Retina India newsletter, September 2012
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Retina India Newsletter, September 2012
http://retinaindia.org/?page_id=1395#tennis
Honorary Editor: Giridhar Khasnis
“All of us, blind and sighted alike, occupy the same position—we live
in interior worlds. We build inner realms from what we happen to hear,
feel, see…….
~ Douglas McCulloh ~
Photographer, writer, and curator, who lives in Los Angeles and has
spent fourteen years in conversation with blind photographers from
around the world
Contents
1. VISION 2020: THE RIGHT TO SIGHT
VISION 2020 hopes to prevent 100 million people from becoming blind.
It seeks to eliminate the main causes of avoidable blindness in order
to give all people
in the world, particularly the millions of needlessly blind, the right to sight.
2. RIO+20 OUTCOME DOCUMENT INCLUDES DISABILITY
We are pleased to share the good news that disability has been
included in the Rio+20 Outcome Document – a result of our joint
efforts in advocacy and partnership
toward disability-inclusive development in the work of the United
Nations and beyond.
3. BLIND PHOTOGRAPHERS: VISION, POLITICS AND EMPOWERMENT
by Douglas McCulloh, Los Angeles
Whoever controls the images, said American Beat poet Allan Ginsberg,
controls the culture. Blind photographers — a growing category across
the world — don’t just make photographs, they also stake a claim to
visual territory
4. TEACHING TENNIS TO THE VISUALLY IMPAIRED
Tennis for the blind was founded in 1984 by a Japanese man named
Miyoshi Takei. While a high school student, Mr. Takei designed the
equipment needed so that he could play tennis. The main piece of
equipment he made is a sound-adapted ball. Made of foam,
the ball contains a ping pong ball which has small metal fragments
that rattle upon impact.
5. AUSTRALIA’S FIRST BIONIC EYE HELPS WOMAN GAIN SIGHT
Agencies reported that a blind Australian woman can now see spots of
light after being implanted with an early prototype of Australia’s
first bionic eye. Dianne Ashworth, 54, was the first patient fitted
with the device in surgery at the Royal Victorian Eye and Ear Hospital
in May. It was switched on last month at the Bionics Institute in East
Melbourne after her eye had recovered fully from surgery.
6. GENES CAUSING BLINDNESS DISCOVERED
Scientists have found new evidence that a type of glaucoma that mostly
affects Asians could be hereditary after they discovered three new
genes associated
with the disease.
7. CAMERA-TOTING EYE-RING COULD HELP BLIND PEOPLE SEE
A team from the Fluid Interfaces Group at MIT’s Media Lab has developed
a chunky finger-worn device called EyeRing that translates images of
objects captured through a camera lens into aural feedback to aid the
blind.
8. ARTIFICIAL RETINA TO RESTORE VISION IN BLIND
Scientists claim to have developed an ‘artificial retina’ which could
restore near-normal vision to the blind, a finding which can benefit
millions.
9. CHESS OLYMPIAD IN CHENNAI
The 14th Olympiad of the International Braille Chess Association
(IBCA) was held from August 9-19, 2012 at Chennai, India.
10. The NCPEDP-MPHASIS UNIVERSAL DESIGN AWARDS 2012
The NCPEDP-MphasiS Universal Design Awards for 2012 were announced
recently for persons with disabilities, working professionals and
companies/ organisations.
Across categories, the awards recognise innovative efforts that create
an impact in the area of accessibility and Universal Design.
11. KARNATAKA HIGH COURT ORDERS IDENTIFICATION OF POSTS FOR
CANDIDATES WITH DISABILITIES
Last month, the Karnataka High Court halted all processes of
recruitments to select candidates for various government jobs
undertaken by the Karnataka Public
Service Commission (KPSC), including the main exam for the posts of
gazetted probationer of the Karnataka Administrative Service (KAS)
beginning on August
25.
12. Support Retina India
Donate your expertise or your time. Volunteer for Retina India. You
can take up projects, mentor someone or choose to be a reader for a
visually challenged.
Take that first step. Make a difference in someone’s life. Write to us
at in...@retinaindia.org.
Donate money: You can send a crossed check, demand draft payable at
Mumbai, or money order for any amount you wish to donate in the name
of “Retina India”,
with a cover letter, to the following address: Retina India, Ridhi
Sidhi Bhavan, 2nd floor 2/12, Babu Genu Road, Mumbai 400 002, India.
Please mention your full name, address and contact details so that we
can send you a receipt for your donation. If you wish to discuss
donation to Retina
India, you can call +91 98200 19584, or +91 89399 11897.
Visit us on the web. Our address is www.retinaindia.org.
We are looking for:
list of 2 items
▪ People with expertise in managing projects, finance and outreach. If
you are interested, please write to in...@retinaindia.org.
▪ Volunteers to work for our National Scribes & Readers Programme, a
national initiative to help connect those who need scribes (people who
write answer
papers in examinations for visually challenged people) & readers, to
volunteers, who are willing to help, through the use of some advanced
technological
solutions. Please contact us at in...@retinaindia.org, if you need a
scribe or a reader, wish to volunteer, or are involved in such
activity.
list end
--
G. Vamshi
Mobile: +91 9949349497
Skype: gvamshi81
www.retinaindia.org
From darkness unto light
http://retinaindia.org/?page_id=1395#tennis
Honorary Editor: Giridhar Khasnis
“All of us, blind and sighted alike, occupy the same position—we live
in interior worlds. We build inner realms from what we happen to hear,
feel, see…….
