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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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'Life is extremely difficult for disabled people in this city' |
RIO DE JANEIRO: For sports fan Heitor Luiz de Menezes, the 2016 Olympics should have been a dream come true. The 44-year-old from Rio had tickets to several events including the opening and closing... |
General, Policy News |
06/Sep/2016 |
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Filling of physically handicapped backlog: Ball now in government's court |
THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: AS the PSC has stated that it has no problem in acting as per the government directive on filling the Physically Handicapped (PH) backlog and on the Supreme Court-directed roster... |
General |
02/Sep/2016 |
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New tactile bank notes let blind people get a feel for money |
New tactile bank notes let blind people get a feel for money Caitlin Fitzsimmons
31 Aug 2016, 5:14 p.m.
The new $5 note features a small bump on both of the long sides to assist blind and partially... |
Achievements, General, Policy News |
01/Sep/2016 |
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Students devise a device for the blind |
Students of the YMCA University of Science and Technology have developed an electronic device that will help visually impaired persons track the way without anyone’s help.
The students behind the... |
Accessibility, General, Product and Technology, Education and Employment |
01/Sep/2016 |
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On day 100, Jaya unveils plans for 5 departments |
CHENNAI: On the 100th day in office during the current tenure, Chief Minister J Jayalalithaa on Tuesday made 17 announcements under Rule 110 for five departments — Social Welfare, Differently Abled... |
General |
31/Aug/2016 |
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