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China offers college entrance exam in Braille

Tue, 04/22/2014 - 12:03 -- nikita.jain

Chinese students will be able to sit for the college entrance exam in Braille, the ministry of education has announced.

Human Rights Watch described this week’s directive as an important breakthrough after years of campaigning by disability rights advocates in China, where educational and employment discrimnation are rife.

While a few blind students have studied at university, the vast majority have been effectively barred from higher education because there was no provision for them.

Digital Braille: Helping the visually impaired get digital

Tue, 04/22/2014 - 11:02 -- nikita.jain

Who knew a trip to a blind school would have the potential of completely changing the future of blind technology.
 
When 23 year old Rakshith visited an institution for the blind in his city of Bangalore,he was shocked at how difficult learning was for the visually impaired, specially the beginners for whom each lesson was torturous.
 

Telephone Operator Gr. II

Mon, 04/21/2014 - 15:16 -- geeta.nair
Ministry of Defence
Heavy Alloy Penetrator Project
Tiruchirapalli-620025
Highlights of the advertisement are given below, for further information and application format, kindly refer to the Employment News dated 19 April 2014, page no. 14
The last date of application is: 09.05.2014
Applications are invited from Indian National to fill up the following vacancies of industrial establishment at Heavy Alloy Penetrator Project, Tiruchirapalli-620025, Tamilnadu state.
Post: Telephone Operator Gr. II

Dropping a holiday bombshell on people with disability shows poor judgment

Mon, 04/21/2014 - 14:32 -- nikita.jain

Kevin Andrews chose Easter to reveal that thousands of Australians were likely to face reassessments of pensions – a worrying announcement for vulnerable people

Readers will no doubt be familiar with the Kinder Surprise phenomenon. A marketing wunderkinds slant on the Easter egg, the Kinder Surprise is often placed strategically in check outs within toddler reach, and the attraction more often lies with the plastic toy inside it, rather than the promised calcium-rich chocolate hit.

Blind cricket struggles for recognition in India

Mon, 04/21/2014 - 11:48 -- nikita.jain

Despite recent successes, including winning the T20 World Cup, visually impaired players are not getting the backing that could turn them into professionals
 
Shekhar Naik, India's visually-impaired cricket captain, defends a ball, Bangalore, April 12, 2014
Shekhar Naik:" If the BCCI recognise us, we could get more sponsors. We have 40,000 blind cricketers right now and given some help it could double, even triple". 
 

Ballot paper in Braille to help blind persons cast their vote

Tue, 04/15/2014 - 16:12 -- nikita.jain


When contacted, Deputy District Election Officer Apurva Wankhede said that ballot papers in Braille have in fact been printed and given to polling staff at each booth.

"As far as possible I try not to take anyone's help while casting my vote," says 47-year-old Balaji Khot from Nigdi. Totally blind, Balaji travels daily from Nigdi to Pune railway station to sell chikkis for a
living.

London Marathon 2014: Ilford man running 30th marathon with visually-impaired Paralympian

Mon, 04/14/2014 - 14:29 -- nikita.jain

For many people, one marathon is enough, but Harmander Singh is running his 30th consecutive London Marathon.

Harmander, 54, runs with Ilford group Sikhs in the City and trained the world’s oldest marathon runner, Fauja Singh, the 101, for the 2012 race.

This year he has worked with Louise Simpson, who was born blind and is raising money for visually-impaired children’s charity VICTA.

She competed in the London 2012 Paralympics, reaching the goalball quarter finals, and has set herself a new challenge.

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