As office spaces and waiting lounges transitioned from plastic-wired chairs to comfortable cushions over the last two decades, visually challenged Maleyappa M and two of his friends have been left in the lurch.
Tribune News Service
Shimla, January 25
Split cornea transplantation is likely to start soon at the Indira Gandhi Medical College (IGMC) and Hospital.
The order for advanced machines worth Rs 40 lakh has been placed. “Transplantation will help us give sight to four corneal blind persons instead of two from one dead donor,” said Dr Ram Lal Sharma, professor and head, Ophthalmology Department, IGMC, during a webinar on the ‘Right to Donate Eyes’ hosted by the Umang Foundation.
Indore: As a relief for the visually impaired college-goers as one of its first, Devi Ahilya Vishwavidyalaya (DAVV) is now in planning to develop educational content for them. The varsity will also be arranging for additional resources in terms of books and even audio books for the students. At present, the visually impaired college goers are primarily dependent on recordings during their classes and their classmates. While there are audio notes available. However, those are mostly arranged by Non Profit Organizations (NGOs) and not by the varsity or higher educational institutions (HEIs).
Indore: As a relief for the visually impaired college-goers as one of its first, Devi Ahilya Vishwavidyalaya (DAVV) is now in planning to develop educational content for them.
A section of aided primary school managers have claimed that 4% reservation for people with disabilities will prove to be challenge to those running single schools.
In a recent memorandum to General Education Minister V. Sivankutty, functionaries of Kerala Aided (Primary) School Managers Association (KASMA) had pointed out that the Education department had issued an order making the quota mandatory for aided schools only in November last year.
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The Composite Regional Centre for Skill Development, Rehabilitation and Empowerment of Persons with Disabilities (CRC), Kozhikode, is all set to be shifted to a new building on the premises of the Government Hospital of Dermatology from Tuesday.
CRC Kozhikode is among the 21 such institutions across the country functioning under the Department of Social Justice and Empowerment under the Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment. The Union Territory of Lakshadweep also comes under it.
The Centre has told the Supreme Court that COVID-19 inoculation guidelines issued by the Union Health Ministry do not envisage forcible vaccination without obtaining the consent of an individual.
The lockdown has caused a shortage of scribes and audio recordings of study material, leaving many visually challenged students in Tiruchi, especially those attempting competitive exams, in the lurch.
The shift to online classes and widespread closure of college campuses have together created a tough situation for visually challenged aspirants to government and banking exams.
Scientists from National Atlas and Thematic Mapping Organisation (NATMO) under the Department of Science & Technology have developed user-friendly long lasting durable Braille maps using advanced technology for visually challenged students in the country.
The digital embossing technology is a technology which eliminates the need for printing plates, moulds, chemicals, and solvents, emitting no pollutants or waste and reduces overall energy usage, said a statement from the DST here.
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