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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.

Wanderlust Takes These German Riders on a Global Trip

KOCHI: For Patrick Kaiser and Marko Xietewordt from Germany, travelling means more than just meeting new people. That was of course one of the reasons which prompted them to cross over 12,000 kms on cycles from their hometown to the capital city

Visually Challenged Students Still Await Second Term Books

THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: With barely two months left for the academic year to close, the visually challenged school students in the state are yet to get most books, especially the the second term (part 2) of classes I to VIII.Only a few schools got part 2 books of classes II, III, VI and VIII, the syllabus of which changed this year.

Wearable device with 3D camera to guide the visually impaired

Boston: MIT scientists, including those of Indian-origin, have developed a wearable device, consisting of a 3D camera that could be a virtual 'guide dog' for visually impaired people navigating in real environments.

Cultural colours from the visually impaired

The visually impaired students of Devnar Foundation for the Blind mesmerised the audience with their varied cultural performances during the 24th Annual Day celebrations of the organisation held in Begumpet on Thursday.

Making parks fun for the disabled

The city has close to 1,000 parks, but only three are disabled-friendly. Ten years after throwing its gates open to what was hailed as India’s first inclusive public play space — Coles Park — the Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike (BBMP) cannot brag about having too many of these.