Though 25th November passed long ago,nonetheless few suggestions if could be fitted in the agenda.
1) Popular Linguistic expression hinders inclusion of blind people Little background In India how you are taught to learn and behave in life is essentially on the bases of immages you watch. And people exhibit tangential characteristics while interacting with blind people. Interestingly, majority of blind people have themselves internalised linguistic usage which practically makes no sense to them. Think for a while, expressions like: 'See you tomorrow' and 'watching movie'. We have hundreds of gods and godessess and all look different from each other but how Indians have distinguished these gods? only on the bases of their idol. Moreover in most parts of western world art of listening/hearing has prevailed over images. Remember gospel? and sermon on the mount? What I wish to convey that we need to mainstream linguistic usage which suits and adheres to our normes and makes us comfortable in society. 2) Disability and Political Citizenship Internationally disabled activists are rallying with slogans like "Nothing about us without us" and that needs to be reflected in our country in political representation. We have elections at multiple layers: panchayats, municipalities, state assemblies and national legislature but where are disabled and their concerns? Further many have already discussed other important issues so no more suggestions. And will try to attend the convention for the first time if my already fixed trip to western India stands postponed during that period. On 11/20/13, harish <har...@accessindia.org.in> wrote: > Friends > > The time to meet up in person has come again. This time it is "challo > Delhi" > > This is an early announcement, which means, the date and the venue is fixed. > The dates of the convention is February 15 and 16 2014.Venue India Islamic > center, New Delhi. > > You can gear yourself to do the necessary bookings for those out of Delhi. > > The convention partner is the vibrant Score foundation. > We have aligned the dates to facilitate participating in Techshare of > Barrier-break which falls on Feb13-14. > > Continuing with our tradition, we leave the floor open to members to draw > the agenda of the convention. We will do our best to find suitable resource > person for it. > So, let us have the topics. It is your chance to write the agenda. This > should come to us by November 25th . > You can use this thread for making the suggestions. > Eagerly looking forward To meet up with each one of the AccessIndia family. > > Regards > Harish Kotian. > Register at the dedicated AccessIndia list for discussing accessibility of > mobile phones / Tabs on: > http://mail.accessindia.org.in/mailman/listinfo/mobile.accessindia_accessindia.org.in > > > Search for old postings at: > http://www.mail-archive.com/accessindia@accessindia.org.in/ > > To unsubscribe send a message to > accessindia-requ...@accessindia.org.in > with the subject unsubscribe. > > To change your subscription to digest mode or make any other changes, please > visit the list home page at > http://accessindia.org.in/mailman/listinfo/accessindia_accessindia.org.in > > > Disclaimer: > 1. Contents of the mails, factual, or otherwise, reflect the thinking of the > person sending the mail and AI in no way relates itself to its veracity; > > 2. AI cannot be held liable for any commission/omission based on the mails > sent through this mailing list.. > -- Avinash Shahi M.Phil Research Scholar Centre for The Study of Law and Governance Jawaharlal Nehru University New Delhi India Register at the dedicated AccessIndia list for discussing accessibility of mobile phones / Tabs on: http://mail.accessindia.org.in/mailman/listinfo/mobile.accessindia_accessindia.org.in Search for old postings at: http://www.mail-archive.com/accessindia@accessindia.org.in/ To unsubscribe send a message to accessindia-requ...@accessindia.org.in with the subject unsubscribe. To change your subscription to digest mode or make any other changes, please visit the list home page at http://accessindia.org.in/mailman/listinfo/accessindia_accessindia.org.in Disclaimer: 1. Contents of the mails, factual, or otherwise, reflect the thinking of the person sending the mail and AI in no way relates itself to its veracity; 2. AI cannot be held liable for any commission/omission based on the mails sent through this mailing list..
