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Blind teachers struggle without course recognition |
They have qualified under the special B.Ed degree category but are not considered for jobs
Visually-impaired teachers are waging a difficult battle.
They may have qualified under the special B.Ed... |
Discrimination, Education and Employment |
22/Oct/2013 |
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Union budgets since 2008 show India spends 0.0009% of its GDP on disability |
Nilesh Singit, 43, completed his Master’s degree in Literature from Mumbai university in 1993 and a course in information technology soon after, and thought he was ready for the job market. Responses... |
Policy News |
22/Oct/2013 |
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Special Education: Does India really give it enough importance? |
Special education in layman's terms is the education of students with special needs in a way that takes into consideration the child's particular needs and understands their limitations. Within this... |
Education and Employment |
21/Oct/2013 |
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Making light of dark stuff |
'I am a Kannadiga from Bangalore," Sundeep Rao tells an audience full of Tamilians in Coimbatore. Then he bends over and makes a show of hiding his bottle of water from the room. Even though Rao's... |
Achievements |
21/Oct/2013 |
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A menu that speaks for itself: Blind entrepreneur launches app to revolutionise eating out for Britain's visually impaired |
A blind entrepreneur has launched a new app to revolutionise the way Britain's 1.5 million visually impaired people eat out in the country's restaurants. Matthew Wadsworth created the Good Food Talks... |
Product and Technology |
21/Oct/2013 |
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A vision for the visually impaired |
The year 2007 was a significant year for theatre artist Aneesha Madhok when she questioned her parents for the first time. Through her debut play, Aliza Free that will be staged on October 23, she... |
General |
21/Oct/2013 |
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Light from the shadows |
Fifteen visually impaired students of the city collaborate with Korean artist Lee Jinjoon to create an installation for the ongoing IIC Experience festival.
Whenever Lee Jinjoon thinks of India,... |
General |
18/Oct/2013 |
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Blind athlete molested by autorickshaw driver |
A visually impaired athlete who had participated in national level para sports meet was sexually harassed by an autorickshaw driver in Old City area on Wednesday. The 23-year-old athlete had gone to... |
Discrimination |
18/Oct/2013 |
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Abraham Nemeth, Creator of a Braille Code for Math, Is Dead at 94 |
Abraham Nemeth, whose frustrations in pursuing an academic career in math prompted him to develop the Nemeth Code, a form of Braille that greatly improved the ability of visually impaired people to... |
General |
18/Oct/2013 |
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Rs 3,000 CR For New Disability Projects Again |
While projects worth Rs 1800-crore in the 11th Five-Year Plan meant for the welfare of the physically challenged have not been started yet, the Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment (SJE) has... |
Policy News |
18/Oct/2013 |
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