KOCHI: Flavin Gracious of Vypeen, a visually challenged girl who came to receive braille laptop returned home with a job offer given by the Chief Minister.
Flavin, who has many qualifications to her credit including MA, MEd, NET, SET and JRF, is a rank-holder at the university level.
Shweta Mandal, Sunita Kumari and Shikha Jaiswal, all these candidates wearing the convocation gown sitting in the row with thousands other candidates, cheering and applauding for their friends may appears to be like several other candidates who have come to receive their respective degrees but what makes them different is the extraordinary courage, these differently abled candidates posses.
Jawaharlal Nehru University has turned into a haven for the physically challenged students. In order to make it number one “disable-friendly” university of the country, the varsity has decided to change the name of “blind curve” point at the request of students associated with its Equal Opportunity Cell.
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.
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