Visually impaired Kiran Kumari to function as coordinator

Tribune News Service

Patiala, December 6

A visually disabled assistant professor at Punjabi University will function as coordinator of its newly established Centre for Disability Studies here. The announcement was made during a district-level programme on December 3, the World Disability Day.

Punjabi University said the basic aim of the centre was to cater to the specific educational needs of persons with disabilities, visual impairment, physical disability, hearing impairment and others.

Born with visual impairment, N S Lakshmi has overcome her disability and has succeeded in life by proving her talent.

On International Day of Persons with Disabilities, AirAsia India on Friday introduced an in-flight safety manual in braille in collaboration with the Helen Keller Institute for the Deaf and Deafblind for the visually impaired passengers. Also, wheelchair assistance can now be pre-booked online on its website and app while getting a flight ticket, it said in a release.

Different types of wheelchair facilities are available to pre-book for persons with disabilities to access the ramp up to the ladder point or the aircraft door as well as to reach the cabin," it mentioned.

The day is observed to underline the necessity of an inclusive culture that embraces persons with disabilities so that they can equally participate and contribute in the society

Every year, the International Day of Persons with Disabilities (IDPD) is observed on 3 December to promote the rights of people with disabilities and to raise awareness around their well-being. More than 1 billion people globally live with some form of disability and in spite of multiple measures to create awareness around their issues, they are often overlooked during times of emergency.

LUCKNOW Governor Anandiben Patel on Monday said that idea, innovation and ability to take risk in life would help students overcome all their woes and a combination of these three would help them become more useful for the nation.

Speaking at the eighth convocation ceremony of Dr Shakuntala Misra National Rehabilitation University (DSMRU), she asked divyang students (with special needs) to draw inspiration from participants of the Tokyo Paralympics who won medals and brought laurels to the country.