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India's mobile school for blind students puts empowerment on the curriculum |
Braille Without Borders uses a converted rickshaw to take a computer, printer and white canes to educate those most in need
In Trivandrum, Kerala, when blind children cannot go to school, school goes... |
Education and Employment |
29/Aug/2013 |
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A battle with preventable blindness |
G. Vasudharini (17) should have started college this year but has just been admitted to class VIII. She lost five years of schooling to preventable blindness.
Vasudharini’s parents are first cousins... |
Medical |
29/Aug/2013 |
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Indo-Pak blind series next year |
ISLAMABAD, Aug 28 (APP): Pakistan Blind Cricket Council (PBCC) Wednesday said Pakistan-India series will be staged here next year to improve the cricketing-ties between both the countries. Talking to... |
Adventure and Sports |
29/Aug/2013 |
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A Hybrid Braille Font Lets Visually Impaired Kids Read Any Book |
To make kids living with visual impairments able to share the same experiences as their friends and peers, a new series of children's books was created. The Storybook For All Eyes each feature a... |
Product and Technology |
29/Aug/2013 |
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Keep an ‘eye’ on the demand |
More than three million people are waiting for corneal transplants in India, while only about 50,000 corneal donations are made in the country, said K. Bhujang Shetty, chairperson of Narayana... |
Medical |
28/Aug/2013 |
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Using Beijing's Tactile Paving Is "Practically Suicide" |
Beijing has the longest tactile paving for the vision impaired among all the cities in the world. In theory, they are a great idea to facilitate mobility for the vision impaired, but in reality few... |
General |
28/Aug/2013 |
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Crowdsourcing app MySmartEye helps visually-impaired 'see' |
Summary: The visually-impaired can find out what's in front of them by snapping a picture, where a global network of volunteers can then key in their comments, which are read out over the blind user'... |
Science & technology |
28/Aug/2013 |
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Odisha: Painting Competition for School Children held to Promote Eye Donation Awareness |
Nearly half the world’s blind are in India. Of the 15 million blind in India, 25% are corneal blind and again of this 60% are children below the age of 12 years. These children have a long dark life... |
General |
27/Aug/2013 |
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Banglabraille brightens prospects for blind students |
A social networking group has stepped forward to help visually impaired students in Bangladesh through its unique efforts.
When school students in Bangladesh returned to their classes in January,... |
General |
27/Aug/2013 |
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The device that could change life for the visually impaired |
For the visually impaired, the supermarket can be a daunting place to visit.
Buying groceries is not an easy task when you have trouble seeing.
But for people like Liat Negris, life is about to... |
Product and Technology |
27/Aug/2013 |
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