World Braille Day to be observed today
Jammu and Kashmir Welfare Association for Blind is observing World Braille Day here on Wednesday.
What’s New
Computer Training
Youth4jobs in Hyderabad is conducting training for visually impaired people along with English and employability skills, the following topics are included in the course.
Basic computer training,
Training on android applications.
Net banking.
Booking railway tickets using IRCTC websight with railway ID card.
Preparing students for competitive exams and providing materials for competitive exams.
Mobility training and much more.
Empowering the Visually Impaired: Opportunities & Challenges
Empowering the Visually Impaired:
Opportunities & Challenges
George Abraham
CEO
Score Foundation
TBI Blogs: Here’s How Hospitals Are Trying to Improve Accessibility for Visually Impaired Patients
TBI Blogs: Here’s How Hospitals Are Trying to Improve Accessibility for Visually Impaired Patients
India is taking great strides to provide accessibility to the disabled in the country. However, the medical centre unfortunately seems to have a lot of ground to cover. Anoushka Mathews takes a look at what steps hospitals can take to ensure that their services and facilities are offered to all on an equal footing.
The visually impaired see better times of late
Kerala Federation of the Blind turns 50, Minister to launch financial assistance scheme for self-employment projects
As the Kerala Federation of the Blind (KFB) enters its 50th year, its members acknowledge that the plight of the visually impaired population in the State has improved immensely over the last few decades, although there is still a long way towards becoming a visually impaired-friendly society.
In 1967, when the federation was founded, the visually impaired were a neglected and stigmatised section of society, says Habeeb C., vice president, KFB.
School for visually impaired to start functioning in March in Srinagar
Srinagar, Jan 2 (UNI) A co-educational residential school for visually impaired children will start functional in the summer capital, Srinagar, from March 2017.
An official spokesperson here today said that Divisional Commissioner Kashmir Baseer Ahmad Khan today convened a meeting to review the progress with regard to the establishment of the school at Parimpora in the city.
During the meeting, the Div Com said the Government had selected rented accommodation comprising 35 rooms at Parimpora for a school for visually impaired children.
Empowering the Visually Impaired: Opportunities & Challenges
Hari Raghavan does business development at Dell. CharudattaJadhav is an International Chess master and an IT professional with TCS. Pankaj Sinha is a practicing lawyer at the Delhi High Court. Dilip Loyolka, Samir Late and Rajani Gopalkrishna are practicing Chartered Accountants. Sudha Patel, Sanjay Dang and Siddhartha Sharma are entrepreneurs. Sundeep Rao is a stand-up comedian. G. Subramaniam and L.Subramani are journalists. Payal Kapur is a sales professional with a hotel. All of them are blind and all of them are extremely accomplished and successful.
Multi Tasking Staff (MTS)
STAFF SELECTION COMMISSION (SSC)
F.No.3/6/2016-P&P-I(Vol-I).
Highlights of the advertisement are given below, for complete details visit http://ssconline.nic.in
Last date for Online submission of Application: 30.01.2017
Recruitment to the post of Multi Tasking (Non-Technical) Staff in Different States and Union Territories 2016.
The Staff Selection Commission is making recruitment to the posts of Muti Tasking Staff:
Hospital to Hospit-able: How hospitals can overcome inaccessibility
Most government hospitals in Delhi, despite being spaces for diagnosis and recovery, are teeming with lines, unending paper work, and tired patients. The wait is long for those who do not have an uncle or cousin working at the hospital. However, for those who are visually impaired, even basic access to hospital services and facilities is possible only through dependence or great strife.
UT to hold fashion show for differently abled on Jan 23
Aarti Kapur
Tribune News Service Chandigarh, December 31
For the first time in the city, differently abled will get a chance to walk the ramp during a fashion show to be organised by the UT Department of Social Welfare, Women and Child Development. They will walk the ramp on January 23 in the event called Pride Fashion Show.
New notes baffle visually impaired
They are yet to understand the features of the new notes that distinguish them from fake ones
A young Tabrez Alam has been living with a dented confidence ever since the demonetisation announcement. Visually impaired since birth, Alam could tell the difference between a real and fake ₹500 note by merely running his fingers across one.
The introduction of the new notes has left him worried. “The new ₹500 note appears to be of the same size as a ₹20 note. I can no longer tell the difference merely on the basis of the size of the note,” Tabrez says.
Technology to the rescue
Priya, a 32 year old housewife and mother of three, began losing her eyesight a few years ago. She was diagnosed with low vision which over time only became worse. She got in touch with our helpdesk seeking information on how she could cope with this loss of sight. Our counsellors provided her with information on the available technologies and resources that would enable her to adapt to her eye condition. She was told about screen reader and other apps that would ensure that she could continue using her laptop and mobile phone.
Reclaiming Life
Vijay, aged 22, lost his eyesight soon after he completed 11th standard. This prevented him from continuing his education and left him feeling depressed and helpless. The fact that he belonged to a lower economic background just made matters worse. After having spent almost 3 years at home he finally heard our radio advertisement and contacted our helpdesk, desperate for a solution to his problems. He was made aware of the fact that life does not end with blindness and that there were many options he had to take his life forward.
Computer training for visually impaired
Fifty visually impaired college students were imparted hands-on computer training during a five-day residential programme that concluded here on Friday.
The residential programme was held at the National Institute of Technology here from December 26 to 30. The basic computer training was jointly organised by Jagajothi Readers Circle and NIT, Tiruchi.
The participating students, including 15 girls, were from Tiruchi, Pudukottai, Karur, Ariyalur, Thanjavur, Coimbatore and Virudhunagar districts.
Student in search of scribe
Durgappa is a visually impaired student residing in Dharwad, Karnataka. He is in his final year studying B.A. He contacted our counsellor at Bangalore seeking assistance in organizing a scribe to help him write exams. We connected him to PenVolunteers, a Bengaluru based organization which arranges for scribes to write examinations. A night before the exam, PenVolunteers informed Durgappa that they would not be able to provide him with a scribe for his examination. This last minute cancellation left Durgappa anxious.
Dhobi and Vehicle Mechanic (MV)(Skilled)
STATION WORKSHOP, EME
WELLINGTON BARRACKS, NILGIRIS DISTRICT,
PIN – 643231, TAMIL NADU
Highlights of the advertisement are given below, for complete details visit http://www.davp.nic.in/WriteReadData/ADS/eng_10103_79_1617b.pdf or refer to the Employment News dated 24th December 2016, page no. 29
Last date of receiving the application is 13th January 2017
ENFORCING RIGHTS OF THE DISABLED
The benefits and rights envisaged in the Persons with Disabilities Bill, 2016, must trickle down to the beneficiaries. The physically-challenged have waited and been discriminated against for long. The Government must not let them down
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