iPad Apps to make a difference for the differently abled
While Hawking’s device was custom-build for him by a Cambridge engineer, an unlikely device is now helping many ordinary folks with disabilities communicate better-the iPad.
List of Visual impairment
Concessional Loans for Economic Activities – NHFDC
The corporation provides financial assistance for wide range of income generating activities to disabled persons. For setting up small business in Service / Trading sector : Loan up to Rs. 3.0 lakh for sales / trading activity and Rs. 5.0 lakh for service sector activity
Chennai Vision Charitable Trust
The Chennai Vision Charitable Trust was established as the Community Wing of Rajan Eye Care Hospital in the year 1996 to serve the neediest and the poorest of patients in the rural villages, who have no possibility of receiving quality ophthalmic service.
Assistance for Skills and Entrepreneurial Development Programmes
Financial assistance in the form of loan is provided to the channelising agencies, reputed NGO’s, RRTC’s and recognised technical institutions for imparting skills and entrepreneurial development training to disabled persons
Scheme to Promote Manufacturing/Production of Assistive Devices
Loan Assistance is provided for setting up small scale industry for manufacturing aids and appliances developed under R & D programmes of Government/academic institutions of repute for disabled within the country. The company should employ disabled persons. Maximum loan available under this scheme is Rs.25.00 lakh.
Assistance for Agricultural Activities
Loan assistance is provided to disabled persons for Agriculture production and related field such as irrigation, purchase of agriculture machinery, horticulture, sericulture etc. Purchase of equipment for agriculture services such as custom service (pesticide, spray, harvesting etc.) custom hiring of agriculture machinery
Assistance to Disabled for Higher Studies or Professional Training
Financial assistance from the corporation would flow towards training and Education requirements of the disabled groups under both formal and non-formal education/training, which would impart useful knowledge and skill. Formal training would equip the beneficiary to improve his/her chances of employment and self-employment through completing appropriate vocational/academic courses leading to the certificate /diploma or other qualification.
Assistance to Disabled Entrepreneurs
Loan may be provided for manufacturing, fabrication and production activity. The disabled person will be the owner/chief executive of the company and employing at least 15% disabled persons. Maximum amount of loan provided under the scheme is Rs.20.00 lakh.
Self employment in Small Business Schemes
The corporation can assist a wide range of income regenerating activities. Infrastructure development schemes alone will not qualify for financing unless it leads directly to income generation.Loan will be provided for self employment of disabled persons in service sector or for trading activity. The Small Business, project or activity for which financial assistance has been sought, will have to be operated by the disabled person himself and employing at least 15 % disabled persons in his venture
Dealership/agencies of oil companies
Ministry of Petroleum and Natural gas reserved 7.5% of all types of dealership agencies of the public sector oil companies for physically handicapped/government personnel (other than defence personnel) disabled on duty/widows of government personnel (other than defence personnel) who die in the course of duty.