At a time when the visually impaired in the state are struggling to find a niche for themselves in the highly competitive world, a visually challenged woman from Malayattoor is making a living through content writing for multinational companies from home.

Visually impaired students have a tough time finding an efficient examination writer. This was highlighted by a recent instance of a Class IX state board student in Nerul. As the school semester exams were scheduled from Monday, the student needed an exam writer.

As the exams were scheduled for all the students, the search for writers had to be done through NGOs, social networking sites and smses.

Messages seeking help for the child were posted on networking sites and by Friday evening, the student was informed that they had found a writer.

Meghalaya High Court yesterday directed the state government to release a visually-impaired man, Lackson S Sangma, arrested along with 25 other volunteers of Garo Hills State Movement Committee (GHSMC) during a statehood demonstration last month.

Justice S R Sen, while expressing displeasure over the failure of the police to produce the victim in court today, directed the police to hand over Sangma to his guardians.

A marathon legal struggle for a level-playing field brought something to cheer about for at least 4 crore people with disabilities in India as the Supreme Court on Tuesday ruled in favour of a minimum 3 percent reservation for them in all Central and state government jobs.

Innovative solution driven by RNIB's Make Money Talk campaign is part of a wider Nationwide ATM update based on NCR APTRA(TM) software

Located at IAB campus in Madhurai, it was inaugurated by Justice D Stanley David, Sujoy Bose, Associate VP, south, Amway India

Algorithms, a documentary about blind chess players in India, won the Ram Bahadur Tamang Best Film Trophy at the 9th Film South Asia (FSA) festival in Kathmandu.

The fest cocluded here Sunday.

The documentary tells the story of three visually impaired chess players, who compete at championships around the world.

Going beyond sight and story, the documentary, produced by Geetha J., delves into the hidden realms of subjectivity.

Directed by Ian MacDonald, it was completed in three years.

Shortchanging of passengers has often led to frayed tempers on buses. But a visually impaired man hailing from Thoothukudi who staged a protest after a bus conductor shortchanged him by a rupee, ended up being thrashed by half-a-dozen policemen in Madurai on Monday.

The police and bus crew however have accused the victim E Sankarapandi (28) of causing public nuisance in a drunken  state. According to Sankarapandi, he had boarded a bus to Tirunelveli from Madurai on Monday evening. “The conductor issued me a concessional ticket for `28 instead of `27.