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New teachers must have knowledge of Braille

Mon, 07/25/2022 - 11:17 -- geeta.nair

BEd and DElEd students will be compulsorily given information about initial knowledge of Braille and Sign Language.

In this way, at least 10 thousand teachers will be trained in elementary knowledge in the entire state. In the programme organized at ICF Ashram Bhopal, Director of State Education Center Dhanraju S said that teachers from all the districts of the state and mobile resource consultants were addressing the training session of Braille script and sign language.

Six Pune women selected to play in Blind Football Asian Championship

Tue, 07/19/2022 - 12:31 -- geeta.nair

PUNE: A team of 10 visually impaired women aged between 18  and 25 years from Mai Balbhavan, an NGO at Dehu Road, won a gold medal at the women’s national blind Football Federation.
Six team members have been selected .. in the national team and will represent the country in the  Blind Football Asian Championships to be hosted in Kochi, Kerala from November 9-20 this year.

Ministry extends consultation period for draft disability policy again

Fri, 07/15/2022 - 10:47 -- geeta.nair

The Social Justice and Empowerment Ministry on Thursday extended the time for feedback on its draft national policy on disability from Friday (July 15) to August 31, while activists continued to raise demands for translations into sign language and regional languages.
This was the second extension given by the Ministry’s Department of Empowerment of Persons of Disabilities (DEPwD), after a one-week extension was given from July 9 to Friday (July 15).

K'pada blind cycle mechanic performs host of jobs

Wed, 07/13/2022 - 10:07 -- geeta.nair

Though he is a disabled person, he is not dependant on others to eke out his living. He has set an example for hundreds of his ilk.

Meet visually-impaired but multi-faceted Dillip Baral, a resident of Suryapur under Bagada GP of Kendrapada block. He ekes out his living by opening a cycle repairing shop in his locality. Besides this, he has a reputation of being a good stove repairer and electronics  goods mechanic. He is a popular singer in the locality too.

Visually impaired students have difficulty in finding scribes

Thu, 06/30/2022 - 10:44 -- geeta.nair

Sometimes they end up having too many volunteers

Visually impaired college students struggle to find scribes to help them write their exams. A fortnight ago a message was doing the rounds in social media appealing for scribes. The appeal had come from a city college which has nearly 100 blind students in the undergraduate programme.

Braile signages at Lokmanya Tilak Terminus and Thane stations - Divyangjan friendly facilities at Central Railway stations

Wed, 06/29/2022 - 10:45 -- geeta.nair

Central Railway is the pioneer railway system on Indian Railways and has been committed to provide a safe and comfortable journey to its countless passengers in general and Divyangjan in particular. It has always been at the forefront in providing Divyangjan-friendly amenities at its railway stations.

Online singing contest for visually impaired

Tue, 06/28/2022 - 11:01 -- geeta.nair

Tribune News Service

Jalandhar, June 27

An online singing contest for the visually impaired titled ‘The Voice of Saksham’ was organised by NGO Saksham with the support of Canara Bank here on Monday.

The contest marked the birthday of Helen Keller, an American author, who suffered from hearing and visual disabilities. Youth from Punjab, Haryana and Himachal Pradesh participated in this competition.
 

World Music Day: No sight, but enlightening everyone with his voice and vision

Thu, 06/23/2022 - 10:36 -- geeta.nair

Sangeet mein itni ekagrata chahiye, ki jo dekh skta hai vo bhi aankhein band krke hi gaata hai, toh mujhe toh pehle se hi ye takat mili hai (music needs such dedication and concentration that the one who can see also sings with his eyes closed, and I have it by default), says Dr Prem Sagar (55), a music lecturer who is visually impaired and has been into teaching profession since 30 years. On World Music Day, he shares his story of finding solace in music.

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