Denise Albiston, www.hjnews.townnews.com; Utah; August 10, 2005

Computer scientists at Utah State University have created new technology that helps visually impaired students find their way around campus and be more independent.

Nancy Remsen, www.burlingtonfreepress.com ; Burlington; August 11, 2005

Richard Erickson is legally blind. He can no longer read an election ballot. To vote at the polls, someone must read the ballot to him and he must say aloud his voting choices.

Kolkata; September 5, 2005

PTI; August 25, 2005

http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com; Hyderabad; August 23, 2005

Two ophthalmologists from Peshawar are at the L.V. Prasad Eye Hospital, Hyderabad, as part of a training programme sponsored by the Vision 2020 of the World Health Organisation. They are here to specialise in paediatric ophthalmology -- a specialisation needed to counter the alarming prevalence of childhood blindness in developing countries such as India and Pakistan.

Jignesh R Patel, www.newkerala.com; Madhya Pradesh; August 16, 2005

A visually impaired family in Khandwa, Madhya Pradesh, has proved that blindness is no hindrance to success. Two blind brothers manage their grocery shops successfully while their blind sister is a teacher in a government school.

multi-faceted personality, Jyotindra V. Mehta is driven by the belief that disability is a challenge, and no challenge is insurmountable.

Only children can demonstrate inclusive love, unfettered as they are from the conditioning of society, finds out Priti Monga, P.R. Officer, at Shroff Charity Eye Hospital in Delhi.

One morning this summer, a group of 10 visually impaired children was brought to Shroff Charity Eye Hospital (S.C.E.H.) in Daryaganj, Delhi, for eye check-ups from a school for blind children. The driver of the bus told staff, in a worried tone, that the children had been sent to the hospital unescorted.