And Visually impaired, even though he/she is having low vision or total absence of the vision is considrred blind.
On 10/7/19, Akash Kakkar <akash.mis...@gmail.com> wrote: > There's no need to express displeasure and disappointment on this. > Nobody is denying the achievements of Ajay and in fact it is the > matter of proud for all of us. > And nothing has been corrected by newshook. > still they are saying that low vision and blind both are separate > disabilities and are different. > In fact, both low vision and blind are the subcategories of Visually > impaired category. > This is not called correction, in fact, they are trying to introduce > loopholes in order to prove that they haven't done anything wrong. > And many people are speaking against all the things due to the which > sector is suffering. you can't say that. Many of the organizations and > individuals had approached government bodies multiple times on various > serious issues. You can consider the example of bank note > accessibility for instance. > I request you that can you please prove that it is insensitivity? And > if yes, then how? > > > > > On 10/7/19, Amar Jain <amarj...@amarjain.com> wrote: >> Not that I am associated with NewzHook, but I must >> express >> my >> displeasure and utter disappointment on the way people are behaving. >> Ajay is a CFA is a matter of pride especially for those who understand >> what >> it even means. People are absolutely ok if no media agency highlights his >> achievements, but if a receptive media agency like NewzHook decides to >> write >> by committing a small mistake of calling him first visually impaired >> which >> later got corrected by them, are we so insensitive to their good work that >> a >> respectable person like Shilpi who had got nothing to do with disability >> has >> to come in picture to provide such clarifications? >> Why nobody has shown the guts to speak up for so many wrongs which are >> done >> to take care of vested interests of a few people for which entire sector >> is >> suffering? >> @shilpi please keep up the good work leaving insensitivity behind. It is >> ok >> to make mistakes and it is best to rectify them if you have the >> opportunity. >> As nobody is perfect. Appreciate your brilliant team and firmly stand by >> with them.00 >> Get Outlook for iOS >> >> >> >> On Mon, Oct 7, 2019 at 3:02 PM +0530, "Akash Kakkar" >> <akash.mis...@gmail.com> wrote: >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> Hi Shilpi, >> I'm already aware about very well and still general people asume low >> vision people as blind only. >> I think that this link of your site needs to be reread and >> reconsidered by you again: >> https://newzhook.com/story/19757#targetText=As%20per%20the%20World%20Health,6%2F60%20is%20legally%20blind. >> === >> In India a person with a clarity of vision or Visual Acuity < 6/60 is >> legally blind. India changed its definition of blindness in 2017. >> Before that, for almost four decades since 1976, a person who was >> unable to count fingers from a distance of three metres would be >> considered "blind". However, now a person who is unable to count >> fingers from a distance of six metres is considered disabled due to >> blindness. >> === >> Also, this is a way to find the loop wholes in the definitions but >> certainly it is not correct. >> How can we consider a person low vision and not blind if this is true: >> "A person who is unable to count fingers from a distance of six metres >> is considered disabled due to blindness." >> >> On 10/7/19, bhawani shankar verma wrote: >>> thank you for simplifying the word "VI" as "blind". It is my strong >>> opinion >>> that we have made ourselves complicated by calling visually impaired, >>> person >>> with total absense of sight, sightless person, visually disabled and so >>> on. >>> Now the primary word "blind" came out on the result of this topic. >>> >>> >>> -----Original Message----- >>> From: Shilpi Kapoor >>> Sent: Monday, October 07, 2019 11:07 AM >>> To: accessindia@accessindia.org.in >>> Subject: [AI] Newz Hook Clarification on Ajay Minocha Story >>> >>> Hi All, >>> >>> >>> >>> At Newz Hook, we pride ourselves is sharing stories about the amazing >>> work >>> being done by people with disabilities, their achievements, their >>> challenges. There is so little done to share the good that is happening >>> around people with disabilities. >>> >>> >>> >>> We, Newz Hook stands by our story regarding Ajay Minocha being the >>> "first >>> blind CFA charter holder from India. The only other CFA charter holder >>> has >>> low vision. He also has the relevant work experience required for the >>> CFA >>> charter which makes all the facts stated true.” >>> >>> >>> >>> We understand that some confusion may have arisen over the initial >>> headline >>> which said Ajay Minocha is the first VI person. 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