THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: Art D’ Hope has chosen to celebrate ‘Helen Keller’, by presenting an exhibition of paintings on her at the Le Meridien, Kochi. Incidentally, Helen (1880-1968) was an American author and political activist. She was also the first visually and hearing-impaired person to earn a bachelor of arts degree.
The visually challenged persons will become eligible to receive free sewing machines being given by the department of differently-abled welfare from 2016-17 fiscal.
CHENNAI: She was an author, political activist and lecturer whose story is known around the world. A person with hearing and visual disability from the age of 19 months, the life of this ‘miraculous worker’ who broke the isolation of being different has inspired many and is a tale that spreads optimism among people.
Students with disabilities must come forward to make use of the opportunities provided by the Government and other sectors, and come up in life, said A.V.D. Narayana Rao, Assistant Director, Disable Welfare, Krishna district.
CHENNAI: She can barely read her textbooks because she is partially blind. But B Bavyasri did not let her visual impairment of - 17.9 diopters negatively impact her overall marks of 431.
The Governor of Uttarakhand, Dr KK Paul released a book, ‘Visual Disability–A Resource Book for Teachers,’ at the Raj Bhawan on Monday. The book is compiled by subject specialists and National Institute of Visually Handicapped (NIVH), Dehradun.
COIMBATORE: Braving odds, a blind students from Erode emerge with flying colour in the Plus Two pulic examination, the result of which was released on Tuesday. R Gokila Priya from Kumutha Matric Higher Secondary School in Nambiyur, Erode had scored 1,167 out of the total 1,200 in the Plus Two public examination and managed to secure top rank among blind students.
CHENNAI: This year the Global IT Challenge (GITC) for Youth with Disabilities will be held during 21st – 25th November, 2016 in Yagzhou, Jiangsu, China. The event is meant for four categories of disabilities – visual impairment, hearing impairment, physical impairment (locomotor) and intellectual/development disorder for people within 13-19 years. One youth with disability from each of the above categories will be nominated to participate in the GITC 2016 in China.
Appearing for CBSE Class XII exams, students of the Institute for the Blind in Sector 26 passed with flying colours. Kavita Rani bagged the first position with 90 per cent marks. For Kavita, a resident of Ahmednagar in Sangrur district who stayed in a hostel to prepare for her board exams, the result came as a pleasant surprise. The institute that was earlier affiliated to the Punjab School Education Board had switched to CBSE in the last academic session.
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