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The link between poverty and blindness

Tue, 03/01/2022 - 10:21 -- geeta.nair

Visual impairment and blindness are one of the most common challenges that developing countries face as they seek to eliminate poverty from their communities. That 90% of all blind people live in the world’s poorest countries is an indicator of the way that needless blindness inhibits social and economic improvement. A recent report published by the Unite For Sight Foundation is unequivocal in its conclusion: poverty exacerbates blindness and blindness exacerbates poverty.

TN Govt striving to provide access to higher education for all, says CM

Mon, 02/28/2022 - 09:37 -- geeta.nair

Chief Minister M.K. Stalin gave away assistive devices and other equipment developed by students of the Meenakshi Sundararajan Engineering College to beneficiaries on Saturday at the college campus.
Among the innovative projects were a smart stick for the visually impaired which is fitted with a sensor to detect hurdles, a wheelchair with a canopy which will help users stay protected from rain and sun, and a software for the visually impaired to convert speech to text as well as a text to speech convertor for hearing-impaired persons.

MP forms its first visually impaired women’s cricket team

Fri, 02/25/2022 - 11:45 -- geeta.nair

Madhya Pradesh has constituted its first visually impaired women’s cricket team which will play in the ‘National Cricket Tournament for The Blind’ to be held in Bengaluru from February 28.

In all, 15 teams from across India will participate in the tournament, but MP will be represented for the first time.
 

Four blind cricketers from AP got place in Indian team for Triangular series at UAE

Tue, 02/22/2022 - 08:14 -- geeta.nair

VIJAYAWADA: The Cricket Association for the Blind in India (CABI)’s Indian squad for Triangular Series for the Blind 2022 has been announced. The series will be held with Indian, Bangladeshi and Pakistani teams. Four blind cricketers from AP have won places in the CABI team.
The CABI has picked a 17-member squad for the upcoming triangular T20 Series, which will be played in the UAE from March 13 to March 19. The Triangular Series will have a total of six League Matches and the Final will be played on March 19.

Punjab polls: Braille ballot papers, signange sheets for the visually-impaired

Sat, 02/19/2022 - 06:22 -- geeta.nair

THE CHANDIGARH Institute for Blind has manufactured at least 27,250 ballot papers and signage sheets in Punjabi Braille that will be pasted on hundreds of EVM machines to facilitate visually impaired voters in Punjab to cast their franchise during the February 20 polls.

Punjab gets Punjab and Haryana High Court notice for 'not implementing' scheme for disabled

Wed, 02/09/2022 - 11:42 -- geeta.nair

Tribune News Service

Karam Prakash

Patiala, February 6

The Punjab and Haryana High Court has issued a notice of motion to the state of Punjab on the alleged non-implementation of the Punjab Divyangjan Sashaktikaran Yojana (PDSY).

The scheme was meant to empower around 6.5 lakh differently abled people in the state.

Low Vision Impairment Awareness month celebrations at Jamia Millia Islamia

Wed, 02/09/2022 - 11:27 -- geeta.nair

Jamia Millia Islamia organised an online workshop on Low Vision Impairment Awareness in order to celebrate the month of Low Vision Impairment Awareness.

Aone-day online workshop on low vision impairment awareness was organized by the Department of Education, Training and Non-formal Education, Faculty of Education, Jamia Millia Islamia(JMI) on February 5, 2022. The program was organised to increase awareness and sensitization about the issue. The month of February is celebrated internationally as the month of low vision awareness.

 

Shimla: Split cornea transplantation at IGMC-Shimla soon

Fri, 01/28/2022 - 10:35 -- geeta.nair

Tribune News Service

 

Shimla, January 25

Split cornea transplantation is likely to start soon at the Indira Gandhi Medical College (IGMC) and Hospital.

The order for advanced machines worth Rs 40 lakh has been placed. “Transplantation will help us give sight to four corneal blind persons instead of two from one dead donor,” said Dr Ram Lal Sharma, professor and head, Ophthalmology Department, IGMC, during a webinar on the ‘Right to Donate Eyes’ hosted by the Umang Foundation.

DAVV to develop educational content for visually-impaired

Tue, 01/25/2022 - 10:39 -- geeta.nair

Indore: As a relief for the visually impaired college-goers as one of its first, Devi Ahilya Vishwavidyalaya (DAVV) is now in planning to develop educational content for them. The varsity will also be arranging for additional resources in terms of books and even audio books for the students. At present, the visually impaired college goers are primarily dependent on recordings during their classes and their classmates. While there are audio notes available. However, those are mostly arranged by Non Profit Organizations (NGOs) and not by the varsity or higher educational institutions (HEIs).

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