New device lets blind ‘see’ via their tongues

A new device that allows blind people to process visual images with their tongues can help them identify location, shape and size of various objects.

UPSC Allows Scribe for Blind and Cerebral Palsy-affected Candidates

NEW DELHI: Candidates suffering from blindness, locomotor disability and cerebral palsy can use scribes to write civil services preliminary and main examination, the Union Public Service Commission (UPSC) has said.

Visually impaired students receive call centre training

In an effort to create skilled workforce by providing necessary supports, visually impaired students were given PABX and call centre training aiming to involve them in mainstream of development to ensure their normal life, reports BSS.

DoPT felicitates visually impaired girl joining IFS

Minister of State in the Prime Minister's Office Dr. Jitendra Singh on Thursday felicitated Beno Zephine, the young girl from Tamil Nadu, who has made history as a fully visually challenged candidate joining the Indian Foreign Service (IFS) here on behalf of the Department of Personnel and Training (DoPT).

Kenya: Tech to deliver education to visually impaired students

A total of 356 blind and visually impaired students at St. Oda Primary and secondary School for the Blind – Gem District, Siaya County will benefit from assistive learning technologies through an initiative dubbed “Computer Labs for the Blind” courtesy of a partnership between InAble, AccessKenya, and the Rockefeller Foundation.

Visual impairment ain’t disability for him

He may be visually impaired, but this ain’t a disability for Umesh Lubana of Himachal Pradesh University, who qualified the University Grants Commission’s National EligibilityTest (NET) for lectureship in Political Science in his first attempt this year.

80% visually impaired youth see themselves healthy: Study

It is a common perception that visual impairment, like any other form of disability, is a major cause of despair among the affected persons. A joint study by the PGI and Panjab University (PU), however, has defied this perception — finding that most visually impaired youths, at least in Chandigarh, are satisfied with their overall health and are able to relish parties and movies with the support of families and friends.

Beno Zephine becomes first 100% blind officer in IFS

CHENNAI: The phone hasn't stopped ringing since the night of June 12 for NL Beno Zephine.