ISLAMABAD: President Mamnoon Hussain on Tuesday stressed taking concrete measures to control the diseases causing visual impairment.
As a young, full-fledged architect in the Philippines, Jaime Silva dreamed of owning a successful design firm and a fast car. But congenital glaucoma caused his eyesight to deteriorate quickly in his late 20s, turning him totally blind before 40. Now in his 60s, Silva’s path with blindness led him to becoming a corporate executive, civic leader, advocate, and motivational and technical speaker. Conquering a condition commonly perceived as debilitating, Silva’s hard work seems to mimic a mythical king who turns everything he touches into gold.
AHMEDABAD: Such was the apathy of the state government towards the visually impaired that, when the high court ruled in favour of 11 blind candidates, asking the education department to provide jobs to them in November 2012, in February 2013, the government brought out a notification restricting the appointment. The division bench of justice Jayant Patel and justice Z K Saiyed on June 12, 2013 had taken a serious note of this notification.
KOZHIKODE:The Kerala State Human Rights Commission (SHRC) has directed the Lottery Department to issue tickets in different colours and style every week.
SHRC member K Mohan Kumar, who considered the petition filed by lottery agent K R Harikumar, a blind person hailing from Kannur, said that the move is intended to help the visually challenged lottery vendors.
State has blind spot for visually impaired
THIRUVANANTHAPURAM:Health Minister V S Sivakumar will inaugurate the medical camp for children with disabilities which will be held at the Government UPS, Fort, popular by the name ‘Satram School’, on Friday. The Minister will distribute Assistive devices at the programme.
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DHARWAD: The physically-challenged in Dharwad have a reason to cheer. The Union government is planning to set up a Deen Dayal Upadhyay Rehabilitation Center (DDRUC), a national sports complex and hostels for them in the district, said Thaawar Chand Ghelot, Union minister for social justice and empowerment.
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