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Visually impaired hold dharna seeking review of persons with |
Scores of visually-impaired people held a demonstration in the city today demanding a reconsideration of the proposed bill on the rights of persons with disabilities before it is introduced in... |
Policy News |
30/Jan/2014 |
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Experimental contact lens aims to offer tactile sight for the blind |
Researchers from the Faculty of Engineering at Israel's Bar Ilan University have developed a prototype contact lens that could enable the visually impaired to see the world in a whole new light.... |
Achievements, Science & technology, Product and Technology |
30/Jan/2014 |
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RTE has failed to enable the disabled: Study |
The 2012-13 study on children with disabilities had revealed that while 99 per cent of these children liked attending regular schools but 57 per cent of teachers were not trained to understand... |
Discrimination, Policy News, Education and Employment |
27/Jan/2014 |
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Him Prasad develops new software for visually impaired |
Semi-visually impaired Him Prasad Gautam has developed a fourth version of Dristibachak software for visually challenged people.
At a programme organised in the Lake City today by Inclusive... |
Achievements, Science & technology |
27/Jan/2014 |
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100 visually imparied to drive cars in rally on Feb 2 |
In an attempt to raise fund for the Institute for the Blind in Sector 26, Chandigarh, NGO Round Table India will organise a unique car rally-'Blind Man Rally' (BMR) - on February 2 from 9am onwards... |
General, Adventure and Sports |
27/Jan/2014 |
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Tactile tricolour for visually impaired |
Shortly before India celebrates Republic Day, a group of citizens launched an "accessible" version of the national flag for visually handicapped. It is designed in three different textures, one for... |
General |
27/Jan/2014 |
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Indian student develops a toy for visually impaired children using open-source 3D printing |
Fittle is an attempt to help children who are visually impaired learn spelling of new words and understand the shapes of objects—all through playful 3D puzzles.
Helping blind children... |
Achievements, Product and Technology |
27/Jan/2014 |
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Chaos prevails at assessment camp for disabled people |
Confusion and chaos prevailed at the comprehensive assessment camp for persons with disabilities of various categories like locomotor and speech and hearing impaired and visually impaired at... |
Policy News |
27/Jan/2014 |
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The village where half the people are at risk of blindness |
In the village school of Kuyu, in the heartland of Ethiopia's Oromia region, more than 20 children put up their hands when asked if anyone in their family has eye problems.
"My mother has lost... |
Achievements, Medical |
27/Jan/2014 |
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A Songster’s Story |
The soulful bhajans flowing from her had the audience swaying their heads. But Aliya Rashid, unaware of the effect she had on the city’s crowd, kept crooning in her mellifluous voice. Aliya, a... |
Achievements |
23/Jan/2014 |
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