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A touch of technology: Blind kids in J&K to get laptops to link to Braille terminals |
Jammu: The School Education Department in Jammu and Kashmir is going to distribute 42 laptops among children who are visually impaired to provide inclusive educational support through technological... |
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13/May/2020 |
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Kerala NGO launches online programme for visually impaired |
All sessions are in English and the minimum requirement to join the course is basic knowledge of computer and mobile phones.
KOCHI: As part of the global campaign -- Lets FICE -- to flatten the... |
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13/May/2020 |
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Kerala’s blind cricketers working with a vision even during lockdown |
KOCHI: You have seen him; the blind lottery seller, walking ever so gently by the side of the bustling street. You might have even bought a lottery from him regardless of whether you have a... |
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11/May/2020 |
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Aarogya Setu is mandatory, but still not accessible to people with disabilities |
The Covid-19 contact tracing app cannot be accessed by those who have a visual or hearing impairment. Social Justice Ministry has asked NIC and MeitY to look into this.
The Indian government has made... |
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08/May/2020 |
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Blind people fear relaxation of lockdown, wonder impact of social distancing on their lives |
New Delhi, May 7 (PTI) Visually impaired Amina, who relies heavily on her sense of touch, wonders what kind of ''new life'' awaits her when the lockdown imposed in view of the coronavirus pandemic... |
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07/May/2020 |
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Birthday surprise for specially abled |
Sandeep Rana
Tribune News Service
Chandigarh, May 6
A visually challenged man, who holds MA and BEd degree, got a home when he turned 39 today.
Forced to take to begging due to the traumatic family... |
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07/May/2020 |
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The lockdown is hard for women with disability |
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... |
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07/May/2020 |
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Blind people fear days after lockdown, say social distancing is a curse |
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... |
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07/May/2020 |
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Remember the disabled during coronavirus crisis, says UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres |
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... |
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06/May/2020 |
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Google launches new Braille keyboard on Android for visually impaired people |
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... |
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04/May/2020 |
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