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Training on Google Education products with accessibility

Mon, 10/26/2020 - 15:08 -- geeta.nair

Training on Google Education products with accessibility in mind, to help  every student  learn, be inspired and achieve their full potential.
Google Apps help an individual access data online as well as offline from any device.
Ideal Academy of Higher Learnings "IAHL presents a   short term online training  on Google applications
Topics covered :
1) Google Drive:
Google Drive is a safe place to back up and access all your files
from any device -. How to create folder, upload and download files.
2) Google Docs:

Eyeway Encounters with Blind Professionals

Eyeway Encounters with Blind Professionals 

Announcing our next session with professionals who have not let blindness cloud their vision. We have three special guests who will share insights from their respective careers in the Private Sector. Sameer Latey is a Chartered Accountant in Mumbai, Monica Sharma is a voice and accent trainer at IBM and Srinivasu Chakravarthulu is an Accessibility Consultant.

Hurry and register for this action-packed session!

Session Date and Time: October  29, 4 pm to 5 pm

Mode of session: Online using Zoom

 

Visually challenged rank holder moves CAT seeking IAS posting

Fri, 10/23/2020 - 10:15 -- geeta.nair

CHENNAI: The Central Administrative Tribunal’s Chennai bench issued a notice to the Central government and the Union Public Service Commission (UPSC) to respond to a plea moved by M Puranasunthari, a visually impaired 25-year-old woman from Madurai, who secured 286th rank in the Civil Services Examination (CSE), 2019.

Computer training

Thu, 10/22/2020 - 16:57 -- geeta.nair

Two like minded men  joined together and started a free hostel by name Andhara Jeeva Belaku Samasthe for Visually challenged children on 1st of July 2018 at 1st cross,1st building, Siddheshwar Nagar, Ranebennur-581115

Our main intension is to bring the rural area Visually challenged children to the main stream and making them self dependent.

We are providing free food, shelter, college fee, transport and medical facilities, right now13 girls are availing the facilities given by us, We are expecting more to join in the next academic year,

Helping see through the darkness

They say when the going gets tough, the tough get going. Eyeway has witnessed several accounts of visually impaired people from across India, who’ve overcome insurmountable challenges through grit and guidance. We bring you another such story.

Farzana Shaikh was born sighted to a middle class family in Mumbai, Maharashtra. Just as she completed Class X, she lost her eye sight after contracting brain fever. The whole family was in shock and the young girl’s life suddenly came to a standstill.

Why Dissociate Dignity from Disability?

By Shruti Pushkarna
 

There comes a point in life when everyone needs a bit of help. As I write this piece, I am writhing in pain. On any given day, I score myself quite high on the strength quotient when it comes to overcoming challenges, even physical discomfort. But not today. I sought professional help, acknowledging my inability to deal with the situation.

 

Silver Linings Invite for its Next Dignity Girls and Boys online meet! 25th Oct, Tips on Independent Mobility!

Silver Linings Dignity Girls And Boys invites you for our  upcoming Online Meet: Independent Mobility for VI!
Date: 25th October, Sunday!
Time: 3 pm to 5 pm.
Topic: Tips on Independent Mobility for the visually impaired!
To join: click the link below on the mentioned date and time:
 
https://meet.google.com/ttn-yhxr-dym?hs=122&authuser=0
 

Part 2 of Bookshare's online workshop on 'Investments, Securities, and the Stock Markets' - 25th October

Bookshare invites you all to join the 2nd part of the workshop on “Investments, Securities and the Stock Markets”. The session will be held on the 25th October at 11 AM India.
The 2nd part of the session will focus on demonstration of accessible applications used for making investments in the financial sector.
Rahul Kelapure – SEBI shall present the session and answer queries from the participants.

