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One day workshop entitled "*Web Accessibility- Hands-on Training

Farook College (Autonomous), Kozhikode in collaboration with Kerala State Centre for Assistive Technologies (KSCAT) is organizing a one day workshop entitled "*Web Accessibility- Hands-on Training in Bookshare online library for Visually Impaired" *sponsored by KSCSTE, Govt. of Kerala  on 20th February 2019 from KSCAT Training lab at Farook College.

You are requested to ensure the participation of visually impaired students of your institution for this auspicious occasion. Details regarding this workshop is given in the brochure attached herewith this mail.

More community radio licences for the most disadvantaged areas of India #TheRadioFestival Delhi

Mon, 02/18/2019 - 11:11 -- geeta.nair

“It is rare to find public, private and community radio working together, but they are doing so for this radio festival,” said UNESCO representative Al-Amin Yusuph, opening the Delhi Radio Festival on World Radio Day

WRD was proclaimed in 2011 adopted by the UN General Assembly the following year.

Explaining the idea behind WRD, Yusuph told delegates the international day aims “to strengthen interaction and cooperation amongst broadcasters and to celebrate radio as a medium.”

An exhibition shares how the visually challenged pioneer of modern Indian art, Benode Behari Mukherjee saw the world

Mon, 02/18/2019 - 10:53 -- geeta.nair

Related News An exhibition to mark Rabindranath Tagore’s birth anniversary focuses on works created in his later years A Pale View of Hills V-C’s gherao withdrawn, Registrar says ‘even militants better than these students’ Around a month after Santiniketan announced that it will honour its eminent alumni Benode Behari Mukherjee with a gallery dedicated to […]

Review petition challenging 50% vision, hearing disability limit for judge's post to be filed next week

Fri, 02/15/2019 - 12:43 -- koshy.mathew@ey...

The Supreme Court bench order stipulating a 50% disability limit in hearing and vision impairment for the post of civil judge is all set to be challenged.

Next week, Advocate V Surendra Mohan plans to file a review petition seeking that the order be placed before a larger bench.

First ever sound ball tennis workshop in Mumbai for people with visual impairments

Fri, 02/15/2019 - 12:41 -- koshy.mathew@ey...

What is sound ball tennis you may ask? Well, it is a sport for people with visual impairments. Similar to tennis and played with a modified ball.

Sound ball tennis is played indoors using rackets and sponge balls that make sound when in motion. The rattling sound made by the balls is followed by the players. The game takes some practice and technique is such that players need to stay agile and focused on the sound the ball makes while using hand moments to hit the ball.

Disability rights body seeks Health Minister's intervention to overturn guidelines that discriminate against MBBS aspirants

Fri, 02/15/2019 - 12:11 -- koshy.mathew@ey...

Angered by the Medical Council of India (MCI) callous and discriminatory attitude towards disabled medical aspirants, the National Platform for the Rights of the Disabled (NPRD), has written a strong letter to J P Nadda, Union Minister for Health & Family Welfare (MoHFW) registering it’s protest.

A cross disability organization of disabled people with a presence across many states, the NPRD has slammed what it has called “the continuation of certain blatantly discriminatory attitudes in the matter of admissions to MBBS”.

Welfare Officer in Social Welfare

Thu, 02/14/2019 - 14:40 -- koshy.mathew@ey...

Opening Date of Application:- 31/01/2019

Closing Date of Application:- 05/03/2019

Number of Vacancies :- (Total-110- (UR-55, OBC-31, SC-16, ST-08) including PH-5(OH-04, VH-01).

Educational Qualification:

Essential : 1. Master's Degree in social work or Master of Art (Sociology) or Post Graduate Degree in Criminology from a recognized University/Institute.

Some recreational activities for visually impaired people

Wed, 02/13/2019 - 14:53 -- koshy.mathew@ey...

Thanks to technology, the range of recreational activities available for people with visual disabilities are many. Visually impaired people must look at the choices that are available and choose that suits their interests most. There are community programs as well where people can meet others socially.

For Simran Chawla, a beauty pageant winner, dancing is among her favourite recreational activities.
 

Here are some recreational activities that visually impaired people could look:

In a first, Class X boards in Assam to offer paper in Braille

Wed, 02/13/2019 - 14:46 -- koshy.mathew@ey...

Guwahati: For the first time, the Class X state board exams — beginning on Thursday — will have question paper in Braille.

This time, there are 13 blind candidates appearing for the exam from five examination centres in the state. 

The general science question paper will be offered in Braille. While visually challenged candidates appearing for the boards under the Board of Secondary Education, Assam (Seba) have to appear for all six papers, the syllabus for general science and general maths they follow are different. 

‘Respect, empathy for the visually impaired main requisites for a scribe’

Tue, 02/12/2019 - 16:01 -- koshy.mathew@ey...

Chitralekha Vanamamalai
For volunteer-scribe Padmini, service is for pure soul satisfaction and nothing else in this world can give her that satisfaction.

A resident of Virugambakkam, Chennai, for the last two decades, she has been helping many visually challenged persons pass examinations.

Speaking to News Today, Padmini said the job of a volunteer scribe does not end with writing the exam for them but many a time it is more than that.

Speak! - Android app that reads text captured on camera or seen online

Speak! is an app designed to aid the visually impaired and others that require reading assistance. 

The app takes advantage of state-of-the-art artificial intelligence technology. It will read any text captured by the camera. It can be used to read anything from street signs to newspapers. The app has been specifically designed to detect text in "bad photos", for instance when the text is rotated or far away. In addition it knows to detect relevant text only, for example when photographing a page in a book, text captured on the adjacent page will be ignored.

Postman (A.P. Circle)

Fri, 02/08/2019 - 11:36 -- geeta.nair

Department of Posts - India
O/o Chief Postmaster General,
A.P. Circle, 
Vijayawada-520013
No. RE/APCO/3-7/DR/2017-18 dated at Vijayawada-13

Highlights of the advertisement are given below, for complete details visit http://www.appost.in

Last date for final submission of application through online: 08.03.2019

Direct Recruitment to Cadre of Postman/Main Guard

CENTRAL TEACHER ELIGIBILITY TEST

Thu, 02/07/2019 - 13:58 -- geeta.nair

CENTRAL TEACHER ELIGIBILITY TEST
CTET-JULY 2019
INFORMATION BULLETIN
CONDUCTED BY CENTRAL BOARD OF SECONDARY EDUCATION, DELHI
CENTRAL TEACHER ELIGIBILITY TEST UNIT PS 1-2, INSTITUTIONAL
AREA, I P EXTENSION, PATPARGANJ, DELHI-110092
Date for Submission of On-Line Application: 05-02-2019 to 05-03
-2019
Last date for submission of On-line Application: 05-03-2019
Last date for submission of fee: 08-03-2019 (Before 03.30 PM)

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