[AI] Maths Book of Std.6th regarding

[Saji Mathews]

Dear AI Friends,

Could anyone share PDF/ Audio/ Daisy book of NCERT  (KV School)  Maths
Book of class 6th?

Please send it to my personal ID : sajipmath...@gmail.com, to avoid
much traffic in this.


Waiting from you...

SAJI☺


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Manager General
Food Corporation of India
Trivandrum
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Re: [AI] Non-compliance of uniform guidelines for conducting written examination

[Prasanna Kumar Pincha]

Dear Aishwarya! 

I guess I can not agree with you more. However, let me put my views across
on your suggestion in the following manner:

The enabling units operating in various colleges across the country and the
Equal Opportunity Cells operating in different universities ought to be
appropriately empowered and strengthened in a variety of ways including by
enhancing allocation of funds to these Cells and Units, and by providing
adequate infrastructural and logistical facilities so that these Units and
Cells are able to function in a more effective and vibrant manner; and not
just end up performing some small tasks merely in the ritualistic sense.
Persons with disabilities should also have a greater role in the modus
operandi of such Units and Cells. 

Getting back to the substantive issue of a binding legislation, it is
desirable that a consensus gets evolved amongst primary stakeholders,
particularly, amongst various groups and organizations of the blind. If that
happens, one may actively consider putting together a preliminary draft
legislation which can form the basis of discussion and deliberation amongst
persons with disabilities which can then be fine-tuned in the light of such
discussions and deliberations. The draft to be so finalized may form part of
our collective advocacy efforts for this purpose.

Aishwarya, let me clarify that I am now retired albeit I am associated with
the National Human Rights Commission as its Special Rapporteur; and in that
capacity, I can perform only the task assigned to me by the Commission.
Besides, my job as special Rapporteur is to give my opinion/views on matters
that are referred to me from time to time by the Hon'ble Commission. 

With warmth and regards,  

Prasanna Kumar Pincha
 
 
Former Chief Commissioner for Persons with Disabilities,
 
Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment,
 
govt. of India, New Delhi.
 
 
Former chairperson
 
National Trust for the Welfare of Persons with Autism, Cerebral Palsy,
Mental Retardation, and Multiple Disabilities, 
 
Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment,
 
Govt. of India, New Delhi.

-Original Message-
From: AccessIndia [mailto:accessindia-boun...@accessindia.org.in] On Behalf
Of Aishwarya Pillai
Sent: Monday, April 01, 2019 3:55 PM
To: AccessIndia: a list for discussing accessibility and issues concerning
the disabled.
Subject: Re: [AI] Non-compliance of uniform guidelines for conducting
written examination

@Prasanna Sir and Rajendra,

Dear Prasanna Sir,

A Central Legislation is indeed an apt solution for this problem.  I
hope the Ministry considers this and extends to set this up soon.
Sir, since you are already dealing with issues pertaining to
examination for PWD, could I ask you about your opinion on setting up
seperate units at each university and college to specially help out
PWD? if I may explain more, these units will take responsibility for
every requirement of PWD which may include, paperwork for admissions
and exam application, providing accessible educational
material,disseminate information concerning facilities for PWD and
also assist them for scribe application so that one need not run from
pillar to post to get their things done. Considering the present
facilities, it is anything but easy for PWD. Please let me know what
you think of it.  Thank you in advance!

Dear Rajendra,

Please download the guidelines from the Dropbox link below:
https://www.dropbox.com/s/hjiglmdpc7lqj92/Guidelines%20for%20conducting%20wr
itten%20examination%20for%20Persons%20With%20Benchmark%20Disabilities%20%28A
ug%202019%29.pdf?dl=0


With regards,
Aishwarya.


On 4/1/19, rajendra dhurve  wrote:
> Can anyone share the latest scribe guideline please?
> Regards:
>
> On 4/1/19, Prasanna Kumar Pincha  wrote:
>> Dear friends!
>>
>> It has been quite a while since persons with disabilities have been
>> grappling with this very crucial issue of norms and guidelines for
>> conduct
>> of their  examination. I view the discussion which has ensued on this
>> mailing list as a part of that larger ongoing discourse.
>>
>> Since the issue has enormous and significant implications for us as
>> persons
>> with disabilities in general, and for the younger generations of persons
>> with disabilities in particular, I feel inclined to put matters in
>> perspective in my own way.
>>
>> It goes without saying that the norms and guidelines which are currently
>> in
>> vogue are intended to govern both academics related and recruitments
>> related
>> examinations. Evidently, what is currently in place is a set of
>> guidelines
>> for conducted of examinations of persons with disabilities; and, as such,
>> they do not have the force of law. Guidelines, as the very nomenclature
>> suggests, are not mandatory albeit it is expected of examining
>> authorities
>> to comply with them. Non-compliance do not attract any penal action.
>> Thus,
>> from a legal point if view, the examining authorities are free to comply
>> with them totally

