Lit The Light Trust, in association with Voluntary Health Services in Taramani, has launched a livelihood project to support the visually challenged who are adept at wire chair canning.

Launched recently with the support of various organisations, the project seeks to give visually challenged adept at wire chair canning a leg-up.
To start with, 10 visually challenged persons drawn from various areas of Chennai are being offered advanced skill development and work opportunities.

New Delhi, Delhi, India (NewsVoir) The Association of People with Disability (APD) announced the integration of its flagship Yes to Access (YTA) platform with the Sugamya Bharat App, launched by the Department of Empowerment of Persons with Disabilities (DEPwD), Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment, Government of India, at the Circle of Collaboration event held at the India International Centre, New Delhi

The Delhi High Court has directed the State Bank of India (SBI) to examine concerns raised by visually impaired officers regarding promotional barriers in the bank's senior management cadre and consider feasible measures to ensure equal opportunities in line with the Rights of Persons with Disabilities Act, 2016 (RPwD Act).

It is often said that when a person’s determination is strong, even life’s toughest challenges cannot hold them back. The journey of IAS officer Samyak Jain is a powerful example of this. There came a time in his life when he lost his eyesight permanently. The world went dark, but his dreams stayed bright. Where many would have given up, Jain steadied himself and resolved to achieve something remarkable.

In a small classroom at DPS International, Gurugram, while most Class XI students focus solely on board exam preparation, Yash Bhatnagar splits his time between chemistry equations and lines of code- building technology that changes lives.

Last week over 60 students from Classes VI to XII sat riveted as Yash shared his journey from creating his first website in Class IV to now developing Structag, an Al-powered tool making digital content accessible to visually impaired individuals worldwide.