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This deaf-blind lawyer thinks your app needs work
Haben Girma can't see your app's design. She can't hear the sounds it makes or listen to a voice-over of the text. But she has some notes.
A Comic Book Artist Reinvents His Craft For Blind Readers
The Shapereader allows blind people to experience the language of graphic novels in a highly tactile form.
TCS Advanced Computer Training
A tribute to Helen Keller
THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: Art D’ Hope has chosen to celebrate ‘Helen Keller’, by presenting an exhibition of paintings on her at the Le Meridien, Kochi. Incidentally, Helen (1880-1968) was an American author and political activist. She was also the first visually and hearing-impaired person to earn a bachelor of arts degree.
High-tech devices aid visually-challenged
CHENNAI: A Class 12 student at a school for the blind in the city had heard about a ‘sensor walker’, but got to hold it only at the first assistive technology devices workshop in the state for the visually-challenged. The workshop was organised by Karna Vidya Foundation, an NGO for people with disabilities, at Anna University on Saturday.
Health, fitness and recreation amongst the blind and low vision
XRCVC in order to promote health, fitness and recreation amongst the blind and low vision is happy to announce the opening of Membership to its Fitness & Sports Club for the year 2016-17.
Mahesh Narasimhan - 'My persistence and hard work paid off' by Shruti Pushkarna
Fifth National Madanlal Khandelwal Braille Essay Competition
Vocational Training Courses
Metro experience for visual and hearing impaired
BENGALURU: Visually and hearing impaired adults on Friday experienced their first ride on a portion of Namma Metro’s underground Corridor with the help of an NGO and IT concern, who facilitated it. Sense International India had organised the ride for 34 visually and hearing impaired adults along with their interpreters from Swami Vivekananda Metro station to Cubbon Park Metro station. Thirteen volunteers from Cognizant also took part.
Reaching Development Milestones: Practical Tips for Helping Visually Impaired Babies
This article will talk about developmental milestones and delays among visually impaired children, and some practical ways to address them.
By Supriya Das
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TKCI Srujana Innovation Award launched to combat corneal blindness
The Tej Kohli Cornea Institute [TKCI] in partnership with world-renowned LV Prasad Eye Institute (LVP
Diploma in Computer Application and Access Technology will commence
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Lower Division Clerk (LDC)
Mass wedding for people with disabilities
CHENNAI: Shree Geeta Bhavan Trust, in collaboration with the Tamil Nadu Differently-Abled Federation Charitable Trust (TNDFC), has announced that it will organise mass marriages for the disabled for the seventh consecutive year, in December. The counselling for the marriages will begin in September. “We are looking to get at least 60-70 couples married this year,”said Ashok Kumar Goel, managing trustee of Shree Geeta Bhavan Trust, at a press conference recently.


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