AI technology such as voice interaction, image recognition and real-time captioning is starting to break down barriers for people with sensory, physical and cognitive disabilities.…
Month: February 2019
Being on a wheelchair can be different for many reasons. In fact, wheelchair users undergo various issues on a daily basis. From inaccessibility to even…
The Odisha government has signed a MoU with ‘Sightsavers’, a global organisation working to prevent avoidable blindness, to strengthen inclusiveeducation for the blind and low…
Highlighting that access to education is now a fundamental right under Article 21A, the Supreme Court on Monday questioned the lack of specially trained teachers…
Traveling is exciting, we know you agree with us. The hectic planning, the thrilling journey and the satisfaction when you reach the destination… and then, before even exploring it, you find yourself thinking about what’s next. The next stop, next activity to do, next time you’re going back to the place you are right now!
Exactly one year ago the #YellowReykjavik workshop began
Summer solstice is a good reminder, as it translates into midnight sun in Iceland: the dream of many visually impaired people with limited night vision.
Acucela Initiates Phase 2a Study of Emixustat Hydrochloride Addressing Patients with Stargardt Disease
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SEATTLE (January 26, 2017) — Acucela Inc. (“Acucela”), a clinical-stage ophthalmology company and wholly-owned subsidiary of Kubota Pharmaceutical Holdings Co., Ltd. (Tokyo 4596) committed to translating innovation into a diverse portfolio of drugs and devices to preserve and restore vision for millions of people worldwide, announced today that on January 25, 2017, the first patient has enrolled in a study to evaluate Acucela’s leading drug candidate, emixustat hydrochloride (“emixustat”) in subjects with macular atrophy secondary to Stargardt disease.
Ezy Mov’s wheelchair taxi service made these Mumbai newlyweds very happy. Find out why
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One meeting with Padma , and Manoj Santani, a Mumbai-based chartered accountant, knew he had found his soulmate. A school teacher in Rajasthan, Padma felt…
Disabled kid? sorry, no admission!
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Mita Sarkar, a mother of a six-year-old girl who has cerebral palsy (CP) had to approach around ten private schools for her daughter’s admission. She heard the same response from every school she approached: “Education is for all and we accept all children, but we are not equipped to school your child”.
Rahul Gandhi said he hoped the poll body was taking more such steps to make voting more accessible to the physically challenged people and extended the Congress party’s support to this initiative.