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Class action suit alleges POS devices in Apple stores discriminate against the visually impaired

Thu, 03/06/2014 - 17:15 -- nikita.jain

A new class action lawsuit against Apple alleges that the company is in violation of Title III of the Americans with Disabilities Act for not designing and providing store employees with point of sale devices (POS) that can independently be used by blind people.

Govt vehicle hits two visually impaired students

Thu, 03/06/2014 - 16:58 -- nikita.jain

Two visually impaired students of Post-graduate Government College, Sector 11, suffered fractures when they were knocked down by the official car of the Chief Engineer of Punjab Irrigation department, Harvinder Singh, on Wednesday.

The two students were identified as Balraj and Ramandeep. Balraj suffered a fracture in the thigh while Ramandeep suffered multiple fractures in one leg and an arm. The accident took place on Madhya Marg in front of the Punjab Pradesh Congress Committee office in Sector 15.

A New Vision Of The Web

Thu, 03/06/2014 - 16:47 -- nikita.jain

Enhancing accessibility for people with disabilities is an insightful process. Often, solutions designed for a specific problem will improve life for everyone. Take automatic door openers, for example. Anyone with their hands full can push that button and enter a building more easily.

Digital accessibility matters, too. Websites as well as buildings can comply with the Americans with Disabilities Act. In addition to website design, apps and devices are improving experiences for differently-abled people across the internet.

Tax breaks for the disabled

Thu, 02/27/2014 - 11:31 -- nikita.jain

Despite the significant push from rights organisations, the Disability Rights Bill was not taken up in the latest Parliament session.

This Bill, an improvement over the 1995 law, provides a comprehensive definition of disability, more rights, and an increase in the quota from 3 per cent to 5 per cent in Government jobs. The Bill, upon becoming an Act, will come as a shot in the arm for those with disabilities.

Shotcuts: A tale of romance

Fri, 02/21/2014 - 15:54 -- nikita.jain

Director Raj Murugan’s Cuckoo, which stars Attakathi Dinesh in the lead, is a tale of romance between two visually impaired individuals. “They make sense of the world through sound and touch. Cuckoo has been conceived of as a musical to give the audience an experience of how those with visual impairment perceive the world around them.”

Santhosh Narayan, who has emerged as the next big thing in the Tamil music scene, has composed the songs.

Web of conspiracy

Veer: Visually impaired Ankit Jindal is the marketing manager at Wipro

Fri, 02/21/2014 - 15:22 -- nikita.jain

According to some estimates India has almost 70 million people living with some form of disability, but hardly 1 per cent of them are employed. Ankit Rajiv Jindal, marketing manager at Wipro in Bangalore, shrugs off his impairment as easily as he carries off his skills.

Jindal can rattle off targets without looking once at the presentation and can strategise and plan and reel off numbers. He is 90 per cent blind but he shrugs off his impairment as easily as he carries off his skills.

Lending a voice: Volunteers help visually impaired enjoy newspapers

Fri, 02/21/2014 - 15:15 -- nikita.jain

From the outside, the modest structure, once a private residence, on South Oakland Avenue near SIU appears to be quite ordinary. But the work a team of about 30 volunteers creates within the walls of the converted studio is anything but.

Each week, members of the community and university donate time to Southern Illinois Radio Information Service, stepping into what was once a bedroom and now contains little more than a desk, cabinets and a microphone to read newspaper articles shared across the airwaves with the blind and visually impaired.

Purshottam Express gets first Braille-embedded coach

Mon, 02/17/2014 - 12:03 -- nikita.jain

The Purushottam Express is slated to become the first train in the country to have a Braille-embedded AC coach for the visually-challenged passengers. In a first of its kind, the Railways have manufactured an AC three-tier coach with Braille signages to be operational by the end of this month in the Delhi-Puri superfast Purshottam Express as part of its social commitment to make trains and stations more friendly towards specially-abled passengers.

Injured youth gets Rs 40 lakh compensation for disability in Delhi

Wed, 02/12/2014 - 12:40 -- nikita.jain

A 26-year-old youth, who suffered visual impairment and severe mental disability after a mini bus hit his motorcycle in 2011, has been awarded compensation of nearly Rs 40 lakh by a Motor Accident Claims Tribunal.

The tribunal directed IFFCO Tokio General Insurance Company Ltd, which the offending RTV bus was insured, to pay Rs 39,89,648 to Binesh Kumar, who had filed the case through his father due to his permanent physical and neuro psychological disability.

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