Away from school and friends, special children are a stressed lot
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May 27, 2021 15:52 IST
Those working in the field say opening special schools adhering to COVID-19 protocol remains the sole solution
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Those working in the field say opening special schools adhering to COVID-19 protocol remains the sole solution As Joseph James (name changed) spoke over the phone, one could hear in the background loud thuds.
A carpenter, he said, was at work repairing a door lock knocked down by his 21-year-old autistic daughter who has turned increasingly violent after being confined to house for over a year now due to the pandemic. The situation is as bleak or worse in households across the State as nearly 250 special schools tending to about 25,000 children continue to remain shut.
SINGAPORE - A new thermal scanner and visitor management system is enabling faster, seamless safe entry to high-traffic venues and events, while empowering people with special needs as well as low-income people employed in the device s assembly.
The system, Litehaus, scans up to 10 people at one go and conducts check-in functions, non-contact temperature scanning, face mask detection and scanning of TraceTogether tokens.
This speeds up the check-in process and reduces the manpower needed in malls, hotels, schools and hospitals. It is already deployed at 50 UOB branches.
Advanced versions of the system include capacity management and real-time contact-tracing analytics.
Litehaus uses the SpotOn Inclusive thermal visual scanner powered by the deep learning software developed by the Government Technology Agency (GovTech).
How this Bengaluru-based organisation is empowering India’s intellectually disabled
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When 22-year old Ravi Kiran was brought to AMBA – Centres for Economic Empowerment of the Intellectually Disabled (AMBA – CEEICs), he had an IQ of 11, much below the normal average of 65 – 70. Unable to speak and perform even simple tasks such as putting pen to paper, he constantly needed someone by his side. But today, eight years later, Ravi has already trained special educators from over 150 partner centres AMBA works with across India. Along with this, he works as a Data Operator and earns close to Rs 10, 000 every month. He is also part of AMBA – CEEICs’ hardware team and travels 30 km for work, changing two buses, all by himself!
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