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Visually Impaired Fashion Designer who aspires to make art and fashion more accessible to the blind

Kingston University fashion graduate, Bianca Von Stempel in conversation with Katie Turner
 
Describing her fashion collection ‘Tactility,’ showcased at this year’s London Fashion Week, and how it was inspired by her visual impairment, Bianca says, “What you miss out on, you reinvent.”  She says that she experiences the world as, “fragmented and at a distance,” so that an object becomes something different to her compared to how a sighted person might see it and that she decided to use this idea as the inspiration for her collection.

This shopkeeper has blind trust in customers

Thu, 09/29/2016 - 10:29 -- geeta.nair

 Vijay Shekar at his shop
 

CHENNAI: Listening to the radio, he was standing behind the counter as we stepped into his shop at LIBA (Loyola Institute of Business Administration). With just a ‘Hi' from an old student who accompanied us, this visually challenged shop owner broke into a wide smile. Ask any student from LIBA where they get their stationery from and they all say, ‘Vijay anna!'

Craft Instructor and Statistical Assistant

Wed, 09/28/2016 - 11:33 -- geeta.nair

Government of India
Office of the Medical Superintendent
Safdarjang Hospital & VMMC
New Delhi­110029

Highlights of the advertisement are given below, for complete details visit http://www.davp.nic.in/WriteReadData/ADS/eng_17145_29_1617b.pdf in or refer to the Employment News dated 24 September 2016, page no. 31

Last date of receipt of aplications: 23.10.2016

TRAINED GRADUATE TEACHERs (TGTs) and PRIMARY TEACHER

Tue, 09/27/2016 - 14:18 -- geeta.nair

KENDRIYA VIDYALAYA SANGATHAN (KVS)
18, INSTITUTIONAL AREA, SHAHEED JEET SINGH MARG,
NEW DELHI-110016
Tel-26532643
FAX-26514179
ADVERTISEMENT NO. 11

Highlights of the advertisement are given below, for complete details visit http://www.kvsangathan.nic.in or refer to the Emloyment News dated 24 September 2016, page no. 43

Last date for online registration :17.10.2016 (upto 2400 Hours)

RECRUITMENT OF PRINCIPAL AND OTHER TEACHING POSTS IN KENDRIYA VIDYALAYA
SANGATHAN.

Visually impaired made aware of accessible reading, writing solutions

Mon, 09/26/2016 - 11:14 -- geeta.nair

Tribune News Service

Chandigarh, September 25

The National Association for the Blind (NAB) conducted a seminar on accessible reading and writing solutions in association with the Saksham Foundation at Aasha Kiran, a vocational training centre for differently abled, in Sector 46-D today. 

 

Dipendra Manocha, chairman of Saksham Foundation and Daisy Forum of India (DFI), who is himself visually challenged, was the main speaker on the occasion.

 

How can you avoid awkward behavioral mistakes when in the company of a blind person?

Mon, 09/26/2016 - 11:14 -- akanksha.sharma...

This article has been taken from: 
http://snip.ly/0m0l6#http://www.west-info.eu/a-handbook-on-how-to-avoid-awkward-social-behavior-with-blind-people/

The Italian Union of Blind People published an ad hoc handbook that gives some useful advice on this topic.

For 116 yrs, this school in Dadar has been home to the visually impaired

Mon, 09/26/2016 - 10:45 -- geeta.nair

Natasha Trivedi Mumbai, September 24 Nestled in a lane in crowded Dadar is the 116-year-old home of close to 170 visually impaired girls from all over the country. A school that was started originally as a relief shelter for boys and girls who had been blinded in the devastating famine in Solapur in the 1880s, the Kamla Mehta School For The Blind now continues to house, and provides education to visually impaired girls right from pre-primary to Class VII.

Harvinder Singh: Age is no bar to progress

Harvinder Singh, a 71 year old resident of Chandigarh contacted the Eyeway Helpdesk in June, 2016. He is suffering from loss of vision as well as hearing.When he contacted us, he was trying to learn how to use the computer but was facing difficulties in the process.He wanted to learn how to use other, simpler devices such as mobile phones. He asked our counsellor about accessibility features-rich options available for him among smartphones. We advised him regarding this and also guided him to buy a suitable device.

