3rd National Convention of SayEverything group
SayEverything is an international mailing group dedicated to persons with disabilities and has been in existence for over 5 years now.
What’s New
Disable the disability
"Disable the disability" job fair for the differently-abled on 28 August 2009 from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. at Kamarajar Arangam, Teynampet, Chennai.
6th IBSA National Football Tournament for the Blind
Indian Blind Sports Association with the cooperation of the Blind Relief Association is organizing the 6th IBSA National Football Tournament for the blind (B-1) in New Delhi from 26-30 December 2009. Nine teams from Delhi, Gujarat, Rajasthan, Tamil Nadu, Uttarakhand and West Bengal will be participating in the Tournament.
Women with Disability, UNCRPD and Law In India
The UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities is a major landmark in the history of disability rights movement. This convention is a reflection of the readiness of the international community to recognize that disability is a human rights issue that requires deeper understanding and specific action to not to treat persons with disabilities as objects of charity in programmes and policies of countries.
Seminar on "Problems faced by visually impaired women and their remedies"
Kerala Federation of the Blind - Women's Forum has decided to conduct a one-day seminar on 13 December 2009, under the auspices of Kerala Women's Commission at NGO Hall, Near Fathima Hospital, Kozhikode.
Disabled and the Right to Education: Stakeholders, State, and Civil Society
SAMBHAVANA cordially invites you to a Conference on the ‘Disabled and the Right to Education: Stakeholders, State and Civil Society’ on Wednesday, 2nd December 2009 at 1:00 p.m. in Room No. 22, Arts Faculty, (North Campus), Delhi University.
Ist South Indian Sports Meet 2009
The inaugural function will be held on 25 July 2009 at Velammal School Grounds, T.S.K. Nagar, Mogappair, Chennai - 600037.
The function begins at 9:30 a.m.
Seminar on "Helen Keller, Her Life and Struggle"
Blind Persons' Association requests the pleasure of your company at the seminar on "Helen Keller, Her Life and Struggle" to be held on June 27, 2009, on the occasion of her 129th birth anniversary at H.L. Roy Memorial Hall, Indian Institute of Chemical Engineering, Jadabpur University, Kolkata.
This seminar is sponsored by Indian Council of Social Science Research, Kolkata.
Programme Details:
Workshop on Bookshare
Mitra Jyothi is conducting a workshop on Bookshare. The agenda of the seminar is:
- What is Bookshare
- What are the key features of Bookshare Library
- How Bookshare helps people with print disability in studies and daily life
- What is the process to become an individual and institutional member
9th Bihar State Swimming Championship
We are happy to invite you on occasion of 9th Bihar State Swimming Championship for Blind at Chandragupta Jalvihar, Moinul Haq Stadium, Patna (Bihar).
Programme: 9th Bihar State Swimming Championship
Dates: June 20 - 21, 2009
Venue: Chandragupta Jal Vihar, Moinul Haq Stadium, Patna
Sarthak Medical Transcription Training for Visually Impaired
Sarthak Educational Trust in collaboration with EnAble India is launching medical transcription training programme for visually impaired persons. As you are aware, EnAble India has been conducting Medical Transcription Training for the visually impaired.
Similar programme is being run by EnAble India at Bangalore since 2008. As of now 20 visually impaired persons have been trained and most are already employed. The programme would be run with technical support from EnAble India.
Beyond Limits - 2009 (1)
Family of Disabled invites you to the exhibition of paintings made by artists with disabilities from across India. Beyond Limits - 2009 (1) at Lokayata Art Gallery, Mulk Raj Anand Centre Hauz Khas Village New Delhi - 110016 From 20 to 26 August, 11:00 a.m. to 7:00 p.m. daily
International Congress VI2009
The year 2009 which sees the commemoration of the bicentenary of the birth of Louis BRAILLE, is a unique opportunity to celebrate the great inventor who provided blind people all around the world with the means to read and write, which they use everyday, as well as take stock of the actual situation of these people in the contemporary world.
National Workshop on Web Accessibility, June 2009
The Centre for Internet and Society (www.cis-india.org) and Samarthanam Trust for the Disabled (www.samarthanam.org) are organizing a workshop on web accessibility for web developers from the public and private sector from June 5 to 7, 2009. The workshop will take place at the Centre for Internet and Society office on Cunningham Road, Bangalore, between 09:30-17:30 hours each day.
Visual Impairment Accessible Technology Products & Hearing Impairment Aids
Karishma Enterprises, Mumbai, are going to exhibit latest visual impairment related accessible technology products at EnAble
India main office. Visually impaired candidates and associated people can take advantage of this exhibition to know the latest technology available in the market.
Time: 4 PM to 7 PM
Venue: EnAble India main office
Contact: Shiva Kumar
A get-together of Access India members from Bangalore
Tentative agenda:
1. We hope to invite representatives from a Bangalore-based social
networking group founded by students called AreaPal to introduce their
group. areapal allows users to locate and connect with people on the basis
of their area and neighborhood. It is a genuine neighbourhood networking
service. Apart from that, they also provide user-generated news, events and
marketplace based information about a user’s area.
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