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SIGHT LOSS AND GRIEF |
y collection of intensely personal blog posts has steadily grown over the past couple of years; from anxiety, confidence and loneliness to the fear of missing out and my recent letter to Retinitis... |
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09/Mar/2020 |
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Visually challenged persons are full of confidence’ |
Senior advocate of Supreme Court honoured for 50-year service
“Despite not having vision, visually challenged persons have confidence in themselves. They are leading the way in a world full of... |
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09/Mar/2020 |
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Disabled and extremely poor |
There is a link between disability, loss of employment and impoverishment in rural India
Of the world’s population, 15% live with some form of disability. Are disabilities associated with economic... |
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06/Mar/2020 |
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11-year-old visually-challenged Ibin conquers Periyar in the company of his teacher |
They covered the 600 m of the deepest stretch of the river, which has a maximum depth of 30 feet at one point, in 22 minutes flat
Swimming across the deepest stretch of Periyar on Thursday morning, ... |
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06/Mar/2020 |
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Differently abled write to CJ for 4% job quota |
Differently abled write to CJ for 4% job quota.
Tribune News Service
Shimla, March 3
Qualified visually impaired and other disabled candidates have sought four per cent reservation in employment. In... |
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04/Mar/2020 |
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Samarthya 2020 awards to honour 9 outstanding achievers with disability |
Every year the Collective Action for Basic Rights Foundation (CBRF) recognises and celebrates the achievements of nine people with disabilities from all around India. The aim is to create awareness... |
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03/Mar/2020 |
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Janni Lehrer-Stein writes in the NyTimes: What It’s Like to Use Facebook When You’re Blind |
For years, that was essentially my experience on Facebook, and it
remains that way for me on other social media platforms and the
internet at large. You see, I am blind. I rely on a screen reader to... |
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03/Mar/2020 |
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This visually impaired Kerala man is a telephone directory of voices |
KOCHI: The person sitting at the telephone desk inside the public relations officer's room at the Employees' Provident Fund Organisation (EPFO) office might appear to be a nondescript man. But he is... |
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28/Feb/2020 |
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Visually impaired students bag first three ranks of BSW |
In a rare feat, three visually impaired Bachelor of Social Work (BSW) students of Alva’s College, Moodbidri, who passed out during 2018-19, have bagged the first three ranks in the final examination... |
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28/Feb/2020 |
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What’s with the shallow news coverage on disability? |
Last week, two headlines on the digital platforms of leading dailies caught my attention. One read, “Two blind HSC students find writers at the 11th hour”. And the second stated, “HSC exams: Finding... |
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27/Feb/2020 |
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