For the 12th ICEVI World Conference, Malaysian Association for the Blind would be the host organisation.

RP Social will be organizing trips and outings to some of the most popular places in LA. Hollywood, Universal Studios, Disneyland, Getty Art Museum, Downtown LA, The Beach.The social will provide you with an opportunity to get to meet others in the same boat. Share experiences, laughs, gizmos and gadgets and ideas that help us in daily living. You have to carry a ID card stating that you are leagally blind. In L.A. they have the Braille Institute. They are in the process of having this card made available to anyone who needs one at a nominal cost.

The 3rd National Leadership Training Course for Disability Activists is a 5-day intensive exercise intended for disabled activists involved in advocating for the rights of the disabled and working towards an inclusive society.

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, The training aims to equip the participants with appropriate attitude, knowledge and skills to emerge as leaders to facilitate a disability movement in their respective communities and across the country., , , Eligibility Criteria

The theme of the conference this year is Inclusion and#8220;Rightand#8221; Approach. , , Participation is through registration. All educators, professional workers, family members and volunteers of the visually impaired may send duly completed registration form through e-mail to blinabad1@sancharnet.in and bpaiceviad1@sancharnet.in.

The conference will focus on providing a , platform for exchange of ideas, knowledge and experience in integrating persons with disabilities into the main stream of technical and vocational education.

This is a five month diploma course. It covers the following topics
• Basic Hardware and Software concepts.
• Basic Hardware and Software concepts.
• Operating System MS Windows.
• Word Processing MS Word.
• Spreadsheet MS Excel.
• Internet Browsing.
• E-mails.
• Indian Language Word Processing Optional.
• Screen Reading Software including Basic Operation and Screen Reading Configuration.
• Scanning and OCR.
• Using Computer as a Text Reading Machine.

The National Association for the Blind, Karnataka Branch, Bangalore, is conducting a twelve-month industrial training programme for the visually challenged and hearing impaired boys and girls at NAB Industrial Training Centre for the Blind, Sheds C-177178, Yadavagiri Industrial area, Mysore.

Training will be given in light engineering, screen printing, coil winding, plastic injection moulding, recaning, electrical and coir rope and mat making.

3rd IBSA B2B3 Football World Championships. The worldand#8217;s best partially sighted footballers in a week-long festival of elite football for people with a visual impairment. For more information, contactJon Dutton, Tournament Director,, Partially Sighted World Championships Office, Manchester FA, Brantingham Road, Chorlton, Manchester, M21 0TT. Phone 00 44 161 881 0299; Fax 00 44 161 6833; E-mail jon.dutton@manchesterfa.com

The Athens 2004 Paralympic Games will present an elite competition of the highest standards, integrated with a unique historical, cultural and natural environment. For the first time there will be such a broad representation of countries at the Paralympic Games. More than 140 countries are expected to participate. Fifteen sports on the Paralympic programme are shared with the Olympic Games Archery, Athletics, Wheelchair Basketball, Cycling, Equestrian, Wheelchair Fencing, Football 5-a-side, Football 7-a-side, Judo, Sailing, Shooting, Swimming, Table Tennis, Wheelchair Tennis, Volleyball.