[AI] No Segregation; Only Inclusion - Proposed New University
December 26, 2020 *Press Statement* Even before the discussions on the proposed amendments to the Rehabilitation Council of India Act proceeded, the Department of Empowerment of Persons with Disabilities has come out with a contentious Draft University of Disability Studies and Rehabilitation Sciences Bill, 2021. As with other legislations and policy matters, the pandemic situation is being misused by the government to rush through another ill-conceived idea, denying adequate time or space for stakeholders to respond. In this case, a mere 9 days have been given to elicit response to a 131-page document. One of the stated objects of the University is “to train and develop professionals, researchers and educators in disability studies and rehabilitation sciences”. That there is a clear distinction between disability studies and rehabilitation sciences is lost. Disability studies is an academic discipline that examines the meaning, nature, and consequences of disability*, *as opposed to rehabilitation, which is a process aimed at enabling the disabled to reach and maintain their optimal physical, sensory, intellectual, psychological and social functional levels leading to their independence. The dire shortage of rehabilitation professionals as also the need to upgrade skills and facilities notwithstanding, how this can be bridged by setting up a separate university goes unexplained. Also there exists the Rehabilitation Council of India, which is mandated, in the main, to regulate and monitor the training of rehabilitation professionals. The need to promote disability studies as a discipline is one of the mandates of the Rights of Persons with Disabilities Act. Sec. 47 of the Act among other things entrusts upon the government the responsibility of promoting “teaching and research in disability studies including establishment of study centres for such studies” in all universities. Besides, it also talks about inducting “disability as a component for all education courses for schools, colleges, university teachers, doctors, nurses………” etc. Various universities in the country have established centres and are running programmes for disabilities studies. Prominent among them are the IGNOU, Mahatma Gandhi University, Kerala, NALSAR, Hyderabad, Ambedkar University, Delhi, Gauhati University, Assam to name a few. This apart, there is also the Dr. Shakuntala Misra Rehabilitation University in Lucknow, with the stated objective of facilitating and promoting “studies, research and extension work in the emerging areas including rehabilitation courses…..”. All the more unacceptable is the fact that this university would be “self-sustaining”, in tune with the thrust of the New Education Policy 2020. With finances being generated from tuition fees, affiliation fees etc. students from the marginalized sections will stand deprived. In this context, it may be recalled that in 2015-16 while placing the Union Budget the then Union Finance Minister had announced the upgradation of the National Institute of Speech and Hearing, Thiruvananthapuram into a National University of Rehabilitation Sciences & Disability Studies. This was supposed to cater to students with disabilities, in the main. Approval was denied after all the work had been done. Rather than wasting huge amounts of money on “self-sustaining” segregated centres of learning, it would do auger well if the government adheres to the guiding principles of the RPD Act of equality and non-discrimination and adopts and promotes an inclusive, multidisciplinary approach. *(Muralidharan)* *General Secretary* *National Platform for the Rights of the Disabled (NPRD)* -- National Platform for the Rights of the Disabled (NPRD) 36, Pt. Ravishankar Shukla Lane New Delhi 110 001 Tel. 11-23387674; 9868768543 -- 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.. Search for old postings at: http://www.mail-archive.com/accessindia@accessindia.org.in/ --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "AccessIndia" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to accessindia+unsubscr...@accessindia.org.in. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/a/accessindia.org.in/d/msgid/accessindia/CAGWwancr8cB%2B3Dk3sH%3DB9UrZOcqG4NJwFfB3g-uc8ep9tNw5JQ%40mail.gmail.com.
Re: [AI] GREETINGS!