One young woman's transformative journey

Gauri (name changed), a resident of Shahdara, Delhi first got in touch with us in 2011. At that time, she was appearing for class 10th exams through National Institute of Open Learning’s (NIOS).  She told us that she wanted to do a computer training programme. With the help of our step-by-step guidance, she finally completed a computer training programme from National Association for the Blind (NAB), R.K. Puram in 2015.  

Narhari Thakkar: Winning a legal battle

Narhari Thakkar of Dungarpur, Rajasthan was working with the Postal Department, when he started losing his eyesight. He was forced to opt for voluntary retirement by his management. After hearing about Eyeway, he called us to know about various treatment options for Retinitis Pigmentosa. It was only on his second call, when he was enquiring about various employment options, that we got to know about his employment background. We recognised it as a clear case of discrimination against Narhari and blatant flouting of the PWD Act.

Pratyush Kaushal: An extraordinary role model!

Pratyush Kaushal, an 18 year old student from Delhi started experiencing loss of vision when he was in class 11. He approached Score Foundation before the CBSE Class 12 examinations in 2016 for counselling and advice. His concern pertained to a rule according to which the Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) does not allow a scribe from the same stream as the student taking the exam.

Management Trainee (General)

Thu, 09/22/2016 - 12:45 -- geeta.nair

CENTRAL WAREHOUSING CORPORATION
(A Premier Schedule ‘A’ Mini Ratna Govt. of India Undertaking)
Corporate Office: 4/1, 
Siri Institutional Area, 
August Kranti Marg, Hauz Khas, 
New Delhi-110 016
Website : www.cewacor.nic.in,  www.cwcjobs.com
Advertisement No. CWC/1-Manpower/DR/Rectt/2016/02

Highlights of the advertisement are given below, for complete details visit https://www.cwcjobs.com

Encouraging to Dream a Dream

Manish (name changed), a 22 year old resident of Sangrur, Punjab first got in touch with the Eyeway helpdesk in May, 2016. At the time he had just completed his B.Com degree. He informed us that he was interested in pursuing law for further studies but was very doubtful if he could get admission. Our counsellor advised him to go ahead and apply for admission, re-assuring him that he would not be denied admission due to his disability. Encouraged by our guidance, he started the application process.

MEDHA 2016

The Students, Staff and Management of National Association for the Blind, Delhi cordially invite you to “MEDHA” - a talent exhibit by our children in realising the "Accessible India Dream”. 
 
Please mark your calendar and reserve the evening of Friday 23 September 2016 to grace us with your presence. The invitation card is attached.
 
This 75 minutes event will be held at the PHD Chamber of Commerce Auditorium, 4/2, Siri Institutional Area, August Kranti Marg, New Delhi – 110016 from 6 PM onwards.  
 

19th Fusion Meet

A Face to Face Social Network for Promoting Inclusion & Mainstreaming For People  With & Without Disabilities.

Invites you all once again, to our 19th social networking meet! Here could be hidden, possibilities of your dreams coming true, of unlimited inspiration, your big chance to hit the Jackpot, and discover what your
future  may have in store for you!

ODISHA HAS 12,44,402 DIFFERENTLY-ABLED PERSONS

Thu, 09/22/2016 - 11:07 -- geeta.nair

There were 12,44,402 differently-abled persons in Odisha as per the Census 2011, informed Social Security and Persons with Disabilities Minister Usha Devi in the State Assembly on Wednesday.

The Minister informed this in response to a question of BJP MLA Golak Bihari Nayak. The number include 2,63,799 vision-impaired, 68,517 dumb, 2,37,858 deaf, 2,59,899 physically-handicapped, 72,399 mentally ill and 1,72,881 of other category.

The State Government has introduced many schemes for their development and to bring them to the mainstream of the society, said the Minister.

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