Workshop

workshop organize by recording club on new
device UREADBRO.
Dear colleagues,
 in the series of our next Tech Talk episode,
Recording Club brings to you one more unique workshop on newly developed device called UReadBro manufactured by InnovationHub Technologies, Pvt. Ltd. Bangalore. This workshop will be conducted via
zoom app on 22nd, October, at 3 P.M. for which the link is given below. UReadBro is stand-alone Book Reader For Visually impaired. It provides the user with speech experience using naturally sounding

Shayari event

We at Blind Graduates Forum of India (BGFI) strongly believes in the power of experience, and what’s better than an experience where you can just sit back and enjoy? In the midst of the pandemic, all we have is the comfort of virtual company from the safety of our homes. This event, organized by the Blind Graduates Forum of India, is going to be a celebration of warmth, love, inspiration, and all things “Shayari”!

English course

Wed, 10/21/2020 - 14:34 -- geeta.nair

As persons with disabilities, we face a number of difficulties on a day to day basis, many of which we breeze through with confidence, while a few others are a bit more challenging.
One of the biggest hurdles standing in the way of us achieving our dreams, is our inability to communicate fluently in English.
English Today, has become a necessary skill that we cannot do without, and which yet remains just out of reach and inaccessible for many of us. But, it doesn’t have to remain this way.

Near vision loss cases in India surge to 138 million

Wed, 10/21/2020 - 11:00 -- geeta.nair

NEW DELHI: Increased life expectancy and a high diabetes  burden has increased the number of Indians with eyesight  issues. Cases of near vision loss have more than doubled in   in the country — from 57.7 million in 1990 to 137.6 million  in 2020, according to new data provided by two  international bodies.

campain

Campain organize by DPWD where they
will talk about various computer software and anroid application.
Are you useing computers, or smart phones but facing difficult with windows software and android applications? or having trouble with the both? are you willing to have sollution for your gagets, make their use smooth?
then hurry up, for the 4TH day campain of dpwd, on technical guidance on various computer software, android applications and one to one conversation for all your doubts. this also includes career guidance

She had the vision to break the stereotype

Tue, 10/20/2020 - 10:45 -- geeta.nair

With two gold medals in MA Political Science, visually challenged Kavya S. Bhat stood out among the students passing out of the portal of University of Mysore on the occasion of its centenary convocation on Monday.

Speaking to reporters after receiving the certificates from Deputy Chief Minister and Pro Chancellor of the University C.N. Ashwath Narayan, Ms. Bhat said most visually challenged students had been told that music was the only field for them to engage in. But, she wished to break the stereotype by choosing political science and excelling in it.

Micro soft excel class on week end

Fri, 10/16/2020 - 20:20 -- geeta.nair

MICROSOFT EXCEL BASIC COMPUTER TRAINING FOR PERSONS WITH VISUAL
IMPAIRMENT (PROFESSIONAL AND PERSONAL CLASS)

This is to inform all of you that I Rangaswamy a technology trainer by profession am organizing a basic Microsoft excel training for persons with visual impairment only on weekends
Duration of the training:6 weeks(Saturday and Sunday only) 2Pm-4PM on zoom
Starting Date:31stth October, 2020
Ending Date: 6th December, 2020

This training will provide:

REGISTRATION- EYEWAY ENCOUNTERS with Taufiq Qureshi.

Dear Friends

The Victoria Memorial School for the Blind would like to invite you all to a session graced by an exceptionally versatile percussionist & one of the most acclaimed music composers around the World, Shri.Taufiq Qureshi.
Featured as a performing artist in the 2009 Grammy-Award winning album, ' Global Drum Project ', Shri.Taufiq Qureshi intends to share his endearing insights and experiences of his journey in the music industry.

Session Date and Time: 21st October, 2020, 5 pm to 6.30 pm

Specialist Grade III Assistant Professor (Radio-Diagnosis) Ministry of Health and Family Welfare (UPSC)

Fri, 10/16/2020 - 16:24 -- geeta.nair

ADVERTISEMENT NO. 12/2020
UNION PUBLIC SERVICE COMMISSION INVITES ONLINE RECRUITMENT APPLICATIONS (ORA*) FOR RECRUITMENT BY SELECTION TO THE FOLLOWING POSTS (*: by using the website http://www.upsconline.nic.in)

Last date for Online:29th October 2020

Specialist Grade III Assistant Professor (Radio-Diagnosis)
No. of posts: 28, out of which 02 for PwD candidates (Low Vision can apply)

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