The Delhi High Court has formed a high-power committee under the chairmanship of an IIT Delhi professor to look into the issues concerning accessibility of financial services to visually challenged persons.
A Bench of Chief Justice Satish Chandra Sharma and Justice Subramonium Prasad granted three months to the committee to submit its status report.
Amid criticism, the Vellore Corporation will stick to its original plan of alloting one shop each for persons with disabilities, trangenders, Aavin and Tantea at the recently opened bus terminus in Vellore.
MAMALLAPURAM: As one walks down the playing hall No. 2 at the ongoing 44th Chess Olympiad here, one can’t miss Natasha Morales Santos --- Puerto Rico’s top-rated women’s player. At first glance, the 24- year old looks like any other player. But once Natasha settles down to play --- you will find she makes her moves on a braille chess board.
Hannah Alice Simon, a girl from Kochi district of Kerala has secured first rank in class 12th Board examinations in the disabled category. She is a motivational speaker, a singer, and a YouTuber. Despite her underlying condition of ‘Microphthalmia’, Hannah scored 496 out of 500 in CBSE class 12 Exam. While talking to ANI, Hannah Alice Simon said, “My parents made this choice for me when you study in a special school for 12 years you are cut off from the rest of the world.
The members of Shri Jagannath Charitable Trust of Kendrapada led by its president Daman Kumar Mohanty donated white cane (locally called Ashabadi) to some visually-impaired persons of the district who were roaming in the streets, for their daily uses.
BEd and DElEd students will be compulsorily given information about initial knowledge of Braille and Sign Language.
In this way, at least 10 thousand teachers will be trained in elementary knowledge in the entire state. In the programme organized at ICF Ashram Bhopal, Director of State Education Center Dhanraju S said that teachers from all the districts of the state and mobile resource consultants were addressing the training session of Braille script and sign language.
PUNE: A team of 10 visually impaired women aged between 18 and 25 years from Mai Balbhavan, an NGO at Dehu Road, won a gold medal at the women’s national blind Football Federation.
Six team members have been selected .. in the national team and will represent the country in the Blind Football Asian Championships to be hosted in Kochi, Kerala from November 9-20 this year.
The Social Justice and Empowerment Ministry on Thursday extended the time for feedback on its draft national policy on disability from Friday (July 15) to August 31, while activists continued to raise demands for translations into sign language and regional languages.
This was the second extension given by the Ministry’s Department of Empowerment of Persons of Disabilities (DEPwD), after a one-week extension was given from July 9 to Friday (July 15).
Though he is a disabled person, he is not dependant on others to eke out his living. He has set an example for hundreds of his ilk.
Meet visually-impaired but multi-faceted Dillip Baral, a resident of Suryapur under Bagada GP of Kendrapada block. He ekes out his living by opening a cycle repairing shop in his locality. Besides this, he has a reputation of being a good stove repairer and electronics goods mechanic. He is a popular singer in the locality too.
Kapurthala, July 5
Students of IK Gujral Punjab Technical University (IKGPTU) have developed a smart stick named ‘Saathi’ with unique features that are still not available in the market.
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