This city teacher is a Samaritan for many of his students for he gives them moral support and financial support too.
Meet V Fazlullah, a teacher in computer applications at JSS Polytechnic for Differently Abled (JSS-PDA). Fazlullah bought talking calculators for visually challenged students at the institute which has helped them immensely.
Blind people can now ride a bicycle!
Scientists have developed a bicycle that uses ultrasonic sensors to detect obstacles in the path - and it can help blind and partially sighted people live more independently.
The UltraBike, created by Harrogate-based Sound Foresight Technology, allows people with sight loss to cycle.
The bicycle has tactile buttons on each handlebar, which vibrate to let the rider know they are approaching a special barrier at the side of the specially-constructed track.
BU Braille Resource Centre
Bangalore University has set up a Braille Resource Centre as an Enabling Unit for its visually challenged students in postgraduate departments, and affiliated and autonomous colleges. This centre provides assistive technologies to educate and rehabilitate students with disabilities such as blindness and low vision.
Despite India’s attempts at inclusive education, schooling for special needs children has usually been a story of lack - of will, infrastructure and personnel. Schools, both private and government, would avoid admitting children with disability. Since the PWD Act of 1995, and the RTE Act of 2009, there has, however, been an improvement in the record of disability education, certainly in terms of its awareness and future challenges, and seeing it as a matter of right for a large section of young India.
Equipping the visually challenged with job skills is a lifetime mission for P.R. Pandi, former President of the Organisation for the Rehabilitation of the Blind in Tiruchi
Infants of blind parents learn to communicate in different ways with their parents and other sighted adults - a skill that enhances their development, a new study shows.
The findings add an unexpected twist to our understanding of how early life experiences affect the development of a baby's highly changeable brain, say researchers.
In a move that could help visually-challenged persons in customising Android-operated Tablets, DAISY Forum of India (Digital Accessible Information System) along with Delhi-based NGO Saksham and Connexus Systems, Noida, have a developed a Tablet with applications meant for such users.
Charudatta Jadhav, 45, chairman of the technology committee of DAISY Forum of India says, "Our aim is to ensure that companies selling Tablets in future are equipped with applications so that visually-challenged persons do not have to customise the product later at an additional cost."
It has been 37 years since the central government launched the National Programme for Control of Blindness (NPCB) to reduce the number of visually impaired persons in the country. As another eye donation awareness fortnight concluded on Sunday in Madurai, the target of NPCB is yet to be attained. Although Tamil Nadu, among the states and Madurai, among districts in the state, are performing fairly in eradicating blindness, ophthalmologists feel that the number of cornea donors is not enough to meet the demand.
Sprint has launched the Kyocera Kona feature phone for the visually impaired, which means it has been loaded with some very powerful text-to-speech functions. The handset is available for free after a $50 mail-in rebate with either a new line or an eligible upgrade with a service agreement of two years. As of now, the carrier is offering it through web and telesales and the device will hit the company-owned retail stores across the US on September 13.
The last date of application is 30.09.2013
University of Hull psychologist Dr Julie Castronovo's research with congenitally blind volunteers has revealed their enhanced skills in processing numerical information during tests.
The research, published in specialist journals, shows that during numerical tasks, the congenitally blind volunteers showed outstanding estimation skills - better than those of sighted volunteers.
LUDHIANA: Who could love and respect teachers more than them. Students of Vocational Rehabilitation Training Centre for Blind and Disable Children and Ek Prayas- School for Mentally Challenged Children expressed a deep sense of gratitude towards their gurus on Teachers' Day with their colourful greeting cards and dance performances.
MADURAI: They might not have sight to see the world but they certainly have vision. They might have had a dark life, but these visually impaired teachers in Madurai district have lit several lives during their lifetime. Despite their disability they have created magic in the lives of hundreds of students who now hold good positions in the society. The yesteryear students never forget their teachers, as they cared to call their teachers and wish them best on Teachers' Day on Thursday.
The last date of application is 16.09.2013
It has been four months since she went to school. Every time the 11-year-old turns up at her municipal school in Nehru Park, the principal sends her back, saying the school doesn't have special educators to teach her. The 11-year-old is a challenged child.
The last date of application is 17.09.2013
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