n Thailand, some Buddhists view physical or intellectual disability as punishment manifested for wrongdoing in a past life. The Thai Blind Orchestra, made up of children as young as 9, hopes to help combat this perception through its musical training and performances.
SACRAMENTO, Calif. — As Amy Rogers watched her eldest son, Preston, glide by on his skateboard on a recent afternoon, she marveled at how far he had traveled just over the past few months.
One foot following the other, one step after the next for six million reps. That’s how Jason Romero did it for 60 straight days.
The Institute of Social Work and Research (ISWAR) and Odisha Disabled People’s Network (ODPN) and the Odisha Soochana Adhikar Abhijan on Wednesday decried the State Government’s negligence in implementing the policy of a three-per cent reservation for persons with disabilities (PWDs) in Government departments despite the Supreme Court’s verdict.
Kanpur: To enable visually impaired persons to read as they write and also write from left to right, two students of IIT-Kanpur have designed a device that could perform the functions of both the Braille slate and the Taylors board.
Navbharat Jagriti Kendra has started Glaucoma clinic in its eye hospital situated at Bahera Village of Chauparan block. Now the patients suffering from Glaucoma or Kala Motiya will be treated in this clinic established at Loknayak Jai Prakash Eye Hospital with support of Aditya Birla Financial Services.
Katie Kelly's life has always revolved around sport, and living with a disability has not slowed her down.
Until English athlete Roger Bannister ran a mile under a minute in 1954, it was thought impossible for humans to run that fast. Within a year, another athlete broke the barrier. Today, most international runners can run a mile a minute, proving that “impossibility” was only in the mind.
"Push out." "Pull in." "Move right." "Move left." "Lift device." "Lower device." "Hold steady." "Image captured."
BENGALURU: A Bengaluru inventor has developed a device that enables the visually impaired to use the length and width of currency notes to distinguish their value.
The Shapereader allows blind people to experience the language of graphic novels in a highly tactile form.
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.
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.
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