Apart from fixing the responsibilities of the civic departments and other concerned agencies to ensure safety of pedestrians across the city, the Pune Municipal Corporation (PMC) draft recommends introduction of an audio feature in traffic signals for the visually-impaired and also a buffer zone of two metres between STOP line for vehicles and zebra crossing.

Good news for the visually impaired children and teachers at Government Institute for the Blind, Braille Bhawan, Jamalpur, as it is set to be upgraded to an institute.With this development, the requirements of the visually impaired students studying at the school would be taken care of with utmost sensitivity.If it converts to an institute, it would have technology with touch screens and sensors that can ease learning and li

BENGALURU: A visually-impaired dance troupe from Shree Ramana Maharishi Academy for the Blind, led by Dharmaraju, performed at the International Performing Art Festival recently.

Dharmaraju has been training students at the academy from 2009, since he completed his studies, with the touch-and-feel method and a lot of patience.

The team of upcoming action film “Waarrior Savitri” provided self-defence tips and training to young blind girls on the occasion of International Women’s Day.

‘’Hold your heads up!’’ That’s the message Tiffany Brar has to give women on this International Women’s Day. When everyone sees the world, Tiffany ‘feels’ the world, and she makes others like her feel it too.