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Turning Paralympic Sport of Goalball Into a Video Game

The bounce of a ball, the jingle of a bell and the roar of the crowd — these are the sounds of goalball, the Paralympic sport of champions. Introduced to the world in the 1976 Summer Paralympics in Toronto, goalball is the first sport created for athletes with a visual impairment. Thirty years later, a group of Drexel University students are turning goalball into a video game that uses auditory and tactile feedback to capture the excitement and intensity of the sport.

More visually-impaired children now going to schools: Study

There was a 17.36% rise in enrolment of visually challenged children in schools between 2002 and 2009, NCERT's eighth all-India school education survey has revealed.
With 40,635 students, Maharashtra had the highest number of visually challenged students in schools, followed by the country's most literate state Kerala with 38,230 students.

Blind woman starts up voice recording company inside Clifton Park home

Visually impaired runner among the elite at women’s mini-marathon in Dublin

Dublin: “My vision is quite blurry, but I was able to follow the track. I had a guide with me, but I lost her,” said Niamh from Co Laois.

HC: Blind people eligible to be awarded distributorship of regular LPG

KOCHI: The Kerala High Court on Monday held that visually challenged persons are eligible to be awarded distributorship of regular LPG. Justice A Muhamed Mustaque issued the order on a petition by P Baby of Kanjirampara, Thiruvananthapuram, who is totally blind, challenging denial of LPG distributorship to him.

Pothole Detection for the Visually Impaired

Over the years, researchers and companies have invented plenty of devices to help people with visual impairments avoid objects such as a desk or chair. Many of these gadgets used ultrasonic sensors to detect such hazards. Just to name a few, there was the discontinued Pathsounder (which hung around a person’s neck), the cumbersome NavBelt (worn around the waist), and the wheeled GuideCane.

3D printer opens up endless education opportunities for the blind in Edmonton

A new 3D printer in Edmonton could transform the way people who are blind or have low vision learn.

Scholarships given to Visually Impaired Students

Jalandhar, May 29 :The Netraheen Vikas Manch, Jalandhar, held the fifth scholarship distribution ceremony for visually impaired students on Sunday. The president of the manch Subhash Gupta and Sanjeev Kumari organised the ceremony in Jalandhar to honour visually impaired students.

Diffabled achiever says no to scribe, bags it big

CHENNAI: She can barely read her textbooks because she is partially blind. But B Bavyasri did not let her visual impairment of - 17.9 diopters negatively impact her overall marks of 431.

Visually-impaired Panchkula girl on song with 95%

I never felt any handicap. I think I would have got the same marks had I been able to see too,” said Ankita Sehdev. Despite being 85-90% visually impaired, she got a 95% score in humanities stream in CBSE Class 12, results of which were declared on Saturday.