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Booklet lists sops for kids with disabilities |
Following a series of complaints from parents of students with disabilities, theMaharashtra Board of Secondary and Higher Secondary Education has a compiled a detailed list of concessions offered to... |
Education and Employment |
08/Oct/2013 |
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Visually impaired assaulted over Rs 1 |
Shortchanging of passengers has often led to frayed tempers on buses. But a visually impaired man hailing from Thoothukudi who staged a protest after a bus conductor shortchanged him by a rupee,... |
Discrimination |
08/Oct/2013 |
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Software provides easy access to Braille music scores |
Hiroko Oyamaguchi is volunteer transcriber who transforms musical scores into Braille, enabling visually impaired musicians to read the notes.
It can be a long process even for a 30-year veteran like... |
Achievements |
07/Oct/2013 |
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EMC India COE holds awareness drive on visual impairment |
Many employees were amazed with the skills and capabilities of the volunteers with visual impairment during the demos of these assistive aids
EMC India Center of Excellence (CoE) recently concluded... |
General |
07/Oct/2013 |
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Blind student of IIM-A says sight loss no handicap |
Having faced the tragedy of losing vision during childhood, 23-year-old Karan Singhaniya from this small town in Korba district of Chhattisgarh, realized that vision impairment has less to do with... |
Education and Employment |
07/Oct/2013 |
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No more oversight |
A chance encounter with a visually-impaired girl prompted this restaurant owner to launch a Braille menu in her restaurant
Bhavna Jain recalls the exact moment when she had a brainwave that would... |
Achievements |
07/Oct/2013 |
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Writer failed me in Zilla Parishad exam: Visually impaired girl to HC |
A visually challenged girl has knocked at the doors of the Bombay high court alleging that she was not provided with a proper writer for the written examination to fill up vacant posts in the Zilla... |
Discrimination, Education and Employment |
07/Oct/2013 |
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Visually-impaired can’t see coins ! |
With the visually impaired in the state having a hard time distinguishing the recently issued Re 1, Re 2, Re 5 and 50 paise coins, the Kerala chapter of Daisy Forum of India, an NGO involved in... |
Discrimination |
07/Oct/2013 |
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Smartphones help the visually impaired navigate their daily lives |
Modern smartphones, such as the iPhone and Android devices, have made it easy for the visually impaired to interact with the world and have made their daily lives easier and more independent. Early... |
Product and Technology |
01/Oct/2013 |
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LVPEI, Microsoft launch mobility, sensory stimulation park in Vijayawada |
‘Experience to improve mental abilities of visually-challenged’
The L V Prasad Eye Institute (LVPEI) and Microsoft India Development Centre (MSIDC) on Friday jointly launched a new initiative to... |
Science & technology |
30/Sep/2013 |
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