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Empowered by ambitions

Manish (name changed) visited the Eyeway center in Delhi with his parents on 16th October 2017. He is a 15-year-old boy pursuing Class 10 in DPS Sushant Lok. He lives with his parents and younger brother in Gurgaon. His vision is affected by Coloboma (a hole in one of the structures of the eye, such as the iris, retina, choroid, or optic disc) since birth but his vision impairment was noticed only when he was in Class 1. He has had few retinal detachment surgeries to prevent total blindness. He was referred to Eyeway by Dr.

Yet to be aware banks make disabled suffer

Azhar Mahmood (name changed) from Ludhiana (Punjab) reached the Eyeway Helpdesk. He is 30 years old. He was partially blind by birth and later on became totally blind. He first got in touch with Eyeway on Sep 2016 and conveyed to the counselor that he got to know about the Helpdesk after listening to a radio programme Eyeway Yeh Hai Roshni Ka Karawan. As a child, he faced problems in his studies and later joined a special school to study Braille. After passing higher secondary, he got a government job in Grade D in Panchayati Raj Department which was five years ago.

Bogged down by inaccessibility

30-year-old Neelam Singh (name changed), a resident of Delhi who is totally blind approached Eyeway in the month of October. She is employed with All India Radio since 2013 as a Stenographer. But she faces a lot of accessibility issues in her day to day working which not only impacts her performance but also harms her dignity and independence.

Slowed down by denial and stigma

Ajit Sharma (name changed)  a 31-year-old resident of Delhi who went blind after he met with an accident in 2007 walked into Score Foundation with his parents. They are a well-to-do family, with Ajit’s father a businessman and mother a house-wife. Ajit has gone through the ordeal of being in a coma six months after he met with the accident. They got to know about Eyeway when one day they accidentally bumped into our Helpdesk Operations Manager. But it took them a whole year before they made up their mind to contact Eyeway Helpdesk.

Need to sustain livelihood

Rajnath Kumar (name changed), a resident of Uttar Pradesh is 100% blind. He is married and a father of two girls. He grew up in the midst of financial troubles. Hailing from a farmer’s family, his education stopped when he passed from 8th standard in school. That was the best his father could afford for him. There was a long period of him remaining as a liability to his family and in despair. But marriage brought a new perspective to his life and economic self-sustenance was inevitable to that. This is when he started ruing about starting a business of his own.

Skill Training combined with Life skill Training for the visually impaired

Thu, 11/16/2017 - 11:55 -- geeta.nair

The next  batch of Basic Computer Skill Training combined with Life skill Training for the visually impaired will commence on 08 January 2018 at Mitra Jyothi, Bangalore. Please pass on this email to probable candidates you may know.

Course Duration: 08 January 2018 to end of March 2018

Who should join this course?

·  People with any kind of visual impairment/blindness who have completed a minimum qualification of 12h standard /PUC II

How one woman chose to be the eyes of visually impaired children

Thu, 11/16/2017 - 11:09 -- geeta.nair

Vanessa Bahati’s last born son was born with visual impairment. After visiting several hospitals in Europe and locally, the results were negative. The reality that her son would never be able to see propelled her to begin her charity organisation ‘Jordan Foundation’ which was named after her son.

The foundation is now home to other visually impaired children. The mother of four had a chat with Women Today’s Sharon Kantengwa on how the organisation has changed the lives of visually impaired children.

A special date with the President

Thu, 11/16/2017 - 10:47 -- geeta.nair

Unique visit for visually impaired children

A group of students of the Nalgonda School for the Blind called on President Ram Nath Kovind at the Rashtrapati Bhavan on Tuesday, celebrating Children’s Day with other participating schools and institutions.

Sharing the experience of the meeting, General Secretary of the Development & Welfare Association of the Blind (DWAB) P. Chokka Rao said the event was a significant one, and it encouraged the students.

Blind people call for secret voting rights

Thu, 11/16/2017 - 10:40 -- geeta.nair

Visually-impaired people have urged the Election Commission (EC) to make necessary arrangements so that they can have the secret voting right.

At an interaction on election of the House of Representatives and provincial assemblies at Dhulikhel on Tuesday, the visually impaired also drew the EC’s notice to the lack of voter education programmes for the people with disabilities.

Children’s Eye Care Week at LVPEI

Wed, 11/15/2017 - 11:03 -- geeta.nair

An awareness campaign about Amblyopia (lazy eyes) and squint (crossed eyes) was taken up by L.V. Prasad Eye Institute (LVPEI) on the occasion of Children’s Day and as part of Children’s Eye Care Week on Tuesday.

Amblyopia is a vision development disorder among children in which an eye fails to achieve normal vision even with full prescription glasses or contact lens. In most cases, only one eye is affected but if left untreated, it can cause severe visual disability in the affected eye.
 

Assam to provide free textbooks to blind students

Wed, 11/15/2017 - 10:46 -- geeta.nair

The Assam Government will provide free textbooks to visually impaired students of the State, Chief Minister Sarbananda Sonowal said on Tuesday.

The Chief Minister made the announcement while releasing a guidebook for the visually challenged students for competitive examinations.

Mr. Sonowal said his government has taken up various programmes aimed at uplifting the lives of the 4.4 lakh ’dibyangs’ (differently abled) in Assam.

Hindi Translator and Stenographer

Tue, 11/14/2017 - 12:31 -- geeta.nair

NAVODAYA VIDYALAYA SAMITI
(An Autonomous Organisation under Ministry of HRD)
Department of School Education and Literacy Government of India
B-15, Institutional Area, Sector-62,
NOIDA, Dist.- Gautam Budh Nagar,
Uttar Pradesh-201309

Highlights of the advertisement are given below, for complete details visit http://nvshq.org

Last date of On-line Submission of Application with Fee 13.12.2017

Invitation of Ujjwala 2017

Invitation of Ujjwala 2017

NAB INDIA- CENTRE FOR BLIND WOMEN & DISABILITY STUDIES  NAB India Centre, Hauz Khas, New Delhi welcomes all visually impaired boys and girls/ men and women (above 16 yrs of age) to come and enjoy the fun events of UJJWALA 2017,  the annual festival. 
Date: On 26 November 2017 i.e. Sunday
Venue: NAB India Centre for Blind Women & Disability Studies, L-25, Hauz Khas Enclave, New Delhi 110016
(Nearest bus stops-Padmini Enclave & IIT, Nearest Metro Station-Hauz Khas Gate No.3)
PROGRAMME SHEET- Ujjwala 2017

Reservation for disabled increased to 5%

Mon, 11/13/2017 - 11:45 -- geeta.nair

Tribune News Service

Chandigarh, November 12

A Panjab University committee has approved the enhancement of reservation to persons with disability from 3 per cent to 5 per cent. It will be implemented from the 2018-19 session and has been done to comply with the provisions of the Persons with Disabilities Act.

The implementation of the 5 per cent quota will result in a reduction in the general category seats from 55.5 per cent to 53.5 per cent.

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