World Sight Day: Does India have the vision to tackle blindness?
World Sight Day logo. World Sight Day is observed on October 10th annually – offering an opportunity to remember the burden of visual impairment throughout the world.
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Air travel for passengers with disabilities remains stressful
MUMBAI: Not being assured of airline assistance for boarding and de-boarding at airports, especially foreign ones, can make air travel quite stressful for visually impaired solo travellers.
Coming soon, a cheap kindle for visually impaired
A kindle for visually impaired students is expected to hit the markets in six months — one that wouldn’t cost a bomb. The International Institute of Information Technology, Bengaluru (IIIT-B), has tied up with IT firm Touchetech Labs and non-profit organisation Vision Empower to produce what may be India’s cheapest Refreshable Braille Reader (RBD), or the kindle for visually impaired.
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Disabled Moms Interview Project: DeafBlind Mom Lisa Ferris
DeafBlind Mom: Lisa Ferris
I am super happy to meet Lisa Ferris through this interview.
I love her sensibility, practicality, and humor.
I’ll bet you will, too.
** This interview with Lisa Ferris is available both in distraction-free pdf and through my podcast at the end of this post **
AIIMS, Health Ministry launch ‘eDantSeva’ website and app
Union Health Minister Harsh Vardhan said the digital platform will provide oral health information gathered from authentic scientific resources and connect the people to timely advise for managing any dental emergency or oral health problem.
The website also provides GPRS route and satellite images of the facility for easier access to the people.
The All India Institute of Medical Sciences in collaboration with the Union Health Ministry on Monday launched the first-ever website and mobile application on oral health awareness.
University of Mumbai student is India’s first blind woman with PhD in German studies
When it was time for Sunil and Shubha Jangam to enrol their daughter Urvi, who was born without sight, into school, they took her to a school for the blind. At the time, they’d thought Urvi’s blindness would be a disability, but as it turned out, there would be no holding Urvi back. After a stellar academic career, last week, Urvi, 31, became the first blind female student in India to be awarded a PhD in German studies.
Shaastra ’20 to focus on visually impaired
Shaastra 2020, to be held in January, will focus on impacting the lives of visually challenged persons through its campaign — Blink.
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insight-vision loss support group in pune
Tanya has launched a vision loss support group in Pune & had been actively working for uplifting the blind community in her own unique ways.
Circulating her message below on Insight & Do reach out if you are based out of pune & would like to join it.
*INSIGHT: Vision Loss Support Group, Pune*
Odisha: Braille press gets machine to print HS books .
BERHAMPUR: Visually impaired Plus II students can look forward to Braille text books, as well as literary works in Odia, from the next academic year.
Read more at: https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/bhubaneswar/braille-press-gets-machine-to-print-hs-books/articleshow/71430558.cms
Smart cities make room for the visually impaired
Travelling to work, meeting friends for a catch up or just doing some shopping are often taken for granted by people with no known disabilities. For the visually impaired, these seemingly simple things can be a serious challenge.
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