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An arena of accessibility |
CHENNAI: On a sunny Friday noon, echoes of drilling and hammering envelopes the rather quiet premises of State Commissionerate for Welfare of the Differently Abled on Kamarajar Salai, overlooking the... |
General |
24/Mar/2022 |
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Disabled persons audit two new stations of Chennai Metro Rail, find accessibility issues continue |
Access audit was conducted at Tiruvottiyur Theradi and Wimco Nagar depot stations by persons with disability
Lack of warning strips in tactile tiles, reflective and slippery flooring, gaps between... |
General |
23/Mar/2022 |
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Children’s magazine ‘Thumbi’ brings out braille stories for visually-impaired readers in Tamil Nadu and Sri Lanka |
Stories from Thumbi, a bilingual children’s magazine, are now available in braille, and will be distributed at 60 schools for the visually-impaired in Tamil Nadu and Sri Lanka
Can visually-impaired... |
General |
21/Mar/2022 |
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AICB to open its South Indian headquarters in Hyderabad |
Hyderabad, March 2022……All India Confederation of the Blind (AICB) is a body of blind persons working for and with the blind community to open its South Indian headquarters at Hyderabad. AICB, the 42... |
General |
17/Mar/2022 |
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AI-Enabled Smart Glasses Help the Blind and Visually Impaired |
Envision is optimizing AI technology to help the visually challenged.
Assistive technology company Envision has unveiled its latest version of Smart Glasses to help those with no or low vision see... |
General, Product and Technology |
16/Mar/2022 |
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Reading Room For Visually Impaired: Rama Devi Women’s University Receives Funds From Alumni |
Bhubaneswar: Mo College Abhijan received a contribution of rupees one lakh for the construction of an IT aided reading room for visually impaired students at Ramadevi Women’s University Bhubaneswar.... |
General |
09/Mar/2022 |
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Anubrata arranged for the blind people to be tested at Birbhumi |
Blind candidates appeared for the secondary examination. But when you come to take the exam, you know there is no writer. The test becomes inconclusive. In the end, with the support of Trinamool... |
General |
09/Mar/2022 |
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Disability rights activists gift Braille script literature to JU |
Jammu, Mar 6 (PTI) Disability rights activist Sandhya Dhar on Sunday gifted a Braille script literature to the University of Jammu for the dissemination of valuable information among the visually-... |
General |
07/Mar/2022 |
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Blind officers in Karnataka struggle to read files as govt disregards key proposal |
For visually challenged people who struggle for decades to get reservations in government jobs, inclusion at the workplace remains a far cry as the state government has neglected recommendations to... |
General |
04/Mar/2022 |
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College students now job-ready with skill training by NRCCD |
NR Centre for Community Development (NRCCD), an initiative by NR Foundation, recently conducted employability skill training for the students of Maharani’s College here, a three-month tailoring... |
Accessibility, General |
03/Mar/2022 |
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