Derek Rabelo isn’t your average surfer. In a sport that requires agility, strength and a keen observation, Derek inspired some of the greatest surfers in the world when he conquered 'Pipeline' one of the most dangerous surfing circuits in Brazil. Derek was born with congenital glaucoma, which left him legally blind. But that didn’t stop the 20-year-old Brazilian from learning to surf when he was just three years old.
A group of students from US-based Carnegie Mellon University (CMU) are in India to conduct research projects to benefit the visually impaired under the university's summer internship programme.
For them, failure is the first step towards success. The more they falter, the stronger their willpower grows, pushing them to rise higher in life. Hoping against hope, they walk through a tunnel’s darkness only to find light at the end of it.
It is this noble thought which has inspired National Institute of Professionals (NIP), an educational centre for the blind and disabled students, to host the second edition of All Bengal Chess Competition for the Blind early on Friday morning.
A casual visit to an exhibition to while away his time in New York turned into a serious lifetime pursuit for S V Krishnan. The entrepreneur, who is using an ‘experiential entertainment hub’ at Inorbit Mall in Hi-Tech City, Hyderabad, to change lives, offers a completely immersive experience in total darkness to give sighted people an opportunity to explore the world through just four senses.
Smartphones can come in handy for blind or visually-impaired people, and researchers are working on developing a variety of different applications to assist them in tasks like walking, identifying colors and objects, and hailing cabs.
When at age 9, Marla Runyan developed Stargardt's Disease, a form of macular degeneration that left her legally blind, she promised not let the disease hold her back in life. Her doctors had very low expectations for her future, predicting that she would never get above a “C” in school, learn to drive, or go to college.
People with visual impairment now have one less hurdle to cross when applying for jobs with Indian Railways thanks to advocacy work by Eyeway.
Eyeway received reports that the Ministry of Railways officials were insisting on Disability Certificates in certain prescribed formats, and that certificates issued by medical officials were not accepted. This meant candidates were deemed ineligible to apply for positions against the Physically Handicapped quota.
Prerna 2013 - a national-level social event organized by the students of M S University's (MSU) Faculty of Technology and Engineering (FTE) is set to make a new record this year. During the two-day annual event - Prerna - the budding engineers of MSU will attempt to register a Limca Book of Records.
The record will be one of its kind in which more than 700 deaf and mute people from every caste, creed and sex will perform the Indian national anthem on the same platform in sign language.
Last date for receipt of completed application is 10.09.2013
The visually impaired are being trained by the National Association for the Blind to take up jobs as masseurs
On a quiet bend of a road near Mayfair Gardens in the Capital’s Hauz Khas area, quietly stands a building that is currently being renovated. It houses the National Association for the Blind (NAB) Centre for Blind Women and Disability Studies. A visually impaired girl sitting at the reception smartly points towards the exit when asked for the director’s room. Her smile is winning; I find my way to the designated room.
THE African premiere of a documentary that focuses on the blind chess players of India screened in the closing week of the Durban International Film Festival (Diff) and drew much interest in this community.
Algorithms was shot over three years and follows Charudatta Jadhav, a cham- pion chess player from Mumbai, who now mentors younger players and is championing their cause to become world- class blind chess players.
The State Commission for Persons with Disabilities asked Utkal University to implement 3% reservation for disabled persons in appointment of teachers, on Tuesday. Accusing the university of ignoring them, disabled persons had moved the commission. Recently, the university announced recruitment to 51 teaching posts.
Delhi University has started distributing laptops but only to students belonging to the persons-with-disability category. As many as 484 laptops have already been distributed through DU's equal opportunity cell. The ones for the general category, however, will take longer.
A NIGERIAN delegation on June 27, 2013, joined other International Negotiators at a Diplomatic Conference convened by the World Intellectual Property Organisation (WIPO) to adopt a Treaty to facilitate access to published works by Visually Impaired Persons and Persons with Print Disabilities (Beneficiary Persons).
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
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