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Thomas (name changed), a 31 year old man from Dindikal, Tamil Nadu also reached out to our helpdesk in August. He has 100 percent blindness and is currently pursuing his M.A. in English Literature from an evening college. Thomas needed specific resources and books in order to prepare well for his M.A. exams. Resources for the M.A. level are difficult to obtain in an accessible format. We connected him to the National Association for the Blind (NAB), Delhi.  After engaging with them, he was able to get the books that he needed.

Making academics accessible

Sukumar (name changed), a student of class 11 from Tumkur, Karnataka with 100 percent blindness contacted the Eyeway helpdesk in August, 2016. He informed our counsellor that he was facing difficulties with his studies as he did not have books on the subjects of History, Economics, Political Science and Sociology in an accessible format. He needed them in order to successfully prepare for his class 11 mid-term examinations. We connected him to Sahana Charitable Trust, an NGO which has a repository of accessible resources for students.

International Reporting "Match your abilities rather than matching disabilities

International Reporting "Match your abilities rather than matching disabilities"

Coverage of Voice Vision "Fourth Across Disability Matrimonial Get-together" held on 12th March 2016 was featured on London's Channel 4 in their series called Unreported World, on Friday 7th October,
2016. The episode named "India's Blind dates" presented the events concept and impact. Watch at

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hzacrvpBumo

Visually impaired couple sees the world through their daughter’s eyes

Thu, 10/13/2016 - 11:21 -- geeta.nair

Deepkamal Kaur

Tribune News Service

Jalandhar, October 12

Having met each other about 12 years ago and fallen in love, it took Prem Sagar (49) and Deepika (44) almost seven years to convince their families that despite their similar visual disability, they would be able to manage their lives well together.

 

While Prem Sagar is a lecturer of music at HMV College, his better half works with NGO Saksham that is into making talking books for visually impaired students.

Technical Assistant (Laboratory)

Wed, 10/12/2016 - 11:49 -- geeta.nair

CENTRAL UNIVERSITY OF GUJARAT (CUG)
Sector - 29, Gandhinagar - 382 030, 
 Ph. No.079 23977407, Fax: 079 23260076
e-mail: registrar@cug.ac.in, 
website: www.cug.ac.in
F.No.9-4/2016-Admn./  dated: 19th September, 2016 

Employment Notification No. 18/2016-17

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

Last date of receipt of aplications: 28.10.2016

Braille Vidyarambham for visually challenged in Kerala

Wed, 10/12/2016 - 10:31 -- geeta.nair

In a first-of-its-kind initiative in Kerala, a group of visually challenged people including children entered the world of learning by touching the Braille dots here, as part of the ‘Vidyarambham’ ceremony on Vijayadasami day on Tuesday. As many as 12 persons belonging to the age group of eight to thirty were initiated into the world of letters by making them read the braille alphabets at a special ‘Vidyarambham’ (beginning of learning) programme held at Plamood in the city.

Training Announcement - XRCVC Math Efficiency Workshop Levels 1, 2 & 3

Training Announcement - XRCVC Math Efficiency Workshop Levels 1, 2 & 3

The Xavier's Resource Centre for the Visually Challenged (XRCVC), St. Xavier's College, Mumbai, is happy to announce its first Vacation batch of the Math Efficiency training programmes for visually challenged persons.

Proposed Training Dates: October 22 - November 5, 2016

(with a short break on the key Diwali dates.)

Three separate workshops will be conducted, as follows;

- Math Efficiency Workshop Level 1 for Class 1 to Class 3

All-inclusive disaster management

Mon, 10/10/2016 - 11:21 -- geeta.nair

Disaster management activities in the State are set to become inclusive for persons with disabilities, helping them access relief services and support during emergency situations.

The State Disaster Management Authority (SDMA) is working on a project to help an estimated 7,93,937 persons with 22 different types of disabilities ranging from blindness, autism, muscular dystrophy, and hearing impairment to epilepsy, multiple sclerosis, and cerebral palsy to cope with the multiple hazards.

Handbook

‘Computer training changed lives of disabled students’

Mon, 10/10/2016 - 11:12 -- geeta.nair

NAGPUR: When computers were a relatively new concept in Nagpur during the 1990s,Pramod Bhalerao, a physically challenged professor from Government Institute of Science, was in much demand, on account of his mastery over the machine. He decided to dedicate his expertise and vast knowledge of computers for the welfare of disabled and handicapped youths from the city.

Karnataka transport department website is now disabled-friendly

Mon, 10/10/2016 - 10:48 -- geeta.nair

BENGALURU: The Transport Separtment has recently launched its redesigned website (www.transport.karnataka.gov.in) and e-payment system. The website also has special features for the visually challenged and colour blind people.

Transport minister R Ramalinga Reddy said users can increase or decrease the font size of the content, which is also visible in standard contrast and high contrast which is very helpful to colour blind people.

Specially-challenged workers protest non-disbursal of wheelchairs by govt

Fri, 10/07/2016 - 11:04 -- geeta.nair

Demanding filling of backlog of over 5,000 posts, employment according to capability and enhancement of pension, hundreds of physically-disabled persons, mostly Dalits, are sitting on a protest for more than past four months in Mansa.

Protesters said a panel meeting with Chief Minister Prakash Singh Badal was held on June 18 where some of their demands were met on paper only as they turned to be ‘false promises’.

workshop on the subject, “Effective screen reader usage

The XRCVC is delighted to announce a workshop on the subject, “Effective screen reader usage -- making the transition to open source 'the process and possibilities' 
NVDA has come a long way both in terms of its functionality, ease of access and integration with pleasant user-friendly voices.
The one-day workshop would help the user make the transition towards using NVDA as their primary screen reader.
Key themes would include:
1. Background and relevance
2. Installation and upgradation
3. Understanding controls and key strokes.

Scientist 'B'

Wed, 10/05/2016 - 11:20 -- geeta.nair

National Institute of Electronics and Information Technology (NIELIT)
An Autonomous Scientific Society of Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology(MeitY)
Electronics Niketan, 6 , 
CGO Complex, 
New Delhi - 110003 , India
Website: http://www.nielit.gov.in
(Advertisement Number: 05/09/2016/NDL/SER ) 

Senior Assistant

Tue, 10/04/2016 - 11:52 -- geeta.nair

India Trade Promotion Organisation
(A Government of India Enterprise)
Pragati Bhawan, Pragati Maidan, 
New Delhi-110 001(India)
No. 9-ITPO(21)/E-I/1998 Vol-III 

Highlights of the advertisement are given below, for complete details visit http://indiatradefair.com or refer to the Employment News dated 1 October 2016, page no. 36

Last date of receipt of aplications: 30.10.2016

Invites applications exclusively from Persons with Disabilities (PWD) for recruitment to the following posts:

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