Varanasi: Chief commissioner for persons with disabilities Kamlesh Kumar said that the new Persons with Disability Bill 2016 would be tabled in the monsoon session of Parliament.
He is a people- friendly administrator, a fiction writer, an organizer and a Good Samaritan. Meet this multi-facet physically disabled OAS officer Dr Biraja Prasad Routray (42), who is now officiating as the Deputy Collector in the Kendrapada Collectorate.
On Saturday, over 500 people with disability once again proved that they are no different from able-bodied sportsmen at the 15th State-level Annual Sports for Disabled organised by Tamil Nadu Differently Abled Federation Charitable Trust (TNDAFC) and Sri Bhagyalakshmi Travel Services.
The zeal to give back something to society has made a group of young students from Hubballi to come up with an event to motivate the physically and mentally challenged children.
Feb 23, 2016- Save the Children has introduced books with illustrations in Braille for visually impaired children.
THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: Three robotic models by a seven-year-old student attracted visitors amid a series of interesting experimental works by engineering and science graduates on display at the TECH FOSS 2K16.
Across the world, nine out of 10 persons suffering with disabilities or old age do not have access to the assistive devices that can help make their day-to-day life comfortable, as per the World Health Organisation (WHO).
The smart-class concept has been introduced for children with visual and hearing disabilities at the government residential school for blind and deaf here.
A car rally for visually impaired people will be held in the city on February 14. The event will be organised by NGO Round Table India for raising funds for the Institute for the Blind, Sector 26. This is the fourth edition of the rally in which visually impaired are made navigators. They are given route maps in Braille and have to guide the car driver who is unaware of the route and has to maintain a particular speed. The rally will be flagged off from the Institute for the Blind.
CHENNAI: Humdreds of members belonging to Persons With Disabilities staged a daylong protest in the premises of Ezhilagam, the building that hosts offices of several top government officials. They braved odds in continuing their protest throughout the day to have their demands heard, most importantly the demand to reduce the minimum degree of disability to 40 per cent to avail of concessions.
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