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100 visually impaired get white canes in Rajshahi

Mon, 11/06/2017 - 10:55 -- geeta.nair

RAJSHAHI: Some 100 visually impaired people were given white canes here on Sunday for making them safe and secured during their mobility, reports BSS.

Zila Parishad authorities provided the canes at a simple ceremony in the city.

Zila Parishad Chairman Muhammad Ali Sarker, Chief Executive Officer Dr Dewan Shahriar Firoj, Panel Chairman Naimul Huda and General Secretary of National Blind Welfare Association Habibur Rahman Khan joined the distribution ceremony.

CIVIL SERVICE EXAM TRAINING -FREE OF COST- GOVT OF INDIA INITIATIV

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

CIVIL SERVICE EXAM TRAINING -FREE OF COST- GOVT OF INDIA
INITIATIVE
AS/PCS & Officer Grade
Exclusive Initiation by
Department of Empowerment of Persons withDisabilities (Divyangjan)
Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment,Govt. of India for Persons with disabilities (Divyangjan) forall category Interested graduate candidate may apply withtheir biodata, 3 photograph, Income (not more than 6 lakh per annum),disability Certificate (Equal to our more than 40%) and
Educational Qualification

Op-Ed: Job-hunting as a blind person is full of challenges and discrimination

Wed, 11/01/2017 - 12:14 -- geeta.nair

October was World Eye Care Awareness Month and is something I feel very strongly about. I want to succeed in work and life but it has been a tough journey on the career front so far. I am completely blind and want to share my experiences in the hope that it will help people to understand my position, as well as that of many other fellow South Africans. By ZINGISA NGWENYA KONA.

 

 

Polling stations lack accessibility for persons with disabilities in Pakistan

Tue, 10/31/2017 - 11:43 -- geeta.nair

PESHAWAR, PAKISTAN: Out of the total 269 polling stations set up for the NA-4 by-polls, 95 per cent lack essential accessibility criteria for persons with disabilities, elders and sick people, an audit report revealed.

The survey, conducted by sister foundation of Centre for Peace and Development Initiatives, the Pakistan Alliance for Inclusive Elections [PAIE], through October 16 to October 22, found that only five per cent of the total polling stations were accessible while 42 per cent did not have obstacle free passage leading to the centre.

PU installs scanners for visually impaired

Tue, 10/31/2017 - 11:12 -- geeta.nair

Chandigarh, October 30

Punjab University (PU) today installed two scanners for visually impaired students of the varsity.

According to PU librarian Dr Raj Kumar, with the help of scanners, visually disabled students can scan books, notes, magazines and other study material. After scanning, it gets stored in their laptop or computer in the PDF format. Then the text could be converted into audio book. The total cost of the scanners with software is around Rs 1.3 lakh.

Smart cricket: hearing the ball as it spins in the air

Tue, 10/31/2017 - 10:25 -- geeta.nair

National Cricket Tournament for the Blind is in its last leg at Shivaji Park

Mumbai: The batsman effortlessly wraps up the last over of the match with a sixer, bringing the score to 381 for no loss.

Amidst cheers from teammates and spectators, he walks up to his partner, bumps his fist, and they walk away with their heads held high. The scene is typical of any cricket match, but with one difference: the players are visually challenged.

Credit Officer

Mon, 10/30/2017 - 15:35 -- geeta.nair

Union Bank of India

Highlights of the advertisement are given below, for complete details visit https://www.unionbankofindia.co.in or refer to the Employment News dated 28th October 2017, page no. 5

Last Date for payment of fees / intimation charges and submitting the ON-LINE application: 04.11.2017

UNION BANK RECRUITMENT PROJECT 2017-18 (SPECIALIST OFFICER) RECRUITMENT NOTIFICATION

Berlin exhibition enables blind people to ‘see’ artworks

Mon, 10/30/2017 - 11:11 -- geeta.nair

A DANCER in a black ball gown tosses her head back, exposing an elegant neckline, and delicately lifts the sides of her ruffled skirt just enough to reveal the tip of one of her feet.

This early oil painting by Eugen Spiro (1874-1972) is one of a group of artworks that have been made accessible to blind people as part of a new exhibition at the Berlinische Galerie.

Wrist band helps the blind avoid hazards

Mon, 10/30/2017 - 10:48 -- geeta.nair

Peter Holley Watching Fernando Albertorio stroll down a crowded footpath into downtown Washington during a recent lunch hour, casually sidestepping pedestrians running errands and crowding around food trucks, you'd have no idea he is legally blind.

Albertorio easily blends into the flow of human traffic swirling around him, which is even more remarkable considering that he is doing so largely without the use of his limited vision.

An Accessible Shopping Experience @ Big Bazaar!

Fri, 10/27/2017 - 14:02 -- shruti.pushkarn...

With great enthusiasm, Big Bazaar has planned a PWD listening session in 105 stores within 17 cities. The intention is to take feedback from Persons with Speech/Hearing Disability and Persons with Visual Disabilities on their shopping habits and providing them an enhanced customer experience. We are not inviting Persons with physical disabilities because infrastructure changes are currently underway and once it's fully ready, we too will start inviting them.

TRAVELEYES finds new ways to experience the world’s wonders

Thu, 10/26/2017 - 10:13 -- geeta.nair

AMAR Latif plunged into unchartered territory when he started Traveleyes, the only holiday company whose trips open up new worlds for travellers by pairing those who can’t see with those who can.

Yet since 2005 thousands of blind and visually impaired people have seized the chance of its sensory and sociable trips to discover places where once access for them was off limits.

Now thanks to entrepreneur Latif if they fancy rambling along the spiralling paths of Machu Picchu, the Inca citadel high among the Peruvian Andes, they can.

About 15,000 disabled denied pensions in East Godavari

Thu, 10/26/2017 - 10:06 -- geeta.nair

KAKINADA: With the State government applying the norm of ‘One pension for one family’, thousands of disabled persons are unable to get pensions. Nearly 15,000 disabled have not been able to get pensions since 2014.

The authorities have said that they are unable to do anything in the wake of government policy.    

There are 19,388 disabled persons, 22,470 persons with hearing impairment, 35,389 physically challenged, 10,179 blind persons, 13,601 persons with multiple disabilities and 14,000 persons with other disabilities in East Godavari district.
 

Inclusive Trip to Adventure Island-2

Everyone has a flavor for thrill and adventure but having a disability makes it look impossible to pursue one. There are many who think on the same lines but there are also some who are willing to break the barriers to living their lives to the fullest and came together to join us for the first edition of 'RevvUp - Inclusive Trip to Adventure Island', India’s Only All-Inclusive Trip to Amusement and Water Park, specially planned and organized for persons with special needs on the 1st of October.  The trip saw a participation of 30 plus people, including both with and without disabilities.

Junior Hindi Translator, Assistant, Junior Assistant and Multi Skill Assistant

Wed, 10/25/2017 - 12:11 -- geeta.nair

Indian Institute of Technology Hyderabad
KANDI 502285, Sangareddy District, 
Telangana.
Advertisement No.IITH/2017/Rec/NF/6

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

Last date for receipt of applications: 22.11.2017

Applications on the prescribed form are invited from Indian Nationals for the following posts:

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