In the Digital India of today, there is a need to re-look at the modes of assessment for blind and visually impaired students.
Do you remember playing ‘Chinese Whispers’ as kids? Whispering words and phrases down a chain of friends, and ending up in giggles at the distorted line of communication!
City does not mean only signboards. The State Government would not lag behind and do everything possible to make the city accessible, be it information, communication, transport and the digital inclusion, said Additional Chief Secretary and Development Commissioner R Balakrishna at the Bhubaneswar Urban Lectures on “Smart Accessibility Solutions In Bhubaneswar” on Tuesday organised by the BDA, BMC, BSCL, Swabhiman and Mphasis
“Do you know that sign language — even in English — is different in many countries,” says Alim Chandani, associate vice president, Centum Learning. Despite his hearing impairment, Chandani has travelled to 44 countries, and is eager to compare notes. Bhutan, he says, is his favourite. “It’s a small place; so everything is easy to locate and the people are very helpful.”
BHUBANESWAR: In an age when information technology has become a way of life, a section of the society - the Persons with Disabilities - have been ignored to a large extent. Accessibility for the disabled today is not just limited to physical access to buildings but to information, communication and services meant for the public, eminent disability rights activist Shruti Mohapatra said on Tuesday.
Government of India
Ministry of Defence (DGQA)
Department of Defence Production Senior Quality Assurance Establishment (General Stores)
Pazhavanthangal – Post,
Chennai – 600 114,
Tamil Nadu
Advt. No. 224/1/EST/2015-16 (2017)
After the state government introduced 30% reservation for women in the first year of junior colleges (FYJC) from this academic year, educators and child development specialists have demanded an increase in the quota for students with disabilities. They suggested starting special courses for the differently-abled students, which will concentrate on skill-based training instead of focusing too much on academics.
Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh was in Gwalior, Madhya Pradesh, on Saturday to visit the BSF Academy in Tekanpur district. He was there to attend the passing out parade of the BSF assistant commandants graduating from the academy.
But in addition to his official engagements, the BJP leader took time out to pay a visit to visually impaired BSF officer Sandeep Mishra. Mishra, an assistant commandant of the Border Security Force Academy at Tekanpur, had lost his eyesight in a clash with the United Liberation Front of Asom (ULFA) militants in Assam's Tinsukia district in 2000.
We are looking out to hire a physically / visually challenged person to our office in Bangalore.
Firstly, let me introduce Sakuraa. Sakuraa, is a 17 year old Japanese Language Services Company. Over the last 17 years, SNRC has achieved a leadership position in offering comprehensive Japanese language services including language trainings, translation, interpretation, etiquette coaching, and bilingual staffing service. This is due to the fact that our team has continuously worked to adapt & improve upon our service offerings.
State Bank of India
Central Recruitment & Promotion Department,
Corporate Centre,
Mumbai
(Phone: 022-2282 0427; Fax: 022-2282 0411; E-mail: crpd@sbi.co.in)
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Seva Bharati, a non-government organisation working for special children and visually impaired in the city, will start running the two day care centres for endosulfan victims from April 1. The NGO takes them over from the Sri Kshetra Dharmastala Rural Development Project that ran the centres since their inception in 2011.
BHUBANESWAR: The Centre is not serious about accessibility hurdles which have been a long standing concern for persons with disabilities (PWDs) in India.
While there has been much hype on implementation of Information Technology in an array of sectors, there is a large divide between ‘Digital India’ and ‘Accessibility India’ campaigns launched by the Union Government, said Javed Abidi ,Global Chair, Disabled People’s International here on Monday.
Kirori Mal College
University of Delhi
North Campus,
Delhi – 110007
Phone: 011-27667861
Website: www.kmcollege.ac.in
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BHUBANESWAR: With the Centre contemplating to broaden the criteria for persons with disabilities (PWDs), Odisha Government is likely to start a fresh enumeration of PWDs within a few months. The Centre is currently reviewing the proposal to include 22 additional disabilities apart from the existing eight conditions.
The government is set to change a four-decade-old definition of blindness to bring it in line with the WHO criteria and ensure the Indian data on blindness meets the global estimates.
Rehabilitation Course for Teenagers
Interview on: 17th April, 2017 at 9.30 a.m.
Qualification: SSC and HSC Appeared Students
Age limit: 16-20 years
Venue: NAB - Department of Rehabilitation, C/o. King George V. Memorial Infirmary, Anand Niketan, Near Famous Cine Studio, Dr. E. Moses Road, Mahalaxmi, Mumbai 400 011.
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Intensive Training Course For The Visually Impaired Women 2017
Innovators from India have created a new device that has yet again changed what we can or cannot do without seeing.
Plastic sliding calipers known as Squirrel Devices, developed by MIT grad students, make geometry's continuous shapes and lengths measurable for blind and limited-vision students, who can read measurements in Braille.
DERA GHAZI KHAN: Visually impaired employees of different government departments staged a protest demonstration on Thursday at Musharraf Chowk over nonpayment of their salaries for the last four months.
As you know we have recently migrated SayEverything mailing list to a new server and there is also a slight change in our mailing list address.
The same has already been diseminated to the members across the list, however, I am repeatedly sending this message to keep everyone informed about the new changes in order to ensure smooth functionality of mailing list.
Basic Computer Trainning Course for Visually Challenge by Mitra Jyothi
We are very happy to announce that due to popular demand for our Computer Skill Training for the visually impaired, we have decided to double the number of students we take regularly by having two batches
in parallel for the summer months. Our summer batch starts on 17th April and will be for a duration of two months. For this batch we will be taking students only.
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