The non-availability of ramps for children with special needs at Government Senior Secondary School, Sector 45-A, became a cause of concern for the Chandigarh Commission for Protection of Child Rights (CCPCR), a team of which visited the school today.

There are more than 10 children with special needs (CWSN) enrolled in the school. Classes for some of them are being run on the first and second floor. A school official claimed that multiple requests had been made to the UT Education Department regarding the need for a ramp in the school, but to no avail.

CHENNAI: Three years ago, in a-first-of-its-kind initiative,  the state government had installed audio signals at 150  locations in the city. The device, attached to traffic signal posts, guided the visually impaired by informing them on the signal and helped them walk without the fear of being hit by a vehicle.

बीजीएफआई- नई सोच तथा अविष्कार को अपनाना हमारी मुख्य ताकत रही है।
 १९८५ में वॉक तू विन से लेकर वकालत, सुगमता, अनुभवात्मक शिक्षा, ज्ञान
साझा करने के सत्रों और मेंटरशिप तक, हमने अपने स्तर पर पूरी कोशिश की है
कि हम अपने जीवन से संबंधित सबसे महत्वपूर्ण पहलुओं को सभी को स्वतंत्र,
जागरूक, और सुरक्षित बनाने के लिए सबसे बेहतर प्रयास करें।

Abstract

From experience I can say there are many people who do not know that they can volunteer to make the life of the visually challenged better,” says Barath S N, the founder of Chennai-based Lit the Light, a group formed four years ago to help visually impaired students across Tamil Nadu. The NGO is organising the year’s first ‘Read Fest’ in temple town to sensitise more people to reading and scribing for the visually challenged.