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Flavin Returns with Job Offer |
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... |
Accessibility, Achievements, General, Education and Employment |
22/Jan/2016 |
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DIVYANG’ GIRLS SHINE AT RU CONVOCATION |
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... |
Achievements, General, Education and Employment |
21/Jan/2016 |
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JNU TO MAKE CAMPUS ‘DISABLE-FRIENDLY’ |
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... |
Accessibility, Achievements, General, Education and Employment |
20/Jan/2016 |
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Blind schools hope for positive Bombay HC order on adult writers during board exams |
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... |
Achievements, General, Education and Employment |
20/Jan/2016 |
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City's Disabled Can't 'Go' Outside |
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... |
Accessibility, General, Policy News |
20/Jan/2016 |
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Ensure disabled-friendly facilities in govt. buildings: HC |
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 First... |
General, Policy News, Education and Employment |
19/Jan/2016 |
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Mix and match |
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... |
General |
14/Jan/2016 |
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Talking ATMs’ to help the visually-impaired |
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... |
General |
14/Jan/2016 |
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Blind students learn through technology |
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... |
General |
13/Jan/2016 |
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Cricket: playing it by ear |
Visually-impaired cricketers revel in inter-state tournament in Mumbai.
Cricket is a passion with the masses. Why should those who cannot see the ball clearly be denied their high? The All India... |
General |
13/Jan/2016 |
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