74 visually impaired students undergo computer training |
Seventy-four visually impaired students from various districts of the State underwent a month-long computer training programme at the Centre of Differently Abled Persons, Bharathidasan University.... |
Accessibility, Education and Employment |
11/Dec/2015 |
The Invisible People |
The Persons with Disabilities (Equal Opportunities, Protection of Rights and Full Participation) Act, 1995, (PWDA) completed two decades of existence this month. However, the majority of disabled... |
General, Policy News, Medical, Education and Employment |
10/Dec/2015 |
Two from Nagaland receive National Awards for empowerment of Persons with Disabilities |
Dimapur, December 8 (MExN): The Ministry of Social Justice & Empowerment, Government of India conferred National Awards 2015 for the Empowerment of Persons with Disabilities to 52 outstanding... |
General |
09/Dec/2015 |
DHE says all colleges disabled-friendly |
All government-aided colleges in Pune are disabled-friendly. Unbelievable but true, if the latest data available with the Directorate of Higher Education (DHE) is to be believed.
Joint director of... |
General, Education and Employment |
09/Dec/2015 |
Forget visibility, air pollution is taking a toll on your vision |
NEW DELHI: It's not just the heart and lungs that air pollution knocks out of shape. Doctors in the city are reporting an increase in eye-related complaints arising from pollution. A recent survey... |
General, Medical |
09/Dec/2015 |
High-tech goggles could help visually impaired |
SMITHTOWN, NY (CBS) - New high-tech digital goggles, made by eSight, promise to help the visually impaired see better than ever before.
For the first time in his life, 17-year-old Justin Crilly feels... |
General, Product and Technology |
09/Dec/2015 |
GARHWA STUDENT BAGS INSPIRE AWARD |
Jharkhand’s small village of Nagar Utari in Garhwa district eked out a place for itself amongst hundreds of participants for the first time as Prithviraj Singh, a Class XII student won the third... |
Accessibility, General, Policy News |
09/Dec/2015 |
Battling Blindness, Good Samaritan Doctor Helps Autistic Kids |
KOCHI: She had lost her eyesight ten years ago. However, she did not allow impairment to hamper her from having a career and a normal life. A doctor, Reshmi Pramod’s life took a disastrous plunge... |
General, Medical |
08/Dec/2015 |
PUNARBASA FELICITATES PHYSICALLY-CHALLENGED IN K’PADA |
An organisation working for the help and rehabilitation of the physically challenged, Punarbasa, on Sunday organised its 4th Annual Punarbasa Samartha Samman for the physically challenged persons,... |
General, Policy News |
08/Dec/2015 |
Haryana ‘disables’ its disability commissioner |
For the last one year, Haryana’s Commissioner for Persons with Disabilities has been meeting visitors in the parking lot of his office in Chandigarh’s Sector 17. For, his office is on the third floor... |
General, Policy News, Education and Employment |
07/Dec/2015 |
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