Every citizen of the country, including one with special needs, has the right to cast votes. Now even the blind would cast votes in the forthcoming Assembly elections. And this is thanks to the Braille enabled EVMs that has been introduced in accordance with the order of the Election Commission. The district administration has geared up to streamline the assured facilities for the disabled.
RIO DE JANEIRO: For sports fan Heitor Luiz de Menezes, the 2016 Olympics should have been a dream come true. The 44-year-old from Rio had tickets to several events including the opening and closing ceremony at the historic Maracana stadium.
But after difficulties getting to and from the venues in his wheelchair, he gave up.
From the excessively steep access ramps at the football stadium to the disabled parking spaces that had been reserved for official cars at the beach volleyball arena, the lack of mobility provision was an insult too far.
THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: AS the PSC has stated that it has no problem in acting as per the government directive on filling the Physically Handicapped (PH) backlog and on the Supreme Court-directed roster system of 1, 34 and 67, the matter has reached the government.
New tactile bank notes let blind people get a feel for money Caitlin Fitzsimmons
31 Aug 2016, 5:14 p.m.
The new $5 note features a small bump on both of the long sides to assist blind and partially sighted people. Photo: RBA
The new $5 note features a small bump on both of the long sides to assist blind and partially sighted people. Photo: RBA
For Bruce Maguire, the best thing about the new $5 notes coming out this week is the presence of two small bumps "about the size of a chocolate sprinkle".
Students of the YMCA University of Science and Technology have developed an electronic device that will help visually impaired persons track the way without anyone’s help.
The students behind the innovation — Karan Handa, Mayank Vashisht, Kushank Arora, Moksh Girdhar and Kushal Sharma — are from the electronics engineering department.
They won the second prize for their innovation at a recently concluded technical fest at the Indraprastha Institute of Science and Technology, New Delhi.
CHENNAI: On the 100th day in office during the current tenure, Chief Minister J Jayalalithaa on Tuesday made 17 announcements under Rule 110 for five departments — Social Welfare, Differently Abled Welfare, Environment, Small Industries and Stationery and Printing Department.
CHENNAI: These chess enthusiasts have never seen Viswanathan Anand play. In fact, a good majority of the 73 students who took part in a state-level chess tournament on Friday had little idea about what their opponents looked like. But that certainly didn’t stop these visually impaired players from stepping up to win.
“Winning. That’s the only word on my mind when I’m playing chess,” said 14-year-old David Kumar, who made the trip from Puducherry for the event.
Pune-based Divyanshu Ganatra had earlier this year become the first visually-challenged person in India to paraglide and now he aims to become the first such person to go tandem cycling on the difficult terrain of the Himalayas.
Along with software professional Gagan Grover, Ganatra is set to start a 550-km trail from Manali to Khardungla on Saturday. They will have a team of three friends supporting them. Designed to be ridden by two persons, tandem cycling comes with its own set of challenges which get accentuated on hilly terrains.
Sugamya Pustakalaya, an online library for persons with visual disabilities, was launched by Ravi Shankar Prasad, Minister for Law & Justice and Electronics & Information Technology, at a function organised by the Department of Empowerment of Persons with Disabilities, Ministry of Social Justice & Empowerment at Vigyan Bhawan, New Delhi. Thaawarchand Gehlot, Minister of Social Justice & Empowerment, presided over the function.
NEW DELHI: The department of empowerment of persons with disabilities, (DEPwD) on Wednesday launched 'Sugamya Pustakalaya' - an online library for Persons with print disabilities as part of the Accessible India Campaign.
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