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Empower people with disabilities: CM

Tue, 01/12/2021 - 11:09 -- geeta.nair

ITANAGAR, 11 Jan: Chief Minister Pema Khandu stressed on the need for empowering the people with disabilities to build an inclusive society.

He said this during a meeting with the Secretary for Persons with Disabilities (PwD) Department under the Ministry of Social Justice & Empowerment (MSoJE), Shakuntala D Gamlin on Monday.

He assured his full support for establishment of a national institute, an ancillary unit and a composite regional centre (CRC) for the people with disabilities in Arunachal.

Eyeway Encounters with Sumit Lai Roy of Red Curtain: Theatre with Visually Impaired People

Registrations Open for a Workshop on Theatre with the Visually Impaired
This Thursday, on Eyeway Encounters, you can learn techniques of acting and drama. Grab this opportunity to explore the space of  theatre as a blind person, with veteran theatre personality Sumit Lai Roy.
Don't miss the chance to be selected as one of the twenty best participants for further intensive sessions. Hurry and register!
Session Date and Time: January 14, 4 pm to 5 pm
Mode of session: Online using Zoom
Please register using the Google form link below.

Webinar

Mobility techniques play a crucial role in independent movement of Visually Challenged Persons. One of the important aspects to this is the technique of Echo Location which is consciously or unconsciously being used by Visually Challenged Persons in locating ways and environment while moving around. What is Echo Location? Is it merely a technique or science? Is it important for Visually Challenged or others also?

Indic Trust Lucknow is pleased to announce the board exam special for class ten and twelve.

Wed, 01/06/2021 - 14:27 -- geeta.nair

Indic Trust Lucknow is pleased to announce the board exam special for class ten and twelve. Indic trust will be sending you guides, samples papers, important questions, guess questions to visually impaired students. Students need to send whatsapp messages to us and the necessary materials will be sent to them. The service will continue till the Board examinations. Student needs to just send a WhatsApp message to 8604469165. 
Currently all guides and sample papers are in english medium and hindi medium books will come by first week of february 2021.

Top 20 Disabled People With a Global Voice Everyone Must Follow

Wed, 01/06/2021 - 13:47 -- geeta.nair

Top 20 Disabled People With a Global Voice Everyone Must Follow

From advocates to artists, from lawyers and models, from doctors to judges, it is time to realise that people with disabilities are so much more! Here is Newz Hook’s list of the 20 Disabled People with a Global Voice you must follow.

Greta Thunberg, Disabled climate change advocate

Recording link for 'Loui Voice Control for android' 3rd January 21.

Bookshare in partnership with the developers of Loui Voice Control demonstrated a session on using the ‘Loui Voice Control app for android’.
The session which was held on the 3rd Jan. can be visited again on our YouTube page at Loui Voice control
 We encourage one and all to subscribe to our channel at: India Bookshare YouTube channel
 
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Membership Support [Asia & Africa].
Contact us: +919650211575 
[Mobile, WhatsApp and Google Duo]
Alternate Helpline number: +919284028466
 

COURSE ON FUNDAMENTALS OF GOOGLE APPS ON WINDOWS

Wed, 01/06/2021 - 10:53 -- geeta.nair

As we understand many of you may want to utilise this uncertain COVID time to enhance the skills for improving efficiency and productivity in work or studies. Considering this, Enable India in collaboration with Andhra Loyola College Vijayawada, Andhra Pradesh, offering an online course on fundamentals of google applications for persons with vision impairment in Andhra and Telangana region.

Waking up to a disabled-friendly media in 2021

By Shruti Pushkarna

New Year is all about hope. We go to bed on December 31, hoping that there will be something miraculously different about January 1. There is almost a Cinderella feel to it. For a short period, most of us believe that we will wake up to a changed, better scenario. I’ve decided to indulge myself too, and make this last piece of the year, all about what I want to see in 2021.

 

Training on Google Education products with accessibility

Tue, 01/05/2021 - 16:10 -- geeta.nair

Training on Google Education products with accessibility in mind, to help every student learn, be inspired and achieve their full potential.
Topics covered :
•    Gmail features in detail - Receiving & Sending mails, creation of folder, deleting unwanted messages, downloading attachments, replying and forwarding emails.
•    Google Drive is a safe place to back up and access all your files from any device -. How to create folder, upload and download files,

A timely intervention

A trained software engineer, Sachin lives in Davanagere, Karnataka. Employed with a leading IT company, his future looked promising, until he started losing vision at the age of 22. Born sighted, Sachin suddenly found himself struggling with his daily life, job and the people around him.  

Antyodaya Anna Yojana

Mon, 01/04/2021 - 14:24 -- geeta.nair

A National Sample Survey Exercise pointed out that about 5% of the total population in India sleeps without two square meals a day. The Public Distribution System (PDS) later revamped to the Targeted Public Distribution System (TDPS) aimed at providing food and grains to the needy. To make the TPDS more beneficial and more focussed towards the right category of population, the Antyodaya Anna Yojana (AAY) was launched in December 2000. AAY is the Government scheme that was launched to provide highly subsidised food to one crore poorest of the poor families in India.

अन्‍त्‍योदय अन्‍न योजना 2021: ऑनलाइन आवेदन, पात्रता, स्टेटस व लाभार्थी सूची

Mon, 01/04/2021 - 14:18 -- geeta.nair

Antyodaya Anna Yojana Apply | अन्‍त्‍योदय अन्‍न योजना ऑनलाइन आवेदन | अन्‍त्‍योदय अन्‍न योजना लाभार्थी सूची | Antyodaya Anna Yojana In Hindi

Odisha government declares Rs 2.5 lakh award for marriage with PwD

Mon, 01/04/2021 - 11:26 -- geeta.nair

BHUBANESWAR:  In a bid to promote social harmony, Odisha Government has decided to give cash award of Rs 2.5 lakh to a normal person for marrying a Person with Disability (PwD). The Social Security and Empowerment of Persons with Disabilities (SSEPD) department has floated a new scheme that promises an incentive of Rs 2.5 lakh to be provided for the wedding between a normal person irrespective of category of disability and a PwD so as to mainstream the latter in the society.

MP gives Rs 2L to visually impaired cricket player

Mon, 01/04/2021 - 10:53 -- geeta.nair

Tribune News Service

Jalandhar, December 31

Member of Parliament Santokh Singh Chaudhary on Thursday gave a cheque for Rs2 lakh to cricket player Tejinder Pal Singh, who was part of the Indian team that won the Blind Cricket World Cup held in South Africa. The Indian team had brought home the world cup trophy after defeating Pakistan in the final.

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