~ Douglas McCulloh ~
Photographer, writer, and curator, who lives in Los Angeles and has
spent fourteen years in conversation with blind photographers from
around the world
Contents
1. VISION 2020: THE RIGHT TO SIGHT
VISION 2020 hopes to prevent 100 million people from becoming blind.
It seeks to eliminate the main causes of avoidable blindness in order
to give all people
in the world, particularly the millions of needlessly blind, the right to sight.
2. RIO+20 OUTCOME DOCUMENT INCLUDES DISABILITY
We are pleased to share the good news that disability has been
included in the Rio+20 Outcome Document – a result of our joint
efforts in advocacy and partnership
toward disability-inclusive development in the work of the United
Nations and beyond.
3. BLIND PHOTOGRAPHERS: VISION, POLITICS AND EMPOWERMENT
by Douglas McCulloh, Los Angeles
Whoever controls the images, said American Beat poet Allan Ginsberg,
controls the culture. Blind photographers — a growing category across
the world — don’t just make photographs, they also stake a claim to
visual territory
4. TEACHING TENNIS TO THE VISUALLY IMPAIRED
Tennis for the blind was founded in 1984 by a Japanese man named
Miyoshi Takei. While a high school student, Mr. Takei designed the
equipment needed so that he could play tennis. The main piece of
equipment he made is a sound-adapted ball. Made of foam,
the ball contains a ping pong ball which has small metal fragments
that rattle upon impact.
5. AUSTRALIA’S FIRST BIONIC EYE HELPS WOMAN GAIN SIGHT
Agencies reported that a blind Australian woman can now see spots of
light after being implanted with an early prototype of Australia’s
first bionic eye. Dianne Ashworth, 54, was the first patient fitted
with the device in surgery at the Royal Victorian Eye and Ear Hospital
in May. It was switched on last month at the Bionics Institute in East
Melbourne after her eye had recovered fully from surgery.
6. GENES CAUSING BLINDNESS DISCOVERED
Scientists have found new evidence that a type of glaucoma that mostly
affects Asians could be hereditary after they discovered three new
genes associated
with the disease.
7. CAMERA-TOTING EYE-RING COULD HELP BLIND PEOPLE SEE
A team from the Fluid Interfaces Group at MIT’s Media Lab has developed
a chunky finger-worn device called EyeRing that translates images of
objects captured through a camera lens into aural feedback to aid the
blind.
8. ARTIFICIAL RETINA TO RESTORE VISION IN BLIND
Scientists claim to have developed an ‘artificial retina’ which could
restore near-normal vision to the blind, a finding which can benefit
millions.
9. CHESS OLYMPIAD IN CHENNAI
The 14th Olympiad of the International Braille Chess Association
(IBCA) was held from August 9-19, 2012 at Chennai, India.
10. The NCPEDP-MPHASIS UNIVERSAL DESIGN AWARDS 2012
The NCPEDP-MphasiS Universal Design Awards for 2012 were announced
recently for persons with disabilities, working professionals and
companies/ organisations.
Across categories, the awards recognise innovative efforts that create
an impact in the area of accessibility and Universal Design.
11. KARNATAKA HIGH COURT ORDERS IDENTIFICATION OF POSTS FOR
CANDIDATES WITH DISABILITIES
Last month, the Karnataka High Court halted all processes of
recruitments to select candidates for various government jobs
undertaken by the Karnataka Public
Service Commission (KPSC), including the main exam for the posts of
gazetted probationer of the Karnataka Administrative Service (KAS)
beginning on August
25.
12. Support Retina India
Donate your expertise or your time. Volunteer for Retina India. You
can take up projects, mentor someone or choose to be a reader for a
visually challenged.
Take that first step. Make a difference in someone’s life. Write to us
at in...@retinaindia.org.
Donate money: You can send a crossed check, demand draft payable at
Mumbai, or money order for any amount you wish to donate in the name
of “Retina India”,
with a cover letter, to the following address: Retina India, Ridhi
Sidhi Bhavan, 2nd floor 2/12, Babu Genu Road, Mumbai 400 002, India.
Please mention your full name, address and contact details so that we
can send you a receipt for your donation. If you wish to discuss
donation to Retina
India, you can call +91 98200 19584, or +91 89399 11897.
Visit us on the web. Our address is www.retinaindia.org.
We are looking for:
list of 2 items
▪ People with expertise in managing projects, finance and outreach. If
you are interested, please write to in...@retinaindia.org.
▪ Volunteers to work for our National Scribes & Readers Programme, a
national initiative to help connect those who need scribes (people who
write answer
papers in examinations for visually challenged people) & readers, to
volunteers, who are willing to help, through the use of some advanced
technological
solutions. Please contact us at in...@retinaindia.org, if you need a
scribe or a reader, wish to volunteer, or are involved in such
activity.
list end
--
G. Vamshi
Mobile: +91 9949349497
Skype: gvamshi81
www.retinaindia.org
From darkness unto light
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