Wonderful. But government needs to plann beyond special occasions. We're fed up with lip-service...
http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-national/sign-language-interpreters-at-swearing-in/article6045304.ece Aurally challenged Indian citizens will be able to follow Narendra Modi's swearing-in on Monday with three sign-language interpreters on duty at the function, the Disabled Rights Group (DRG) said in a statement on Saturday. Long-standing demand "This is a historic first. It has been a long-standing demand on the part of the Indian disability movement that at all important public events, sign language interpretation should be made available so that 'deaf people' are not left out and that the event is made accessible for them as well," DRG convenor Javed Abidi said. Anuj Jain of the National Association of the Deaf (NAD) said a delegation called upon Bharatiya Janata Party chief Rajnath Singh on Saturday and expressed the wish to have the interpreters, which was immediately acceded. "Doordarshan confirmed to us that the sign language interpreters would be available not only at the ceremony but also that the telecast would feature the facility for deaf viewers across the country and even across the world," Mr. Jain said. -- IANS -- 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/[email protected]/ To unsubscribe send a message to [email protected] 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..