Re: [AI] Unable to download from blindhelp.net

[Prajwal Keny]

hey its cause  that  people upload pirated  containt only for  fame
indian telicommunication persons  added its domains in band list . and
what u need to  download may i help  proxy only  help u brows. things
for download perpess  targate  of the machine all cause of  ip and mac
 gos  other . so  blind help is fully pirated

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> Friends, I url of proxy sites to download softwares from blindhelp.net,
> kindly help.  Pranaya
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[AI] YOUTUBE LINK OF RADIOUDAAN BADALTA DAUR DISCUSSION ON ACCESSIBLE ELECTIONS FOR PERSONS WITH DISABILITIES

[Radio Udaan]

YOUTUBE LINK OF RADIOUDAAN BADALTA DAUR DISCUSSION ON ACCESSIBLE
ELECTIONS FOR PERSONS WITH DISABILITIES

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[AI] Want our votes? Reflect our needs - Disability rights groups tell national level parties

[Ramya Venkitesh]

  Want our votes? Reflect our needs -
Disability rights groups tell national level parties


The Communist Party of India (Marxist)'s move to dedicate a section of its
election manifesto to the disabled community has thrown the spotlight on the
two main contenders in the national - the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and
the Congress Party.

Neither the BJP nor the Congress have released their manifestos, but the
CPI(M)'s move has led to more voices calling upon them to reflect the needs
of India's disabled population.

CHARTER OF DEMANDS

The National Platform for the Rights of the Disabled(NPRD), a nationwide
cross disability rights groups has written to BJP party president Amit Shah
and the Congress party president Rahul Gandhi asking them to make certain
commitments in their manifestos, including: Read More
 

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[AI] I am Bill Gates Speaking – Hindi Audio Book.

[A K Dua]

Main Bill Gates Bol Raha Hoon (Hindi) edited by Mahesh Sharma, is an
inspiring Book on the life and works of Bill Gates and his sayings while he
was the Chief of Microsoft Corporation.

This audio presentation has been produced by Disha NGO at Chandigarh and is
presented by Ajay Kumar Singh.

The book can be streamed or downloaded from this link:

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Re: [AI] Velcro tag for white cane

[manohar vaswani]

hello aishwarya
I face the same problem with the chord
and I keep changing the chord whenever it wears out
your idea of a elastic velcro sounds good
I will try it


On 4/1/19, Aishwarya Pillai  wrote:
> Dear all,
>
> I am a user of a white cane since 6 years.  I am not much into the
> advanced canes that are coming up in the market these days.  Although
> the white cane perfectly fits my need, one problem i have is the the
> elasticity of the chord wears out.  This is not the chord that runs
> from within the cane, but the one with which one holds the cane
> together after it's folded and also wear it around their wrist while
> they are walking. after few months, the wornout chord sometimes can
> get tangled with the cane foldings and that makes it difficult to open
> it. so i came up with an idea of using velcro instead of the chord.  I
> took help from a designer to fix one end of the velcro tape to the
> cane using a nut and a bolt.  the other end of the tape can be
> fastened as per our use (holding the cane while it's folded and
> wearing it around our wrist).  The length of the tape could
> approximately be 25 cm. It seems the life span of nylon velcro is
> 10,000 times, so if i use my cane on an average of 20 times per day,
> it will come up to 7500 times per year.  Right now, i am testing it
> out to see how durable and long lasting it will be.
> I am writing this mail to know if anyone of you face the same problem
> with the chord or not.  how do you manage if the chord wears out?  and
> what do you think of the velcro tag.  I will be curious to know your
> opinion.
>
> With regards,
> Aishwarya.
>
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[AI] Fwd: Technical Skills Up gradation Training.

