Adding another feather to the Delhi University’s cap, a 54-year-old visually-impaired professor has been recommended for coveted ‘National Award for the Empowerment for Persons with Disabilities’ by the Government.
Standing at the helm of a three-masted schooner, Alina Koralewska is having no trouble at all staying the course to Barcelona despite being able to see neither compass nor stars.
KATHMANDU, OCT 22 - Nepal, who claim to have formed the first visually impaired women’s cricket team in the world, is set to play the United Kingdom in the Best of Three Twenty20 cricket series here at the Pulchowk Engineering college grounds on October 26-19.
Chandrakant Manik Kadam (45) filed his nomination as an independent candidate from the erstwhile deputy CM’s constituency; he holds the Pawar family responsible for the prolonged drought in 22 villages in his area
As the protest by gazetted probationers of the KPSC 2011 batch intensified on Saturday, 32-year-old Kempahonnaiah showed no signs of fatigue.
Selected on his second attempt at the exam, the visually-impaired candidate was to become a tahsildar. But the Cabinet decision put paid to that dream. “I wanted to set an example to other blind people that they can also achieve success in life,” said a dejected Kempahonnaiah.
Brenden Borrellini was born completely deaf and with limited sight that developed into complete blindness. His disability presented many obstacles for him growing up but with a lot of hard work and help from the Special Education Unit at the Cavendish Road State School in Brisbane, he became the first deaf and blind student to finish his high school education and to attend University.
In 1989 he was nationally recognised and won the young Australian of the Year award for his academic achievements. But Brenden didn't stop there.
-Radio Udaan, a pan-Indian online radio initiative run for and by the blind, offers a platform for the visually challenged to network, counsel and motivate each otherThey RJ shows, report news, network for content, manage software platforms, handle web hosting and design, and take care of finance, administration and marketing — all this, without the support of sight. Tune in to Radio Udaan, an amazing pan-Indian online radio initiative for the blind, manned exclusively by the blind.
A documentary on singer Vaikom Vijayalakshmi, directed by V K Subhash, was released here on Sunday. An august audience, including writer M K Sanu, music director Jerry Amaldev and Assistant Commissioner for Traffic Baby Vinod, attended the documentary release held at the Children’s Park. Vijayalakshmi has been suffering from an incurable form of blindness since birth.
The lucky Mumbaikar from suburban Goregaon is athlete Neha P Naik, 23, who is a Special Olympics International Global Messenger, besides taking part in the 100 metres and shot put events.
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