Monuments like Aga Khan palace, Shaniwarwada, and Raigad fort will be among the first to have ramps, wheelchairs and information boards in Braille. They will become barrier-free allowing the disabled to access them, according to an Archaeological Survey of India (ASI) plan.
Around 800 differently-abled students of Delhi University are feeling forlorn and forsaken. Since early March, when a girl student with loco-motor disability, was hit by a speeding bike while crossing the road near the central library in North Campus, a feeling of willful neglect by the university authorities has grown among these students.
A division bench of Rajasthan High Court has taken cognizance of a PIL seeking a directive to the state government to provide appropriate facilities and basic amenities to visually impaired persons in state's public libraries, computer training institutes etc.
Children with disabilities often get bullied and teased by their peers and this takes shape on their identity especially in adolescence. Nazneen Aibara stresses on how important it is for regular teachers and special educators to go beyond the curriculum and spare an extra moment with a student with special needs about just how unique their talents are.
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Five volumes of Satyajit Ray's ‘Feluda’ detective series along with R K Narayan's ‘The Malgudi Days’ were launched on Braille for the blind here on Saturday.
My prolonged illness took away my eyesight forever. But it was not my biggest challenge," shares Ajit Kumar Yadav, who recently received appointment letter for the Indian Administrative Services (IAS).
Even after securing a rank of 208 among 791 successful candidates in the Civil Services examination, Ajit was denied an IAS appointment due to his blindness.
But he was not deterred by this.
He fought a three-year legal struggle to get his rightful place.
Ajit lost his vision completely at the tender age of five after suffering from acute diarrhoea.
A line of diners, holding on to the shoulders of the person in front of them, enters the pitch dark hall at Nepal's first blind restaurant, which treats guests to food they can smell, touch and taste but not see.
The 16-seat dining room has been heavily curtained from ceiling to floor in black, and the guests grope their way to the table, guided deftly by the waiters -- all of whom are visually impaired.
Cheshire Disability Trust (CDT) which is working for the upliftment of the differently-abled through moral support has announced its key runners for the ‘TCS World 10K Majja Run’� scheduled to be held at Kanteerava Stadium on May 27.
The team titled ‘Runability’ consists of 50 members, many of whom are young people with disabilities, spreading awareness about ‘Equal Opportunities for Persons with Disability’ and also raising funds for CDT.
The ayes have it, the ayes have it, the ayes have it. This simple phrase, which ended the proceedings of the Lok Sabha on May 22 marked a momentous day for the estimated 40 million persons with print disabilities in India. At 2.34 pm, the Copyright (Amendment) Bill 2012 was passed by the Lok Sabha — it had earlier been passed by the Rajya Sabha — thereby ensuring that people with print disabilities can exercise their right to knowledge on an equal footing with others.
About 2,000 people did step aerobics in front of Taipei City Hall yesterday to express support for visually impaired children in developing countries.
The participants wore blue and green T-shirts with a picture of an eye printed on them and made an 80m-long formation in the shape of Taiwan’s tallest building — Taipei 101 — in the plaza in front of Taipei City Hall.
After a countdown, the crowd busted out aerobic moves and started stepping on their step platforms to the music until they symbolically reached “1,001” steps.
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