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Samsung brings VR glasses for visually impaired and lots more for CES 2018

Tue, 01/09/2018 - 11:00 -- geeta.nair

Samsung has got a lot to offer this New Year. To look back, it had launched its C-Lab (Creative Lab) five years ago in an attempt to pursue innovative tech products. Thus the immense hard work of 5 years has resulted in the three new projects, to be unveiled at the CES this year and is a part of the C-Lab program. The list includes S-Ray (Sound-Ray) that consists of three directional speakers, the second is GoBreath, a breathing exercise app, and the third project is based on smart glasses called Relumino.

2 days workshop on MS excel and word for the visually impaired bank employees

NAB Delhi is delighted to announce 2 days workshop on MS excel and word for the visually impaired bank employees. There are large number of visually impaired bank employees who are efficiently and effectively working in bank branches and administrative offices using MS office package.
Objectives.
The workshop has been designed with an objective of skill development of VI bankers and providing them an extra edge in their work environment in following areas.
1.      Data analyses for generation of new business leads.

Need to upgrade DPM School for the Hearing & Visually Impaired

Mon, 01/08/2018 - 10:49 -- geeta.nair

Three visually impaired students from the Donyi Polo Mission School for the Hearing & Visually Impaired, Itanagar, passing the 2017 Class X board examinations is a landmark in the history of rehabilitation of differently-abled children in Arunachal Pradesh.
Toku Mary from Palin, and Switzer Taggu and Ree Koyu from Pasighat were the three who passed the board examinations and set an example.
This also leads to a strong need for upgrading the school to higher secondary level in the larger interest of blind children to continue their higher education in their home state.

Are there any good portable MP3 players for blind and visually impaired people?

Mon, 01/08/2018 - 10:34 -- geeta.nair

Apple has discontinued the iPod Shuffle, but there are still lots of them available from other sources. Many are advertised as being brand new and still sealed in their boxes. Your simplest and least disruptive option is to buy a more recent Shuffle, or two, either “as new” or little used. Given that your last Shuffle lasted around nine years, this should also be a reasonably cost-effective option.

Job fair at Delhi University

Fri, 01/05/2018 - 14:27 -- geeta.nair

Based on our discussion on phone regarding job fair for person with disability at Delhi school of social work university of Delhi on 11/01/2018.
Samarthanam Trust for the Disabled (www.samarthanam.org)  is conducting a job fair at Bangalore as well as Delhi.  Delhi would be having a job fair on 11th Jan 2018. The same would be at Delhi School of Social work, Delhi University.

Mukesh Kumar
Placement officer
Samarthanam Trust for the Disabled

Regional, National Events and facilitates participation in International Abilympics

A brief tentative calender of Abilympic Events and call for more entries from your region. Please do disseminate the information and application form (attached with this email).*

Ministry of Skill Development and Entrepreneurship (MSDE) and National Abilympics Association of India (NAAI), jointly organizes Regional, National Events and facilitates participation in International Abilympics.

Matrimonial Get-together 2018

Matrimonial Get-together 2018

Match your CAPABILITIES rather than matching your disabilities”

Voice Vision project of Basudeo Bubna Memorial Trust continues its tradition with its Sixth

“Across Disability Matrimonial Get-together”

facilitating the opportunity to know, interact with one another and extend your family.
Entry is open for all gender, religion, caste, creed, community, disability and locations across India.

Blind cricketers to wait till January 5 for government approval

Fri, 01/05/2018 - 11:12 -- geeta.nair

BENGALURU: Association for Blind in India (CABI) president GK Mahantesh said the national team will wait till January 5 for clearance from government to travel to Pakistan for the fifth World Cup to be held from January 7-21.
"We will wait till January 5 for clearance from the government to travel to Pakistan for World Cup," he told reporters here.

New system develops analytic thought in blind children

Fri, 01/05/2018 - 10:46 -- geeta.nair

For the purpose of developing analytic thought and reducing mistaken alterations in data received by children with sight disabilities, a group of students in Mexico City designed a multi-sensory system that includes stories, jigsaw puzzles and stuffed toys.

“Mati Mati Makes Visible the Invisible”, is a system that reduces the difficulties of learning by developing analytic thought in blind children, said the creators, students at the Metropolitan Autonomous University (UAM).
 

India’s blind cricketers are champions – but money is still a sticky wicket

Thu, 01/04/2018 - 10:34 -- geeta.nair

they are brilliant exponents of India’s best-loved game, a sport that routinely produces millionaire superstars.

