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For 116 yrs, this school in Dadar has been home to the visually impaired

Mon, 09/26/2016 - 10:45 -- geeta.nair

Natasha Trivedi Mumbai, September 24 Nestled in a lane in crowded Dadar is the 116-year-old home of close to 170 visually impaired girls from all over the country. A school that was started originally as a relief shelter for boys and girls who had been blinded in the devastating famine in Solapur in the 1880s, the Kamla Mehta School For The Blind now continues to house, and provides education to visually impaired girls right from pre-primary to Class VII.

ODISHA HAS 12,44,402 DIFFERENTLY-ABLED PERSONS

Thu, 09/22/2016 - 11:07 -- geeta.nair

There were 12,44,402 differently-abled persons in Odisha as per the Census 2011, informed Social Security and Persons with Disabilities Minister Usha Devi in the State Assembly on Wednesday.

The Minister informed this in response to a question of BJP MLA Golak Bihari Nayak. The number include 2,63,799 vision-impaired, 68,517 dumb, 2,37,858 deaf, 2,59,899 physically-handicapped, 72,399 mentally ill and 1,72,881 of other category.

The State Government has introduced many schemes for their development and to bring them to the mainstream of the society, said the Minister.

Mumbai: To be heard, visually impaired block road outside Mantralaya

Thu, 09/22/2016 - 10:50 -- geeta.nair

Traffic outside the state secretariat, Mantralaya, remained blocked for almost half-an-hour Tuesday afternoon when a group of specially challenged protesters took to the streets protesting government apathy.

Members of the National Federation of Visually Impaired Persons stood on the road outside the main gate at Mantralaya, raising slogans against Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis and his government. Their main grouse was that government benefits they were eligible for were being denied owing to corruption and government apathy.

137 more schools for special children

Thu, 09/22/2016 - 10:40 -- geeta.nair

BHUBANESWAR: The State Government has decided in principle to open 137 more special schools for children with special needs.

Presiding over a high level meeting at the Secretariat here, Chief Secretary Aditya Prasad Padhi on Monday directed the Department for Social Security and Empowerment of Persons with Disability to take steps for appointment of trained teachers for these schools.

Hack built to help visually impaired catch a bus

Thu, 09/22/2016 - 10:23 -- geeta.nair

BENGALURU: An app that would help the visually impaired catch buses on their own was the highlight of a hackathon held in the city this weekend.

This was one of three hacks that 20 members of Random Hacks of Kindness (RoHK), a Bengaluru-based community, started working on Saturday. The team designing it hopes to help the visually impaired find bus stops, and identify buses that take them to their destination.

LG K7 Smartphone Updated With Features For Visually Impaired People

Mon, 09/19/2016 - 12:00 -- geeta.nair

LG K7 was launched in India in the month of April and this is the first smartphone from the stable of LG which is manufactured in India. To enable visually impaired people to use this phone without any problem, LG has added various features in this phone. LG K-7 is selected as one of the smartphone which were given to differently abled people today in Navsari Gujarat at Samajik Adhikarita Shivir.

CHOUHAN WILL RENDER SERVICE TO SPECIAL KIDS ON PM’S BIRTHDAY

Mon, 09/19/2016 - 11:50 -- geeta.nair

Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan will commence Seva Diwas by rendering service to the disabled children on September 17 on the occasion of Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s birthday.

 Chouhan will visit leprosy aashram and go amidst the disabled children of Government vision and hearing impaired higher secondary school. Chouhan appealed to the people of the State to serve the needy people.

Paralympic Pele: Brazil hails blind soccer star

Mon, 09/19/2016 - 11:45 -- geeta.nair

In soccer 5-a-side, each team competes with four blindfolded players and one goalie who is not visually impaired.

Born with glaucoma, Jeferson da Conceicao Goncalves, known as “Jefinho,” was completely blind by age 7, three years before he learned to play soccer. He had seen images of Pelş but never watched videos of the legendary Brazilian soccer player in action.

Yet Jefinho, who could win a third consecutive Paralympic gold medal with Brazil’s soccer 5-a-side team this week, has been dubbed the “Paralympic Pele” for his success and playing style.

Visually impaired will show you the way

Mon, 09/19/2016 - 11:29 -- geeta.nair

A 'Blind Walk', where people with sight will be blindfolded and led on a short walk by visually handicapped people, will be organised on World Sight Day on October 13 in Kochi. The walk is being organised by Bangalore-based NGO, The Project Vision, in association with Kerala Blood Donors Association. It will be carried out from St Teresa's College to Durbar Hall, which covers a distance of almost 1.5 kms, at 3 pm. Co-ordinator of The Project Vision Sibu Gerorge said they expect 500-odd persons to participate at the walk, who would be led by 100-odd visually handicapped persons.

After success of men’s team, CABI launches India’s blind women's cricket team

Mon, 09/19/2016 - 11:24 -- geeta.nair

BENGALURU: They may not be able to see things, but their dreams are as high as any other individual. Giving a ray of hope and recognition to the talent of the blind women cricketers, Cricket Association for the Blind in India (CABI) has launched a 41-member woman team.

Weighing on the success of the Indian blind men cricket team, which have won T20 World Cup, ODI World Cup and T20 Asia Cup, CABI decided to launch women’s team.

Woman selection committee chairman and former Indian woman team captain Shantha Rangaswamy launched this team here yesterday.

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