Dr Thornton, who suffers from macular degeneration, is on a solo 400km trek through the wilderness of Estonia to create awareness about his condition
From the current academic session, all visually impaired students of Class IX and X in Odisha will be provided free Braille textbooks.
Earlier, the Odisha Primary Education Programme Authority was providing free Braille textbooks to all visually impaired students studying in Class I to VIII in government-managed schools. From this year, this measure has been extended to Class IX and X students as well.
Ved Prakash
Getting into Delhi University is indeed a tough deal. 18-year-old Ved Prakash is testimony to the struggle. For the past five days, after he made it to the first cut-off list at Satyawati College, the Uttar Pradesh boy is running from pillar to post just to pay his admission course fee- a mere Rs 40. However, on Monday evening, the fee payment was made.
Students belonging to the Physical Disability category are exempted from paying course fee. In case of Ved Prakash, he has to pay Rs 40.
The Election Commission is going all out to make voting inclusive in the upcoming assembly elections in Rajasthan! At the office of the state election commission, officials are giving the final touches to election booklets. The booklets state the rights and rules for voters clearly. What makes them different this time is that they are in Braille.
The Rajasthan election department is working around the theme of Sugam Matadan or convenient polling. The aim is to get disabled voters out of their homes so they can cast their votes.
After three months of training Kelly Picco can deadlift 155 pounds. - Submitted
BURIN, N.L. — It’s a gift to discover a passion for a new activity.
As Lata Sadashiv gently strokes the base of your neck, the phrase ‘healing touch’ starts to make perfect sense.
A blind massage therapist at Sparsh Foot Spa in Mumbai, her fingers seem to know exactly which spot to hit.
It is a skill that speaks volumes not only about Lata’s years of experience, but also the strong desire to help and heal people.
Sparsh is an initiative of NGO Trinayani. Since it was founded in 2006, the NGO has been working towards creating awareness about disabilities and equal opportunities for disabled people.
The regional centre of the National Institute for the Empowerment of Persons with Visual Disabilities in Karayanchavadi has remained closed for over six months. A student in the centre said the institute had not reopened after Puja holidays last year.
Courses were not conducted since August at the institute which was established in 1988.
The centre offered a few courses including Braille shorthand and a diploma course in executive secretaryship.
Eye research charity Fight for Sight has announced funding for a research project that could help see an end to eye injections for patients with wet age-related macular degeneration (AMD).
We have made the announcement at the start of Macular Week 2018. We will be funding researchers at the Universities of Birmingham and Bristol to develop medicines that could be given in ‘drop’ form rather than through the usual method of eye injection.
Tech Makes Life Easier for Disabled Travelers, Until They Board.
By JOSHUA BROCKMAN.
Technology is fast changing how people with
disabilities get to and then navigate airports and train and bus
stations. But technology can go only so far: Its advantages usually
stop at the door of the plane, train or bus.
Consider the experience of Michael May, who is blind and typically
Special educators in government schools say most visually challenged studnets are not aware about Braille
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