Since its launch in 2022–23, Project Drishti, an initiative by RC Indore Uptown, RID 3040, has screened 726 visually-impaired ­children. Of these, 28 children were identified for corrective surgeries. “We have successfully completed 21 ­surgeries, enabling the children to regain their vision. We are also working on corneal transplants for seven more children,” says PDG Sanjeev Gupta, a club member. In addition, six children received spectacles, and 15 were given low-vision devices.

Rights of Persons with Disabilities (Amendment) Rules, 2024 notified
The Rules have been notified by the Union Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment under Rights of Persons with Disabilities Act, 2016.
Key highlights of the amended Rules
Application for disability certificate: Required Documents for disability certificate include proof of identity, recent photograph (not older than six months) and Aadhaar card.

1^st ever sensory theatre for visually-challenged staged
Guwahati: A first-of-its-kind experimental theatrical performance staged at the city’s Sri Sri Madhabdev International Auditorium on Monday transported around a hundred visually-challenged audience members into a world where their senses and imagination blended, transcending physical limitations.
Meticulously tailored play for the special audience, titled “Tomar Nibir Mayare”, marked the first-ever such initiative in the northeast.

Life is a challenge,” says the old adage, but it is meant for ordinary people whose challenges come and go. It is meant to motivate ordinary people like us to move on with life. One may say that everyone has their own problems, and every person in this world faces challenges. While we all have difficulties in life and our problems may vary, these challenges are even greater for those with disabilities. People with disabilities already have the major disadvantage in their disability, but in addition, they face the same daily challenges as any other person.

Hyderabad: Soon, the city will have a park where even the  visually challenged will be able to walk in and experience  the natural surroundings on their own.