Gurvinder Singh
Tribune News Service
Ludhiana, October 31
The district administration has come up with electronic toilets at Braille Bhawan to help the visually impaired and physically challenged people.
These toilets are equipped with sensors that flush water automatically and the visually-impaired won’t have to grope for any button or knob for using these toilets now.
Anyone who has a little knowledge about cricket for the visually challenged would know that for players of the B1 category (those who are completely blind), scoring every single run is a big achievement as compared to the players of B2 and B3 categories (those who can see up to three metres and six metres respectively). No wonder every run scored by the players of B1 category is doubled when it’s counted for the team.
In an endeavour to build awareness that the visually challenged are very much part of the mainstream society, around 50 persons, including students of the Government School for the Blind here, staged a nearly one-km rally on Tuesday.
The rally was taken out to the Government College here as part of the World White Cane Safety day that fell on October 15.
Steps to be taken
The programme was organised by the district unit of the Kerala Federation of the Blind in association with the with the National Service Scheme (NSS) at the Government College.
The Dominica Association of Persons with Disabilities (DAPD Inc.) is continuing its advocacy on visual impairment with a week of activities.
Visual Awareness Week and the 11th National Dollar Day was launched at the DAPD’s office in Goodwill on Monday 10 October 2016.
Visual Awareness Week is dedicated to informing and sensitizing the public about the challenges that the visually impaired face and how they can assist them in making their day to day life easier.
Two separate human chains, where people stood with their arm on the shoulder of the person in front of them and blindfolds on their eyes, could be seen negotiating traffic and potholes in the capital Thursday morning. Students and volunteers experienced a few minutes of “life without vision” at the ‘Blind Walk’, which was held to raise awareness about the problems faced by persons with visual impairment.
Disaster management activities in the State are set to become inclusive for persons with disabilities, helping them access relief services and support during emergency situations.
The State Disaster Management Authority (SDMA) is working on a project to help an estimated 7,93,937 persons with 22 different types of disabilities ranging from blindness, autism, muscular dystrophy, and hearing impairment to epilepsy, multiple sclerosis, and cerebral palsy to cope with the multiple hazards.
Handbook
NAGPUR: When computers were a relatively new concept in Nagpur during the 1990s,Pramod Bhalerao, a physically challenged professor from Government Institute of Science, was in much demand, on account of his mastery over the machine. He decided to dedicate his expertise and vast knowledge of computers for the welfare of disabled and handicapped youths from the city.
BENGALURU: The Transport Separtment has recently launched its redesigned website (www.transport.karnataka.gov.in) and e-payment system. The website also has special features for the visually challenged and colour blind people.
Transport minister R Ramalinga Reddy said users can increase or decrease the font size of the content, which is also visible in standard contrast and high contrast which is very helpful to colour blind people.
The Bombay High Court on Tuesday asked Reserve Bank of India (RBI) to file reply within four weeks in response to a public interest litigation (PIL) highlighting the difficulty faced by blind persons in identifying currency notes and coins.
A division bench headed by Chief Justice Manjula Chellur, while hearing a petition filed by National Association for the Blind (NAB), asked the central bank to submit its response within a month and allowed the petitioner to file a rejoinder within two weeks of RBI filing its reply.
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