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Bank Directed to Block 4 Posts for Visually Impaired

CHENNAI: The Madras High Court has directed Pandyan Grama Bank to reserve four posts for visually impaired people.

Navajeevan Blind Relief Centre gets ISO certification

Navajeevan Blind Relief Centre (NBRC), Tirupati, has achieved a rare distinction in the field of service by bagging the ISO 9001:2008 certification for bettering the lives of the visually challenged. According to HYM International Certification, the honour is in recognition of its healthcare and educational services to the visually challenged.

Child Rights Panel Order: Fate of These Blind School Teachers is Undecided

THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: Kerala State Commission for Protection of Child Rights has issued an order to transfer teachers with specialisation in hearing impairment from the Government Blind School (GBS), Vazhuthacaud. While the order says that it is a grave child rights violation to allow teachers without proper specialisation to teach children with visual impairment, it is mum about the fate of the three teachers who have been serving the school since 2009.

A Special Teacher who Gives 'Vision' to Those in Need of it

KOZHIKODE: His world may be in perpetual darkness but he chooses to light up other people’s lives, just like thousands of men and women who have donned the mantle of teaching. And for P A Abdul Kareem, a teacher with Calicut Higher Secondary School for the Handicapped, Kolathara, every day is a challenge to prove himself.

Human eye’s blind spot can shrink with training

The blind spot of the human eye can be shrunk with certain eye-training exercises, thus improving a person’s vision slightly, a new study has found.

Menstrual kit for the visually impaired

It was during her stay in Udaipur while doing her internship in 2011 when Sadhvi Thukral realised how, adhering to age-old traditions, many families still prohibited women from entering the kitchen while they were menstruating. Appalled by the myths and social taboos attached to the subject, she decided to take up a project on the same – but targeted at the visually impaired.

Device to aid visually impaired find right bus

The Social Welfare Department has proposed to introduce an alert system in Metropolitan Transport Corporation (MTC) buses to make travel easy for visually impaired persons. Minister for Social Welfare B. Valarmathi announced in the Assembly on Monday that Rs. 9.50 lakh had been allotted for the purpose.

Reaching out to the visually challenged

A voluntary group for providing reading and scribe services gathered for its inaugural meeting at the District Central Library on Sunday vowing to reach out to visually challenged students in the city.

Goals in Their Sights

On a balmy August evening, a game of football is about to begin at the astroturf of the Regional Sports Centre in Kochi. Twelve boys are lined up on one side of the ground. Malaysian Loo Wai Keong, the technical advisor who monitors the game, throws the ball into the field. The game is afoot.

Foundation Seeks Quiet Achievers

CHAMARAJPET:A foundation named after a little village in central Karnataka is now active in the city. Hoovinahole Pratishtana recently honoured Saalumarada Thimmakka, Karnataka’s ‘woman of the avenue trees,’ visually impaired educationist Ashwini Angadi and poet Nagathihalli Ramesh.