Imagine if you could tell the time by touch? Well, now you can.
Watches designed for visually impaired people often look like any other watch. But they usually have a button on them that tells the time out loud.
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Delhi's disabled cast a smooth, hurdle-free vote
New Delhi, April 11: Ajanta Pokhrel, 32 and visually impaired, described her vote-casting experience on Thursday here as "different". With polling stations equipped with wheelchairs, Braille sheets and designated volunteers for assistance, Delhi's differently-abled community hailed the provisions made by the Election Commission as a pleasant one.
Physically challenged girl rape case: Haryana Police's laxity revealed
It is not just the politicians who are insensitive to gender issues but a DSP in Haryana too has been caught on a hidden camera displaying complete callousness in dealing with the gangrape of a mentally challenged and visually impaired minor girl.
Visually impaired voters get familiarised with EVMs in Thanjavur
Those who do not know Braille can take an assistant along with them
Electronic Voting Machines were demonstrated to blind persons at the Government School for the Blind near the bridge here on Friday.
Blind persons in large numbers came and took part in the demonstration and learnt how to vote.
Easter Egg Hunt Uses Beeping Eggs for Blind and Visually Impaired Children
Axton, VA-- It's about the time of the year again when kids are going on Easter egg hunts.
'We See,' a Child Eye Health Project, Aims to Reduce Visual Impairment in South Africa by 90 Percent
Project will address population resources and needs for child eye health services through collaboration between business, government and social sectors.
Blind girls counselled on abuse prevention
Sexual abuse of children with disabilities is a serious issue world over. Girl children with disabilities are at risk of sexual abuse in the same ways as other children. However, they are at additional risk because of their disabilities and because of their lodging in special institutions, away from the watchful eyes of parents. On Monday, as many as 100 students from the Government Girls Higher Secondary School for the blind here were imparted special training on how to prevent sexual abuse.
Special arrangement for differently-abled voters at polling booths
Special arrangements have been made by Delhi Election Commission to provide better accessibility to the differently-abled voters at polling booths across the city, when the national capital goes to Lok Sabha polls on April 10.
The Commission has also decided to hold officials, who are in-charge of setting up polling stations, accountable for any inconvenience faced by such voters.
Govt declares holiday on April 10
Employees of government and private establishments, daily wage workers and contract workers will get a paid holiday on April 10, due to the Lok Sabha elections being held in the city, the Delhi government said on Monday.
“As per the provision of Section 135 B (i) of the Representation of People (RP) Act, every person employed in any business, trade, industrial undertaking or any other establishment and entitled to vote, shall be granted a holiday on April 10,” a government official said.
Dummy Braille ballot sheets to help visually impaired
Introduced for the first time in three districts
Dummy ballot sheets in Braille will be used at polling booths in Ganjam, Khurda, and Cuttack districts to facilitate visually-impaired voters to cast their votes without any attendant. Such a measure is being introduced for the first time.
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