Editor's Note: We welcome Courtney Tabor-Abbott as a new contributor to FamilyConnect. Courtney works for the Perkins School for the Blind, is a parent of two sighted children, and is willing to share her perspective and tricks of the trade as a mother who is blind.
Deepkamal Kaur
Tribune News Service
Jalandhar, September 22
As part of measures to improve accessibility for the disabled, ramps are being spruced up, and pedestrian-friendly tiles laid, at the Mass Rapid Transit Railway System (MRTS) station at Light House. A ramp is also being constructed at the Velachery station.
CHENNAI: In an attempt to empower persons with vision-related disabilities with computer skills, the Karna Vidya Technology Centre in Guindy will start its Third batch of computer training course from October 7.
Bringing into focus the plight of disabled people, the Supreme Court today fumed at several states not filing responses as to steps taken to implement various provisions of the Disability Act.
KOCHI: Group of Technology Companies (GTech), an industry body of IT/ITeS companies in Kerala, has come forward to support the Cricket Association for the Blind in Kerala (CABK).
Visually impaired college students staged a protest here on Friday alleging that the State government was meting out a step-motherly treatment to children with visual impairment.
A special college to teach the B. Ed. course free of charge to those with visual and orthopaedic impairments has begun in Chennai. Students will be admitted from the academic year 2015-16.
COIMBATORE: Next time you visit the Coimbatore Medical College Hospital, do not miss the woman who issues you the OP ticket. Her dark glasses suit her perfectly. But you would find it impossible to believe that she is visually challenged, especially given her dexterity with the computer keyboard.
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