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BENGALURU: For 30-year-old Nagaraju, November 26 was very unlike his normal days. This bank employee is used to finding his way to his office near Vidhana Soudha every day from his house in Kamala Nagar about 10 km away. However, that day, he had to head to Jakkur for a training programme and his routine went haywire. While for most people it just means just a change in bus route, for Nagaraju and his friend, it meant a world of planning. The reason — Nagaraju and Anil are part of the city’s visually impaired population.

Special schools for children with disability needed: Supreme Court to UP

The Supreme Court today asked Uttar Pradesh to come up a mechanism for promotion and facilitation of inclusive education, so that students suffering from disability are not kept away from mainstream education. The court sought a reply from the state government on how it would work out the provisions of the Rights of Persons with Disabilities Act, 2016, by providing inclusive education in the state.

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Indian Cricket Squad Announced for World Cup for Blind

New Delhi: The Cricket Association for Blind (CABI) on Monday announced a 17-member squad for the fifth ODI World Cup which will be held in Pakistan and Dubai from January 7 to 21, 2018. Apart from India, Pakistan, Nepal, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka, Australia and South Africa are the other participating nations in the event.

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HOW DAILY LIVING AIDS EMPOWER AND ENABLE PERSONS WITH DISABILITY

Mobility and accessibility aids can help people maintain independence in the activities that are most important to them. We spoke to a few people with different disabilities about the aids that empower them

Preethi Srinivasan, Founder Soulfree, quadriplegic due to a Spinal Cord Injury (pic above)

Buildings in Mohali not easily accessible to visually impaired

Tribune News Service

Mohali, December 3

While all government buildings in the town are more or less disabled-friendly, apparently visually impaired persons were not kept in mind while designing even new buildings that have come up here recently.

Innovations for inclusion

Inventors and creators seek to build a more inclusive world with hardware, software and services. The Hindu reports.

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Administrative Officer, MTS (Library Attendant)

MATA SUNDRI COLLEGE FOR WOMEN (University of Delhi)

1. Administrative Officer – Visually Handicapped (1 vacancy)
Grade Pay – Rs.5400

2. MTS (Library Attendant) – Visually Handicapped (1 vacancy)
Grade Pay – Rs.1800

Candidates can obtain the Application Forms from the college on all working days (Monday to Friday – 10:00 am to 3:00pm)

Last date: 14 days from the publishing of the advertisement in the Employment News or 15/12/2017 whichever is later

Junior Stenographer (NE-04) – 5 Posts (2 PWD, 3 UR)

MOIL LIMITED (A Govt. of India Enterprise) MOIL BHAWAN, 1-A KATOL ROAD, NAGPUR - 440 013

Junior Stenographer (NE-04) – 5 Posts (2 PWD, 3 UR)

a) Graduate
b) Having passed English/Hindi Shorthand at a speed of 80 WPM from Technical Board of Education
c) Having passed English/Hindi Typewriting test at a Speed of 40/30 WPM respectively from Technical Board of Education
d) To qualify in Shorthand and Typewriting tests at the speeds indicated above, to be conducted by a Selection Committee

Virgin Atlantic launches accessible entertainment for customers with sight loss

Virgin Atlantic has announced the launch of its fully accessible inflight entertainment system for customers with sight loss. The technology will be offered throughout its fleet serving destinations across North America, the Caribbean, Africa, China, India and the Middle East. Televisions in the sky have come a long way since the days of a single TV at the front of the cabin with seat back touch screen entertainment now commonplace across the industry.

ROP can be prevented easily, says expert

‘500 kids go blind in India every year due to late detection’

Retinopathy of prematurity (ROP) can be prevented very easily, but 500 children go blind because of it every year.

November 17 is observed as World Prematurity Day. With advances in neonatal intensive care, the survival rate of premature babies has increased. But unfortunately, the incidence ROP has increased.

Despite all odds, the child survives, but it becomes blind because of poor awareness.

India to celebrate International Day of Persons with Disabilities with awards function in New Delhi

President Ram Nath Kovind will confer the "National Award for Divyangjan, 2017" at a function organized by Department of Empowerment of Persons with Disabilities (Divyangjan) under the Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment on International Day of Persons with Disabilities on 3rd December, 2017 in Vigyan Bhawan, New Delhi, stated an official release.
According to the release, Minister for Social Justice and Empowerment, Thaawarchand Gehlot; Minister of States for Social Justice and Empowerment, Krishan Pal Gurjar and Ramdas Athawale will also be present the occasion.

Samsung made an app that adjusts its TVs for color blindness

Samsung has launched an app that makes watching TV a more vibrant experience for people with color vision deficiency (CVD) -- the inability to distinguish certain shades of color (also known as color blindness).

Enzyme that triggers most common form of vision loss identified

Indian-origin researchers have identified an enzyme that serves as a critical trigger for the damaging inflammation that ultimately leads to macular degeneration, the leading cause of vision loss among the elderly.

The finding, published in the journal Nature Medicine, may allow doctors to halt the inflammation early on, potentially saving patients from blindness.

Boys swim against tide, beat disability

Calcutta: A teenager who sells ghugni with his father at Bally station has helped Bengal secure the second spot in the just-concluded National Para-Swimming Championships in Udaipur, Rajasthan.

Mahadeb Prajapati, 17, was among the 34 participants from Bengal - with varying degrees of visual and orthopaedic disabilities - who won 38 gold, 32 silver and eight bronze medals between themselves. The tally is second only to Maharashtra's.

MMG/S II – Middle Management Grade/ Scale II

MMG/S II – Middle Management Grade/ Scale II (2 vacancies for visually impaired)

a) Trade Finance
Age: Min - 25 Yrs. and Max. – 35 Yrs. (Relaxation: Persons with Disability (PWD) 10 years)

JMG/S I – Junior Management Grade/Scale I - Sales

JMG/S I – Junior Management Grade/Scale I (2 vacancies for visually impaired)

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Age: Min. – 21 Yrs. Max. – 30 Yrs. (Relaxation: Persons with Disability (PWD) 10 years)

Educational Qualification (as on 05.12.2017): 2 Years Full Time, MBA or equivalent post-graduation degree/diploma, with specialization in Marketing/Sales/Retail. (Courses completed through correspondence / part-time are not eligible. The institute should be recognized/approved by Govt., Govt. bodies / AICTE)

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Last date to apply: 07/12/2017

Age Limit: Candidates age should be 15 to 24 years as on 01-07-2017 i.e. candidates should not be born earlier than 02-07-1993 and not later than 01-07-2002. Upper age relaxation is applicable by 5 years for SC/ ST, 3 years for OBC candidates and 10 years for PH persons (10 years for unreserved category (UR) and 13 years for OBC).

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Mobility and accessibility aids can help people maintain independence in the activities that are most important to them. We spoke to a few people with different disabilities about the aids that empower them

Preethi Srinivasan, Founder Soulfree, quadriplegic due to a Spinal Cord Injury (pic above)

Inventors and creators seek to build a more inclusive world with hardware, software and services. The Hindu reports.

‘500 kids go blind in India every year due to late detection’

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