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Visually impaired college students demand implementation of schemes

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.

Govt-approved free B. Ed. course for disabled

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.

Helen Keller of Kovai Fights all Odds, Becomes Miracle worker

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.

Jason Smyth crowned world's fastest para-athlete

Rio de Janeiro: Jason Smyth was crowned the world's fastest para-athlete after he won a 100m race involving sprinters from all disability classes.

Former Llandudno hotel for the blind on course to open before end of year

A FORMER hotel for the blind and partially sighted people in Llandudno is still on course to open before the end of the year.

Bank Directed to Block 4 Posts for Visually Impaired

CHENNAI: The Madras High Court has directed Pandyan Grama Bank to reserve four posts for visually impaired people.

Navajeevan Blind Relief Centre gets ISO certification

Navajeevan Blind Relief Centre (NBRC), Tirupati, has achieved a rare distinction in the field of service by bagging the ISO 9001:2008 certification for bettering the lives of the visually challenged. According to HYM International Certification, the honour is in recognition of its healthcare and educational services to the visually challenged.

Child Rights Panel Order: Fate of These Blind School Teachers is Undecided

THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: Kerala State Commission for Protection of Child Rights has issued an order to transfer teachers with specialisation in hearing impairment from the Government Blind School (GBS), Vazhuthacaud. While the order says that it is a grave child rights violation to allow teachers without proper specialisation to teach children with visual impairment, it is mum about the fate of the three teachers who have been serving the school since 2009.

A Special Teacher who Gives 'Vision' to Those in Need of it

KOZHIKODE: His world may be in perpetual darkness but he chooses to light up other people’s lives, just like thousands of men and women who have donned the mantle of teaching. And for P A Abdul Kareem, a teacher with Calicut Higher Secondary School for the Handicapped, Kolathara, every day is a challenge to prove himself.

Human eye’s blind spot can shrink with training

The blind spot of the human eye can be shrunk with certain eye-training exercises, thus improving a person’s vision slightly, a new study has found.