As a girl of 15, Nidhi Goyal wanted to be a portrait artist. Then she became visually-challenged, and turned to activism. “I was 16,” she says about losing sight to a rare genetic condition called retinitis pigmentosa. “It was a struggle and I was slipping into depression until I looked at my own privilege.” She then decided to “do something about it”.
Rahul Gambhir, a 31-year-old banker from Mumbai, is worried about the day when the Covid-19 lockdown will be lifted and he will have to join office again.
His office is at Nariman Point, which is at least 20km away from his flat at Chembur.
There are several questions worrying Gambhir, who is totally blind since birth.
UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres on Wednesday called on governments around the world to specifically take into account the billions of people with disabilities in their response to the COVID-19 pandemic.
Blind people’s association is pleased to announce the first online computer quiz for V.I .computer users who have recently started using computer. This quiz is also going to be applicable and helpful to those who possess
reasonably good command in computer.
Please note that those candidates who have desktop or laptop will be able to appear in this test from their own house.
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XRCVC is happy to announce a short series of Online Elementary
Immersion Workshops in Conversational English.
Gaining proficiency in English is important because it increases your horizons. We live in a diverse world with a variety of cultures and languages. English has emerged as a dominant language and learning to speak English well helps us connect beyond our cultural boundaries. From work, to academic exchange, to business, to making friends, English helps us connect at a global level.
XRCVC is happy to announce a training workshop “Online Session on How To Use Zoom Conference Calls”.
Zoom is the leader in modern enterprise video communications, with an easy, reliable cloud platform for video and audio conferencing, chat, and webinars etc.
In the current scenario due to the lockdown, many people are using platforms like Zoom in order to do collaborative work with teams, attend class, and even meet their families online. The app is accessible, which means that visually impaired persons can also use it 0independently.
For over 100 years, Braille has been helping the people who are blind and low vision to read and communicate. Google wants to help the visually impaired community use Braille on their smartphones as well. To make this happen, Google has launched a Braille keyboard named TalkBack.
For disabled people, tech is a great equaliser and Google‘s latest offering is a step in that direction. Called TalkBack, Google has launched a virtual braille keyboard for people with vision impairments.
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Kailash Tandel (35) had to go back home to Machimar Nagar in Cuffe Parade from his hostel in IIT Bombay, where he is pursuing his PhD, when the novel coronavirus began to gain a foothold in the city.
Mr. Tandel was no stranger to the hardships his community faced, but this time, he was filled with dread. The locality has poor hygiene, the fisherfolk who live in the area have had a bad run at sea for months and the lockdown has added to their financial distress.
BigBasket has introduced priority delivery of groceries for people with disabilities (PWD). They are working to enhance experience for PWD based on the request from Blind Graduates Forum of India to
minimize challenges due to lockdown and social distancing measures.
Please make note of the process to order below:
• Fill your details in this form.
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As the subject indicates Grow center, Chennai, of Dr. Reddy's Foundation is conducting online employment training course. The course will cover communicative English, soft skills, digital literacy and interview skills and also outline mobile operation and mock interviews.
Interested candidates who have a laptop and internet connectivity can contact the trainer Mr. Alfred at the number given below for further information.
Call on 8618802265
mail me alfred.stephen@drreddysfoundation.org
COVID 19 has brought unprecedented challenges in India one of which is its impact on school going children and their regular education. While it is promising to see many thought pieces raising the issue and offering meaningful solutions to this issue, it is no surprise that we have yet again failed to recognize the highly excluded category of Children with disabilities(CWDs) from the entire discourse. A staggering 75 % of children with disabilities doesn’t attend schools in India.
It is said that words selected in communication are 2H sward. If we select wrong words, it can act as a bullet, on the other hand selection of the right words an attitude in communication may work as a healer. BGFI is all set to conduct a session on yet another topic known as assertiveness. Assertiveness means conveying a strong message in a polite yet in a firm manner. being assertive enables us to stand up for our rights or stand up against something wrong in a calm and positive manner without being ither aggressive or passively accepting wrong.
We have lots of great gift items in stock for Mother's Day which is coming up quickly so get your orders in ASAP! We also have improved download links for our Audio Demos of our newest Talking Mp3 Player,
Book Reader and Accessible MP3 AM/FM Radio!
The Delhi University on Tuesday conducted a webinar on COVID-19 for visually impaired students to help them deal with the problems they are facing due to the coronavirus lockdown.
The university has nearly 3,000 students with disabilities.
Based on the webinar, titled ‘COVID-19 and the Challenges of the Visually Impaired’, the university plans to prepare a policy document concerning interventions required for the visually impaired, to be circulated in public domain and for implementation, the varsity said.
It’s a 1-hour free online webinar on zoom, where you can seek guidance and clarify your doubts on how to prepare and apply for different colleges outside India.
Students are requested to fill the google form to nominate themselves https://bit.ly/2VVOhFK
NAB Delhi is please to bring to you two more webinars on interesting subjects.
Webinar 1: Stories from other countries, how the visually impaired community is coping up under lockdown on Wednesday, 29 April 2020 at 5.30 pm
Prashant Ranjan Verma will be talking to leading personalities from different countries to understand the present situation of visually impaired, their concerns and expectations amid lockdown and restrictions
imposed to prevent spread of Covid 19.
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The novel coronavirus has caused an economic and social avalanche nationwide. India has extended the lockdown until May 3. So far the pandemic has claimed more than 550 lives. The World Health Organisation (WHO) has warned that persons with disabilities (PwDs) are at a greater risk from the virus. Social distancing is the need of the hour. However, it has greatly inconvenienced PwDs who are in a double bind when it comes to even implementing basic hygiene to keep the virus at bay. The social model of managing disabilities has gone haywire.
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