Naga Blind Association (NBA) observed the International Day of Persons with Disabilities on December 3 in Dimapur. The day, which was declared by the United Nations, aims to promote an understanding of disability issues while mobilising support. ‘Inclusion matters: Access and empowerment of people of all disabilities’ is the year’s theme.
If it was a complete body paralysis that had threatened Dr. Mini Moll, for Dr. Reshmi Pramod it was visual impairment.
The disabled (as defined by the 1995 Persons with Disabilities Act) are roughly 2.21 per cent of the population as per the 2011 Census. If the elderly are included (another 6 per cent), it is a huge, and almost totally untapped market, but one which Indian enterprise doesn’t seem to be keen to tackle.
It is the most widely-played sport by blind people, but until this year, Singapore did not have a national goalball team, even though it is the first Paralympic sport designed for the visually impaired.
When Mr Narendra Modi gave the slogan of ‘Sabka Saath, Sabka Vikas' during his 2014 election campaign, it was assumed that his inclusive governance pitch referred to religious minorities and backward castes.
At least 16 people suffered partial vision loss after undergoing cataract surgery at a charitable hospital. Haryana Health Minister Anil Vij has ordered a departmental probe into the incident.
Riteish Deshmukh, whose Marathi production “Yellow” has been selected as the opening film of the first International Film Festival for the Persons with Disabilities (IFFPD), says it is a “special film” and he is “honoured and excited” with the selection.
BENGALURU: Meghana Jois didn't have your regular childhood. For company , she had ten physically and mentally challenged girls who her mother had taken under her wing and accommodated in their home.
HYDERABAD: As part of its community services banking activities, the State Bank of Hyderabad (SBH) has sponsored two days inter-school competitions for visually challenged students from various districts of Telangana and Andhra Pradesh.
Congress vice-president Rahul Gandhi Monday shot off a letter to Commerce Minister Nirmala Sitharaman demanding reduction in customs duty on import of special equipment for visually-impaired students, after a student from Bengaluru’s Mount Carmel College — which he visited last week — sought his intervention.
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Together they walk through the busy station at Vangani, weaving their way cautiously through the crowds. A beep from the metal detector tells them they have reached the platform. Santoshi and her eight-year-old son Akash join a group of visually impaired people that’s waiting for the train to Mumbai, an hour-and-a-half hour ride away.
Young Voices Delhi is a group of young disabled students working to empower people with disabilities.
More than 1,758 sanctioned posts for people with disabilities in Delhi government, Municipal Corporation and other State departments are lying vacant.
KOCHI: Prasanna Kumari, a 47-year-old visually impaired lawyer, has filed a petition before the Kerala High Court seeking to initiate contempt of court proceedings against Vice-chancellor and Registrar of the Kannur University for not complying with a court order. The court had directed the Kannur University to treat Prasanna Kumari as one who is eligible for the post of lecturer in Law. The court had also invalidated an appointment made by her to the post.
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