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Follow below the Daily Eyeway Alerts from the Eyeway Helpdesk: News Alerts- In a big relief to people with physical disabilities, the central government has announced to allow a relaxation of 10 years in age for the visually-challenged, hearing-impaired and persons suffering from locomotor disability or cerebral palsy in case of direct recruitment to all central government posts but not in the civil services. The new rules by the Department of Personnel and Training (DoPT) further say that people with disabilities belonging to the Scheduled Caste and Scheduled Tribe categories will get 15 more years and those from Other Backward Class (OBC) will be entitled for 13 years relaxation. The relaxation is applicable with the condition that maximum age of the applicant shall not exceed 56 years. More at http://www.eyeway.org/?q=10-years-age-relaxation-central-government-jobs-disabled-people Counselling on Monday for differently-abled candidates at Anna University saw 163 students allotted engineering seats in various colleges across the State. For the 5137 seats available under visual, hearing and orthopaedically impaired categories, the Tamil Nadu Engineering Admissions - 2015 received 225 applications. Five applications were rejected for not fulfilling eligibility criteria and/or failure to produce supporting medical certificates, officials said. On Monday, 220 candidates were called, of whom 163 were allotted seats. The remaining 57 applicants were absent. Of the 163, 19 were hearing impaired, 13 visually impaired and 131 orthopedically impaired. More at http://www.eyeway.org/?q=163-allotted-engineering-seats-differently-abled-quota Color is a vital part of communication, and for the 285 million visually impaired people in the world, that presents be a challenge. But a Portuguese designer has invented a Braille-like language <http://designtaxi.com/news/377132/An-Ingenious-System-That-Helps-The-Visually-Impaired-See-Color/> that could help those very people "see" colors by touching raised shapes affixed to objects. It's called the Feelipa Color Code <http://www.feelipa.com/>, developed by product designer Filipa Nogueira Pires. The system is based on research in conjunction with the University of Lisbon and the Helen Keller Center. More at http://www.eyeway.org/?q=brilliant-touch-system-lets-visually-impaired-see-colors Job Alert- There is one post for Visually Impaired as Assistant Professor in department of Philosophy in Janki Devi Memorial College, University of Delhi. Qualification: Good academic record as defined by the concerned university with at least 55% marks (or an equivalent grade in a point scale wherever grading system is followed) at the Master’s Degree level in a relevant subject from an Indian University, or an equivalent degree from an accredited foreign university. Last date 17th July. Application form which can be downloaded from the college website www.jdm.du.ac.in. More at http://www.eyeway.org/?q=jobs or employment news of 27th June page no. 41 -- ** Best,Binni Kumari|Programme Manager Helpdesk! Score Foundation 17/107, Basement, Vikram Vihar, Lajpatnagar 4, New Delhi 110024, INDIA. Helpdesk:+91 - 11 - 460 70 380 (Monday to Friday 10am to 5pm) Office Phone: +91 - 11 - 26472582/81 Email:bi...@eyeway.org Websites: scorefoundation.org.in <http://www.scorefoundation.org.in/> www.eyeway.org ****** <http://www.youtube.com/user/eyewayindia><https://twitter.com/friendsofeyeway> <https://www.facebook.com/projecteyeway> 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..
