New Delhi, Feb 21 (UNI) Union Minister for Social Justice & Empowerment Thaawarchand Gehlot on Wednesday felicitated the 17-member Blind Cricket World Cup winning Indian Team and presented them with a cash award of Rs 34 Lakhs here.
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Microsoft recently developed a haptic controller for VR with an unusual target audience in mind: the visually impaired.
Developers from Microsoft’s research lab created the “canetroller,” a peripheral device designed to work with the HTC Vive headset and tracker. The team’s goal was to create a device that would successfully enable the visually impaired to form an accurate mental map of a virtual space.
Soman a 59 year old man from Ernakulum in Kerala contacted Eyeway Helpdesk at Little Flower Hospital (LFH), Angamaly. He was referred to the Helpdesk by the doctors of the hospital. Up until four years ago he worked as a truck driver and provided for his family comprising his wife, daughter and a son without any hiccups.
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Doreyappa is 35 years old and is a resident of Hassan district in Karnataka. He lost his eyesight due to Retina Detachment when he was in school. He has studied only till 7th standard. He could not continue his studies further both due to poverty and the onset of visual impairment. His father was a farmer and mother was a daily wager. He relied on parents to live after starting to lose his vision and never worked until he got married.
Abdul Sattar 35 years old is a resident of Bijnor, UP. He is in touch with Eyeway since 2016. He has been calling Eyeway seeking employment opportunities. He belongs to a low income family, and is married with two daughters. His girls are I and 4 years old. Abdul is completely uneducated.
Elza Joseph who works with the NGO Pardada Pardadi Educational Society in Anoopshahar, UP contacted Eyeway on behalf of two visually impaired students. Both these children are blind by birth due to retinal detachment. The NGO caters to the needs of poor and disabled girls by providing them with accommodation, education, training and life skills.
Priya is a 26 years old girl from Jaipur, Rajasthan. She was diagnosed with Retinitis Pigmentosa (RP) during her early childhood. RP is a progressive eye disorder gradually causing complete vision loss. Her limited vision did not stop her from studying till graduation in mainstream institutions. She studied in Hindi medium throughout.
Sangameshwar Sangundi is 20 years old. He is from Borati near Solapur in Maharashtra. He belongs to a low income family of five people. He is the eldest among three other siblings. He had normal vision till the age of 6 years until he contracted jaundice which adversely affected his eyes. As a result, cornea in one eye was damaged leading to a complete vision loss and he lost partial vision in the other eye. On consultation, the doctor suggested that the eye with partial vision could regain better vision in the long run. Doctor left eye operation as an optional decision to the family.
Sheru Patel a totally blind 24 year old man from Aurangabad, Maharashtra contacted Eyeway on behalf of two visually impaired students who are in his NGO’s care. Sheru is running an NGO called ‘Apang Bal Kalyan Bahuddeshiya Samantha’ in Aurangabad for visually impaired boys. The NGO caters to education, training and rehabilitation needs of the visually impaired poor and rural children.
Teena is 34 years old and an 80% visually impaired woman. She contacted the Eyeway Helpdesk from Hapur, Uttar Pradesh. She came to know about the Helpdesk from an acquaintance of hers. She belongs to a farmer family and she is youngest to two elder brothers. She experienced eye-related problems since birth and her vision kept deteriorating. She managed to study up till her MA in Sociology pursuing her education in mainstream institutions.
NEW DELHI: The blind population in India is estimated to rise to 15 million by 2020. Retinal diseases account for a significant share of the vision loss burden, compared to other eye-related diseases that can cause blindness.
Of the various retinal disorders, age-related macular degeneration (AMD) and diabetic macular edema (DME) are two progressive diseases that cause loss of vision. AMD and DME can be effectively managed if patients are diagnosed in a timely manner.
The Delhi High Court today said it would consider asking some visually impaired persons to examine the new currency notes and coins recently issued by the government to see if they faced problems differentiating between the various denominations.
A bench of Acting Chief Justice Gita Mittal and Justice C Hari Shankar made the observation after the Centre and the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) told the court the new currency has been introduced after consulting and taking into account ..
No cash incentives or a civic reception for Mahender Vaishnav, the all rounder from Telangana who played in the team that won the 5th Blind Cricket World Cup. He rejoined duty two days after his arrival in Hyderabad from Sharjah.
A deputy manager in the State Bank of India Choutuppal branch, Mahender says he enjoys the success, but feels disappointed that the State government didn’t recognise his achievement.
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NEW DELHI: Collaborative research by the Indian Institute of Technology, Delhi, and Indiana University of the US has helped develop cost-effective designs for tactile graphics. The research, conducted over three years, will help improve the life of visually impaired people. Tactile graphics, which are also known as raised line drawings, are a means of conveying non-textual information to people who are blind or visually impaired, and may include representations of pictures, maps, graphs and other images.
We are a social enterprise which runs a call center with just disabled youth. We currently have around 10 visually impaired people working at the center. We are looking for another 15 youth with required skillset and qualifications.
We are an outbound call center which currently runs the process for fundraising for large organisations. For your reference I am attaching a basic JD of the CCE that we have prepared which also outlines the benefits we provide alongwith
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