What an amazing app. Congratulations to the founder and the entire team for the vision, the focus and the eventual outcomes. Thanks to this app, I am finally on Whatsapp after having made several failed attempts to access Whatsapp in its traditional garb. Louie reduces the time it takes to perform standard Whatsapp functions by at least 50% if not more and since we as visually impaired folks sometimes take more time to perform standard functions, time is always of the essence. My experience also demonstrates the inability of mainstream apps to understand the essential fundamentals of accessibility. It goes without saying that it is lip service all the way from start to finish. The major global players are no exception. Here is an example: The so called Voice Assistant from Big G was touted as an assistant especially for the visually impaired in a Google Conference which I was privileged to attend in person. In that case, even after so many years, why are several buttons on the home screen of the Assistant still unmarked? Talk Back, I am sure, delights itself and subsequently gets bored in saying unlabelled over and over again once the Assistant's home page is activated. The same challenge holds true for many other front runner apps as well. I do not want to cite chapter and verse here but I can definitely cite dozens of instances where apps from the world's top three players are inaccessible in one way or the other. Are the accessibility teams at these mega corporations sleeping on the wheel and enjoying the proverbial eternal snooze? You bet! The Indian banks, IRCTC, PayTM, on the other hand, are an entirely different bag of ongoing accessibility challenges. I think one of the attorneys in our Access India community should pick up the cudgels, take every violator to court and trigger hefty fines and penalties. Companies are not doing us any favors by paying attention to accessibility. It is the law both in spirit and in word. Attorneys should hit where it hurts the most, the corporate pocket book. Fortunately, there are several honorable jurors who have attempted to understand the challenges our community experiences every hour of the day. The recent letter to state courts regarding the accessibility of online legal resources is a case in point. We can therefore expect a certain level of support from the judiciary. Rajesh from Noida Here is an example: - Original Message - From: Pratham Kumar Singh To: accessindia@accessindia.org.in Sent: Saturday, December 26, 2020 10:25 AM Subject: [AI] GREETINGS! Greetings from NAB Delhi. We are presenting another webinar on “Louie Voice Control” on Saturday the 26th of December 2020 at 05:00 PM. Louie Voice Control is an App that enables visually impaired users to do each and everything within popular Apps with just voice commands. Louie is designed keeping the special needs of the visually impaired in mind, as the founder Pramit himself is visually impaired. See Louie in action: https://youtu.be/F0-y7087Kzg Louie is one of its kind as it does a continuous two-way interaction with the users and does each and everything within a supported App. Louie currently supports YouTube, WhatsApp, Uber, Contacts and Phone Calls. Many more apps are on the way. See what Louie can do: YouTube - skip Ads automatically, share video, post a comment, fast forward or rewind video by any number of seconds and much more... WhatsApp - share location, send & edit long text messages, make group calls, create a group, save & share contacts, delete messages or entire chats, play voice messages continuously one after another, block sender and much more... Contacts - save new contact, edit, delete & block and phone calling Uber - End-to-End booking, call/message driver, multiple stop booking, share trip, cancel booking and much more... The webinar will be live on our YouTube channel. Visit www.youtube.com/nabdelhionline to join us. -- 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.. Search for old postings at: http://www.mail-archive.com/accessindia@accessindia.org.in/ --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "AccessIndia" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to accessindia+unsubscr...@accessindia.org.in. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/a/accessindia.org.in/d/msgid/accessindia/CAEV7SSu2JUgnOOK92T%3D-F9rahduBvS%2B%3DJ8KbCOokpFzaaBYTOQ%40mail.gmail.com. --- This email has been checked for viruses by Avast antivirus software. https://www.avast.com/antivirus -- Disclaimer: 1. Contents of the mails, factual, or otherwise, reflect the thinking of the person sending the mail
Re: [AI] Invitation to join another Webinar organised by Samarth Bharat Manch
