CHENNAI: WHEN on a rainy Tuesday afternoon, C Margaret, an English teacher at Little Flowers Convent School for Blind and Deaf, remarked “Literature is not about books but of life’s experiences,” her student S Sandhya nodded her head instantly.
Where there's a will, there's a way and 26-year-old Pranjal Patil, a visually-impaired Ulhasnagar resident, has proved it right by clearing the Union Public Service Commission (UPSC) exams and getting an All-India ranking of 773.
A five-day skills development workshop in computer literacy and yoga for 35 visually challenged teachers with the aim of helping them adapt to a more inclusive pedagogy got under way in the city on Wednesday.
Soon, there could be a good news for the people with disabilities (PwDs). As per the draft of Right of Persons with Disabilities Bill, 2014, disability certificates issued by State authorities will be valid across the country.
Resolute support of friends in class, the management and teachers was what propelled vision-impaired Gokulapriya of Kumutha Matriculation Higher Secondary School to stand tall among visually challenged students at the state-level.
A Polish non-profit organisation is hoping to help the blind and visually impaired with plans to make and give away what it says will be the world’s first free smart glasses.
CHENNAI: Beno Zephine broke the glass ceiling last year when she fought against all odds and became the first ever Indian Foreign Service officer with 100 per cent visual impairment. Now, following in her footsteps is another youth from Otteri — Bala Nagendran (27). Nagendran is also cent per cent visually challenged, who has successfully cracked the Indian Civil Services examination (2015).
THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: Amway Opportunity Foundation (AOF), the Corporate Social Responsibility arm of Amway India, has launched a mobile application - Accessible Reader - for the benefit of the visually challenged individuals.
A visually impaired English teacher has embarked on a project of converting books into audio files for benefit of the blind. Sandeep Trivedi, no stranger to the challenges faced by the blind, said he started the project in 2010 and has converted several books for college and university students, and for candidates appearing in competitive exams.
When IAS officer Ravi Prakash Gupta (44) was posted as deputy commissioner of Kaithal district six days ago, nobody quite knew what to expect from him. There was no dearth of naysayers in the corridors of power. The reason: his lack of eyesight.
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