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Visually impaired assaulted over Rs 1

Tue, 10/08/2013 - 10:48 -- deepti.gahrotra

Shortchanging of passengers has often led to frayed tempers on buses. But a visually impaired man hailing from Thoothukudi who staged a protest after a bus conductor shortchanged him by a rupee, ended up being thrashed by half-a-dozen policemen in Madurai on Monday.

The police and bus crew however have accused the victim E Sankarapandi (28) of causing public nuisance in a drunken  state. According to Sankarapandi, he had boarded a bus to Tirunelveli from Madurai on Monday evening. “The conductor issued me a concessional ticket for `28 instead of `27.

Lower Division Clerk and Telephone Operator

Mon, 10/07/2013 - 17:01 -- geeta.nair
HQ  Base Workshop EME
Corps of Electronics and Mechanical Engineers 
Highlights of the advertisement are given below, for further information and application format, kindly refer to the Employment News dated 28 September 2013, page no. 8
The last date of application is  01.11.2013
 
Last date for receipt of application from candidates residing in far flung areas: 08.11.2013
Direct recruitment in Group C posts in the Corps of Electronics and Mechanical  Engieers. 

Software provides easy access to Braille music scores

Mon, 10/07/2013 - 11:29 -- deepti.gahrotra

Hiroko Oyamaguchi is volunteer transcriber who transforms musical scores into Braille, enabling visually impaired musicians to read the notes.

It can be a long process even for a 30-year veteran like Oyamaguchi, 62, who says a complicated piece of Debussy music can take her up to a month to complete.
That all began to change in 2006.

EMC India COE holds awareness drive on visual impairment

Mon, 10/07/2013 - 11:25 -- deepti.gahrotra

Many employees were amazed with the skills and capabilities of the volunteers with visual impairment during the demos of these assistive aids

EMC India Center of Excellence (CoE) recently concluded an awareness workshop for its employees on assistive technologies for visually impaired individuals at its Bangalore campus.
The program targeted to create awareness and sensitize managers, hiring leads, leadership and other teams on visual impairment and how assistive technologies can help a person with visual impairment function successfully at work.

Blind student of IIM-A says sight loss no handicap

Mon, 10/07/2013 - 11:23 -- deepti.gahrotra

Having faced the tragedy of losing vision during childhood, 23-year-old Karan Singhaniya from this small town in Korba district of Chhattisgarh, realized that vision impairment has less to do with the eyes and more to do with the brain and thoughts. He is the first 100% visually impaired student at the prestigious Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad (IIM-A).

Writer failed me in Zilla Parishad exam: Visually impaired girl to HC

Mon, 10/07/2013 - 11:18 -- deepti.gahrotra

A visually challenged girl has knocked at the doors of the Bombay high court alleging that she was not provided with a proper writer for the written examination to fill up vacant posts in the Zilla Parishad in the Thane district.

Prachi Shrisikar, who has lost 80 per cent of her vision, had written a letter to the HC, which was converted into a suo motu (on its own) writ petition by chief justice Mohit Shah.

During the hearing on Thursday, a division bench of the chief justice and justice MS Sanklecha sought a response from the Thane Zilla Parishad by October 9.

Visually-impaired can’t see coins !

Mon, 10/07/2013 - 11:16 -- deepti.gahrotra

With the visually impaired in the state having a hard time distinguishing the recently issued  Re 1, Re 2, Re 5 and 50 paise  coins, the Kerala chapter of  Daisy Forum of India, an NGO involved in production of books and reading material in blind accessible format, has submitted a memorandum to the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) to issue Braille-friendly notes and coins.

The NGO complains the visually impaired, who want to lead independent lives, are forced to depend on others to tell the coins apart.

Helper and Safaiwala

Fri, 10/04/2013 - 15:49 -- geeta.nair
South Western Railway (SWR)
Railway Recruitment Cell
Divisional Office Compound,
Hubli-580 020
Employment Notification No. 02/2013
Highlights of the advertisement are given below, for complete details visit www.rrchubli.in. or refer to the Emloyment News dated 28 September 2013, page no. 2
The last date of application is  28.10.2013
 
Last date for receipt of application from candidates residing in far flung areas: 12.11.2013

Economic Officer, Public Prosecutor and Assistant Professor

Thu, 10/03/2013 - 15:52 -- geeta.nair
Union Public Service Commission (UPSC)
Advt.No. 14/2013
Highlights of the advertisement are given below, for complete details visit http://www.upsconline.nic.in or refer to the Emloyment News dated 28 September 2013, page no. 31
Important dates: 
 
CLOSING DATE FOR SUBMISSION OF ONLINE RECRUITMENT APPLICATION (ORA) THROUGH ORA WEBSITE IS 23:59 HRS ON 17.10.2013
 

Should marriage between disabled and non disabled be Incentivised?

This Blogpost is written by Ms. Shabina Bano, Reasearch Officer at Score Foundation. The views expressed here in are her own. 

The need for marriage or a relationship is one of the basic and most important needs of people with and without disability. People with disability may also have a desire to have companionship and want to raise a family.

"End the 'Book Famine' with better technology, attitudes and copyright law"

 

 
The author is an Indian student, who has passed his class 12th this year with a 96% in Science from CBSE. He is shortly off to Stanford University to pursue a bachelor's in Computer Science. He recently wrote a Perspective Article for the State of Worlds Children 2013 : Children with Disabilities Report. He is also a client of Eyeway. 

Ideas for Orissa

We at Score Foundation are on the verge of launching Eyeway, the single stop knowledge resource on life with blindness in the State of Orissa.
Towards this end, we have conducted 4 two day workshops at Cuttack, Bhubaneshwar, Chandbani and Sambalpur. An average of 20 blind boys and girls attended these workshops where in we were focusing on goal setting, communication skills and the legal provisions.

These workshops were major eye openers for us. We were amazed at the extreme low levels of knowledge amongst the participants.

Smartphones help the visually impaired navigate their daily lives

Tue, 10/01/2013 - 15:31 -- deepti.gahrotra

Modern smartphones, such as the iPhone and Android devices, have made it easy for the visually impaired to interact with the world and have made their daily lives easier and more independent. Early on in the smartphone world, devices didn’t have much in the way of features that helped the visually impaired. Early on the iPhone only allowed users to enlarge the text, offering no help to those who were unable to see.

Officer Scale-I and Office Assistant (Multipurpose)

Tue, 10/01/2013 - 14:29 -- geeta.nair
Himachal Pradesh Gramin Bank (HPGB)
HO: Jawahar Nagar
Mandi (HP)-175001
Tel.No. 01905-237533
FAX No. 01905-237179
mail@himachalgraminbank.org
Highlights of the advertisement are given below, for complete details visit www.himachalgraminbank.org  or refer to the Emloyment News dated 28 September 2013, page no. 53

Group 'D' posts

Mon, 09/30/2013 - 14:56 -- geeta.nair
North East Frontier Railway (NEFR)
Employment Notice No. 02/2013 (Gr-D)

Highlights of the advertisement are given below, for complete details visit http://www.nfr.indianrailways.gov.in or refer to the Emloyment News dated 21 September 2013, page no. 18

The last date of application is  21.10.2013

Last date for receipt of application from candidates residing in far flung areas: 05.11.2013

Recruitment in Group 'D' posts in Northeast Frontier Railway

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