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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... |
Accessibility, General |
19/Sep/2016 |
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Visually impaired will show you the way |
A 'Blind Walk', where people with sight will be blindfolded and led on a short walk by visually handicapped people, will be organised on World Sight Day on October 13 in Kochi. The walk is being... |
General |
19/Sep/2016 |
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After success of men’s team, CABI launches India’s blind women's cricket team |
BENGALURU: They may not be able to see things, but their dreams are as high as any other individual. Giving a ray of hope and recognition to the talent of the blind women cricketers, Cricket... |
General, Adventure and Sports |
19/Sep/2016 |
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PM Modi to distribute aid, assistive devices to disabled on birthday |
Prime Minister Narendra Modi will distribute aids and assistive devices to the disabled at the Samajik Adikarita Shivir organised by Department of Empowerment of Persons with Disabilities (DEPwD),... |
Achievements, General |
16/Sep/2016 |
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IIMB to provide facilities to disabled students for CAT 2016 |
Persons with disabilities who will write the Common Admission Test (CAT), 2016 in December for admissions to the Indian Institutes of Management (IIMs), can look forward to a comfortable test.
IIM... |
Accessibility, Achievements, General, Education and Employment |
16/Sep/2016 |
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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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