Light-sensitive cells found in the retina have been grown from mouse embryonic stem cells (ESCs) and successfully transplanted into the eyes of visually impaired mice, restoring some vision.
Although the technique as it currently stands would be unsuitable for use in humans, the development suggests that ESCs could one day provide a supply of these cells, called photoreceptors, to treat some forms of blindness.
You may be wondering why the beeping is going on at the crosswalks of three intersections in the city — but don’t be nervous, it’s just the among the latest improvements to help the visually impaired and other residents.
The Lyndhurst Audible Signal Project is complete, with new accessible pedestrian signals on Mayfield Road at the Brainard, Richmond and Winchester-Irene roads intersections.
Last date for receipt of completed application is 16.08.2013
Chandigarh Administration: Education Department
A chess championship for the blind started off here Friday, proving that the visually impaired are just as talented as the privileged and promising exciting close finishes and hitherto unseen talent.
In its second edition, the All Bengal Chess Competition for the Blind, has drawn skilled chess players from several districts of the state to prove their mettle.
The High Court on Friday vacated the stay on appointments to 20 KPSC technical and non-technical posts, the notification for which was issued by the KPSC on January 18, 2012.
A division Bench of Chief Justice D H Waghela and Justice A S Bopanna passed the order on a public interest petition filed by the National Federation for the Blind which contended that such persons were not given the benefit of reservation.
The Bench directed the authorities to continue the selection process by including reservation for the visually impaired.
Notices Ordered
The Lucknow bench of the Allahabad High Court has directed the state government to constitute a panel for monitoring and ensuring that 1% quota as provided by the rules for the visually disabled is fulfilled within six months. The court has sought an action-taken report after six months.
Fundraisers have smashed their target of raising £24,000 in 24 hours on July 24 for blind and visually-impaired families in Greenwich. SARAH TROTTER discovers more about the Great Greenwich Give campaign.
AFTER weeks of anticipation, July 24 finally arrived and the epic fundraising challenge began.
Blind 60-year-old Dr Tom Pey kicked-off proceedings by bravely scaling the colossal O2 to kickstart a 24-hour fundraising marathon for visually impaired families in Greenwich.
The XRCVC and the Tech Mahindra Foundation have announced Scholarships for the year 2013 - 2014. The XRCVC-Tech Mahindra Foundation Scholarship is a financial support for the visually challenged students pursuing higher education who meet the eligibility criteria of the scholarship.
Fun and frolic marked the district-level sports meet for differently abled persons held at Anna Stadium here on Thursday.
Nearly 250 of them took part in the meet organised by the Tiruchi-unit of Sports Development Authority of Tamil Nadu (SDAT). Collector Jayashree Muralidharan, who inaugurated the competition, said that such meets provided a platform for differently abled to showcase their skills. Taking part in sporting activities will help in overcoming stress, she said.
He talks passionately about the rights of farmers on their produce, and wants to educate them on bio-privacy. The fact that he is visually impaired, he says, has never deterred him from completing his research on intellectual property, traditional knowledge and bio-diversity.
On Thursday, 35-year-old S. Elumalai was awarded a Ph.D at the seventh convocation ceremony of Dr. Ambedkar Law University.
A consistent gold medallist in various institutions, including Madras Law College, Elumalai hails from a village near Tiruvannamalai.
Parents of three specially-abled children have made all efforts to seek admission in local schools but to no avail.
Now, the parents are demanding justice for their children (Right to study). “I approached Green Field School, Anand Vihar School and Aurobindo School (in Tulsi Nagar and Shivaji Nagar locality). The school management denied admission to my visually impaired daughter,” said Rashmi Kushwah, mother of 5-year-old Sargam.
The last date of receipt of completed application form is 19.08.2013
Imagine a young blind child, who is too weak to hold a stylus in his hand, to punch holes on a sheet while training how to write in the Braille script.
After impressing holes on the sheet from right to left, the child has to know the pattern of reading it from left to right after flipping the sheet over.
Here’s some relief for blind students in Bangalore, who have to run pillar to post looking for textbooks. Snehadeep Trust for the Blind dedicated a Braille printing press here recently for the blind in order to fill the wide deficit of Braille literature available for the visually impaired students in the city.
The printing press was inaugurated by Malay Chatterjee, chairman and managing director of Kudremukh Iron Ore Company Limited (KIOCL), and BBMP councillor Rajendra on the premises of the organisation in Cox Town.
A four-day trade fair aimed at creating awareness about technical advancements in aid, assistive and rehabilitative devices for the people with disabilities will be organised here from Thursday, an official said.
"We are organising Swavlamban, a national fair on aid and assistive devices for people with disabilities, at Pragati Maidan July 25-28," said Stuti Kacker, secretary in the department of disability affairs, Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment.
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