The District Disability Rehabilitation Centre of Mysore has organised a comprehensive rehabilitation camp for differently-abled on May 1 and 2 between 9 am to 6 pm at the Government School for the Blind, School for Deaf and Dumb of Tilak Nagar, said deputy commissioner P S Vastrad.
‘I kind of floated through my sex life prior to disability. I had relationships; I had sex; I had crushes; I loved...sexual possibility seemed limitless. And then came disability.' *Quotations from blogger Wheelchair Dancer on http://cripwheels.blogspot.in/
Would you date someone who can't see?
Can sex with an amputee be sexy?
Is it really rape if the woman has a mental disability and doesn't ‘know' what's going on?
The Delhi High Court Wednesday directed the Institute of Chartered Accountants of India (ICAI) to relax the guidelines for disabled students appearing in exams conducted by it.
The division bench of Acting Chief Justice A.K. Sikri and Justice R.S. Endlaw told the institute conducting the exam to allow a relative of every disabled student to act as a writer for him or her.
The trend of plastic money has caught on with the visually-challenged youths of the City. They staged a demonstration here on Monday against non-issuance of Automated Teller Machine (ATM) cards to them by commercial banks.
They protested policies of commercial banks that deprive them of their basic banking rights. Banks across the country not only issue ATM cards but also make the machines accessible, enabling the visually-challenged customers to operate them independently, they argued.
Denise Delatoba of Gautier is the type of patient helped by the nonprofit Community Services for Vision Rehabilitation.
Delatoba, 49, woke up one morning unable to see out of her left eye, she said. An orange-sized tumor in her brain had pressed on her optic nerve and severely impaired her vision, she said.
Her right eye also was affected by the tumor, which has been removed, she said.
With the summer pool season approaching, a battle is brewing between advocates for disabled Americans and hotel owners over how to make public swimming pools more accessible to people with disabilities.
At the center of the dispute is a new regulation that requires hotels and recreation centers that operate public pools and spas to install or order permanent lifts — costing between $2,500 and $6,500 each, plus installation — by May 21. The requirement also can be satisfied by pool ramps, which are much more expensive.
A grant will help future generations of those with sight problems to "read" this newspaper.
Wells Talking Newspapers is an initiative to help the blind and partially-sighted to enjoy their Wells Journal every week.
Spokesman David Read explained how it has been running successfully since 1978 but it has now had a very modern update.
"The service is sent out every Friday to some 40 local residents on electronic tape via the Post Office who undertake this at no cost," he said.
In a move aimed at benefiting the differently-abled people, the Tamil Nadu government plans to amend the Urban Local Bodies Acts to exempt them from paying professional tax.
Tamil Nadu Minister for Municipal Administration and Rural Development K P Munusamy today introduced in the Assembly a bill to amend the laws relating to municipal corporations and municipalities in the state.
Mention footpath and our cup of collective cynicism runneth over. Yet Corporation of Chennai (CoC) seems determined to prove us wrong. CoC has identified 60 bus route roads in the city and around 170 km in the newly-added areas to upgrade street facilities to world class standards.
Sceptical? Anecdotally, 80 per cent of our footpaths have no real encroachments. They are just badly designed and maintained and can be set right. 10 per cent have obstacles that can be removed and the rest have serious encroachments. Is 90 per cent a good start?
Greenville County Council has scheduled a public forum for today to gather input on issues surrounding the operations of the county’s Disabilities and Special Needs Board.
The meeting will begin at 6:30 p.m. in council chambers at County Square at 301 University Ridge.
The forum was called after complaints from families of clients who receive services from the board.
“The public is encouraged to attend and participate in this forum,” County Council Chairman Butch Kirven said.
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