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Swim Race Discriminates by Forcing Disabled Athletes to Pay More, Team Says |
A team of disabled athletes looking to participate in this weekend's swim race across the East River say organizers are shutting them out — ordering them to sign an extra safety waiver and pay extra... |
Discrimination, Adventure and Sports |
18/Jul/2014 |
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Israel kills two handicapped Palestinian women in air strike on home for disabled |
Suha Abu Sada probably knew or understood nothing about the suspected Palestinian militants who lived in the flats above her and whose names featured on Israel's assassination list.
But it was... |
Discrimination, General |
18/Jul/2014 |
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Students drawn by a love of science |
Hong Kong students demonstrated a device that helps visually impaired children learn drawing and mathematics at the fifth Shanghai International Youth Science and Technology Expo yesterday.... |
Science & technology, Product and Technology |
18/Jul/2014 |
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Visually-impaired woman publishes Braille version of Quran |
A visually-impaired woman here has published the Quran in Arabic Braille.
"Our institute's 23-year-old secretary, Rabia Khan, who is herself blind since birth has prepared the Arabic Braille Quran... |
Accessibility, General |
18/Jul/2014 |
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‘Strengthen Disabilities Commission’ |
State Commissionerate for Persons with Disabilities should be empowered and strengthened, said Chief Commissioner for Persons with Disabilities Prasanna Kumar Pincha.
The Commissioner, who is on a... |
General |
18/Jul/2014 |
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Touchscreen to feature display with texture |
Electronic devices may soon introduce touchscreens with texture, allowing the creation of Braille reading for the visually impaired.
Researchers from Japanese touchscreen maker NLT Technologies... |
Science & technology, Product and Technology |
18/Jul/2014 |
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Visually impaired Alexandria resident set to take on the Ironman world championship |
It is grueling enough to swim 2.4 miles, bike 112 miles and run 26.2 miles, but imagine doing all of that when you can only see a blur of light ahead of you.
Kristina Ament, a 52-year-old federal... |
General |
17/Jul/2014 |
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Staying safe for blind and visually impaired persons |
Police met with residents who are blind or visually impaired Wednesday to discuss concerns about a string of robberies in which two elderly women and a blind woman were attacked. "We can't beat crime... |
General |
17/Jul/2014 |
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Tanzania: Mother's Burden of Raising Visually Impaired Children |
IT is not easy to draw a picture of a child who is visually impaired but is eager to attend school and play with other children. But Ms Mwaka Juma Mussa (43), caring for five such children of her... |
General |
17/Jul/2014 |
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Calgary Transit looking to provide ‘tactile maps’ for riders with vision loss |
Calgary is seeking a “design and prototype” of tactile-map technology to help people with visual impairments navigate the city’s transit system.
“We’re looking for something that can be handheld... |
Accessibility, General, Science & technology, Product and Technology |
17/Jul/2014 |
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