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Times of India
Big breakthrough in cure for blindness
Times of India
The breakthrough could lead to the production of artificial tissue grafts made from the variety of cells found in the human retina and may aid in the search to cure blindness.
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Parsons Tasks Students To Improve The Museum Experience For The Disabled
PSFK
Parsons teamed with the Metropolitan Museum of Art to increase accessibility in the museum for people with disabilities.

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A BACKWELL charity has launched its new multisport wheelchair with the aim of encouraging more disabled people to take up sports.

Metro
Could printed eye cells be a cure for blindness?
Metro
Could printed eye cells be a cure for blindness? Aidan Radnedge Wednesday 18 Dec 2013 6:37 am. Use ← → keys to. Could printed eye cells be a cure for blindness?

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Shaji Mathew's insight:
Be alive

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Definition
The design of products and environments to be usable by all people, to the greatest extent possible,without the need for adaptation or specialized design.

1. Principle One:Equitable Use
The design is useful and marketable to people with diverse abilities.

GUIDELINES

1. Provide the same means of use for all users:identical whenever possible; equivalent when not.
2. Avoid segregating or stigmatizing any users.
3. Provisions for privacy, security, and safety should be equally available to all users.

Inclusive Libraries - A step towards making libraries disabled friendly

The need to access libraries is not one that we need to contend. Libraries provide us with a vast resource of knowledge whereby a person can access books, periodicals, newspapers, journals, etc. Today with the advent of digital libraries, collections are stored in digital formats and accessible by computers, also.

Persons with disabilities should also have access to both that is physical libraries as well as digital libraries.

Libraries are also a point of access whereby resources can be pooled and used by a large cross-section of the society. Therefore, making libraries inclusive is important for the growth of India’s population. Read more »

Traditionally there have been two main types of training:
1) Disability Awareness Training
2) Disability Equality Training

1. Disability Awareness Training aims to specifically provide information or raise participant awareness of disability issues without necessarily leading to any action or behaviour change on the part of the individual or organisation. Read more »

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Have you ever seen a group of children mocking the way a person with a disability walks? Have you ever overheard a child call a person with a disability a disparaging name? When children don’t understand why a person is different, they often make fun of him or her.
It is important for people to understand that people with disabilities are more alike than different. For children, this is especially important because attitudes develop during childhood by watching and listening to peers, teachers and family. Schools, clubs and youth groups are ideal places to increase knowledge about people with disabilities and to foster positive attitudes about them. Read more »