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Children with disabilities now have smart classes

The smart-class concept has been introduced for children with visual and hearing disabilities at the government residential school for blind and deaf here.

Visually-impaired Ph.D Scholar Returns Back Degree

TIRUNELVELI: A 42 year old visually-impaired research scholar created a minor tension at the 23rd convocation function of Manomaniam Sundaranar University(MSU) by returning the degree certificate back to Governor, Rosaiah, on Saturday.

More needs to be done for children with disabilities

The Arvind Kejriwal government has given priority to issues like regularisation of school fee and transparency in the admission process, but there has been very little improvement when it comes to taking care of the needs of children with special needs.

Blind school teacher from Jharkhand writes Hindi translation of Holy Qur’an in Braille

Jharkhand: A blind school teacher from India’s Jharkhand state surprised everyone by writing the Holy Qur'an in Braille language, Dunya News reported citing BBC Hindi news service.

While pursuing her B.A, Nafees Tareen desired to read Holy Qur’an but none of the masters showed interest to educate her as she was blind.

Talking software, tactile screens for visually impaired

With the entire new range of mobile phone sets coming without keypads which the visually impaired are finding a bit difficult to use, newer hardware and software are being evolved for their aid.

Quiz for disabled kids

Seva-in Action (SiA), a voluntary organisation working in the field of disability, is organising a Special Quiz 2016 exclusively for children with disabilities on Saturday to commemorate its 30{+t}{+h}anniversary.

Visually impaired to lead car rally in city on Feb 14

A car rally for visually impaired people will be held in the city on February 14. The event will be organised by NGO Round Table India for raising funds for the Institute for the Blind, Sector 26. This is the fourth edition of the rally in which visually impaired are made navigators. They are given route maps in Braille and have to guide the car driver who is unaware of the route and has to maintain a particular speed. The rally will be flagged off from the Institute for the Blind.

Diff-abled Protest to Make Their Voices Heard

CHENNAI: Humdreds of members belonging to Persons With Disabilities staged a daylong protest in the premises of Ezhilagam, the building that hosts offices of several top government officials. They braved odds in continuing their protest throughout the day to have their demands heard, most importantly the demand to reduce the minimum degree of disability to 40 per cent to avail of concessions.

दृष्टि बाधितों को रास्ता दिखाएगा खास उपकरण

बोस्टन। दृष्टि बाधित लोगों के लिए एक नया सहारा बन गया है। भारतवंशी समेत वैज्ञानिकों के एक दल ने 3डी कैमरा युक्त ऐसा उपकरण बनाया है जो ऐसे लोगों को रास्ता दिखाने में सक्षम होगा। यह उपकरण कम ऊर्जा खपत वाली एक खास चिप के जरिये 3डी कैमरा के डाटा की प्रोसेसिंग करता है।

Railways' Inability to Enable the Disabled

The absence of provisions for persons with disabilities (PwD) makes it tough for them to access suburban railway stations. Except for a few railway stations like Egmore, most stations in the city and its neighbourhood lack ramps and signboards. The absence of special counters and queues for PwD only adds to their troubles.