Dear all,
Thank you for attending the National seminar series on the topic ‘Post Pandemic Education of the Visually Impaired’.
As a continuation to this series, on the 22nd November at 11 AM; Bookshare shall present the new “Mathshare” tool, which has been specially designed for teaching math to the print disabled students.
What is Mathshare
Tribune News Service
Chandigarh, November 18
In a bid to empower Persons with Disabilities (PwDs), the Punjab Cabinet on Wednesday okayed a new scheme – Punjab Divyangjan Shaktikaran Yojna (PDSY), to be implemented in a phased manner across the state.
At the polling booths, assured minimum facilities include signage, help desk, polling booth at the ground floor, drinking water, etc. HYDERABAD: With elections to Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation (GHMC) round the corner, the 14 lakh plus disabled persons in the city are a worried lot. Their anxieties are over provision of absence of facilities in polling booths.Speaking to Deccan Chronicle, one such voter, who has Multiple Sclerosis shares, “Walking in such a large crowd causes disorientation.
I-Stem (inclusivestem.org) is focused on empowering people with
disabilities using technology, community and support services. We are currently looking for a full-time community manager to lead our community outreach and programs such as mentorship, hiring initiatives, training programs etc.
You will:
NAb conducting session
Learn to use your phone for calls and messaging and also learn to use
WhatsApp from your computer or laptop. Join us for an interactive Facebook
live session on Saturday, 21st at 5 pm.
Link-
https://m.facebook.com/NABdelhiOnline/
Are you a person with disabilities? Do you refer to Wikipedia for information? Are you interested in learning how to contribute to Wikipedia, the world's largest encyclopedia? Join us on November 29th,
2020!
We at Rising Flame began our Wikipedia Edit-a-thons as a way to archive disabled histories and diversify the content creators on Wikipedia. In the past edit-a-thons, we have had youth with disabilities as participants, who then created pages of women across disabilities. building capacities and removing invisibility- all through this one workshop.
This is with regards to the WHO Webinar for Media Personnel Reporting on Disability.
We will be grateful if you consider being one of the speakers during our Webinar.
For your knowledge the structure of the Webinar is as follows:
Date: 11th December 2020
Time: 2:00 PM to 6:00 PM
Menal Mathur PR and Media Manager
Trust Cradle
CHENNAI: “Since time immemorial, persons with disabilities have never been on the receiving end of the reservation they deserve. Though officials say they are providing jobs, I know at least a thousand unemployed PwD. The government also does not put it up in public the number of jobs it has reserved,” said A Kanakaraj, a disability rights activist.
Every year, during the wedding anniversary, TMN Deepak entertains a particular wish — buy his wife a saree at T.Nagar or any other shopping centre. A simple wish which can be fulfilled easily, you may think. But Deepak doesn’t think that way. The very thought of getting into T.Nagar depresses him as the pavements there are not accessible to him.
UNION PUBLIC SERVICE COMMISSION (UPSC)
ADVERTISEMENT NO. 14/2020
website http://www.upsconline.nic.in)
Highlights of the advertisement are given below, for complete details visit https://www.upsconline.nic.in or or refer to the Employment News dated 14th November 2020, page no. 3
CLOSING DATE FOR SUBMISSION OF ONLINE RECRUITMENT APPLICATION (ORA) THROUGH ORA WEBSITE IS 23:59 HRS ON 03.12.2020.
State Bank of India (SBI)
Central Recruitment & Promotion Department
Corporate Centre, Mumbai
Phone: 022-22820427
Highlights of the advertisement are given below, for complete details visit https://bank.sbi/careers
On-line registration including Editing/ Modification of Application by candidates: 14.11.2020 to 04.12.2020
RECRUITMENT OF PROBATIONARY OFFICERS ADVERTISEMENT NO: CRPD/ PO/ 2020-21/ 12
The State Commissioner for Persons with Disabilities, having the powers of a civil court, has sought written submissions from the Commissioner, Stationery and Printing Department and the Secretary, Tamil Nadu Public Service Commission following a complaint raised by a petitioner who has alleged non-implementation of the statutory rights granted under the Rights of Persons with Disabilities Act, 2016.
Bookshare, DFI and ICEVI West Asia are grateful to one and all who participated in the 2nd part of the 3 part series titled ‘Post Pandemic Education for the Visually Impaired’.
The session which was held on the 8th November can be visited again on our YouTube page at part 2
We are extremely grateful to the following for their contributions during the session:
Mrs. Shanta Rangrajan – Principal NAB Delhi.
Mrs. Pushpa – Special Educator Saksham School, Delhi.
XRCVC is happy to announce an online workshop on the theme & ldquo; Google Docs with NVDA Part 2 & rdquo.
It is well-known that Google Docs is a web based application used all over world. In earlier session we learned how to open, create, and organize and many more features in Google documents.
India Post
Ministry of Communications
North East Circle
EST/6-145/2020
Highlights of the advertisement are given below, for complete details visit http://www.appost.in/gdsonline/
Last date of online application: 11.12.2020
NOTIFICATION FOR THE POSTS OF GRAMIN DAK SEVAKS CYCLE – III/2020-2021 NORTH EAST CIRCLE
Under SVEEP programme, visually impaired gives message to must register and cast vote
Ferozepur, November 10, 2020: Under the Systematic Voters' Education and Electoral Participation program, better known as SVEEP, a flagship program of the Election Commission of India for voter education, spreading voter awareness and promoting voter literacy in India, on Tuesday, an awareness meet was held at Blind Home and visually impaired inmate conveyed the message to youths who have completed 18-years age, to register for news votes, before December 15.
The Department of Empowerment of Persons with Disabilities, Government of India invites applications for NSP Pre-Matric Scholarship for Students with Disabilities 2020-21 from physically challenged students of Class 9 and 10. The key objective of the scholarship is to support the students with disabilities for their studies and prepare them to earn their livelihood and find a dignified place for themselves in society.
Eligibility
To be eligible, an applicant must:
Dear all,
Thank you for attending the first two parts of the National seminar on the topic ‘Post Pandemic Education of the Visually Impaired’, brought to you by Bookshare in partnership with the Daisy Forum of India and ICEVI West Asia
In continuation to this discussion we now invite organizations from the South of India who have embraced digital literacy during the pandemic to come forward and share their learnings.
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