[Prashant Verma]

Begin forwarded message:

> Resent-From: 
> From: NAB Delhi Helpline 
> Date: 1 April 2019 at 2:02:11 PM IST
> To: nabhelpline 
> Cc: library 
> Subject: Technical Skills Up gradation Training.
> Reply-To: nabhelpl...@googlegroups.com
> 
> Greetings From NAB Helpline
> NAB Delhi is organizing a short duration computer training on advanced
> topics. This training is for those visually impaired candidates who
> have basic computer skills and want to upgrade their knowledge. This
> training will be most beneficial to job seekers and employed persons
> as it contains training on applications mostly used in office
> environment.
> Date: 15 to 20 April 2019, Classes Monday-Saturday 10 AM to 4 PM
> Topics included:
> •Windows 10 – navigation and settings
> •Microsoft Office Ribbon interface usage
> •Document formatting in Microsoft Word, page setup, printing
> requirements
> •Formatting Microsoft Excel spreadsheets for printing
> •Excel formulas, filtering, sorting etc.
> •NVDA and Jaws custumization
> •Using Google Drive, Dropbox
> •Microsoft Outlook setup and usage
> Interested candidates should register before 10th April with NAB
> Helpline. Call 9212319672, 8826261166, or email helpl...@nabdelhi.in
> please ignore previous mail as the first contact number is invalid.
> The inconvenience cost is deeply regraded.
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Re: [AI] Non-compliance of uniform guidelines for conducting written examination

[Aishwarya Pillai]

@Prasanna Sir and Rajendra,

Dear Prasanna Sir,

A Central Legislation is indeed an apt solution for this problem.  I
hope the Ministry considers this and extends to set this up soon.
Sir, since you are already dealing with issues pertaining to
examination for PWD, could I ask you about your opinion on setting up
seperate units at each university and college to specially help out
PWD? if I may explain more, these units will take responsibility for
every requirement of PWD which may include, paperwork for admissions
and exam application, providing accessible educational
material,disseminate information concerning facilities for PWD and
also assist them for scribe application so that one need not run from
pillar to post to get their things done. Considering the present
facilities, it is anything but easy for PWD. Please let me know what
you think of it.  Thank you in advance!

Dear Rajendra,

Please download the guidelines from the Dropbox link below:
https://www.dropbox.com/s/hjiglmdpc7lqj92/Guidelines%20for%20conducting%20written%20examination%20for%20Persons%20With%20Benchmark%20Disabilities%20%28Aug%202019%29.pdf?dl=0


With regards,
Aishwarya.


On 4/1/19, rajendra dhurve  wrote:
> Can anyone share the latest scribe guideline please?
> Regards:
>
> On 4/1/19, Prasanna Kumar Pincha  wrote:
>> Dear friends!
>>
>> It has been quite a while since persons with disabilities have been
>> grappling with this very crucial issue of norms and guidelines for
>> conduct
>> of their  examination. I view the discussion which has ensued on this
>> mailing list as a part of that larger ongoing discourse.
>>
>> Since the issue has enormous and significant implications for us as
>> persons
>> with disabilities in general, and for the younger generations of persons
>> with disabilities in particular, I feel inclined to put matters in
>> perspective in my own way.
>>
>> It goes without saying that the norms and guidelines which are currently
>> in
>> vogue are intended to govern both academics related and recruitments
>> related
>> examinations. Evidently, what is currently in place is a set of
>> guidelines
>> for conducted of examinations of persons with disabilities; and, as such,
>> they do not have the force of law. Guidelines, as the very nomenclature
>> suggests, are not mandatory albeit it is expected of examining
>> authorities
>> to comply with them. Non-compliance do not attract any penal action.
>> Thus,
>> from a legal point if view, the examining authorities are free to comply
>> with them totally, partially, or even to ignore them altogether despite
>> what
>> is expected of the; and hence, they can have their own set of guidelines
>> which may be at variance with the ones that have been issued by the
>> Ministry
>> of Social Justice and empowerment, govt. of India. This, in my view,
>> accounts for  the lack of uniformity of compliance with them across the
>> country.
>>
>> In the above view of the matter, I have been pushing and advocating the
>> idea
>> of a central legislation which would govern norms of examination, both
>> academics related and recruitments related, for persons with
>> disabilities;
>> and, have been trying to garner support and solidarity from all quarters.
>> I
>> have also written to the Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment,
>> Department of empowerment of Persons with Disabilities, govt. of India
>> for
>> this purpose.
>>
>> A properly enacted central legislation will result in  A. ensuring
>> uniformity of its application and compliance across the country; and,  b.
>> seeking relief from courts in the event of violation of its provisions.
>>
>> Some people may argue that disability being a state subject, the union
>> parliament can not enact such a legislation. This argument stands
>> demolished
>> in the face of the fact that India is a state party to the United Nations
>> Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities; and as such the
>> Union
>> Parliament can, invoke Article 253 of the constitution of India and can
>> enact a legislation to harmonize the specific stipulations enshrined in
>> Articles 24, (on education), 26, (on habilitation and rehabilitation),
>> and
>> 27 (on work and employment) respectively despite disability being a state
>> subject as this will be done towards fulfillment of international
>> obligation. This could well be a specific measure as stated above in
>> addition to the generic measures envisaged by and under the RPD Act, 2016
>> and Mental Healthcare Act, 2017.
>>
>> I strongly feel that such a legislation be enacted after thorough and
>> threadbare consultations with all the stakeholders in general, and, with
>> the
>> primary stakeholders, i.e., with persons with disabilities.
>> This suggestion, if acted upon, would be a durable and long-term
>> solution.
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> Prasanna Kumar Pincha
>>
>>
>> Former Chief Commissioner for Persons with Disabilities,
>>
>> Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment,
>>
>> govt. of India, Ne

