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EC Hype on Diffabled Just That |
When visually impaired college professor K Raghuraman went to the Sita Devi school in East Tambaram to cast his vote, he was shocked to find that no one there was aware of a braille sheet for blind... |
Discrimination, General |
25/Apr/2014 |
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Diff-Abled Raring to Vote, but Ramps Raise Concerns |
Both times when she chose to register her ballot, Evelyn Jonathan decided to ride to the booth on her modified two-wheeler, “As soon as I arrived at the school where I had to vote, people noticed... |
Discrimination, General |
25/Apr/2014 |
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Poll official shifted for acting arbitrarily |
A Polling officer at Kovilpathu Municipal elementary school in Nagapattinam district was shifted from duty following a complaint by a political party that he cast votes of visually impaired people... |
Discrimination, General |
25/Apr/2014 |
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Disabilities of our democracy |
When an electoral system structurally discriminates against particular categories such as persons with disabilities, it is tantamount to a failure of the democracy as a whole.
The citizens of... |
Discrimination, General |
25/Apr/2014 |
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China offers college entrance exam in Braille |
Chinese students will be able to sit for the college entrance exam in Braille, the ministry of education has announced.
Human Rights Watch described this week’s directive as an important... |
Achievements, General, Policy News, Education and Employment |
22/Apr/2014 |
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Digital Braille: Helping the visually impaired get digital |
Who knew a trip to a blind school would have the potential of completely changing the future of blind technology.
When 23 year old Rakshith visited an institution for the blind in his city of... |
Achievements, General, Science & technology, Product and Technology |
22/Apr/2014 |
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Omron looks to create world’s first poetry library for visually impaired |
McCann Health creates a campaign inviting the public to participate, contribute and vote
Omron Group has launched ‘Your Voice, Their World’ as part of their CSR initiative. Conceptualised by McCann... |
Achievements, General |
22/Apr/2014 |
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Dropping a holiday bombshell on people with disability shows poor judgment |
Kevin Andrews chose Easter to reveal that thousands of Australians were likely to face reassessments of pensions – a worrying announcement for vulnerable people
Readers will no doubt be familiar... |
Discrimination, Judgments |
21/Apr/2014 |
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Blind cricket struggles for recognition in India |
Despite recent successes, including winning the T20 World Cup, visually impaired players are not getting the backing that could turn them into professionals
Shekhar Naik, India's visually-impaired... |
Discrimination, Adventure and Sports |
21/Apr/2014 |
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Partnerships key to success in corporate social responsibility |
PPP, an acronym that gained favour in government services and business ventures in Bengal in the mid-1990s, re-emerged on Thursday but in a new avatar. At a symposium to explore opportunities to... |
General |
17/Apr/2014 |
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