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Pete Eckert

Fri, 09/13/2013 - 12:21 -- deepti.gahrotra

When Pete Eckert found out he was going to lose his sight to retinitis pigmentosa 27 years ago, he was well on his way to becoming an architect, receiving acceptances from graduate programs. One day a doctor coolly told him, he had RP and left the room without further comment. It was only later while listening to Dr. Dean Edell, on a San Francisco TV network, that he learnt RP is a genetic eye condition that leads to permanent blindness, and understood that he would go completely blind. 

Cristine Ha

Fri, 09/13/2013 - 10:43 -- deepti.gahrotra

Christine Hà American chef and writer from Houston, Texas, is the first blind contestant of  MasterChef and the winner of its third season in 2012.

Blind persons seek transfer of official

Thu, 09/12/2013 - 11:30 -- deepti.gahrotra

Around 200 visually-challenged persons staged a protest in Poonamallee on Tuesday against the head of the National Institute for the Visually Handicapped (NIVH).
They sought the official’s transfer for some remarks he made at a public meeting in August. The Chief Commissioner for Persons with Disabilities, New Delhi, has now issued a show-cause notice to the official.

Serial to celebrate vision of the sightless

Thu, 09/12/2013 - 10:54 -- deepti.gahrotra

Asif Iqbal is a consultant at PricewaterhouseCoopers; Sk Mozammal Haque a businessman; Raja Faiyaz and Subhasish Bandyopadhyay theatre activists. All of them are blind. They, along with sculptor Benode Behari Mukherjee who taught at Kala Bhavan in Santiniketan, feature in a 13-episode television documentary conceived by a man who is also blind.

Union Bank’s 101st Talking ATM in Bhubaneswar

Wed, 09/11/2013 - 11:57 -- deepti.gahrotra

Union Bank of India has launched its 101st Talking ATM in the country at Samantarapur in the outskirts of Bhubaneswar city. Which is the 4616th ATM of the Bank and first  talking ATM in the state of Odisha and in Bhubaneswar. Chairman & Managing  Director Shri D. Sarkar inaugurated the ATM in the presence of OAB (Odisha Association for the Blind) Office bearers, assembly of members, and valued customers. Bank’s Field General Manager, Kolkata Shri Raman Aggarwal and Shri R.P. Mishra, Deputy General Manager, Bhubaneswar were also present on the occasion.

Results of first National Para-Triathlon

Wed, 09/11/2013 - 11:19 -- deepti.gahrotra

The first National Paralympic Triathlon was held at Calcutta Sports Association yesterday, from 11 AM onwards. The event consisted of 750 m swimming, 20 Km cycling and 5 km running. Participants from 8 States (Karnataka, West Bengal, Maharashtra, Haryana, Bihar, Rajasthan, Andhra Pradesh and Tripura) could qualify to this National Championship. The event was organised by Civilian Welfare Foundation in association with Paschimbango Rajjo Pratibandhi Sammilani, Bengal Paralympic Swimming Association and Paralympic India Triathlon Association.

Helper-II

Tue, 09/10/2013 - 15:49 -- geeta.nair
South Central Railway (SCR)
Railway Recruitment Cell (RRC)
1st Floor, C Block, Railnilayam,
Secunderabad-500071 (A.P)
Phone No. 040-27788824
Employment Notification no. RRC/SCR/Group-D/1/2013
Highlights of the advertisement are given below, for complete details visit www.scr.indianrailways.gov.in

The last date of application is  30.09.2013

Feeling monuments

Tue, 09/10/2013 - 11:13 -- deepti.gahrotra

Pankaj Ghosal remembers the time, the exact day and date when his parents took him to visit Akshardham. "It was November11, 2010, a Thursday. We spent the entire day there," he recalls. It was the first time he had visited a place of historical importance. But being visually impaired, he understood little about the temple's grandeur or beauty. For him, visiting the temple was no different from visiting the neighborhood mall. It was spacious, crowded, a place to spend the day.

Pavement menace for the visually impaired

Tue, 09/10/2013 - 11:05 -- deepti.gahrotra

How many times have you and I complained about the state of our roads and pavements riddled with potholes? While many of us manage to make our way around them, these can often translate into a real danger for the visually impaired.

Very few residing in cities might be aware that the yellow line dotting the pavement, or tactile pavement as it is called, is actually meant to aid the visually impaired. Any disruption in these - in the form of trees, electric poles or potholes - poses a menace for those who take to the tactile pavement for navigation. 

Centre for disability studies in Ravenshaw University

Tue, 09/10/2013 - 11:03 -- deepti.gahrotra

Ravenshaw University has planned to set up a Centre for Disability Studies (CDS) for promoting directed academic activities on disability related issues as well as enabling effective capacity-building and mainstreaming of the differently-abled.

The Centre would offer specially designed programmes for developing human resources in the field of disability along with courses both academic and skill development for the disabled students. It will also promote research and technology development in various fields and issues relating to disability.

He makes number crunching easy for students

Mon, 09/09/2013 - 11:52 -- deepti.gahrotra

This city teacher is a Samaritan for many of his students for he gives them moral support and financial support too.

Meet V Fazlullah, a teacher in computer applications at JSS Polytechnic for Differently Abled (JSS-PDA). Fazlullah bought talking calculators for visually challenged students at the institute which has helped them immensely.

Now, bicycle fitted with sensors for blind people

Mon, 09/09/2013 - 11:45 -- deepti.gahrotra

Blind people can now ride a bicycle! 

Scientists have developed a bicycle that uses ultrasonic sensors to detect obstacles in the path - and it can help blind and partially sighted people live more independently. 

The UltraBike, created by Harrogate-based Sound Foresight Technology, allows people with sight loss to cycle. 

The bicycle has tactile buttons on each handlebar, which vibrate to let the rider know they are approaching a special barrier at the side of the specially-constructed track. 

Campus capsule

Mon, 09/09/2013 - 11:42 -- deepti.gahrotra

BU Braille Resource Centre
Bangalore University has set up a Braille Resource Centre as an Enabling Unit for its visually challenged students in postgraduate departments, and affiliated and autonomous colleges. This centre provides assistive technologies to educate and rehabilitate students with disabilities such as blindness and low vision.

Don’t be sorry, just be a friend

Mon, 09/09/2013 - 11:36 -- deepti.gahrotra

Despite India’s attempts at inclusive education, schooling for special needs children has usually been a story of lack - of will, infrastructure and personnel. Schools, both private and government, would avoid admitting children with disability. Since the PWD Act of 1995, and the RTE Act of 2009, there has, however, been an improvement in the record of disability education, certainly in terms of its awareness and future challenges, and seeing it as a matter of right for a large section of young India. 

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