Visually impaired teacher seeks ‘normal’ life partner
A visually impaired teacher of Delhi University has expressed his disillusionment at being unable to marry a physically 'normal' woman because of societal constraints.
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Blind persons cannot identify currency notes : NAB tells Bombay High Court
The Bombay High Court on Tuesday asked Reserve Bank of India (RBI) to file reply within four weeks in response to a public interest litigation (PIL) highlighting the difficulty faced by blind persons in identifying currency notes and coins.
A division bench headed by Chief Justice Manjula Chellur, while hearing a petition filed by National Association for the Blind (NAB), asked the central bank to submit its response within a month and allowed the petitioner to file a rejoinder within two weeks of RBI filing its reply.
Blind persons cannot identify currency notes : NAB tells Bombay High Court
The Bombay High Court on Tuesday asked Reserve Bank of India (RBI) to file reply within four weeks in response to a public interest litigation (PIL) highlighting the difficulty faced by blind persons in identifying currency notes and coins.
A division bench headed by Chief Justice Manjula Chellur, while hearing a petition filed by National Association for the Blind (NAB), asked the central bank to submit its response within a month and allowed the petitioner to file a rejoinder within two weeks of RBI filing its reply.
Blind persons cannot identify currency notes : NAB tells Bombay High Court
The Bombay High Court on Tuesday asked Reserve Bank of India (RBI) to file reply within four weeks in response to a public interest litigation (PIL) highlighting the difficulty faced by blind persons in identifying currency notes and coins.
A division bench headed by Chief Justice Manjula Chellur, while hearing a petition filed by National Association for the Blind (NAB), asked the central bank to submit its response within a month and allowed the petitioner to file a rejoinder within two weeks of RBI filing its reply.
City railway station to become visually-impaired friendly soon
BENGALURU: Nearly a year after the Mysuru railway station became the first in the country to put in place facilities for the visually impaired, the Krantiveera Sangolli Rayanna railway station in Bengaluru is all set to emulate it.
The same non-governmental organisation that made it possible in Mysuru will be implementing it in the City too.
Inclusive education for spl students sought
BHUBANESWAR: Differently-abled students from across the State underlined the need for inclusive education in Government schools at ‘Prativa O Manthan’, a workshop organised by Swabhimaan here on Thursday.
Visually-impaired Sumaiya struggling to continue study
This shopkeeper has blind trust in customers
CHENNAI: Listening to the radio, he was standing behind the counter as we stepped into his shop at LIBA (Loyola Institute of Business Administration). With just a ‘Hi' from an old student who accompanied us, this visually challenged shop owner broke into a wide smile. Ask any student from LIBA where they get their stationery from and they all say, ‘Vijay anna!'
Visually impaired made aware of accessible reading, writing solutions
Tribune News Service
Chandigarh, September 25
The National Association for the Blind (NAB) conducted a seminar on accessible reading and writing solutions in association with the Saksham Foundation at Aasha Kiran, a vocational training centre for differently abled, in Sector 46-D today.
Dipendra Manocha, chairman of Saksham Foundation and Daisy Forum of India (DFI), who is himself visually challenged, was the main speaker on the occasion.
How can you avoid awkward behavioral mistakes when in the company of a blind person?
This article has been taken from:
http://snip.ly/0m0l6#http://www.west-info.eu/a-handbook-on-how-to-avoid-awkward-social-behavior-with-blind-people/
The Italian Union of Blind People published an ad hoc handbook that gives some useful advice on this topic.
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