Chinmaya Dhal (15), a visually-impaired boy of village Oliepada under Jajpur district is now the pride of his parents and of the area for getting ‘A’ grade by scoring 553 marks out of 600 in this year’s High School Certificate (HSC) examination. He has also scored 100 marks in Mathematics.
Almost 24 years after a plot was sanctioned to the Poona Blind Men’s Association (PBMA) for a primary health centre, as well as to build a residential facility for the visually impaired, a notice has been issued by the district collectorate to the PBMA after a group representing the visually impaired alleged that there was violation of land use. The case before the Pune District collector will be heard on May 11.
It was more than a dream come true for 10-year-old visually impaired school student T. Sriramanujam to don the role of a news presenter on television.
The Odisha Disabled Peoples’ Network, a forum fighting for the cause of physically-challenged people, on Tuesday opposed the State Government’s decision to bring transgender and widow under the newly constituted Department of Social Security and Empowerment of Persons with Disability. “It is a welcome step that the Government has considered our demand and constituted an exclusive department.
The initiative is in line with World Health Organisation’s Global Initiative to eliminate avoidable blindness, “Vision 2020: The Right to Sight”.
New technology is set to give greater independence to blind and partially sighted people by radically enhancing their ability to navigate city centres.
THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: A young man, by riding a two-wheeler without using his hands a few months ago, turned a few heads on the roads of Anad. What the onlookers might have mistaken as foolhardy heroics, was actually a test run for the prototype of ‘V4D’, a two-wheeler designed for people with limb disabilities.
How to make cultural spaces more accessible for the differently abled is now the prime agenda for museums and galleries. While National Museum plans to come up with a special gallery for the visually impaired, some galleries are making necessary infrastructural changes
Coming to the aid of a blind candidate, the state commissioner for persons with disabilities has directed the Haryana Public Service Commission (HPSC) to give additional 20 minutes per hour to blind candidates appearing in competitive examinations conducted by the Commission.
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