Pune: Breaking stereotypes, two visually-challenged youngsters from Pune have achieved their dream of becoming radio jockeys (RJs).
Divya Thorat (19) and Priyanka and Priyanka Gaikwad (24), students of NFBM Jagriti School For Blind Girls, Alandi, were the only ones to be selected from the state by Radio Udaan, an inclusive online radio station for people with disabilities, through a voice test in February.
CHIMPU, 28 Mar: Forty hearing impaired and visually impaired students of Class 7-10 are participating in a two-day workshop on doormat making for persons with disabilities, which got underway at the Donyi Polo Mission School for the Hearing and Visually Impaired (DPMSHVI) here on Monday.
The workshop is being organised by the union culture ministry’s North East Zone Cultural Centre (NEZCC), in collaboration with the state’s art & culture department.
Bhubaneswar (Odisha) [India], March 29 (ANI): 20th National Para Athletics Championship began at the Kalinga Stadium in Bhubaneswar on Monday.
For the first time, 25 per cent of women players are participating. This event will help in grooming new talent for games like the Asian Para Games,” said the President, Paralympic Committee of India.
The three-day event will run from March 28 to March 31 and will witness 1200 athletes representing different states, with a record number of women on the roster.
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 Marina Beach. An accessible ramp leads me into the portion of the building that houses the Museum of Possibilities. Funded by the government of Tamil Nadu and managed by Vidya Sagar, the 2,500-sq-ft space is in its final stages of completion and is yet to be officially inaugurated.
Lack of warning strips in tactile tiles, reflective and slippery flooring, gaps between trains and platforms, the long list of accessibility issues in Chennai Metro Rail remains alive several years after the launch of the service. In an access audit conducted on Tuesday at two new stations — Tiruvottiyur Theradi and Wimco Nagar depot which were recently opened in phase I extension project — persons with disability found most issues they had earlier flagged persist.
Can visually-impaired children experience the vibrant world of picture books? Nearly ten years ago, when he was yet to start Thumbi, a bilingual, monthly children’s magazine, Sivaraj dwelled on this thought during a conversation with children’s author, the late Vaandu Mama.
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 years old body is made up of various state level associations / organizations, starting from the grass root level. It has 24 affiliates across the country.
A small new office is a rented office in Babukhan Estate, Basheerbagh. It will be formally inaugurated on 19th March Saturday.
Envision is optimizing AI technology to help the visually challenged.
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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.
The contribution was made by Shyamali Mohapatra (current Registrar of the varsity) who handed over the cheque to the Chairperson Akash Dasnayak at the Mo College Abhijan office on behalf of her mother Binodini Mohapatra.
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