THOUGH blind, he sits smugly behind his computer. He is not your ordinary person, but a visually impaired bank manager. He is Dues Turyatemba, a 27-year-old manager at Standard Chartered Bank.
The last born in his family, Turyatemba was born in 1981, to peasant farmers in Kabale. He was a child like any other, but unfortunately suffered a bout of measles at the age of eight. Because it was treated at a late stage, it left him permanently blind.
A LOT of people and different sections of our society including foreigners have said quite a lot about the kind of person that Levy Patrick Mwanawasa was in terms of his leadership skills.
So much has been told about this gentleman. However, as persons with disabilities, we feel that the story would be incomplete if we don't add our voice.
Janet S. Sunness, M.D., Director of the Hoover Low Vision Services at the Greater Baltimore Medical Center, and her fellow researchers have discovered a simple and inexpensive way to predict the rapid loss of visual acuity, the ability to see detail, in “dry” AMD patients.
Oregon Health & Science University scientists have successfully produced functional auditory hair cells in the cochlea of the mouse inner ear. The breakthrough suggests that a new therapy may be developed in the future to successfully treat hearing loss. The results of this research was recently published by the journal Nature.
A stitch in time may save nine, but a vote on Wednesday seems to have saved the South African team from having to wear the badly-stitched outfits they were originally to wear at the opening ceremony of the Paralympic Games in Beijing on Saturday.
The South African Paralympic team in Beijing on Wednesday held a ballot called for by team managers, and they voted in favour of wearing the black suits the team were issued with at last week's farewell banquet.
Special Olympics event makes another hole-in-one Calgary Herald, Canada - Sep 1, 2008 One such charity golf tournament that enjoys the backing of Calgarians is the Special Olympics Summer Golf Classic. The ninth annual tournament was held ...
NM Man Gets Bionic Hand KOAT - 23 hours ago "I wasn't aware of any kind of technology about prosthetics ," Merritt said. "I just knew that I didn't want my flail arm anymore. ...
Discovery Health Profiles the Inspiring Kirton Family in Autism x6 Earthtimes (press release), UK - 8 hours ago Today, the Kirtons are the parents of six children -- each of whom has been diagnosed with autism . Discovery Health presents an intimate view of life with ...
15% of Europeans suffer from some form of disability, and many face barriers such as reading a website's small text or even knowing how to access websites and online services. Despite repeated calls by the EU and government leaders to improve this situation, progress remains limited: by far the majority of websites fail to use universally accepted user-friendly solutions. On July 2nd the European Commission launched a public consultation on further measures to make websites in Europe accessible, starting with those of public administrations, and invites stakeholders to give their views. It also addresses other technologies like digital television. The consultation is open until 27 August 2008.
