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Pavement menace for the visually impaired

How many times have you and I complained about the state of our roads and pavements riddled with potholes? While many of us manage to make our way around them, these can often translate into a real danger for the visually impaired.

Very few residing in cities might be aware that the yellow line dotting the pavement, or tactile pavement as it is called, is actually meant to aid the visually impaired. Any disruption in these - in the form of trees, electric poles or potholes - poses a menace for those who take to the tactile pavement for navigation.

Learning bonus for blind parents' kids

Infants of blind parents learn to communicate in different ways with their parents and other sighted adults - a skill that enhances their development, a new study shows.

The findings add an unexpected twist to our understanding of how early life experiences affect the development of a baby's highly changeable brain, say researchers.

SCORE FOUNDATION LAUNCHES FIRST OF ITS KIND TELEVISION SERIES ‘NAZAR YA NAZARIYA’

The television series to feature real-life stories of visually impaired and blind achievers in India across various fields

Renowned actor Naseeruddin Shah to be a part of the weekly television series, which will air every Saturday at 9:30-10:00AM starting September 21, 2013

Inspired by Anand, Darpan wins historic chess bronze

It has been 16 years since India’s Chess Federation for the Blind (AICFB) gained recognition from the International Braille Chess Association. During this period, players have missed out on winning individual medals although the country’s chess players have gone from strength to strength. However, the dry phase has finally ended with 19-year-old Darpan Inani bagging the bronze medal at the International Braille Chess Championship in Belgrade on Saturday.

Breaking barriers

Imagine a place where blindness is considered a punishment for the sins committed in your previous birth and the visually-impaired live as outcasts! Sabriye Tenberken, a German who became visually-impaired at the age of 12, encountered this in Tibet. She visited the country in 1997 for an academic project.

12 teams take part in car rally for the blind

PATNA: Twelve teams, each consisting of a visually impaired navigator and a normal driver, participated at the 'Blind car rally' organized jointly by the Life Insurance Corporation (LIC) and National Association for the Blind (NAB), Bihar chapter, on Sunday morning.

Using Beijing's Tactile Paving Is "Practically Suicide"

Beijing has the longest tactile paving for the vision impaired among all the cities in the world. In theory, they are a great idea to facilitate mobility for the vision impaired, but in reality few use it because as one vision impaired person in Beijing said, "It is practically suicide to use them."

Tactile paving is made of colorful raised tiles, usually yellow, that allow vision impaired people to navigate their way.

Odisha: Painting Competition for School Children held to Promote Eye Donation Awareness

Nearly half the world’s blind are in India. Of the 15 million blind in India, 25% are corneal blind and again of this 60% are children below the age of 12 years. These children have a long dark life ahead of them, but we can give them light through sight by some dedicated effort. Drushti Daan, a registered voluntary society has been working in the realm of Eye Donation since the last decade in Odisha. Every visually challenged has a RIGHT TO SIGHT and see this beautiful world. Drusthi Daan has collected nearly 2000 corneas till date.

Banglabraille brightens prospects for blind students

A social networking group has stepped forward to help visually impaired students in Bangladesh through its unique efforts.

When school students in Bangladesh returned to their classes in January, those who are blind or visually impaired were left at a considerable disadvantage. Textbooks in Braille were months late in coming, leaving them without resources for their studies.

300 disabled youth audition for NGO Blind Dreams Indiyaah Talent Hunt in Mumbai

In a touching, heart-rending and soul-stirring event, more than 300 blind and differently enabled youth from all over Maharashtra participated in the western zone round of auditions for the Blind Dreams’ Indiyaah Talent Hunt for the disabled or differently enabled. The auditions were held at the Kamla Mehta School for the Blind at Dadar in Central Mumbai. Most participants came from far off towns and villages in Maharashtra and Gujarat.