hi Sandesh, I am replying the same which I had replied for the last mail by Avichal. I want to join the group/organisation of yours. how can I proceed? my suggestion would be that please keep the webinars in English so the reach ability is wider. say, I am a south Indian and not wellversed in Hindi. On 12/25/20, Sandesh wrote: > here goes the invitation text about the webinar, those interested could > join: > > > Namaskaar, > > Samarth Bharat Manch is a new initiative of the visually impaired > (drishti divyang) people of Bharat towards nation building. > > On the auspicious occasion of Shrimad Bhagavad Gita Jayanti on Friday, the > 25th of December 2020, Samarth Bharat Manch will organise yet another > highly informative and inspirational webinar from 6:30 PM onwards. > > Those interested in attending the webinar can join via zoom platform, > it will also be live streamed on youtube. > > Shrimad Bhagavad Gita is the consciousness and the life force of Bharat > varsha, its reading, discussion and dissemination contains the essence > of the welfare of the entire human race. Spoken by none other than > Bhagawan Sri Krishna from his own mouth, this great and sacred book > contains answers to all problems plaguing the world at large today. > Discussion over this Holy book shall be the center point of our > webinar. > > Four visually impaired scholars of our own will enthrall you with their talk > on > different aspects of Bhagavad Gita: > > Dr. Dayal Singh Pawar will speak on 'The contextualisation and > narrative Methodology of Bhagavad Gita'; > Dr. Sangita Aggarwal will speak on 'Karmyog of Gita'; > Shri Ved Prakash Sharma will speak on 'Usefulness of Gita in contemporary > situations'; > Shri Popin Kumar will speak on 'Gita and the Rashtra Dharma in youth'. > > Hence, Samarth Bharat Manch invites all of you with folded hands to be > a part of this webinar and also requests to motivate your near and > dear ones to be witness of the same. > > Date: 25/12/2020 > Time: 6:30 PM onwards > Zoom link to join the webinar: > https://us02web.zoom.us/j/83387513437?pwd=VkZTbXA2TU1LZmhHcjR4YXNKOXlXdz09 > > Meeting ID: 833 8751 3437 > Passcode: Geeta > > Youtube live stream link: > https://youtu.be/gMHYBqtI8_Q > > We firmly believe that by your support Samarth Bharat Manch will > continue to work for nation building through various means at > pan-India level. > > Vande Mataram > > Yours Truly, > Samarth Bharat Manch > > For further Information: > Shri Sandesh Narayane-9270056753 > Shrimati Anjali Narayane-9270056754 > > -- > 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.. > > > Search for old postings at: > http://www.mail-archive.com/accessindia@accessindia.org.in/ > --- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "AccessIndia" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to accessindia+unsubscr...@accessindia.org.in. > To view this discussion on the web visit > https://groups.google.com/a/accessindia.org.in/d/msgid/accessindia/000601d6da2b%2483c5b730%240701a8c0%40WIN007PC. > -- "every human is disabled because, none has got the wings to fly". Anirudh Rao your intellectual comrade. call/whatsapp me at 8277012082 join on Skype: anirudhrao3 if you just wish to be a facebook friend: click https://m.facebook.com/anirudh.rao.7731/about?lst=15148125152%3A15148125152%3A1563341090&refid=17 and send a request. Thank you Anirudh Rao. -- 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.. Search for old postings at: http://www.mail-archive.com/accessindia@accessindia.org.in/ --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "AccessIndia" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to accessindia+unsubscr...@accessindia.org.in. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/a/accessindia.org.in/d/msgid/accessindia/CAF6avGjQ11OJPYktMPfQdZGf8DLnT8uDKFbpY%2BZL7zs8Y2EpLQ%40mail.gmail.com.
[AI] GREETINGS!
Greetings from NAB Delhi. We are presenting another webinar on “Louie Voice Control” on Saturday the 26th of December 2020 at 05:00 PM. Louie Voice Control is an App that enables visually impaired users to do each and everything within popular Apps with just voice commands. Louie is designed keeping the special needs of the visually impaired in mind, as the founder Pramit himself is visually impaired. See Louie in action: https://youtu.be/F0-y7087Kzg Louie is one of its kind as it does a continuous two-way interaction with the users and does each and everything within a supported App. Louie currently supports YouTube, WhatsApp, Uber, Contacts and Phone Calls. Many more apps are on the way. See what Louie can do: YouTube - skip Ads automatically, share video, post a comment, fast forward or rewind video by any number of seconds and much more... WhatsApp - share location, send & edit long text messages, make group calls, create a group, save & share contacts, delete messages or entire chats, play voice messages continuously one after another, block sender and much more... Contacts - save new contact, edit, delete & block and phone calling Uber - End-to-End booking, call/message driver, multiple stop booking, share trip, cancel booking and much more... The webinar will be live on our YouTube channel. Visit www.youtube.com/nabdelhionline to join us. -- 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.. Search for old postings at: http://www.mail-archive.com/accessindia@accessindia.org.in/ --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "AccessIndia" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to accessindia+unsubscr...@accessindia.org.in. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/a/accessindia.org.in/d/msgid/accessindia/CAEV7SSu2JUgnOOK92T%3D-F9rahduBvS%2B%3DJ8KbCOokpFzaaBYTOQ%40mail.gmail.com.
