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Arrunga Men’s Shed is modifying a table tennis table for a visually impaired version called Swish

THE gentlemen at the Arrunga Community Men’s Shed in Ermington do an extraordinary job of fixing and creating, but their latest job is one with a difference.

They are modifying a table-tennis table so that it can be used by blind and vision-impaired people for their own version of table-tennis called swish.

Swish also allows vision-impaired and sighted people to play on almost equal terms.

A swish table is about 60cm longer than a regular table-tennis table and the net is actually a wall.

Blind lead the way in brave new world of tactile technology

Imagine feeling a slimy jellyfish, a prickly cactus or map directions on your iPad mini Retina display, because that’s where tactile technology is headed. But you’ll need more than just an index finger to feel your way around.

Independent Filmmaker Focuses His Lens on Empowering the Blind and Visually Impaired Using Judo as the Tool for an Enhanced Life

Steven Simon is a sighted Judo athlete (Judoka) and independent filmmaker/producer who is capturing the emotions, spirit and dedication of blind and visually impaired Judoka who have embraced a sport most think are exclusive to only sighted individuals.

Inspired quizzing for specially-abled children on Saturday

Round Table and Ladies Circle Mangalore will organisean entirely new concept of inclusive and engaging quizzing called "Genuis -2014 - Inspired Quizzing" for high school students on Saturday.

Visually impaired Atul Sahay joins Lions Clubs Internation

Atul Ranjan Sahay, a visually impaired person joined as a member of Lions Club of Jamshedpur Tatanagar. Membership of Lions Club of Atul Ranjan Sahay for his Lions Club was sponsored by Rajnish Kumar, Second Vice District Governor(Elect) which was readily agreed by the Club Board. He joined the club with two other new members Vijay Kumar Singh and a lady Nutan Gupta. Sahay is a senior manager at Tata Steel.

Chelsea yoga instructors offer class to help benefit Seva Foundation

Area yoga teachers will be offering a special class to benefit the visually impaired.

Local teachers Janine Bennett, Andrea Jennings, Nicole Tweedie, Sue Whitmarsh and Joan Wolf will be joining Michelle Massey-Barnes in her studio as part of Yoga for Sight from 6-7:30 p.m., Friday, June 20 at the Chelsea Clocktower. The event will help the Seva Foundation’s work to help people see again.

The Seva Foundation was founded in Chelsea 35 years and is now based in California. The foundation has helped 3.5 million to see again.

The city fails them

In Delhi, urban transport has undergone a sea change in the last decade. But how accessible are the Delhi Metro, DTC buses and the railways to the differently abled?

92 disabled couples tie knot at mass wedding

For the first time in Delhi, a mass wedding for disabled couples was organized at Ramlila Maidan on Sunday. The couples, most suffering from polio, tied the knot amid much fanfare and celebration.

Disabled-friendly Odisha govt websites by August 15

The state government is planning to make government web portals disabled-friendly with screen readers, resizing of texts and colour contrast scheme by August 15.

Screen reader is a software application that interprets the display on a computer and presents it to an user in a text-to-speech, sound icon or Braille form, making the contents accessible to the blind.

A Point of View: Happiness and disability

Surveys reveal that people with disabilities consistently report a good quality of life, says Tom Shakespeare. So why is it often assumed they are unhappy?

Have you ever thought to yourself: "I'd rather be dead than disabled?" It's not an unusual reflection. Disability, in everyday thought, is associated with failure, with dependency and with not being able to do things. We feel sorry for disabled people, because we imagine it must be miserable to be disabled.