It has been four months since she went to school. Every time the 11-year-old turns up at her municipal school in Nehru Park, the principal sends her back, saying the school doesn't have special educators to teach her. The 11-year-old is a challenged child.
The last date of application is 17.09.2013
AURANGABAD: More than three million await corneal transplantation in India alone. With the demand outstripping the supply across the country, the Government Medical College and Hospital (GMCH) has intensified its eye donation campaign. Under the ongoing National Programme for Control of Blindness (NPCB), the ophthalmology department has organised various educational and awareness events. These will go on till September 8.
Blindness of establishment did not deter Bolla's dream of being an enterpreneur.
When the poor farmer’s wife gave birth to a blind baby, neighbours suggested that the parents kill the child as it would be a burden on them. But the child’s mother argued that when the grew up and becomes capable of at least stopping dogs from entering the house, he would be a gift for her.
LUCKNOW: Being a teacher with physical disability was tough but these teachers overcame the barrier to pursue their dreams of spreading knowledge. On Teachers' Day, TOI talks to teachers who achieved their goals despite odds and continue to inspire their students.
Though she is sight impaired, she has been shaping the future of many students. Meet Manjari Shukla, a teacher at a government blind school on Mohan road. Due to illness, she started losing her eye-sight during childhood. After passing class XII, Shukla lost vision completely.
The last date of application is 18.09.2013
The television series to feature real-life stories of visually impaired and blind achievers in India across various fields
Renowned actor Naseeruddin Shah to be a part of the weekly television series, which will air every Saturday at 9:30-10:00AM starting September 21, 2013
Chennai: Over 20 million people lose their eyesight due to various problems in India; of this, corneal blindness accounts for two million.
“If you take corneal blindness, 50 per cent of two million are children below the age of 15,” informs Dr. Mohan Rajan of Rajan Eye Care Hospital.
In order to create awareness among people, eye donation fortnight is observed from August 25 and September 8 every year.
It has been 16 years since India’s Chess Federation for the Blind (AICFB) gained recognition from the International Braille Chess Association. During this period, players have missed out on winning individual medals although the country’s chess players have gone from strength to strength. However, the dry phase has finally ended with 19-year-old Darpan Inani bagging the bronze medal at the International Braille Chess Championship in Belgrade on Saturday.
Ramanagara: After several days of anticipation ASB Cup State level Cricket tournament for the Blind was kick started here at District stadium Ramanagara.
The tournament, modeled on the regular T-20 format, is sponsored by the ASB, builders and developers (our title-principal sponsor) and the tournament will have 15 matches including semifinals and Finals. The 3 day tournament will have 12 teams from across the state. These teams are divided in 4 groups and will play against each other and fight for a berth in the two semi-finals and final.
AHMEDABAD: While braille helps blind people read, educators have been unendingly tested by the challenge to make their students visualize the concepts they are learning. A toy that a postgraduate student of the National Institute of Design (NID), Ahmedabad, has collaborated in developing may well turn out to be the "holy braille" of education for blind people, helping them feel the world around them.
Imagine a place where blindness is considered a punishment for the sins committed in your previous birth and the visually-impaired live as outcasts! Sabriye Tenberken, a German who became visually-impaired at the age of 12, encountered this in Tibet. She visited the country in 1997 for an academic project.
PATNA: Twelve teams, each consisting of a visually impaired navigator and a normal driver, participated at the 'Blind car rally' organized jointly by the Life Insurance Corporation (LIC) and National Association for the Blind (NAB), Bihar chapter, on Sunday morning.
Four final year B.Tech students of Veermata Jijabai Technological Institute (VJTI) at Matunga have developed a portable device that will enable the visually impaired to navigate without any other assistance. The students claim that the device would offer unprecedented autonomy for the visually impaired.
The device will be unveiled on Wednesday at a school for the blind and will be exhibited during the annual technological festival of the institute, Technovanza, in December.
CUTTACK: Ravenshaw University has installed a special software for visually-impaired students. This software, JAWS, reads out whatever is typed on the computer. The eight computers with this software have been kept at a special section in the Kanika library.
A scanner connected to these computers was also installed. It can read out the book placed inside it.
CABI (Cricket Association of Blind in India) an initiative of Samarthanam Trust for the Disabled, a leading NGO based in Bangalore organised a curtain raiser press conference to announce ASB CUP Karnataka state cricket tournament for the blind held at IB Ramnagara.
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