Barely days after students and principals of blind schools were left elated over the decision to allow adult writers during examinations for students with special needs, the Bombay High Court sought further discussions before the Maharashtra government resolution takes effect.
BENGALURU: Swachh Bengaluru is woefully short of disabled-friendly toilets. A quick survey of busy spots, across the city, found that most did not have such a facility.
The few disabled-friendly toilets were locked away or badly maintained. Ramps and railings were missing in most places and we were not able to spot even one braille signage.
The Madras High Court on Monday directed the Commissioner for Persons with Disabilities to hold a meeting in 10 days to ensure that all government buildings are made disabled-friendly.
The concept of inclusion is considered important in all fields nowadays. Inclusive education for differently-abled children is one such attempt to include children with various kinds of disabilities in normal schools. The idea is that through inclusive education, differently-abled children will get an opportunity to mingle with normal children from an early age. It will help increase their confidence level, improving their competency, and they will be able to boldly express their talent before others.
SINGAPORE — In the past, Mr Danny Chia, who is partially visually impaired, had to be accompanied by a friend to help him out with basic transactions, such as cash withdrawals, at an automatic teller machine.
If he was alone and had to seek a stranger’s help, he had to tell the person how much money he wanted to withdraw and also be assisted with keying in his PIN number.
Today, Mr Chia, 56, will no longer need such help, thanks to POSB’s “talking ATMs”.
Until recently, blind and visually impaired students in Kenya were still using Braille books for their studies. But Kenyan schools for the blind are now beginning to adopt technology that provides material in a audible form — and in the process expands their opportunities.
Cricket is a passion with the masses. Why should those who cannot see the ball clearly be denied their high? The All India Cricket Tournament for the Blind 2016 attempts to give fully blind and partially blind cricket enthusiasts their place in the sun.
LAHORE: Traffic was blocked for hours by two groups of protesters on Monday along a segment of the Canal Road and the Metro Bus route along Ferozepur Road. The chief traffic police officer appointed two DSPs, four special squads, 14 patrolling officers and 116 traffic wardens to maintain smooth flow of traffic at the site of the protests and wardens set up diversions on roads and chowks leading to protest sites. Scores of visually-impaired people from various districts of the Punjab had gathered at Kalma Chowk on Monday morning and staged a protest on the Metro Bus track.
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