Visually impaired students appearing for tests like the computer certificate, bank probationary officers exam, teacher eligibility test (TET) or clerical tests are facing a major shortage of scribes.
While the need for scribes ranges from between 30 to 300 a month, unfortunately there are not many available. As the eligibility criteria is stringent, most students find it difficult to find a scribe.
Even as the nation writhes in agony over the Bangalore school rape incident, another shocking case of brutality against children has to come light, this time from Kakinada in Andhra Pradesh.
A teacher of a residential school for visually impaired children in the city was caught on camera brutally canning young children. The teacher is also blind.
A team of disabled athletes looking to participate in this weekend's swim race across the East River say organizers are shutting them out — ordering them to sign an extra safety waiver and pay extra fees if they want to participate.
Twelve blind class 7 girl students, who passed out from Kamla Mehta Dadar School for the Blind, will not be able to pursue further studies this year. This Marathi medium school has classes only up to class 7.
And for further studies students from this school go to the nearby Saraswati High School at Naigaon (Dadar) where they are provided separate resource teachers along with regular teachers. This year however, Saraswati HS is not enrolling blind students in class 8 as it does not have resource teachers as well as regular teachers to engage this class.
The woman had approached Bisalpur Kotwali police station. Her village, Nabadia Shivpuria of Pilibhit district, fell under its jurisdiction. She found, however, that the police, instead of registering her complaint, only reproved her.
Resources for the visually impaired and the homeless are the latest public services facing the axe in Leicestershire.
Like all councils, Leicestershire has had to make savings over the last few years, as part of the government's drive to reduce public debt.
But charities that help vulnerable people in the community, say cutting their services isn't cost-effective. Jane Hesketh reports.
SOURCE: ITV
Advocates for the blind are debating whether to use a carrot or a stick to persuade one of their oldest allies, Apple Inc, to close an emerging digital divide in mobile technology.
As digital life increasingly moves to the world of smartphones and tablets, some disabled people with visual, hearing and other impairments are feeling more left out than ever.
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