But none of the cricketers competing in the recent final between Gujarat and defending champions Andhra are going to get rich from the sport any time soon. That is because they are all blind.

Government to notify guidelines for assessment of new disabilities soon

Wed, 01/03/2018 - 11:21 -- geeta.nair

Patients suffering from thalassemia, hemophilia, sickle cell disease etc will soon start getting disability certificate from designated government hospitals which were earlier denied to them for lack of guidelines.

The Union ministry of social justice and empowerment has framed guidelines for the assessment of those disabilities which were added for the first time in the Rights of Persons with Disabilities Act, 2016.

Our technologies to keep empowering India in 2018: Microsoft

Wed, 01/03/2018 - 10:58 -- geeta.nair

NEW DELHI: Various technologies at Microsoft that began transforming the lives of individuals and communities in India last year will gain further momentum in 2018, the company's President Anant Maheshwari said on Tuesday.

In a mission statement, Maheshwari said he is proud to play a role in the transformation of India's core pillars of education, health care, agriculture and governance, among others.

Today, about 25 per cent students drop out from grade 10 to grade 11.

Cricket: Sri Lanka for the Blind Cricket leaves for World Cup 2018

Wed, 01/03/2018 - 10:42 -- geeta.nair

The Blind National Cricketers will leave for Dubai early January to take part in the Blind Cricket World Cup which will be held there from January 7 to 25, 2018. 

The 5th such World Cup for the visually impaired is being organized by the Pakistan Blind Cricket Council with matches to be held in Ajman (UAE) and the final which will be held in Pakistan. 

Led by Captain Deshapriya, a team of 16 players and 4 officials have been selected and will represent Sri Lanka in the tournament. 

Probationary Officers

Tue, 01/02/2018 - 13:03 -- geeta.nair

ECGC Ltd.
(A Government of India Enterprise)

Highlights of the advertisement are given below, for complete details visit www.ecgc.in

Last date for Online Registration: 15.01.2018

The online examination for selection of personnel for the post of Probationary Officer in ECGC Ltd. 
Post: Probationary Officers
No. of posts: 26, out of which 01 for Visually Impaired

Practitioner course of Japanese Medical Manual Therapy for 02 years.

Tue, 01/02/2018 - 11:37 -- geeta.nair

Admission in  Practitioner course of Japanese Medical Manual Therapy for 02 years.

Greetings from  NIEPVD  116 Rajpur road,  Dehradun
Notification of admission in 2years in Practitioner Course of Japanese Medical Manual Therapy.  The next batch will commence from probably  last week of Jan 2018.  The duration of this course is 2 years. Classes will be held Monday to Friday from 09 am to 5. 15 pm.  The last date for submitting application is 15 Jan.  2018.

About the Course

S. Korea court rules only the blind can get massage licences

Tue, 01/02/2018 - 10:35 -- geeta.nair

SOUTH Korea's Constitutional Court has ruled that it is not against the law to grant massage licences only to blind people because such work is virtually the only job the blind can have, reported the Yonhap news agency.

The ruling marks the fourth time that the court has rejected an appeal challenging the medical law, which allows only visually impaired people to win massage licences and open massage salons, and calls for up to five years in prison or 50 million won (RM190,395) in fines for violators.

200 take part in meet on disabilities Act at GMCH

Fri, 12/29/2017 - 11:09 -- geeta.nair

Tribune News Service

Chandigarh, December 28

The second day of the national conference on the ‘Rights of Persons with Disabilities Act 2016- Implications for various Stakeholders’ concluded at the GMCH, Sector 32, here today.

The conference was organised by the Government Rehabilitation Institute for Intellectual Disabilities (GRIID), National Institute for the Empowerment of Persons with Multiple Disabilities (NIEPMD), Chennai and Umeed Society, Chandigarh.

NEED TO SENSITIZE PEOPLE ON RIGHTS OF DISABLED: JUSTICE (RETD.) MEHTA

Fri, 12/29/2017 - 11:03 -- geeta.nair

The two-day National Conference on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities Act 2016- Implications for various Stakeholders concluded at GMCH, Sector 32 here on Thursday.

Speaking on the concluding day, chief guest, Justice (retd.) BK Mehta, said, “There is a need to sensitize every in the society toward disability. The persons with disability must fight for their rights. Now this is the high time for the various stakeholders to get united for the rights of persons with disabilities.”

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