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Excluding the excluded: India’s response to the education of children with disabilities during Covid-19

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.

BGFI- Virtual Session on Assertiveness- 3RD May

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.

Mother's Day Sale: Blindshell Classic phone, Book Readers, Victor Reader Trek, Stream, Talking MP3 Players, Talking Fire Tablets & Awesome Accessories! Audio Demos

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!

Delhi University conducts webinar on Covid-19 for visually impaired students

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.

Undergraduate studies from abroad

From Indic AI Foundation

Students who are planning to pursue undergraduate studies from outside India, Join Bhavya Shah, a visually impaired student, who is currently deciding between Stanford University and Harvard University for his undergraduate studies.

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

webinars

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.

Computer Training

Microsoft word
Formatting reading navigation reading and writing commands
Creating table columns rows and formatting calculation of table
Learning mail murge
Some important topic covered word
Micro soft excel:

Customise model of social distancing for the disabled

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.

BPO Sector, Gakaay Solutions

Recruitment open in Gakaay Solutions hiring for BPO Sector .
WORK : Voice Process
Location Pune , Mumbai
Here we are offering home based work
Salary upto 25000. Job shift s night shift + rotational any 9 hours shift with weekly off on Sunday.
Requirements
Any graduate and undergraduate candidates with excellent communication skills
Undergraduate should have at least 6 months of experience
Candidate should have a good broadband connections with headphone mic and updated windows operating system

Maths and Science support classes for 9th class visually Impaired.

Maths and Science support classes for 9th class visually Impaired.
The classes will be provided online, by one of the best Training Institutes
in India. The syllabus will be covered in Hindi and English mode. Students will also be provided reading material in accessible format in English. The students can attend the classes using Smartphones or Laptops.
Please fill this form to register for the classes: http://bit.ly/2PXaQI7
The students will have a Demo class on 25th April.

On-screen braille to voice-guided maps: Are smartphones finally catering to the visually impaired?

How would you use your smartphone if your vision was impaired? Most of us have never had to consider this question, but, according to the World Heath Organisation, for an estimated 285 million people (more than the entire population of Indonesia) it’s a daily concern. With modern life pivoting around the use of electronic devices, accessibility for the visually impaired is a growing issue. A step forward came last week, when Google unveiled an on-screen Braille keyboard for Android.

COVID19: Impact on Assistive Technologies Demand for Visually Impaired Market Industry, Finds Fact.MR

Fact.MR has recently published a new research that provides detailed insights on the working dynamics of the global Assistive Technologies Demand for Visually Impaired market. The research report offers in-depth information about the key market segments, vendor landscape, geographical outlook, and the factors driving and inhibiting growth.

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BHAKKAR: Over 100 people are living in darkness in Basti Sohalan, a rural area of Bhakkar, as they suffer from a rare genetic disorder which blinds them as their age progresses.
The genetic disorder has no cure besides enrichment of the gene pool by marrying outside the village to prevent the blindness to take over the lives of the future generation, a local health expert revealed when contacted by The Express Tribune.

Graduate Executive Trainee (GET) HR

The Neyveli Lignite Corporation Limited (NLC)
RECRUITMENT CELL / HR DEPARTMENT / CORPORATE OFFICE
Block-1, Neyveli-607 801,
Cuddalore District, Tamil Nadu

NLC India Limited (NLCIL), a premier ‘NAVRATNA’ Public Sector Enterprise with a present Annual Turnover of INR.7145.92 crore is spreading its wings in the frontiers of Mining(Lignite &Coal), Thermal Power generation and Renewable energy.

Wisroc’s visually-impaired man identified as latest COVID-19 victim

Guyana‘s latest victim of the Covid-19 has been identified Sydney Trellis called ‘Jacket’, a 49-year-old visually-impaired man from the Government Housing Scheme in Wismar, Region 10.
Trellis is recorded as the nation’s 7th Coronavirus fatality.

He passed away on Saturday night in the Intensive Care Unit of the Georgetown Public Hospital, after about two weeks of undergoing treatment.Guyana’s latest COVID-19 victim: Sydney Trellis

BGFI-Virtual Session on Cooking

After the overwhelming response for virtual session on Cooking - Part 1 by an expert cook Payal Kapoor where she discussed about understanding of the correct layout of the kitchen – space, workflow, safety. Using the right implements, gas, electrical equipment –storing of Raw Material in the kitchen, picking up the right kind of

'My Tale Too' 2020

This writing workshop will be conducted by the award winning and acclaimed published writer and poet, Aditi Rao. She will take us through 6 virtual group trainings through all of May and help craft a story.
Eligibility criteria:

* Only applicable for women with disabilities who are 18 or above and are Indian citizens.

* Applicant should have some writing experience.

If you are interested in applying, please fill out the form attached and email it to team@risingflame.org .

Make disabled people a priority in COVID-19 battle plan : NCPEDP appeals to PM Modi

In a letter to Prime Minister Narendra Modi, the National Centre for Promotion of Employment for Disabled People (NCPEDP) has pointed out how the disabled community continue to be excluded from all essential services during the COVID-19 lockdown. They have sought the PM’s urgent intervention in the matter.

Meet the ‘Fantastic Five’ at Arunodayam Charitable Trust making face masks for the public

Wearing a face mask is compulsory in Tamil Nadu but there are not enough quality masks available. Many cannot afford to buy them either. To ensure that vulnerable people are protected from the coronavirus, five disabled girls from Chennai’s Sri Arunodayam Charitable Trust are making these masks as per globally approved benchmarks and distributing them to the poorer sections of society.

They may not fully understand what the COVID-19 or coronavirus means, but they are sensitive to the suffering it is causing and are doing their part to help out.