Re: [AI] Non-compliance of uniform guidelines for conducting written examination

[rajendra dhurve]

Can anyone share the latest scribe guideline please?
Regards:

On 4/1/19, Prasanna Kumar Pincha  wrote:
> Dear friends!
>
> It has been quite a while since persons with disabilities have been
> grappling with this very crucial issue of norms and guidelines for conduct
> of their  examination. I view the discussion which has ensued on this
> mailing list as a part of that larger ongoing discourse.
>
> Since the issue has enormous and significant implications for us as persons
> with disabilities in general, and for the younger generations of persons
> with disabilities in particular, I feel inclined to put matters in
> perspective in my own way.
>
> It goes without saying that the norms and guidelines which are currently in
> vogue are intended to govern both academics related and recruitments
> related
> examinations. Evidently, what is currently in place is a set of guidelines
> for conducted of examinations of persons with disabilities; and, as such,
> they do not have the force of law. Guidelines, as the very nomenclature
> suggests, are not mandatory albeit it is expected of examining authorities
> to comply with them. Non-compliance do not attract any penal action. Thus,
> from a legal point if view, the examining authorities are free to comply
> with them totally, partially, or even to ignore them altogether despite
> what
> is expected of the; and hence, they can have their own set of guidelines
> which may be at variance with the ones that have been issued by the
> Ministry
> of Social Justice and empowerment, govt. of India. This, in my view,
> accounts for  the lack of uniformity of compliance with them across the
> country.
>
> In the above view of the matter, I have been pushing and advocating the
> idea
> of a central legislation which would govern norms of examination, both
> academics related and recruitments related, for persons with disabilities;
> and, have been trying to garner support and solidarity from all quarters. I
> have also written to the Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment,
> Department of empowerment of Persons with Disabilities, govt. of India for
> this purpose.
>
> A properly enacted central legislation will result in  A. ensuring
> uniformity of its application and compliance across the country; and,  b.
> seeking relief from courts in the event of violation of its provisions.
>
> Some people may argue that disability being a state subject, the union
> parliament can not enact such a legislation. This argument stands
> demolished
> in the face of the fact that India is a state party to the United Nations
> Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities; and as such the
> Union
> Parliament can, invoke Article 253 of the constitution of India and can
> enact a legislation to harmonize the specific stipulations enshrined in
> Articles 24, (on education), 26, (on habilitation and rehabilitation),  and
> 27 (on work and employment) respectively despite disability being a state
> subject as this will be done towards fulfillment of international
> obligation. This could well be a specific measure as stated above in
> addition to the generic measures envisaged by and under the RPD Act, 2016
> and Mental Healthcare Act, 2017.
>
> I strongly feel that such a legislation be enacted after thorough and
> threadbare consultations with all the stakeholders in general, and, with
> the
> primary stakeholders, i.e., with persons with disabilities.
> This suggestion, if acted upon, would be a durable and long-term solution.
>
>
>
>
> Prasanna Kumar Pincha
>
>
> Former Chief Commissioner for Persons with Disabilities,
>
> Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment,
>
> govt. of India, New Delhi.
>
>
> Former chairperson
>
> National Trust for the Welfare of Persons with Autism, Cerebral Palsy,
> Mental Retardation, and Multiple Disabilities,
>
> Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment,
>
> Govt. of India, New Delhi.
>
>
> -Original Message-
> From: AccessIndia [mailto:accessindia-boun...@accessindia.org.in] On Behalf
> Of Aishwarya Pillai
> Sent: Monday, April 01, 2019 11:30 AM
> To: AccessIndia: a list for discussing accessibility and issues concerning
> the disabled.
> Subject: Re: [AI] Non-compliance of uniform guidelines for conducting
> written examination
>
> @ Matreya and Satender
>
> Dear Matreya,
>
> Thank you so much for sharing the file with me. I absolutely don't
> understand whuy inspite of the UGC circulating this, many universities
> don't comply to it. At the end of all this, the candidate with vision
> loss has to be at the struggling end all the time.  Thanks for
> offering your support in this matter.  I am in for it too.
>
> Dear Satender,
>
> It is nice to know you have been addressing this issue. i pledge my
> support in this endeavour to take up this matter. The latest incident
> i can bring to your notice is that of a young lady who is doing her
> Bachelors from Dr. Br. Ambedkar University.  It seems the only
> cfacility that she can avail is 

