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Visually impaired Alpine skier lends his guide to teammate leading to Sochi Paralympics bronze medal |
While Ozzie Sawicki, the chef de mission of the Canadian Paralympic team, may have appeared calm on the outside, when I approached him just moments before our rookie alpine skier Mac Marcoux was... |
Achievements, Adventure and Sports |
10/Mar/2014 |
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Woman can achieve anything |
It was in 1955 that my first article on “And Man Can Achieve Anything” appeared in Free Press Bulletin with M.V. Kamath as the Editor. Today, when the world has just celebrated the International... |
Achievements, General |
10/Mar/2014 |
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Guidelines for the Paralympics |
Beyond the obvious - athletes with paraplegia, missing limbs and visual impairments - one of the biggest differences between the Winter Olympics and the Paralympics is that there is no judged... |
General, Adventure and Sports |
10/Mar/2014 |
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Delhi Government ‘biased’ against differently-abled sportspersons |
The case of Arjuna Awardee Ram Karan Singh, a differently-abled person, who was allegedly attacked by policemen during a protest in Delhi, has once again highlighted the bias of Delhi Government... |
Discrimination |
10/Mar/2014 |
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When she talks, the world listens |
Physical limitations notwithstanding, professional motivator Preeti Monga has created a world of possibilities
She doesn’t spout quotable quotes like many others. Nor does she give you examples... |
Achievements, General |
07/Mar/2014 |
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NBA: Celtics make New Zealander boy's dream come true |
A 12-year-old New Zealander boy with a degenerative eye disease has lived out one of his dreams thanks to NBA's Boston Celtics, his favorite team.
Louis Corbett made a visual "bucket list" of things... |
Achievements, General |
07/Mar/2014 |
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Education volunteer thrashes visually impaired |
A 13-year-old visually impaired student of a resource centre at Government Primary School, Surgapurai, Kotkapura, was admitted to a hospital after he was allegedly thrashed by an education... |
Discrimination, General |
07/Mar/2014 |
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Class action suit alleges POS devices in Apple stores discriminate against the visually impaired |
A new class action lawsuit against Apple alleges that the company is in violation of Title III of the Americans with Disabilities Act for not designing and providing store employees with point of... |
Discrimination, General |
06/Mar/2014 |
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Visually impaired kids stage cultural show |
In connection with Blinds Welfare Week, visually impaired kids on Wednesday staged a cultural show in the City.
The event, which also included awareness program and seminar, was hosted by Department... |
General |
06/Mar/2014 |
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Govt vehicle hits two visually impaired students |
Two visually impaired students of Post-graduate Government College, Sector 11, suffered fractures when they were knocked down by the official car of the Chief Engineer of Punjab Irrigation... |
General |
06/Mar/2014 |
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