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Education of Students with Retinitis Pigmentosa (hits:8)
on 22 Jun 2010 by Administrator author list email the content item print the content item create pdf file of the content item
Education of Students with Retinitis Pigmentosa Some patients may choose specialised schooling for their children, but RP students usually cope well in main stream schools. Each child's emotional and visual state needs to be considered. In some cases subtle monitoring of the classroom environment may be all that is required. Some useful tips that will assist parents and teachers are: Allow the students [read more]
Let Your Fingers Do the Hiring: Blind People and Employment (hits:42)
on 07 May 2010 by Administrator author list
In the disability world, there is often a difference of opinion on whether it is more appropriate to enroll a disabled child in a school specifically geared toward him or her, or to mainstream the child with non-disabled children in the general educational system. The decision on how to enroll a disabled child has major implications on the way the [read more]
Interacting with visually impaired people (hits:216)
on 23 Nov 2009 by Administrator author list email the content item print the content item create pdf file of the content item
Interacting with visually impaired people Let's talk about visual disabilities this week.Visual disabilities range from partial to total loss of sight. A person is legally blind if he or she sees with the better eye at 20 feet or less what a person with normal vision sees at 200 feet (20/200 vision). A person who is legally blind may have some [read more]
HOW TO INTERACT WITH BLIND PEOPLE (hits:230)
on 21 Nov 2009 by Administrator author list email the content item print the content item create pdf file of the content item
This article highlights statistics, guide lines which may not appear to be in any logical order as they are all equally important and, further elaboration in that order. This article will address common issues and how to affectively communicate with blind people as well as give you insight about blind people as a whole. Often, sighted people make it harder than it [read more]
What is White Cane Day? (hits:300)
on 15 Oct 2009 by Administrator author list email the content item print the content item create pdf file of the content item
White Cane Day is an international awareness event to celebrate the importance of the long cane and to promote a safe environment for users (Blind People). The day will be celebrated on October 15. The traditional white cane, also known as Hoover' cane, after Dr Richard Hoover, is designed primarily as a mobility tool used to detect objects in the [read more]
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on 14 Oct 2009 by Administrator author list email the content item print the content item create pdf file of the content item
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Top Ten Facts On Blindness (hits:220)
on 25 Sep 2009 by Administrator author list email the content item print the content item create pdf file of the content item
1. Globally, every five seconds, a person goes blind. 2. Nine out of every ten blind persons live in developing economies. 3. According to the National Health Policy document of the Government of India, 1983, “One of the basic human rights is the right to see”. 4. Despite this lofty aim, India’s blind population totals a whopping 12 million. 5. [read more]
Rani pledges her eyes to promote eye donation (hits:110)
on 16 Sep 2009 by Administrator author list
It is the gift of vision that is a boon for us. After playing a blind girl in Black, Rani Mukherjee spread awareness of the need of eye donation on Sept 11, 10.30 am. The occasion was the culmination of the Eye Donation Fortnight organized by The Rotary Club of Bombay Seacoast jointly with Lotus Eye Hospital. The Eye Donation [read more]
High-Tech Living Aids for the Blind (hits:389)
on 27 Mar 2009 by Administrator author list email the content item print the content item create pdf file of the content item
Since 1990, the Americans With Disabilities Act has made municipal buildings, pubic transportation, media, and many travel destinations accessible to some degree. Digital technology and the Internet continues to close the accommodation gap with new products and services that enable blind and visually impaired people to live, travel, and communicate with equal freedom. Websites can help people find pedestrian-friendly places to live [read more]
Happy anniversary Louis Braille (hits:521)
Louis Braille, a man who gave the blind people a script.
on 05 Jan 2009 by Administrator author list
World over, January 4th 2009 will be celebrated as 200th birth anniversary of Louis Braille a French[...]
Though, now a growing number of special devices like Tape Recorders, Talking Computers, and Reading Machines etc. are available for use by blind persons, blind people in India still prefer to use Braille as their main tool for communication and education since it is very universal in rural India. There are about 20 million visually challenged people in India and [read more]
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