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Japanese Art Gallery features about 60 works of blind children |
Gallery Tom, in the quiet Shoto district of Shibuya Ward, Tokyo, recently held ‘Boku-tachi no Tsukutta Mono 2005’ (‘The things we made - 2005’) featuring about 60 works by children at schools for the... |
General |
26/Jul/2012 |
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Blind climbers scale Mount Kilimanjaro |
People who knew nothing about climbing asked them, “Why?.” People who climb themselves asked, “How?”
“It’s the exhilaration of achieving something that few people have done. We felt the same... |
Adventure and Sports |
26/Jul/2012 |
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Study finds that children are most affected by corneal blindness |
According to the latest findings of the Eye Bank Association of India, there are around 10 million blind people in the country, of which 2 million suffer from corneal blindness, with more than 60 per... |
Medical |
26/Jul/2012 |
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Blind man climbs coconut trees, dives into ponds as part of profession |
"I could climb trees from childhood. So, I thought why not take it up as a profession?” says, Sanatan Das. Climbing coconut, palm and banyan trees as high as 70-80 feet to fell them down or... |
Education and Employment |
26/Jul/2012 |
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Company offers walking tours for visually impaired client |
Waymark Holidays, one of the UK’s leading Europe walking tour companies is working with disability charity Vitalise to offer walking tours in Austria and Spain this year for visually impaired clients... |
General |
26/Jul/2012 |
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Latest innovation describes onstage action to blind theatre-goers |
Narration begins even before the lights go down, describing everything the audience sees on stage before curtain. It is automated and synchronized with sound and lighting cues, to accommodate pacing... |
Product and Technology |
26/Jul/2012 |
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A special cane for visually impaired persons |
Anandan, a daily wage earner in a confectionery-making unit in Tuticorin district of Tamil Nadu was upset when he saw a blind man falling into a pit and struggling to regain control. The incident... |
Product and Technology |
26/Jul/2012 |
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Eye problems among children in Calcutta on the increase |
Calcutta tops a list of cities with growing eye problems among children. A recently concluded survey, conducted at the behest of the Union health ministry, has revealed that vitamin A deficiency –... |
Medical |
26/Jul/2012 |
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Hein Wagner of South Africa becomes the world's fastest blind driver |
"It is absolutely an awesome feeling. It was over so fast", that’s 33-year-old Hein Wagner for you, the world's fastest blind driver. Driving a red Maserati V8 Gransport, he notched up 269 kilometres... |
Adventure and Sports |
26/Jul/2012 |
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Reserve Bank of India to release accessible currency notes |
Rupees 100 and 50 currency notes in the new 2005 series banknotes, will be printed in intaglio (in raised prints), which will enable visually impaired persons to identify them easily, announced the,... |
General |
26/Jul/2012 |
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