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 the state. The stalls will be allotted at a minimum monthly rent by UPSRTC to disabled employees within the corporation and to people who became disabled as an outcome of injuries sustained during their journey in UP roadways buses. These stalls will be used for selling disabled-friendly equipment and products. UPSRTC has also roped in several NGOs to set up these stalls at bus stands.

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. Accessibility tools such as a laptop with screen-reading software helped him fulfil his potential, says Dipender Manocha, president of the Delhi arm of the organisation.

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 talk about disability with your kids. You just need to know what your kids are watching, be ready to hit the “pause” button, and/or keep track of the content and see the threads so that you can talk about it with them later.

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. Agarwal’s Eye Hospital, has said that diabetics must go for eye check-up at least once a year.

Dr. James, a vitreo-retinal surgeon, gave a powerpoint presentation during a talk organised by The Hindu, here on Wednesday.

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 with him about his life and what sighted people could learn from him, some of which made me think and act quite differently.

We will come back to the soup later!