Ranga Rao Memorial School for Differently Abled (RMSD) has started the admission procedure for the current year. The school, run by Vasu Agarbatti Ranga Rao Memorial Trust and supported by NR Foundation, has invited applications from visually impaired girl students for Class 1 to 10 from across Karnataka for admission in the 2022-23 academic session.
Bengaluru: Narayana Nethralaya in collaboration with Acer India on Wednesday launched the PC and tablet-based software, "VisioNova" designed for children suffering from Cortical Visual Impairment (CVI). This initiative by Narayana Nethralaya and Acer India aims at breaking down barriers and providing the patients with better access to treatment. Acer VisioNova, a path-breaking innovation was conceptualized as a mobile alternative to on-site therapy for CVI children that will offer them the standard care.
| PANAJI: Sakshi Kale didn’t look out of place at the GMC Athletic Stadium in Bambolim. Having travelled 40km from Usgao alone, walking through a dirt road to catch a bus and then changing it twice to reach the stadium, the 17-year-old was ready to test herself against the rest of the athletes for the 100m sprint at the SAG/GAA Mini State Athletic Championship. There was nothing unusual for the naked eye. Only that Sakshi was visually impaired and 100m sprint wasn’t her first choice. |
Visually impaired Lawyer Suraj Singh has been appointed as the Government Advocate in the High Court of Jammu and Kashmir and Ladakh. The appointment came after the lawyer sat on a protest outside the high court demanding sound implementation of disability laws in the Union Territory of Jammu and Kashmir by the administration.
Spirotech द्वारा समर्थित नेशनल एसोसिएशन फॉर द ब्लाइंड-दिल्ली की डिजिटल लाइब्रेरी को इस पुस्तक की उपलब्धता की घोषणा करते हुए प्रसन्नता हो रही है। पुस्तक का नाम है: कस्तूरी कुंडल बसै (Kasturi Kundal Base) और लेखिका: मैत्रेयी पुष्पा (Maitreyi Pushpa)
माँ कुछ भी कहे, कस्तूरी को पढ़ना अच्छा लगता है। कलम, खड़िया, तख्ती और पोथी की फिराक में वह दिन-भर घूमा करती है, जिसके कारण घर और खेत के कामों में लापरवाही हो जाती है और वह भाई की फटकार के बाद माँ की मार खाना मंजूर कर लेती है। पढ़ाई के कलम-खड़िया जैसे साधन-प्राप्त करना कस्तूरी जैसी लड़की के न भाग्य में है, न बस में।
Mareena Damien’s life took an unexpected turn when she lost her vision due to a medicine allergy while in class 5.
NAGPUR: Country's first-ever radio channel for the visually impaired, named 'Radio Aksh' has been launched in Nagpur, with the Blind Relief Association Nagpur and Samdrushti Kshamata Vikas Avam Anusandhan Mandal (Saksham) serving as the pioneers of the concept that will help the visually-impaired gain seamless access to education resources and audiobooks.
Saurabh Malik
Chandigarh, April 12
The Punjab and Haryana High Court has directed the State of Haryana and its functionaries to take necessary steps to comply with administrative instructions issued by the Chief Secretary’s office regarding promotion of persons with disability.
The instructions have been addressed to all the departments across the board in the State of Haryana.
HYDERABAD: In a ray of hope for children of two government high schools for the blind in Dar-ul-Shifa and Malakpet, the Telangana high court on Tuesday set a deadline of three days for the state to fix problems of food, beds, toilets, sanitary napkins, braille books, etc., while ordering it to improve all other facilities within one month.
The Umang Foundation will challenge the rules of the Himachal Pradesh Board of School Education, Central Board of School Education (CBSE) and state and national open schools, which violate the rights of disabled students, in the high court.
Expert member of the State Disability Advisory Board, chairman of Umang Foundation and nodal officer for Disability Affairs of the Himachal Pradesh University (HPU), Shimla, Prof Ajay Srivastava said that the rules of these educational bodies do not conform with the Rights of Persons with Disabilities Act 2016.
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