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Now, Lucknow Metro smart card in Braille
LUCKNOW: Lucknow Metro on Sunday launched ‘Go Smart Card’ in Braille for the convenience of visually challenged passengers, to mark the first anniversary of the commercial run of Metro on the entire 23km North-South corridor from Munshipulia till CCS airport.
Source: https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/lucknow/now-lucknow-metro-smart-card-in-braille/articleshow/74545652.cms
Does the Indian media really care about the disabled?
As I write this column with the intention of drawing attention to a large section of Indian population that lives on the margins of our society, I am thinking to myself: Does Anyone Care.
Does the media care? Do parents of ‘able’ children care? Do the politicians or bureaucrats care? Do schools and universities care? Do businesses care? Does the average individual care? And the resounding answer to all these questions is ‘probably not enough’. Not enough to bring about a revolutionary change in the way persons with disabilities lead their lives or how we treat them.
Colour blind may get licence to drive
NEW DELHI: Colour blindness may not remain a bar any more for getting licence to drive private vehicles and those with “mild or moderate colour vision deficiency” may get to drive commercial vehicles too.
Eye of the illness
KOCHI: In our country, glaucoma is known to cause irreversible blindness in at least 12 million population affected by it, making near 1.2 million of them blind. However, over 90 % of cases remain undiagnosed. Glaucoma affects the optic nerve that connects our eyes to the brain. The clear fluid filling the eye, also known as aqueous humour, is constantly flowing in and out of the eye. Think of the eye as a sink with a tap that is always open.
Encouraging Independence, By Holly Tuke
Independence. It’s a word that can fill you with many emotions. Determination, a sense of belief, positivity, excitement, fear, anxiety and worry. The word ‘independence’ means something different to everyone. Whether it is making a hot drink for the first time, cooking a meal, learning to use a long cane, going out with friends, going on a solo trip, travelling on public transport, getting a job, starting University, or moving away from home, there are so many ways we can be independent, sometimes more than we even think of.
Audio description helps blind enjoy amazing story
PETALING JAYA: A group of visually-impaired people enjoyed a special treat at the cinema yesterday thanks to a special “audio description” screening of local film Eye On The Ball.
An audio description is a specialised narration that describes what’s happening on screen, such as body language, facial expressions, and landscapes, so the visually-impaired audience can better enjoy films or TV shows.
Kerala High Court passes landmark judgement on therapy centres
*The Kerala High Court has passed a comprehensive judgement regarding therapy centres for children with disabilities in the state with timelines set. This comes after a prolonged campaign by parents support group
TogetherWeCan which has been advocating for closer monitoring and supervision of therapy centres.*
Visually impaired student creates history
Haroon Kareem writes SSLC exam on computer at Mankada centre
Visually impaired Haroon Kareem created history of sorts on Tuesday when he wrote the SSLC Malayalam examination on computer without a scribe’s support. He became the first student in Kerala to write the SSLC examination on computer.
When the invigilator C. Manoj read out the questions, Haroon typed the answers on the laptop at a special cabin arranged at the Government Higher Secondary School, Mankada.
Justice Richard H Bernstein on how people with disabilities make for good judges
Every Thursday is a new beginning for Justice Richard H Bernstein. It is on this day of the week that Bernstein, the first visually-impaired judge to be elected to the Supreme Court of Michigan in the United States, starts memorising case transcripts, precedents and other references of the 26 cases to be heard and ruled on every Wednesday, along with six other judges.
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