Ahmedabad: They can't see or speak but they do age, hit puberty and seek marriage. More often than not, they can't express what they feel and it results in physical and psychological issues.
Sense India has organized a national-level week-long training workshop for deafblind adults, their parents, caretakers and special educators in Ahmedabad which saw 54 participants from 14 states.
The District Central Library in the city will soon get funding under the National Mission on Libraries, an initiative of the Union government, for improving infrastructure.
Disclosing this here on Sunday, A.P.Sivakumar, District Library Officer, said Rs. 70 lakh had been sanctioned under the programme. Of the total funding, 75% would be contributed by the Centre and the rest by the State government.
If you have a disability, what’s the hardest thing about browsing the web?” The answers to Safia Abdalla’s tweet are truly eye-opening and shows us what web accessibility should really be about.
In this article I’ll summarize and group the main topics that people bring up in the thread.
But do click on the tweet and read through all the answers. It’s an awesome read for anyone interested in making the web a better place for all. And, in my opinion, a far better place to learn about accessibility than reading any checklist or standard.
NEW DELHI: The government has clarified its decision to levy 5% goods and services tax on assistive devices for the physically challenged, rejecting Congress vice-president Rahul Gandhi’s allegation that the government has been “insensitive” to the disabled.
“Tax incidence is not going up but going down,” revenue secretary Hasmukh Adhia said, even as he offered two reasons why these devices have not been exempted from GST.
The Central Railway plans to start a new helpline system to redress the grievances of the handicapped passengers and cancer patients. Following complaints from handicapped passengers that they were not getting adequate help when they called the helpline number 9004411111, the CR is all set to implement a new system where passengers just need to send an SMS on this number, which will then be forwarded to the concerned department.
India is home to over 100 million persons with disabilities as well as 100 million elderly people. Despite of knowing these facts and figures, there’s little that’s being done to cater to the special needs of these sections of the population. Moreover, in this digital age, multiple applications and information portals help us plan seamless experiences when it comes to travelling and exploring, adding to our social life. However, what about the social life of persons with disabilities and the elderly?
New Delhi, July 4
The central government on Tuesday refuted Congress leader Rahul Gandhi's charge of GST rates being "insensitive" to the disabled, saying a discounted 5 per cent levy will bring down prices of assistive devices for physically-challenged and promote domestic manufacturing.
From Braille writers and Braille paper to wheelchairs, talking books, Assistive Listening Devices (ALD) and implants for the severely physically-challenged, as many as 22 items for them will attract a Goods and Services Tax (GST) of 5 per cent.
BENGALURU: It was no easy journey for Sheikh Tanveer Asif to success in UPSC exams. Overcoming numerous odds, this candidate from Kalaburagi secured the 25th rank.
It was his second attempt at the exam. Asif said as he was preparing for both state civil service and IAS exams, he was unable to dedicate his time fully to the national level exams.
At the 17th convocation of the International Institute of Information Technology-Bangalore (IIIT-B) held on Sunday, 269 candidates were part of the graduating batch.
Indian scientists have developed a smartphone app that helps colour blind and visually impaired students detect color changes in a routine lab experiment, thereby ensuring their active participation and independence.
The app, Titration ColorCam, is a step forward in the ongoing effort to develop assisstive mobile technology to aid blind students in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM), said Subhajit Bandyopadhyay and Balraj B. Rathod of the Indian Institute of Science Education and Research (IISER) Kolkata.
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