisha is home to over five lakh women with disabilities but only around 10 per cent of them are skilled and employed.

Government plans special for specially-abled on December 3

BHUBANESWAR: Specially-abled people from across the State will be participating in an array of events on December 3 on the occasion of the International Day for Persons with Disability. The events, to be organised by Department of Social Security and Empowerment of PwDs (SSEPD), include ability marathon, exhibition, film festival on disability awareness, photography competition and cultural events.