As a girl of 15, Nidhi Goyal wanted to be a portrait artist. Then she became visually-challenged, and turned to activism. “I was 16,” she says about losing sight to a rare genetic condition called retinitis pigmentosa. “It was a struggle and I was slipping into depression until I looked at my own privilege.” She then decided to “do something about it”.
Rahul Gambhir, a 31-year-old banker from Mumbai, is worried about the day when the Covid-19 lockdown will be lifted and he will have to join office again.
His office is at Nariman Point, which is at least 20km away from his flat at Chembur.
There are several questions worrying Gambhir, who is totally blind since birth.
UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres on Wednesday called on governments around the world to specifically take into account the billions of people with disabilities in their response to the COVID-19 pandemic.
For over 100 years, Braille has been helping the people who are blind and low vision to read and communicate. Google wants to help the visually impaired community use Braille on their smartphones as well. To make this happen, Google has launched a Braille keyboard named TalkBack.
For disabled people, tech is a great equaliser and Google‘s latest offering is a step in that direction. Called TalkBack, Google has launched a virtual braille keyboard for people with vision impairments.
Kailash Tandel (35) had to go back home to Machimar Nagar in Cuffe Parade from his hostel in IIT Bombay, where he is pursuing his PhD, when the novel coronavirus began to gain a foothold in the city.
Mr. Tandel was no stranger to the hardships his community faced, but this time, he was filled with dread. The locality has poor hygiene, the fisherfolk who live in the area have had a bad run at sea for months and the lockdown has added to their financial distress.
BigBasket has introduced priority delivery of groceries for people with disabilities (PWD). They are working to enhance experience for PWD based on the request from Blind Graduates Forum of India to
minimize challenges due to lockdown and social distancing measures.
Please make note of the process to order below:
• Fill your details in this form.
https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1P4zm4yvaFwzaSfz9_aQ-DjS2RZky4CeIMOQPf56p9Fo/edit
COVID 19 has brought unprecedented challenges in India one of which is its impact on school going children and their regular education. While it is promising to see many thought pieces raising the issue and offering meaningful solutions to this issue, it is no surprise that we have yet again failed to recognize the highly excluded category of Children with disabilities(CWDs) from the entire discourse. A staggering 75 % of children with disabilities doesn’t attend schools in India.
We have lots of great gift items in stock for Mother's Day which is coming up quickly so get your orders in ASAP! We also have improved download links for our Audio Demos of our newest Talking Mp3 Player,
Book Reader and Accessible MP3 AM/FM Radio!
The Delhi University on Tuesday conducted a webinar on COVID-19 for visually impaired students to help them deal with the problems they are facing due to the coronavirus lockdown.
The university has nearly 3,000 students with disabilities.
Based on the webinar, titled ‘COVID-19 and the Challenges of the Visually Impaired’, the university plans to prepare a policy document concerning interventions required for the visually impaired, to be circulated in public domain and for implementation, the varsity said.
The novel coronavirus has caused an economic and social avalanche nationwide. India has extended the lockdown until May 3. So far the pandemic has claimed more than 550 lives. The World Health Organisation (WHO) has warned that persons with disabilities (PwDs) are at a greater risk from the virus. Social distancing is the need of the hour. However, it has greatly inconvenienced PwDs who are in a double bind when it comes to even implementing basic hygiene to keep the virus at bay. The social model of managing disabilities has gone haywire.
Facebook comments