THRISSUR:Transport Minister Thiruvanchoor Radhakrishnan visited Thrissur KSRTC stand on Friday, where a bus had rammed into two blind cricketers based out of Palakkad, killing them in the process, on 14th Sunday.
KOCHI: At a time when open water swimming has turned out to be a daunting challenge for many of us, a vision impaired 12-year-old student has set a unique record by swimming across the Periyar river in the presence of hundreds of cheering crowds.
Closing date for On-line Registration: 24.06.2015
THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: People with disability can now take the help of a scribe, a person to read out aloud or a lab assistant, to help write exams. The decision was shared in a press statement issued from the office of Social Justice Minister M K Muneer.
A new device that allows blind people to process visual images with their tongues can help them identify location, shape and size of various objects.
NEW DELHI: Candidates suffering from blindness, locomotor disability and cerebral palsy can use scribes to write civil services preliminary and main examination, the Union Public Service Commission (UPSC) has said.
In an effort to create skilled workforce by providing necessary supports, visually impaired students were given PABX and call centre training aiming to involve them in mainstream of development to ensure their normal life, reports BSS.
Last Date for Online Registration 20.07.2015
Last Date for Online Registration 07.07.2015
A total of 356 blind and visually impaired students at St. Oda Primary and secondary School for the Blind – Gem District, Siaya County will benefit from assistive learning technologies through an initiative dubbed “Computer Labs for the Blind” courtesy of a partnership between InAble, AccessKenya, and the Rockefeller Foundation.
He may be visually impaired, but this ain’t a disability for Umesh Lubana of Himachal Pradesh University, who qualified the University Grants Commission’s National EligibilityTest (NET) for lectureship in Political Science in his first attempt this year.
Last date for receipt of application: 25.06.2015
Reserve Bank of India
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It is a common perception that visual impairment, like any other form of disability, is a major cause of despair among the affected persons. A joint study by the PGI and Panjab University (PU), however, has defied this perception — finding that most visually impaired youths, at least in Chandigarh, are satisfied with their overall health and are able to relish parties and movies with the support of families and friends.
K C EDUCATION TRUST Offer financial assistance by way of hostel fees, academic fees to visually impaired students pursuing under graduate courses at universities in India. Applications should be made through college principals where these students are studying or expecting to be admitted.
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