Re: [AI] Non-compliance of uniform guidelines for conducting written examination

[Prasanna Kumar Pincha]

Dear friends!

It has been quite a while since persons with disabilities have been
grappling with this very crucial issue of norms and guidelines for conduct
of their  examination. I view the discussion which has ensued on this
mailing list as a part of that larger ongoing discourse. 

Since the issue has enormous and significant implications for us as persons
with disabilities in general, and for the younger generations of persons
with disabilities in particular, I feel inclined to put matters in
perspective in my own way. 

It goes without saying that the norms and guidelines which are currently in
vogue are intended to govern both academics related and recruitments related
examinations. Evidently, what is currently in place is a set of guidelines
for conducted of examinations of persons with disabilities; and, as such,
they do not have the force of law. Guidelines, as the very nomenclature
suggests, are not mandatory albeit it is expected of examining authorities
to comply with them. Non-compliance do not attract any penal action. Thus,
from a legal point if view, the examining authorities are free to comply
with them totally, partially, or even to ignore them altogether despite what
is expected of the; and hence, they can have their own set of guidelines
which may be at variance with the ones that have been issued by the Ministry
of Social Justice and empowerment, govt. of India. This, in my view,
accounts for  the lack of uniformity of compliance with them across the
country.

In the above view of the matter, I have been pushing and advocating the idea
of a central legislation which would govern norms of examination, both
academics related and recruitments related, for persons with disabilities;
and, have been trying to garner support and solidarity from all quarters. I
have also written to the Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment,
Department of empowerment of Persons with Disabilities, govt. of India for
this purpose. 

A properly enacted central legislation will result in  A. ensuring
uniformity of its application and compliance across the country; and,  b.
seeking relief from courts in the event of violation of its provisions. 

Some people may argue that disability being a state subject, the union
parliament can not enact such a legislation. This argument stands demolished
in the face of the fact that India is a state party to the United Nations
Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities; and as such the Union
Parliament can, invoke Article 253 of the constitution of India and can
enact a legislation to harmonize the specific stipulations enshrined in
Articles 24, (on education), 26, (on habilitation and rehabilitation),  and
27 (on work and employment) respectively despite disability being a state
subject as this will be done towards fulfillment of international
obligation. This could well be a specific measure as stated above in
addition to the generic measures envisaged by and under the RPD Act, 2016
and Mental Healthcare Act, 2017. 

I strongly feel that such a legislation be enacted after thorough and
threadbare consultations with all the stakeholders in general, and, with the
primary stakeholders, i.e., with persons with disabilities.
This suggestion, if acted upon, would be a durable and long-term solution.
 



Prasanna Kumar Pincha
 
 
Former Chief Commissioner for Persons with Disabilities,
 
Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment,
 
govt. of India, New Delhi.
 
 
Former chairperson
 
National Trust for the Welfare of Persons with Autism, Cerebral Palsy,
Mental Retardation, and Multiple Disabilities, 
 
Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment,
 
Govt. of India, New Delhi.


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Subject: Re: [AI] Non-compliance of uniform guidelines for conducting
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@ Matreya and Satender

Dear Matreya,

Thank you so much for sharing the file with me. I absolutely don't
understand whuy inspite of the UGC circulating this, many universities
don't comply to it. At the end of all this, the candidate with vision
loss has to be at the struggling end all the time.  Thanks for
offering your support in this matter.  I am in for it too.

Dear Satender,

It is nice to know you have been addressing this issue. i pledge my
support in this endeavour to take up this matter. The latest incident
i can bring to your notice is that of a young lady who is doing her
Bachelors from Dr. Br. Ambedkar University.  It seems the only
cfacility that she can avail is that of a scribe alone. I had to talk
to one of the staff  to let them allow the compensatory time for her.
I was told that they are not aware of any such circular and if they
have to implement it in their university, it will take two to three
months time. Nevertheless, he said that he