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First batch of visually impaired students to write CSEC |
Anxious and a bit nervous but confident are just some of the words that can be used to describe students of the Guyana Society for the Blind, (GSB) who are preparing to write the upcoming Caribbean... |
Education and Employment |
30/Apr/2014 |
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Apps help the visually impaired find venues, people nearby |
For the visually impaired, navigating through neighborhoods can be a struggle, but apps aim to shed light on places, people, and obstacles that lie in their paths.
There are 285 million visually... |
Science & technology, Product and Technology |
30/Apr/2014 |
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'Raman Effect' to Inspire Youngsters to Overcome Visual Impairment |
Have you ever realised you are doing geometry while helping somebody find their way to an unfamiliarplace? If not, think now about what makes the turns, curves, slopes and straights. And if you do... |
General |
30/Apr/2014 |
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Only 38% disabled certified, belying parties' tall talk |
There is no dearth of promises for the disabled in the manifestos of both the Congress and BJP. But if the data on the proportion of the disabled who have been issued disability certificates is any... |
General |
28/Apr/2014 |
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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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