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Development Assistant , NATIONAL BANK FOR AGRICULTURE AND RURAL DEVELOPMENT(NABARD)

Tue, 09/27/2022 - 12:28 -- geeta.nair

ATIONAL BANK FOR AGRICULTURE
AND RURAL DEVELOPMENT(NABARD)
(Fully owned by Govt. of India)
Advertisement No. 4 / DA /2022-23
      
Highlights of the advertisement are given below, for complete details : https://www.nabard.org/auth/writereaddata/CareerNotices/1409225226advert...

Last Date  for submission of Online Application: 10.10.2022

Recruitment to the post of Development Assistant / Development Assistant (Hindi)

Visually impaired chess player develops website

Mon, 09/26/2022 - 11:09 -- geeta.nair

Pradhan, 22, counted among the top three blind chess players in India started working on the software application in 2019 for his own convenience. In 2022, he felt that he should vtake it to the masses and launched the website, accessiblech.herokuapp.com. “The website is more friendly for blind chess players compared to the existing ones that they use to learn and play chess. Almost all top blind players of India are using my website because it helps them play with ease,” he told TOI.

Scholarship for Students with Disabilities (Divyangjan) for the year 2022-23

Fri, 09/23/2022 - 11:58 -- geeta.nair

Government of India

Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment :Department of Empowerment of Persons with Disabilities (Divayangjan)
5th Floor, Pt. Deendayal Antyodaya Bhawan, CGO Complex,
Lodhi Road, New Delhi - 110003

Scholarship for Students with Disabilities (Divyangjan) for the year 2022-23

XRCVC and Bookshare launches an Accessible E-Content Creation - STANDARDS AND GUIDELINES

XRCVC and Bookshare launches an Accessible E-Content Creation - STANDARDS AND GUIDELINES.
This book lists the standards of and guidelines for creating accessible e-content from Microsoft Word. These standards are intended to help NGOs, libraries, book production agencies and volunteers prepare a digital copy of books in Microsoft Word with a view to further convert it to accessible formats such as EPUB, accessible PDF and DAISY formats with minimal modifications.

Low vision working in public sector and Government departments

EnAble India brings a new session for employees with low vision working in public sector and Government departments
As part of offering more courses online for employees with disabilities, EnAble India brings a new session for employees with low vision working in public sector and Government departments.  Sessions are designed to enable you in professional as well as personal space.
To make convenient, 2 hours session are made available for you. Pick up the suitable date among the dates given below.

National coaching camp in Bhopal to select CABI’s 17 blind cricketers for the third T20 World Cup 2022

Fri, 09/23/2022 - 10:01 -- geeta.nair

The Cricket Association for the Blind in India (CABI) and Samarthanam Trust for the Disabled announced the 12 days of IndusInd Bank National Coaching Camp for 29 players at Faith Cricket Club Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh, from September 22, 2022 – October 04, 2022.

The selection committee of the Cricket Association for the Blind in India will shortlist the best 17-member squad to represent India at the 3rd T20 World Cup Cricket for the Blind from December 05 2022. Eight countries will represent the 3rd T20 World Cup, with 39 matches played across multi cities of India.

PFB expresses concern for delay in appointment and transfers of visually impaired persons

Fri, 09/23/2022 - 09:58 -- geeta.nair

PFB expresses concern for delay in appointment and transfers of visually impaired persons

Ferozepur, September 22, 2022:  The disabled section is still deprived of social development, said Anil Gupta, General Secretary, Progressive Federation for the Blind (PFB) Ferozepur Unit, expressing concern over the delay in appointment and transfers of visually impaired persons.

Staff Selection Commission (SSC)

Wed, 09/21/2022 - 14:36 -- geeta.nair

Government of India,
Ministry of Personnel, Public
Grievances & Pensions,
Department of Personnel and Training,
Staff Selection Commission,
Block No. 12, CGO Complex, Lodhi
Road, New Delhi - 110003.
Website of the Commission: https://ssc.nic.in

Highlights of the advertisement are given below,for more details
https://ssc.nic.in/SSCFileServer/PortalManagement/UploadedFiles
/notice_CGLE_17092022.pdf

Twitter makes it easy for the visually impaired to read images

Wed, 09/21/2022 - 10:59 -- geeta.nair

Twitter has rolled out a feature to help blind and visually-impaired people read images embedded with the tweets via its new image description reminder.

The new image description reminder will encourage more people on Twitter to add helpful descriptions to the images they tweet, the company said in a statement.

Alternative text, or alt text, is a written description of what's in an image that can be picked up by screen reader software used by the visually impaired.

Operator-cumTechnician (Boiler Operator) (S-3) and Attendant-cum-Technician (Trainee

Tue, 09/20/2022 - 11:59 -- geeta.nair

STEEL AUTHORITY OF INDIA LTD.
(A Govt. of India Enterprise)
ROURKELA STEEL PLANT
ROURKELA–769011 (ODISHA)
Advt. No. 01/2022
 
Highlights of the advertisement are given below, for complete details visit https://ucanapplym.s3.ap-south-1.amazonaws.com/sail/pdf/ADVT%2001_2022_T...

The last date for receipt of application is 30.09.2022

Employment Woes

Visually impaired people can become active, contributing citizens of the country if they get equal access to opportunities of employment. A lot of times, barriers in physical and digital access prevent them from accessing these opportunities. It’s also the societal mindset towards disability that renders a majority of them dependent.

Visually impaired teacher with a vision

Tue, 09/20/2022 - 10:54 -- geeta.nair

Shivani Bhakoo

Ludhiana, September 6

Maya Rani ‘Mehlawat’, a visually impaired teacher, has been teaching blind students for the past over two decades. She is unhappy that the parents of visually impaired students do not bring them up in a normal environment.
 

She says, “The parents are either too possessive and protective or they completely neglect their children. They need to adopt a normal approach towards them.”

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