White cane, the mobility aid used by the visually challenged, has got a smart makeover, thanks to the research conducted by IIT, Delhi. The ‘smart white cane’, as it is called, incorporates a small electronic device mounted on the cane. The detachable device, with an inbuilt rechargeable battery, can detect objects three metres away and provide signals to the person using it.
A South Delhi restaurant, which allegedly denied entry to a disability rights activist on Holi (March 6), was found to have been “insensitive” towards him as per a magisterial inquiry ordered by the Delhi Government.
Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan blessed 51 newly wed disabled couples at a function for mass marriage of disabled persons at Hoshangabad on Wednesday. He announced that assistance under CM’s disabled persons’ marriage scheme will be increased from `25,000 to `50,000. He said that the increased amount will also be given to couples who tied nuptial knots at today’s function.
Bhimabhoi Samarthya Sibir, a camp for differently-abled persons, was organised at Khariar in the premises of the Khariar Panchayat Samit of Nuapada district. Over 400 differently-abled persons with various physical and mental problems attended the camp for checkup and to get disability certificates from the district administration.
Musunuri Kalyani did not realise at the age of 12, when she first picked up a tatting shuttle, that one day she would rely on this tiny tool for livelihood.
Now 54, she not only tats for relaxation, but also for making a living of it.
The Madras High Court on Monday ordered notice to the State government on a public interest litigation petition seeking a direction to implement immediately the Centre’s guidelines of February 2013 on scribes for the visually challenged to write the examinations.
The Madras High Court on Monday ordered notice to the State government on a public interest litigation petition seeking a direction to implement immediately the Centre’s guidelines of February 2013 on scribes for the visually challenged to write the examinations.
The Madras High Court on Monday ordered notice to the State government on a public interest litigation petition seeking a direction to implement immediately the Centre’s guidelines of February 2013 on scribes for the visually challenged to write the examinations.
ISLAMABAD: Punjab that celebrated International Disability Day by beating the protesting blind persons in Lahore has the smallest number of disabled population whereas the terrorist-hit Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa (KP) has the highest number of disabled persons but no law is in place anywhere to address their issues.
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