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Blind Olympic torch bearer to run using only smartphone as guide |
"If you had asked me three years ago if training alone was possible while being blind I would have said no," Mr Wheatcroft told FOXNews.com. "Now I do it and ... I realize perhaps a lot of things are... |
Adventure and Sports |
18/Jul/2012 |
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NAC for tax benefits to private employers of disabled persons |
The National Advisory Council (NAC), chaired by Congress president Sonia Gandhi, has recommended giving tax benefits to private employers of disabled persons, in a set of measures to enable their... |
Policy News |
18/Jul/2012 |
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Efficiency, hallmark of BPO run by visually challenged persons |
“Sir, vanakkam sir….. Madam, vanakkam madam….,” the hall reverberates with voices of young men and women at this BPO run by visually challenged people.
Located on the premises of the Indian... |
Education and Employment |
18/Jul/2012 |
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Holding up the sky |
“We are limited, not by our abilities, but by our vision.”–Helen Keller
A trauma counsellor, corporate trainer, writer, aerobics trainer, public speaker and director of Silver Linings Human Resource... |
General |
18/Jul/2012 |
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Disabled to get preference in house allotment |
Persons with disabilities would now be given preference in allotment of industrial housing units, sheds and plots in Delhi as a policy in this regard has come into force with immediate effect.
This... |
Policy News |
18/Jul/2012 |
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Delhi University's visually impaired girls brave odds on their own |
Sonam Dikki Bhutia, a visually impaired English honours student at Delhi University's Daulat Ram College has learnt to draw on her inner reserves of strength to get to class every morning.
She... |
General |
18/Jul/2012 |
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Fleksy Fosters Flexible Typing For Visually Impaired People |
Fleksy, an upcoming text input app, is about to make iOS more accessible.
As it is, iOS already has an impressive suite of accessibility solutions that cater to users with disabilities. Foremost... |
Product and Technology |
18/Jul/2012 |
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Self Defence for Visually Impaired |
A self-defence workshop for the visually impaired was held at H K College, Oshiwara, on Sunday. At least 24 visually challenged persons participated in the workshop conducted by Voice Vision, a... |
General |
18/Jul/2012 |
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Visually impaired man killed in Bhagwatipara |
A 40-year-old person suffering from night blindness was murdered in the city on Tuesday night when he tried to intervene in a scuffle near his house.
According to police, the deceased has been... |
General |
18/Jul/2012 |
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RTE to cheer up lives of differently-abled kids |
To provide education to all children in the state, irrespective of their physical and mental health, the Sarva Siksha Abhiyan has implemented a new programme for differently-able children.
From this... |
Education and Employment |
18/Jul/2012 |
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