|
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 |
|
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 |
|
`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 |
|
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 |
|
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 |
|
“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 |
|
Banks disable the visually impaired |
If you're visually challenged, you can certainly play the piano, but you can't get money out of most ATM machines in hi-tech Bangalore.
It is surprising that though ATM facilities are widely... |
General |
19/Jul/2012 |
|
Making music against all odds |
The band, Black, performed on Saturday at a charity event at Sri Satya Sai Nigamagamam. All 13 members of the band are visually impaired and while a few of them have learned music on their own,... |
General |
19/Jul/2012 |
|
Enabling the Disabled |
The centre of attraction in a noisy lobby of Hotel Geeth in the city is a vivacious woman deep in conversation with 10 people at the same time. With a smile and a few words of encouragement, she,... |
General |
19/Jul/2012 |
|
Our Ability: Web Portal for People With Disabilities |
When I was 16 years old, I had no person with a physical disability that I could look up to as a mentor. My heroes were Bob Costas, Dick Stockton and other Syracuse University broadcasters. All able... |
General |
19/Jul/2012 |
Facebook comments