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Panjab University: For visually impaired students, getting hostel accommodation an unending struggle |
To attain hostel accommodation one has to register either online or in person. After this, students have to run between the DSW office and the warden, for getting their permission. There seems to be... |
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29/Nov/2019 |
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UPSRTC to install 200 stalls at 100 bus stations to employ disabled |
Bareilly: In an attempt to provide job opportunities to unemployed persons with disabilities, Uttar Pradesh State Road Transport Corporation (UPSRTC) will set up 200 stalls across 100 bus stations in... |
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28/Nov/2019 |
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Divyang Cricket League kick starts in Chandigarh |
CHANDIGARH: Specially-abled cricketers from India and abroad are participating in a 5th edition of the Usha Divyang Cricket League — a three-day cricket tournament being held in the Union... |
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28/Nov/2019 |
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Persons with disabilities form less than 0.5% of staff in India's top firms |
The son of a poor farmer, Anoop, who has a severe visual disability, was lucky enough to receive support from the National Association for the Blind, an NGO, from the time when he was in school.... |
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26/Nov/2019 |
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Making movies accessible will send out a message of inclusion: Dipendra Manocha |
The golden edition of the International Film Festival of India is also noted for its inclusiveness. Three films for those with special needs were screened at IFFI under the ‘Accessible India-... |
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26/Nov/2019 |
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How to Talk About Disability in Movies with Kids |
Whether or not they are explicitly made, there are a lot of threads of disability in movies and TV shows.
With film being our primary medium these days, that means that there are near-endless ways to... |
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25/Nov/2019 |
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App that guides visually impaired to type in Marathi |
With an aim to end this practice and to empower and impart a new skill to the visually impaired students, city-based NGO Niwant Andh Mukta Vikasalay has developed a mobile-based application that will... |
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25/Nov/2019 |
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Regular check-up can prevent diabetic eye diseases’ |
High blood sugar levels can cause loss of vision, says expert
Highlighting that people having high blood sugar levels are more vulnerable visual impairment, James S.K. Adams, Medical Director of Dr.... |
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21/Nov/2019 |
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Kerala’s first visually-challenged women’s cricket team formed |
KOCHI: Cricket Association for the Blind in Kerala (CABK) formed the state’s first visually-challenged women’s cricket squad, which will take on national-level teams from this month, on Saturday.... |
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21/Nov/2019 |
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Soup is my nemesis |
Whilst working at The Wellcome Trust as Director of People and Places, I had the privilege of working with Aidan Kiely, who had been born blind. Towards the end of our time together I had a long chat... |
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20/Nov/2019 |
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