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‘Submit details of govt offices that are not disabled-friendly’

High Court direction comes after plea states old buildings, hospitals inaccessible

The Delhi High Court on Wednesday asked the government and civic bodies here to submit details of all government offices and public buildings which are not disabled friendly.

A Bench of Acting Chief Justice Gita Mittal and Justice C. Hari Shankar gave the order after it was told that while new buildings are disabled friendly, most of the old buildings, including hospitals, are not.

TCS-Maitree announces 19th batch of Advanced Computer Training Center for Visually Impaired

TCS-Maitree announces 19th batch of Advanced Computer Training Center for Visually Impaired.

Tata Consultancy Services Ltd. – Maitree, is conducting the 19th All India batch of Advanced Computer Training Center (ACTC) for Visually Impaired. The training will be conducted in the premises of our partnering organization; Mitra Jyothi, Bangalore. This will be a 40-45 days residential training program and will tentatively commence on 05th February 2018.

Computer Programming Classes for the Visually Disadvantaged

Computer Programming Classes for the Visually Disadvantaged Applications for Spring Semester 2018 Open.

Limited Enrolment. Apply soon!

Overview

Are you a visually impaired person who wants to learn computer programming? Vision-Aid is back with an exciting program to teach Python programming. After successfully teaching computer programming for the visually impaired in 2016 & 2017, we are thrilled to offer an even more comprehensive program in the spring semester of 2018.

Schedule

Enabling a law: rights of the disabled

Supreme Court’s timeline to ensure full access for the disabled to public facilities is welcome

Shambhoor government school students shine at national event

Yakshagana prasanga titled ‘Kishkinda Koutuka’ staged by them at Kala Utsav in Bhopal wins top prize

Yakshagana staged by government school children of Dakshina Kannada has bagged the first prize at a national-level competition organised by the Union government in Bhopal. A visually- impaired girl was among the 10 students who performed.

The prasanga (episode) titled “Kishkinda Koutuka” performed by Bondala Jagannatha Shetty Memorial Government High School, Shambhoor in Bantwal taluk, was adjudged the best in the three-day Kala Utsav held from January 3.

Amway celebrates Louis Braille Day in collaboration with Ramakrishna Mission Blind Boys’ Academy

Kolkata: Amway India, the country’s largest Direct Selling FMCG company celebrated 209th birth anniversary of Louis Braille with its 15 NGO partners for ninth consecutive year by organizing myriad initiatives.

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

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

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?

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

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

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

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.

Minimum assures support to visually impaired kids

PATNA: State health minister Mangal Pandey on Thursday said the government would provide all necessary assistance to visually impaired kids for their better future.

New system develops analytic thought in blind children

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).

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

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

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.