Life is a challenge,” says the old adage, but it is meant for ordinary people whose challenges come and go. It is meant to motivate ordinary people like us to move on with life. One may say that everyone has their own problems, and every person in this world faces challenges. While we all have difficulties in life and our problems may vary, these challenges are even greater for those with disabilities. People with disabilities already have the major disadvantage in their disability, but in addition, they face the same daily challenges as any other person.

Zambia National Association of the Blind in Urban and Rural Areas has urged government to budget for education materials for the visually impaired in the 2025 National Budget.

Finance and National Planning Minister, Situmbeko Musokotwane, is this Friday, 27th September, 2024, expected to present the proposed 2025 National Budget to the National Assembly.

Several extraordinary individuals, including an architect, who cannot speak or hear since her birth and is running her own architecture firm, and two 100 per cent visually impaired brothers who are independently running own grocery store are among those to be awarded on September 20 at the Tagore Theatre in Sector 18.

Lucknow: Sanjeeta Vishwakarma, a  visually impaired student, is set to get three  gold medals in different categories at the  Dr Shakuntala Misra National Rehabilitation University  convocation on Friday.
Before joining DSMNRU, Sanjeeta  had vision in one eye and was enrolled in Saltanat Bahadur  Post Graduate College, Jaunpur. When she was  in BA second year, the vision in the only eye also got low,   and she had to leave the course midway.
"My dream to  complete higher education was shaken when, in the second  year of my BA course, I lost vision in both eyes.