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Blind Man Car Rally on Sunday
Round Table India, a social organisation, will organise a Blind Man Car Rally here on Sunday. The rally would start from College Road (Lingraj College) and culminate after covering a distance of about 30 km to 40 km, while discovering several places around the city.
FOR A CAUSE
REC has sanctioned CSR assistance of Rs45.15 lakh to Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU), New Delhi for ‘Distribution of 50 Laptops with customised software for visually impaired students pursuing higher education’ to provide barrier free environment for higher education and enable them to pursue professional or technical education and get employed/ self-employed to find a dignified place for themselves in the society.
BLINDS RAISE ISSUES AHEAD OF PM VISIT
To draw attention of Prime Minister Narendra Modi ahead of his visit to the State, members of the All Odisha Student Union of the Visually-Impaired discussed various issues and placed various demands at a Press conference here Wednesday.
Antarchakshu - The Eye Within
Chandigarh administration hikes pension of disabled from 500 to 2000
अशक्त लोगों को गणतंत्र दिवस के मौके पर चंडीगढ़ प्रशासन ने बड़ा तोहफा दिया है। उनकी पेंशन में इजाफा कर दिया गया है। यूटी सचिवालय में चंडीगढ़ समाज कल्याण विभाग की स्टेट एक्जिक्यूटिव कमेटी डिसएबिलटिस की बैठक हुई।
2ndIndo-US Workshop on Emerging Accessibility Technologies for the Blind and Visually Impaired (BVI)
A Glowing Light Dispelling Darkness
THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: Prashant Kumar Mani, a cheerful trainer for the visually challenged, never gives any hint that he was once shut out of the world for the ill-fate that had fallen upon him. Bad luck in the form of a bike accident introduced Prashant, then a bank manager, to the world of the visually challenged.
Conference and exhibition discussing accessibility and assistive technology
SPEND 5% FUNDS TO BE ACCESSIBLE: DISABLED BODIES TO GOVT DEPTS
Rebati (name changed), a 13-year-old physically-challenged girl, studies in Class-VII in a Government school in the State. She has a dream to finish her higher education if she is provided with all necessary facilities, which a disable person needs.
Varsity garden for visually impaired
Calicut University has made a remarkable contribution towards the cause of the visually challenged by setting up a garden exclusively for them.
Workshop on the use of Youtube
DONATE MY EYES AFTER DEATH: ROAD ACCIDENT VICTIM
When he was being rushed to the hospital after sustaining serious injury in a road mishap, he requested his family members to donate his eyes to a visually impaired person after his death.
Cancer Survivors and New Mothers Liven Up Bengaluru's Pinkathon Run
BENGALURU: Thirty-five new mothers and their babies participated in the annual Pinkathon run in Bengaluru on Sunday morning.
Among the 10,000 women who ran various distances in the run to raise breast cancer awareness were students, housewives, corporate executives, cancer survivors, and women from underprivileged and visually impaired sections.
Announcing the launch of Accessible Menu reading app - GoodFood Talks
India's first accessible restaurant finder and menu reading app is here. It aims to make eating out more dignified, sociable and enjoyable for everyone including persons with visual impairments, weak eyesight and dyslexia. Anyone who has trouble reading the restaurant menu will cherish Good Food Talks.
Using the accessibility features on the phone or tablet, one can control the font size, change the colours, or have the menus spoken out loud.
TOWARDS SKILLING INDIA
If anyone has taken sincerely Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s clarion call of Skill India, then it has to be this former army man.
A first for many: heritage walk for differently-abled on Saturday in Delhi
On Saturday, Rama Krishna will visit Qutb Minar. It is a significant event for him — the 38-year-old will be visiting a historical monument for the first time.
3-day Seminar for Visually Challenged
CHENNAI: T o give visually-challenged youth awareness on getting study grants and orient themselves for work life after college, Tamil Nadu Association of the Blind is conducting a three-day path to development seminar for visually challenged youth at Mayor Radhakrishnan Stadium, starting on Republic Day.

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