This IIT-Delhi professor has blind people's problems in his gunsight
NEW DELHI: What if a blind person tapping his way down the street prods a ferocious dog with his white cane?
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Flicker of hope for visually challenged IIM-L girl
LUCKNOW: The 19-year-old visually impaired Paridhi Varma who made it to Indian Institute of Management- Lucknow despite only 10% vision has now all reasons to smile. Following TOI's report on Paridhi, this TOI correspondent received an e-mail from a Mumbai-based woman wanting to speak to Paridhi, to tell her there is no reason to lose hope.
National Institute for the Visually Handicapped BEd Special Education (Visual Impairment) admissions 2015
JNU may set up resource centre for visually impaired
The proposed centre aims to collect, digitise, store, analyse and provide anytime, anywhere access to e-resources globally and nationally
Documentary on Visually Challenged Chess Players
CHENNAI: Proving that he was every bit the altruist that he was deemed to be, five-time World Champion and Grand Master Vishwanathan Anand on Sunday took time off his hectic schedule to launch the release of Algorithms, a documentary on visually-challenged Indian chess players, with an audio-described theatrical preview in the city.
14,000 vacancies identified for disabled in govt sector: Union minister
The Centre on Thursday said over 14,000 vacancies have been identified for persons with disabilities (PwDs) in the government sector and a special recruitment drive would be launched for filling up the vacancies by February next year.
Chandigarh has 8,581 disabled persons: RIMH report
Chandigarh has 8,581 disabled persons, with the maximum (4,289) being orthopaedically handicapped (OH) and the least (98) suffering from autism, according to a report released by the Regional Institute of Mentally Handicapped on Thursday. Dr B S Chavan, Joint Director, RIMH, claims that no other Union Territory in the country has 100 per cent coverage of disabled people. Chandigarh is the first city to have covered all disabled persons.
These teachers love their special students
A teacher spat upon by a student in the middle of the class, may be a horrendous scene to visualise, but it is a familiar scene in ‘special’ schools. Here the children hit, smack, kick, vomit, shout and boss their teachers anytime without warning.
All govt websites to be made differently-abled friendly
In a major initiative, people with disabilities will be able to easily access government websites across the country as steps are being taken to enhance their features.
20 with visual, hearing impairment take part in archery camp
For, Bharath, an ITI student, who suffers from speech and hearing disability, aiming and shooting an arrow at the target was like a dream come true.
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