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The CBSE Initiatives for Students of ‘Special Category’ Appearing in Board Exam |
The Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) is often considered as a student-friendly board that always endeavors to make examination stress-free for all students, without degrading the... |
Policy News |
06/Mar/2014 |
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Affordable tech for the differently-abled: A sign of the changing times? |
There are around 70 million people with disabilities in India, with half of them being under the age of 30. This was one of the facts that came up at the recent Techshare India, a pan-India... |
Science & technology, Product and Technology |
06/Mar/2014 |
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Model polling booths for all constituencies in Delhi |
New campaign to ensure better poll day experience for differently-abled will be put in place: Vijay Dev
After the success of model polling stations that were set up during the 2013 Delhi Assembly... |
Achievements, Policy News |
06/Mar/2014 |
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Veer: Charudatta Jadhav, the visually impaired hero of Indian chess |
A visually impaired chess champion, Charudatta Jadhav, is helping many others like him to master the game and checkmate the many challenges in life.
He may need a walking stick to help him find... |
Achievements, Adventure and Sports |
06/Mar/2014 |
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Visually-impaired students at UoH get pocket readers |
The device can be used to record lectures, listen to scanned documents and web downloads
Visually-impaired students of the University of Hyderabad (UoH) can now record lectures in the classroom... |
Product and Technology, Education and Employment |
06/Mar/2014 |
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Tax breaks for the disabled |
Despite the significant push from rights organisations, the Disability Rights Bill was not taken up in the latest Parliament session.
This Bill, an improvement over the 1995 law, provides a... |
General, Policy News |
27/Feb/2014 |
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Improve job prospects in disability sector |
Stating that there was a shortage of over 1.5 lakh trained professionals in the disability sector in 2012, a parliamentary panel has asked the government to create better prospects for those looking... |
Education and Employment |
25/Feb/2014 |
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New device reads books aloud |
FingerReader, a device developed by the Massachusetts Institute of Technology’s (MIT) Media Lab, reads text aloud as users run their fingers over each word. The device can be used by visually... |
Product and Technology |
25/Feb/2014 |
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MIT Researchers Design Ring To Help Visually-Impaired People Read |
MIT Media Lab has released a video demonstrating wearable technology that could help people with visual impairments read more easily.
Wearers of “FingerReader” move their fingers over words on a... |
Science & technology, Product and Technology |
21/Feb/2014 |
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Here come handy devices for the disabled |
Last week, in the centre of a crammed Goregaon office, a skull served as a soft toy. People patted its blue head on the way to their desks and returned its toothy smile. Despite having two holes for... |
Science & technology, Product and Technology |
21/Feb/2014 |
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