Seven players from Gujarat have been selected as part of the Indian Cricket team for Blind for the World Cup Tournament 2014 in South Africa to be held in November. Gujarat has the largest representation in the Indian team of 17.

Director Krish Joshi of Parapancha is elated as he has managed to bring Ravindra Jain, music composer, lyricist and a playback singer, to Sandalwood.

Jain, who was born visually impaired, started of his career in the early 70s.
After Raj Kapoor gave him his first break, he went on to compose tunes for Ram Teri Ganga Maili and a couple of other films directed by Rajkapoor's son Randhir Kapoor.

Jain has rendered music to many films under Rajshri Productions' for almost a decade.

Tactile tiles, which are virtually the guiding lights for the visually-impaired, are hardly of any use to them in the Capital. Sometimes they end up leading into drains, as outside the power station adjoining Delhi Secretariat; at other places they lead into obstacles like trees, poles or even a wall. This is so because while placing them is mandated under the civic and building guidelines, the sensitivity needed for such work is missing.

Brenden Borrellini was born completely deaf and with limited sight that developed into complete blindness. His disability presented many obstacles for him growing up but with a lot of hard work and help from the Special Education Unit at the Cavendish Road State School in Brisbane, he became the first deaf and blind student to finish his high school education and to attend University.
 
In 1989 he was nationally recognised and won the young Australian of the Year award for his academic achievements. But Brenden didn't stop there.

The landscape works of art highlight the grandeur of the world through fine art print making.

‘Echoes Around The World’ is brought to life with etchings, photos intaglio, collagraphs, dry point etchings and monoprints.

The artist, who is visually impaired, has been inspired and influenced by the natural world, colours and textures after having travelled around Africa, India, China and Peru.

After facing the ire of the Delhi High Court, the Directorate of Education (DoE) on Monday issued a notice to all unaided private schools of Delhi to recruit special educators and make their schools premises barrier-free so as to provide movement and access to the children with disabilities. The notice has been issued by the directorate following a mandate by the High Court asking for a compliance report at the earliest.