Re: [AI] Greatings
hi Naresh, if your someone from the organization, please do make some changes that are required in the form. spelling errors/some fields are kept mandatory unnecessarily. please do run the classes from 7-8 p.m as it would be free time for working professionals and students. On 12/25/20, Naresh kumar Perugu wrote: > Dear all, > > Chakshumati is glad to announce its next certified course on master in > assistive technologies. This course is completely free of cost and a > certificate will be provided after successfully completion of course. > > Join our new certified course: > https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLScdtP7QZ8sGz9Tz5NIA9V2xvMqk8_6Xb24OszLqOLhh48mYeQ/viewform?usp=pp_url > > Thank you all, > Naresh > > -- > 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.. > > > Search for old postings at: > http://www.mail-archive.com/accessindia@accessindia.org.in/ > --- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "AccessIndia" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to accessindia+unsubscr...@accessindia.org.in. > To view this discussion on the web visit > https://groups.google.com/a/accessindia.org.in/d/msgid/accessindia/CABsHoz8LhSpXnQ%2BteVSFScG1z0pPgS%3D8UxWd-X1GuEvDZs%3DDRQ%40mail.gmail.com. > -- "every human is disabled because, none has got the wings to fly". Anirudh Rao your intellectual comrade. call/whatsapp me at 8277012082 join on Skype: anirudhrao3 if you just wish to be a facebook friend: click https://m.facebook.com/anirudh.rao.7731/about?lst=15148125152%3A15148125152%3A1563341090&refid=17 and send a request. Thank you Anirudh Rao. -- 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.. Search for old postings at: http://www.mail-archive.com/accessindia@accessindia.org.in/ --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "AccessIndia" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to accessindia+unsubscr...@accessindia.org.in. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/a/accessindia.org.in/d/msgid/accessindia/CAF6avGjs4uxPXWeuxoxeKYJ3sO9dKB1sF_oE%3DM%3DcFGtnntVwGg%40mail.gmail.com.
[AI] Greatings
Dear all, Chakshumati is glad to announce its next certified course on master in assistive technologies. This course is completely free of cost and a certificate will be provided after successfully completion of course. Join our new certified course: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLScdtP7QZ8sGz9Tz5NIA9V2xvMqk8_6Xb24OszLqOLhh48mYeQ/viewform?usp=pp_url Thank you all, Naresh -- 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.. Search for old postings at: http://www.mail-archive.com/accessindia@accessindia.org.in/ --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "AccessIndia" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to accessindia+unsubscr...@accessindia.org.in. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/a/accessindia.org.in/d/msgid/accessindia/CABsHoz8LhSpXnQ%2BteVSFScG1z0pPgS%3D8UxWd-X1GuEvDZs%3DDRQ%40mail.gmail.com.
Re: [AI] 'Steps Need To Be Taken To Make eCourts Accessible To Specially-Abled': Justice DY Chandrachud Writes To CJ's Of High Courts
Hi It is welcome, it now has a moral right to preside over accessibility violation litigation. Harish On 22/12/2020 21:52, Rahul Bajaj wrote: https://www.livelaw.in/top-stories/ecourts-accessible-to-specially-abled-disabled-justice-chandrachud-high-courts-chief-justices-167555 Sent from my iPhone -- 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.. Search for old postings at: http://www.mail-archive.com/accessindia@accessindia.org.in/ --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "AccessIndia" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to accessindia+unsubscr...@accessindia.org.in. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/a/accessindia.org.in/d/msgid/accessindia/MA1PR0101MB17361BDCBF197A7480D6F995D2DC0%40MA1PR0101MB1736.INDPRD01.PROD.OUTLOOK.COM.
