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.
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.
Visually challenged Bangalorean girl Miss Ashwini Angadi, achiever of ’Youth Courage Award’ by the United Nations in 2013 is all set to open her dream challenge project by Ashwini Angadi Trust, ’Belaku Academy’ a residential school for visually impaired children in Bangalore on 6th of June, 2014.
Jnana Peetha Awardee Dr. Chandrashekar Kambar will be inaugurating the formation of Ashwini Angadi Trust on Friday the 6th June, 2014, on the birthday of Ashwini, at No. 9, Supraja Nagar, 7th Cros, Konankunte, Bangalore. The programme will start at sharp 10.30 AM.
In a move to encourage visually-impaired students to opt for higher education, the State government has decided to distribute laptops free of cost to such students of government, aided and unaided educational institutions in the State.
I have been in and out of hospitals more times than I can remember, having eye tests and trying to find ways to improve my ability to see. It was not that I am blind, but rather I can't see as much detail and as far as other people. But my eye problems never stopped my parents believing I could be independent. In the classroom, I had to sit near the board and use magnifying tools supplied by the National Council for the Blind of Ireland (NCBI). Around the age of 10, I started learning touch-typing and braille.
Gary Sandhu lost his eyesight over night two months away from his 16th birthday in 1998.
It took about eight hours for the sudden inflammation of his optic nerves to take 100 per cent of sight from his left eye and 95 per cent of sight from his right.
Bhimavarappu Mouli Aravind lost his eyesight at a young age but he found a way to pursue legal studies at National University of Juridical Sciences (NUJS), Kolkata
Far from heralding the death of a great medium, technology may be ushering in a new era of access and greater independence Imagine a situation where you walk into your favourite restaurant and ask for the menu, only to be told it isn't available. Chances are it wouldn't stay your favourite for very long.
As a braillist – someone who uses braille – the dream for me is when the opposite happens. A small number of chain restaurants offer menus in braille; sometimes, they're even up to date.
Delhi University's decision to allow vocational subjects to be counted in the best-of-four percentages will benefit many disabled applicants. Officials at DU's Equal Opportunity Cell, which facilitates admissions for reserved categories say these subjects were included earlier as well, but only after much negotiation with college authorities. Now that vocational subjects have the official DU nod for all categories, the reserved PwD group (persons with disability) should face fewer hassles.
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