BalaMurugan is the third child of Mr and Mrs. SendamaraiKannan. The elder 2 were Girls Thenmozhi and Baby Swaroopa, and the parents had been praying and wishing for a Boy Baby. On April 13 1986, when the baby was born, the parents were overjoyed and he was named BalaMurugan. BalaMurugan Read more…
An Article by Jasmin Ambiong for Ruh Global IMPACT There are a lot of fears and negative assumptions around people that have vision loss or are blind. These societal fears and assumptions can cause exclusion for people with visual loss like myself. October is Blindness Awareness Month and according to Read more…
My life – An Unforgettable Journey – By Prashanth L. Kamath I’m Prashanth Kamath – I suffer from Cerebral Palsy since birth. At present, I’m working as a Content Writer in a CSR Project called “I Got Garbage” in Mindtree Ltd. My life has been full of ups and downs Read more…
About Annie A unique learning device for visually impaired by THINKERBELL LABS. Inspired by the name of Helen Keller’s teacher, Anne Sullivan, Annie is the world’s first Braille self learning device for visually impaired children. Annie helps students to learn to read, write, and type in Braille. Annie is packed Read more…
ONE LITTLE FINGER (Genre: Drama, Language: English) is a Feature film with a theme of “Ability in Disability” in order to bring awareness about the human rights issue globally! Over a billion people live with some form of disability. This corresponds to about 15% of the world’s population. People are disabled by society, Read more…
‘About TorchIt’ TorchIt is a social enterprise focused towards enabling the empowering of the Peoples with Disabilities through developing & distributing impactful, utilitarian & affordable assistive devices to the beneficiaries across the world. The aim of this venture is to develop an Efficient and Economical Device for Persons with Disabilities, Read more…
For Balaji Varadarajan who lost his sight in his twenties, the everyday task of writing code is something he does with ease. A software developer with Deutsche Bank’s Tax technology team, Balaji uses a screen reader to read text off the screen, writes code based on the audio cues, and Read more…
A mum helps people use the right words for children with Down’s syndrome. About Language Creates Reality About the project Language Creates Reality is a creative collaboration that focuses on the importance of language when talking about Down Syndrome. Created and designed by Rebecca Hulbert and design studio Bear and Read more…
Be My Eyes is a free app that connects blind and low-vision people with sighted volunteers and company representatives for visual assistance through a live video call. How it works Every day, sighted volunteers lend their eyes to solve tasks big and small to help blind and low-vision people lead Read more…
Doctors in Ahmedabad prepare prosthetic leg for mountaineer for the first time. Wearing it, the 28-year-old Chitrasen Sahu will climb Everest Chitrasen Sahu’s story was earlier published in this site – please read “The road is never blocked for those whose footsteps are unstoppable, even the Himalayas are not unconquerable Read more…