When young Fatima Anshi concluded her speech at a government event to engage beneficiaries of Central schemes in Kerala’s Thiruvananthapuram on Saturday, Union External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar could not stop clapping.
He looked impressed as did everyone else with the resolve of a 100 per cent visually impaired Anshi, who declared her determination to enter the Indian Foreign Service (IFS) against all adversities.
Thane: The city witnessed an unconventional cricket match on Christmas. Organised by the Blind Welfare Association, the match aimed to select visually challenged players from eight divisions for the upcoming national-level matches in Mumbai.
Arun Baraskar, chairman of the Blind Welfare Association, said the association has dedicated over a decade to providing a platform for visually challenged players.
The Sports ministry on Wednesday announced the National Sports Awards 2023 as a visually impaired cricketer and captain of Indian Men's Cricket Team Illuri Ajay Kumar Reddy has been named for the prestigious Arjuna Award.
Illuri Ajay Kumar Reddy (Blind Cricket) is among the 26 sportspersons selected for the Arjuna Awards for outstanding performance in Sports and Games 2023, who will be awarded by the President of India at a specially organized function at Rashtrapati Bhavan on January 9, 2024.
agalkot, Dec 14: Dileep Mallikarjun Kolli, a man who lost his eyesight in childhood, has emerged as an inspiring figure for individuals with different abilities. Hailing from Kirasur village in Bagalkot, Dileep overcame his physical challenges to become a role model for others. Despite the efforts of his parents to restore his vision, Dileep remained blind.
Indore: Young Indians (YI) Indore, a youth-led organization under the banner of the Confederation of Indian Industry (CII), has installed Braille maps at key locations in Indore to facilitate movement of the visually impaired.
The Braille maps have been placed at C21 Mall, TI Mall, and the Nehru Park railway station to ensure that individuals with visual impairments can navigate these spaces independently and confidently, YI Accessibility vertical chairperson Naina Navlani said.
The installed Braille maps will provide information about the layout of these locations.
When Pranay Gadodia was in his third year of undergraduate studies, he was diagnosed with retinal degeneration. Within a few years, he lost his vision, but that did not stop him. Today, he’s the head of diversity, equity, and inclusion at Carelon Global Solutions, the technology and shared services centre of one of the largest American health insurers, Elevance Health.
Pranay says physical disability does not hamper a person’s growth, but rather, the impairment comes from inaccessible physical, digi tal, and social infrastructure built around those with disabilities.
After introducing the Bharati script V. Srinivasa Chakravarthy, a professor of biotechnology in the Indian Institute of Technology Madras has developed a script for persons with visual impairment.
The script has been tested on students and teachers in schools in New Delhi and they have given feedback as well. In videos of the experiment shared with The Hindu of the visually impaired persons learning the new script, all participants were excited as it was easy to learn.
Kolkata: Alipore zoological garden, the country’s oldest zoo, is going to install boards carrying names and descriptions of animals in Braille to help visually challenged visitors.
Zoo director Subhankar Sengupta announced the decision after he met a group of visually challenged students who came to visit the zoo for the first time on Wednesday. “We have planned Braille boardswith names and details of animals at every cage
Jammu: December 3: In commemoration of the International Day of Persons with Disability, an event was held at the Residential School for the Visually Impaired (Boys) in Roopnagar.
The Social Welfare Department orchestrated the function under the overarching theme for this year’s observance: “United in action to rescue and achieve the SDGs for, with and by persons with disabilities (Divyangjan)
Scribe scarcity worries PU’s visually impaired students.
Chandigarh: As Panjab University students prepare for upcoming exams, their visually impaired classmates are facing an additional challenge — finding a scribe who could put on paper what they have studied.
Though the appeal made by Himachal Pradesh Student Union (HPSU), which has also created a database to compile a list of volunteers, has received a positive response from 100 students, it is to be seen how many of them actually show up.
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