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Draft leaves many questions unanswered |
Doubts over what the government, the legislature and the new disability law drafting committee are doing about discrimination we hear from various quarters are raised every now and then. Are people... |
Policy News |
19/Jul/2012 |
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Stem cell therapy helps man regain vision |
In what was termed a first of its kind in India, doctors used stem cell therapy to restore the vision of an NRI whose condition was claimed to be irreversible by American doctors, here on Tuesday.... |
Medical |
19/Jul/2012 |
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Revolutionary bionic eye gets green signal |
A bionic eye that allows the blind to see has been approved after thorough testing.
Tests have demonstrated that the device is safe, which could mean that it eventually becomes routinely available on... |
Product and Technology |
19/Jul/2012 |
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Society has to come to terms with PwD |
Nasscom Foundation’s CEO, Rita Soni, and vice-president, research, Sagarika Bose, are optimistic that the foundation’s Persons with Disabilities (PwD) employment fair will prove to be a medium for... |
Education and Employment |
19/Jul/2012 |
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Government should commit to “inclusive education” of visually impaired children |
Participants at a day’s forum in Ho on Wednesday urged government to demonstrate commitment to “inclusive education” for children with visual impairment.
They said few children with disabilities who... |
Education and Employment |
19/Jul/2012 |
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Enabling the Disabled |
IMAGINE you are arriving late at night in Singapore. You check into one of the most modern hotels there but you are not able to get to your floor because you (being vision-impaired) can’t navigate... |
Product and Technology |
19/Jul/2012 |
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`Talking equipment' for visually challenged physiotherapists |
The Xavier's Resource Centre for the Visually Challenged (XRCVC) on Thursday launched fully accessible `talking electrotherapy physiotherapy equipment', for the visually challenged physiotherapists.... |
Product and Technology |
19/Jul/2012 |
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Web radio works wonders for the blind |
Satish Navale, the man behind the Braille Vani web radio for the visually-impaired, on Tuesday demonstrated how to plant saplings to visually impaired students in Nashik, Pune and Assam.
Braille Vani... |
General |
19/Jul/2012 |
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Winning against all obstacles |
Learning about how a sound ball works and the game of cricket be played with the specially designed ball, was a defining moment in the life of Vaishnav Mahender. Mahender, who suffers from... |
Adventure and Sports |
19/Jul/2012 |
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“When a blind man cries” |
“When a blind man cries, there is no sadder tale”, lyrics from a song by a popular American band became a reality today at the state guest house.Special rapporteur (Disabilities) of the National... |
Policy News |
19/Jul/2012 |
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