Disability ≠ Vulnerability

Blind and visually impaired people are often excluded from the mainstream, because of the barriers in the physical environment as well as a negative mindset towards them. Many a times, their dependency or vulnerability makes them easy targets for exploitation.

But not every disabled person is weak. 30-year-old Sonu Kumar lives in a village in Vaishali district of Bihar. Born to a family of farmers, he and his two brothers are visually impaired. They never got a chance to go to school or step out of their village.

Eyeway Conversations with Manushree Singh

In this episode of Eyeway Conversations, George Abraham speaks with Manushree Singh who works as Lead- Diversity and Inclusion in India for Capgemini. A multinational information technology services and consulting company, Capgemini is extremely inclusive in terms of offering persons with disabilities an equal opportunity of employment. In this interaction, Manushree shares the company's inclusive policies, their work culture that promotes and motivates PwDs to grow at the same pace like other employees.

They kept the ovens going even during lockdown

Bread has literally been the lifeline for the Rehabilitation Centre for Blind Women (RCBW) in Mannarpuram.

The centre has been running the bakery non-stop during the lockdown. A newly refurbished premises of the bakery was inaugurated recently.

Apprentice

State Bank of India
Central Recruitment & Promotion Department,
Corporate Centre,
Mumbai
Phone: 022-22820427; Fax: 022-22820411;
Email ID – crpd@sbi.co.in
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Closing of Online Application: 26.07.2021

Smart shoe InnoMake warns visually impaired people of obstacles while walking

Tec-Innovation, a start-up medical device manufacturer in Austria that focuses on tech for disabled people, has come up with a pair of smart shoes for blind and low vision people. Called InnoMake, the smart shoe warns visually impaired people of obstacles in their way while they are walking in public.

Eyeway Conversations with Rahul Gupta

In this episode of Eyeway Conversations, George Abraham speaks with Rahul Gupta, a wholesale banker working with a leading private bank. Rahul is a transformational leader, with over 15 years of experience across segments, in India and the UK. His extreme low vision didn't come in the way of securing his BA and Master's degree from prestigious schools in the country, St. Stephen's and Delhi School of Economics.

Officers

BHARAT DYNAMICS LIMITED
GACHIBOWLI: HYDERABAD
(A Govt. of India Enterprise, Ministry of Defence)
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Closing of Online Application: 19.07.2021

Mysuru school all set for admission of visually impaired students

Ranga Rao Memorial School for Differently Abled (RMSD), Mysuru, has started admissions for this year. The school, run by Vasu Agarbathi Ranga Rao Memorial Trust with support from NR Foundation, has invited applications from visually impaired students for Class 1 to 10 from across the State for admission in the 2021-22 academic session.

Started in 1988, it is a free residential school initiated for visually challenged girls. The school operates under “child-centric project” and is supported by the Department of the Empowerment of Differently Abled and Senior Citizens.

Enabling through use of Assistive Technology

64-year-old Bhasker gradually lost his eyesight due to Retinitis Pigmentosa. Most part of his working years, at the State Electronic Development Corporation, Bhasker had some vision, which kept him busy. But after retirement, his eye condition deteriorated, making him dependent on the family, especially his wife. He felt bored, as he couldn’t even read the newspaper, an activity he enjoyed.

Junior Assistant (Clerk-cum-Computer Operator)

Oil India Limited (OIL)
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Telangana committed for welfare of challenged persons

Jangaon: Panchayat Raj Minister Errabelli Dayakar Rao said that the Chief Minister K Chandrasekhar Rao is striving hard to provide all possible assistance to persons with disabilities (PWD). Distributing battery-powered tricycles and other prosthetics to the 119 differently-abled at Palakurthy in Jangaon district on Wednesday, he said that KCR made sufficient budgetary allocations for the welfare of physically challenged persons.

Steering her in the right direction

23-year-old Ashwini Shejul hails from a small village in Buldhana district of Maharashtra. She lost her eyesight as a child and started her education from a special school for the blind. Here she mastered the Braille script but learnt no mobility skills. So she remained dependent on people around her for various day to day activities. She moved to a mainstream institution for higher education. Here she was fortunate to find support from her teachers. As for her peers and the surrounding community, Ashwini had a tough time gaining acceptance from them.

Eyeway Conversations with L Subramani

In this episode of Eyeway Conversations, George Abraham speaks with L. Subramani, a journalist and author of the memoir “Lights Out: The True Story Of A Man’s Descent Into Blindness”. After being diagnosed with Retinitis Pigmentosa at the age of 15, Subramani, two years later lost his vision completely, a difficult phase as he recalls in his memoir.

Smart cane' brings tech advances to visually impaired

White sticks used by the visually impaired to help them get about have had a hi-tech makeover, with a "smart cane" that doesn't just detect obstacles but can also give users information about the shops and restaurants they are passing.

The device is the brain-child of Kursat Ceylan, a Turkish inventor who was born blind and had an accident three years ago that left him scarred as he struggled to navigate while pulling luggage and checking GPS directions through his smartphone.

Autistic Students Built COVID Information Website For Visually Challenged

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Visual impairment not a hurdle to this IAS officer

RAJAMAHENDRAVARAM: “I do not want to sit in my office chamber and speak something. I want to mingle with people to know their problems. I know my limitations, but I am confident of overcoming all the challenges,” said Katta Simhachalam, Sub-Collector of Rampachodavaram Revenue Division. The 31-year-old visually challenged IAS officer took charge as the Sub-Collector of Rampachodavaram on Saturday. The very next day of assuming office, he visited Indukurupeta, a Polavaram submergence village in Devipatnam mandal, and interacted with local people to know their problems.

Opening up a window of opportunity

22-year-old Naresh Kumar Meena lives in Dausa, Rajasthan. He was one and a half months old when his parents discovered his blindness. Despite being from a humble background, his father, a truck driver, encouraged his son to study like other children. Naresh finished his schooling from a special institute for the blind in Jaipur. Here, he was assisted by a scribe to write his exams.

Eyeway Conversation with Siddharth Sharma

In this episode of Eyeway Conversations, George Abraham speaks with Siddharth Sharma, Asia's first visually impaired Public Relations professional. Siddharth lost his eye sight in a motorbike accident in his early twenties but he didn't give up on life. Once he rediscovered himself and his interest in communications and public relations, he set up his own boutique firm, Foundations PR in 2002.

Eyeway Conversations with Ketan Kothari

In this episode of Eyeway Conversations, George Abraham speaks with Ketan Kothari who works as Technical Specialist- Disability at Sightsavers India. Ketan has had an impressive career spanning over thirty years. A post-graduate in Political Science, he started off as a part-time lecturer and then joined National Association for the Blind, Mumbai.