Reaching out to the visually challenged
A voluntary group for providing reading and scribe services gathered for its inaugural meeting at the District Central Library on Sunday vowing to reach out to visually challenged students in the city.
Education and Employment
Open to Visually Impaired Now
THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: Students with visual impairment in the state will be given admission to science stream in Higher Secondary classes, from this year onwards.
Visually Challenged Players Prove Their Mettle on the Chess Board
CHENNAI: A farmer’s son from a remote village near Sathankulam in Tutikorin district won the state-level chess tournament for visually challenged children organised by Nethrodaya, a self-help institution, recently.
5 Percentage Job Reservation for Diff-abled Soon
CHENNAI: Reservation for the differently-abled in government jobs will be increased to five per cent from the present three per cent. The Bill for this has been examined by a Parliamentary Standing Committee, Lov Verma, secretary, Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment, said on Wednesday.
Theatrical Release of Algorithms on Friday
Algorithms directed by Ian McDonald is the first ever feature documentary on Blind Chess. The heart touching documentary is being released theatrically by PVR across six metros, including Kochi on August 21. It is a documentary on the thriving but little known world of Blind Chess in India.
Cairns’ Marita Cheng launches app to help blind people ‘see’
FORMER Cairns student Marita Cheng is one of the city’s best and brightest – now she is helping the world’s blind and visually impaired “see” using computer vision.
New programme that teaches blind students Math launched in Mumbai
In A world where children shy away from maths, 15-year-old Bhavya Shah stands out. He loves the subject, and, when he grows up, he wants to be a computer engineer. It’s a dream that until now would have had little chance of fulfillment.
Madras HC Asks LIC to Keep 3 Per Cent DO Posts Vacant for Differantly-abled
CHENNAI: Madras High Court has directed public sector insurance giant LIC to keep vacant three per cent of the posts in the current recruitment for Apprentice Development Officers for persons with disabilities.
Disability rehabilitation centre to come up in Udupi
Deputy Commissioner R. Vishal said on Wednesday that a District Disability Rehabilitation Centre (DDRC) would be set up on the first floor of the Indian Red Cross Society (IRCS) Bhavan here at an estimated Rs. 42 lakh.
This IIT-Delhi professor has blind people's problems in his gunsight
NEW DELHI: What if a blind person tapping his way down the street prods a ferocious dog with his white cane?
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