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Paralympic Pele: Brazil hails blind soccer star |
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... |
General, Adventure and Sports |
16/Sep/2016 |
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With a clear vision |
Last month, the India Post of Sightsavers completed 50 years in the country, marking the occasion by releasing "Vision of Hope" – A special publication and unveiling the 50 Year History Wall. A... |
General |
15/Sep/2016 |
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Sarthak Kaushal Vikas Kendra to offer training, jobs to the disabled |
Sarthak Educational Trust, a Delhi based NGO working towards training and employment of persons with disability, with the support of Department of Social Security Women and Child Development,... |
General, Education and Employment |
12/Sep/2016 |
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No sight, no problem: Hands can hit what eyes can’t see |
RIO DE JANEIRO:
Being in a fight with an invisible attacker may sound like a nightmare for most. But Christella Garcia, a medal-winning, blind Paralympian judoka, says it’s ‘wonderful’.
“It makes... |
General, Adventure and Sports |
12/Sep/2016 |
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When a cop brought cheer to visually-challenged players |
It was 2.30 pm on Sunday and blind cricketers from Punjab and Jammu and Kashmir who had come to participate in the two-day maiden T-20 tournament in Jalandhar were standing in scorching heat for over... |
General, Adventure and Sports |
12/Sep/2016 |
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Career counselling for the visually impaired |
A meeting to create awareness of the importance of technology, parental and career counselling for the visually impaired at the Vidivelli Special School on Karur Bypass Road concluded on Sunday.
“The... |
General, Education and Employment |
12/Sep/2016 |
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Blind? You can still donate your cornea |
JAIPUR: Visually impaired since childhood, Dinesh Gurjar, who could not himself see the colours of life, donated his eyes, cornea to be more precise, so that others can see after his death,... |
General, Medical |
09/Sep/2016 |
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HIMACHAL CM LAYS FOUNDATION STONE OF MODERN CHILDREN HOME AT MASHOBRA |
Himachal Chief Minister Virbhadra Singh on Wednesday laid the foundation stone of the Modern Children Home (Adarsh Balika Grih) at Mashobra in Kasumpati assembly constituency to cost `8 crore.
The... |
General |
08/Sep/2016 |
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Why does the women's rights movement marginalise women with disabilities? |
Civil law in Pakistan permits men to have up to four wives but Noori, a visually impaired woman, married into a family where the preference is for one. Nonetheless, Noori’s husband remarried because... |
General |
08/Sep/2016 |
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BRAILLE-ENABLED EVMS FOR NEXT ASSEMBLY ELECTION |
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... |
Accessibility, General, Product and Technology |
08/Sep/2016 |
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