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Important COVID-19 Government Documents in accessible formats

Fri, 04/17/2020 - 13:27 -- geeta.nair

Our country is fighting the Novel Coronavirus and the government has instated a lockdown up to 3rd May as a fight against corona.  With the number of false information that is proliferating around the country, NewzHook team has taken the initiative to make important government advisories and notifications related to lockdown and coronavirus accessible for people with disabilities.

Vella Panti Session 3- Podcasts on Body Image and Body Shaming

Vella Panti - an online house party for persons with disabilities and friends. It is time for our third session this Saturday! We will have a listening session where we listen to podcasts together. Let us hear about body image and body shaming and have some self-reflecting, challenging discussions with incredible people.

When: Saturday, April 18 2020 at 3.30 pm IST

Virtual meet

Tag your Visually Impaired buddy or join along... *First Virtual Vision Club members meet 18th April 12.30 pm*

This meet is for Visually Impaired, GiftAbled Vision club members to share challenges and topics on which you want sessions in future for skill development... A story and on request of a visually impaired discuss how other VIs are handling current situation.

RNIB has sent guidance for helping blind and partially sighted shoppers during the coronavirus pandemic to key UK supermarkets and retailers.

Fri, 04/17/2020 - 11:12 -- geeta.nair

We recently sent new guidance to supermarkets asking them to prioritise blind and partially sighted customers in the current environment and we are also asking all shoppers to share a shorter version of the guide with their local and smaller shops.

Matt Stringer, RNIB’s chief executive, said: “We know it is vital to make shopping as accessible as possible – particularly in the current circumstances – so I’m pleased retailers are engaging with us. 

Helpline for disabled & elderly people in Tamil Nadu gets thousands of calls during lockdown

Fri, 04/17/2020 - 10:30 -- geeta.nair

The Commissionerate for the Welfare of the Differently-Abled in Tamil Nadu had started a helpline number to reach out to disabled and elderly people in the state. Officials are receiving thousands of calls everyday. The initiative is indeed a remarkable one. Activists say there is also a need for concerned departments to look at the big picture of requirements for disabled people.

Disability considerations during the COVID-19 outbreak

Thu, 04/16/2020 - 14:53 -- geeta.nair

In March 2020 the World Health Organization (WHO) declared the outbreak of a novel coronavirus disease, COVID-19, to be a pandemic, due to the speed and scale of transmission. WHO and public health authorities around the world are taking action to contain the COVID-19 outbreak. Certain populations, such as those with disability, may be impacted more significantly by COVID-19. This impact can be mitigated if simple actions and protective measures are taken by key stakeholders.

Useful info from AIIMS

Thu, 04/16/2020 - 14:21 -- geeta.nair

TELE HEALTH AND TELE REHABILITATION COMMUNITY OPHTHALMOLOGY RPC AIIMS
The country is lockdown  due to COVID 19 outbreak. In fact, many people or students with disabilities are facing a lot of challenges in seeking and accessing health care services, for their primary, and secondary health conditions. To reduce the barriers and staying safe and healthy, we start TELE HEALTH FACILITY.  PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES  can contact us for common health problems
 Zoom or email (vrtc793@gmail.com)

Webinar on Sugamya Pustakalaya - the national online library of accessible books

Webinar on Sugamya Pustakalaya - the national online library of accessible books

NAB Delhi is pleased to partner with DAISY Forum of India to provide more information and guidance on using Sugamya Pustakalaya. The webinar will be held on Tuesday 21 April 2020 at 11 am using Zoom conferencing platform. The webinar will be facilitated by Prashant Ranjan Verma and Santosh Khare.

Who should join?

Training

Thu, 04/16/2020 - 12:22 -- geeta.nair

A good concept for all of us. The concept is introduction of Deque University:  Web Accessibility and Courses workshop.
  While keeping in mind sighted people can’t accept our quality, working capacity, ability, etc. those are the thinks sighted people cannot giving chance to work in private sector for visually impaired person.
Now, we would like to remove the limitation for visually challenged person.
What you will get from this workshop?
        In this workshop we will consutret the following topics:
•       What is Deque University,

14 essential departments in Karnataka to work full time during extended lockdown

Thu, 04/16/2020 - 10:54 -- geeta.nair

Bengaluru: The Karnataka government on Wednesday identified 14 departments as essential and asked all its employees to attend work during the extended period of lockdown to check coronavirus spread in the state.

According to a circular issued by chief secretary T M Vijay Bhaskar, all classes of officials/employees in these departments must attend to their work.
 

David Brown, world’s fastest blind man, adjusts training in coronavirus crisis

Thu, 04/16/2020 - 10:41 -- geeta.nair

David Brown, the world’s fastest totally blind sprinter, has been accompanied every step of the way by his guide Jerome Avery but the coronavirus outbreak has forced them apart for the first time in six years of training and racing together.

Many runners can continue training more or less as usual in this time of social and physical distancing but it is not so easy for those without sight, who run in tandem with their guide, their adjoining hands tethered by a 30cm (12 inch) band.

BGFI Virtual Session on Cooking

Blind Graduates Forum of India (BGFI) with their ideology of think different runs many projects like Experiential Learning Sessions, Knowledge Sharing Sessions, Mentorship program and so on, which benefits Blind  people in various aspects of their life like Education, Employment/Employability, Accessibility, Daily living
skills etc.
Due to current Corona virus Situation, we all are in lockdown, but we cannot keep our stomach and taste buds under lockdown. Many of us might think, how a  blind person cook or many of us might want to
learn cooking with blindness.

Blindshell classic phones! Daily Deal:Talking Book Reader, Big savings on Victor Reader Trek & Stream

Wed, 04/15/2020 - 13:38 -- geeta.nair

Order your new easy to use accessible push button candy bar style
talking Blindshell Classic phone from us! It was designed specifically
for the blind and I have to say I'm impressed! They did a fabulous job
on its design and its features! This is a great phone for those who
can't or prefer not to use a touch screen phone! It also does a fine
job with the music and book reader applications which of course I had
to check out. (smiles) All the other applications were also well
designed and work very well! The phone is just $349 and to fully

Mentorship program

Visually impaired students , who are looking for professional and experienced mentors.

Indic AI is partnering with “Leading companies in India” to provide mentorship support and guidance to Visually impaired students , who want to pursue high quality education and aspire for jobs in government and private companies.  

The mentors will provide career guidance, enable you to become better leaders, develop communication skills,  problem solving and decision making.

Study material’ worry for visually impaired students

Wed, 04/15/2020 - 10:58 -- geeta.nair

BHUBANESWAR:  With schools and colleges shut due to lockdown, visually-challenged students in the State are a worried lot. Neither do they have audiobooks for all subjects nor alternative study materials like braille texts. The State Government has paid little attention to the educational needs of visually-challenged students. Though the Government has decided to start online education for Class X students through Diksha application after April 14, no such initiatives has been taken up at college level.

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