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This deaf-blind lawyer thinks your app needs work |
Haben Girma can't see your app's design. She can't hear the sounds it makes or listen to a voice-over of the text. But she has some notes.
The first deaf-blind person to graduate from Harvard Law,... |
General |
12/Jul/2016 |
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A Comic Book Artist Reinvents His Craft For Blind Readers |
The Shapereader allows blind people to experience the language of graphic novels in a highly tactile form.
Comics seem like they would be easy to adapt for visually impaired readers. Just raise up... |
Accessibility, General, Product and Technology |
12/Jul/2016 |
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A tribute to Helen Keller |
THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: Art D’ Hope has chosen to celebrate ‘Helen Keller’, by presenting an exhibition of paintings on her at the Le Meridien, Kochi. Incidentally, Helen (1880-1968) was an American... |
Achievements, General, Education and Employment |
12/Jul/2016 |
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High-tech devices aid visually-challenged |
CHENNAI: A Class 12 student at a school for the blind in the city had heard about a ‘sensor walker’, but got to hold it only at the first assistive technology devices workshop in the state for the... |
General, Product and Technology |
12/Jul/2016 |
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Metro experience for visual and hearing impaired |
BENGALURU: Visually and hearing impaired adults on Friday experienced their first ride on a portion of Namma Metro’s underground Corridor with the help of an NGO and IT concern, who facilitated it. ... |
Accessibility, General |
11/Jul/2016 |
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TKCI Srujana Innovation Award launched to combat corneal blindness |
The Tej Kohli Cornea Institute [TKCI] in partnership with world-renowned LV Prasad Eye Institute (LVPEI) is proud to announce the launch of the TKCI Srujana Innovation Award. The award encourages... |
General, Product and Technology |
08/Jul/2016 |
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Mass wedding for people with disabilities |
CHENNAI: Shree Geeta Bhavan Trust, in collaboration with the Tamil Nadu Differently-Abled Federation Charitable Trust (TNDFC), has announced that it will organise mass marriages for the disabled for... |
General |
07/Jul/2016 |
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Helping the deaf-blind understand their body |
Pallavi (name changed) was 14-years-old when a field worker from the NGO, Sense International India, discovered her tied inside a cowshed in Jharkhand. She was menstruating and unaware of it; her... |
Accessibility, Achievements, General |
05/Jul/2016 |
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Centre to spend more on equipment, aids for disabled persons |
NEW DELHI: The government is considering increasing the budget from Rs 150 crore last year to Rs 200 crore for providing aids and equipment to disabled persons, Union Minister Krishan Pal Gurjar said... |
General |
04/Jul/2016 |
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Sydney launches 'world's largest' braille and tactile network for vision-impaired pedestrians |
he world's most comprehensive network of braille and tactile signs to help visually impaired pedestrians has been rolled out across Sydney.
More that 2,100 braille and raised-letter signs have been... |
General |
04/Jul/2016 |
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