Re: [AI] BBC News: The Bionic Eye Changing A Woman's Life

can anyone tell about any progress on stem cell treatment? which can we expect first bonic eye or stem cells treatment. regards, sazid On 1/5/16, shahnaz wrote: > > BBC News: The Bionic Eye Changing A Woman's Life. > > http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-35220615 > > > At

Re: [AI] Fwd: Important: Aditi Mahavidyalaya has A blind lecturerwho holds driving lisence and drives to work

George There is nothing about the quality of the certificate. Basically the fault lie in the definition of low vision given in PWD act of 1995. Mittal -Original Message- From: AccessIndia [mailto:accessindia-boun...@accessindia.org.in] On Behalf Of George Abraham Sent: Wednesday, January

Re: [AI] Fwd: Important: Aditi Mahavidyalaya has A blind lecturerwho holds driving lisence and drives to work

Not talking of the certificate. The certification process in terms of testing, interpretation and is flawed in many parts of India. -Original Message- From: AccessIndia [mailto:accessindia-boun...@accessindia.org.in] On Behalf Of S R Mittal Sent: 06 January 2016 15:47 To: 'AccessIndia: a

Re: [AI] Fwd: Important: Aditi Mahavidyalaya has A blind lecturer who holds driving lisence and drives to work

Sirs, Let me tell you in the quest of getting 2.5 million disabled persons trained and placed in the next 7 years, people with vision impairment are being systematically edged out. Several organisations who were training blind youth for employment are now training people with other disabilities

Re: [AI] St Stephen’s: How can 85 per cent disabled man sexually assault a girl: Valson Thampu

Totally agree! In fact, this creates perceptions in the society about the very abilities of disabled! I heard somewhere a partially blind attempted rape with a sighted girl. Let the principal speak about the professor's innocence, and not about his ability in conjunction with his disability!

Re: [AI] Fwd: Important: Aditi Mahavidyalaya has A blind lecturer who holds driving lisence and drives to work

Dear George Sir, I trust we must give a very strong representation to the concerned authorities so that right justice is given to our communitty else the true deserving candidates will have to wait long for opportunities. I believe we have lots of legal professionals in this forum. They can

Re: [AI] Fwd: Important: Aditi Mahavidyalaya has A blind lecturer who holds driving lisence and drives to work

This is really serious issue. The system as whole wants to eliminate totally blind from jobs. I can not give all the proofs here but totally blind persons in public life would agree. See the examples in banks where the low visions are generally preferred. Nirmal On Jan 6, 2016 1:58 PM, "Asudani,

Re: [AI] Fwd: Important: Aditi Mahavidyalaya has A blind lecturer who holds driving lisence and drives to work

Those individuals know how to fool the doctors while availling blindness certificate. - Original Message - From: "Mahesh Narasimhan" To: "AccessIndia: a list for discussing accessibility and issues concerningthe disabled."

Re: [AI] Fwd: Important: Aditi Mahavidyalaya has A blind lecturer who holds driving lisence and drives to work

Well said George jee. However, let alone one eyed, I fail to understand, as I said yesterday, what is 40% low vision, and what is 100%, and how to corelate all this LV business to 40% blind and 100% blind, and so on? When I had asked all this to an ophthalmologist well connected to disability

[AI] during my visit to Delhi, Amdabad, Rajkot and of course to Mumbai, would like to meet many people!!

Hi Friends sorry about off topic mail. please write to me directly. thanks for all your mails about taxi information in Delhi. i will be in Delhi from early morning of 11 Jan till afternoon of 12th!! i will be in Amdabad from of Jan 23 till evening of 24th, i will be in Rajkot from Jan 25th

Re: [AI] BBC News: The Bionic Eye Changing A Woman's Life

Dear Sazid, Bionic eye is already available in US and UK. It costs just around 65 lakhs for the device, plus surgery, training, travel etc. Stem cell theropy and Gene theropy are still in clinical trials. On 1/6/16, sazid shaik wrote: > can anyone tell about any

[AI] concession in tamilnadu busses

Dear Friends, I am Saravanan. I hope you are all fine. I want to know the rules for concession for VI in tamilnadu busses. Is it valid for all govt. busses or is there any restriction for them. That means It is not valid for Point to point busses and special busses. How to clarify this. How to

[AI] Problem with gmail on InternetExplorer

Hello listers, I am facing a strange issue with gmail on InternetExplorer. When I open gmail on IE, it does not go beyond accepting the user name. That is, I am able to open gmail signin page and key in my user name, and after I hit enter on next button, nothing happens, gmail is not asking for

Re: [AI] concession in tamilnadu busses

Hello Saravanan,There is 75 Percent concession both for the VI and for one escort with him in all Tamilnadu state government buses. You have to submit a xerox copy of your disabled certificate issued by Government doctor in Tamilnadu. You should also carry the original with you. Unlike train

[AI] Mission of Achieving Accessible India in terms of ICT

Dear all, At the outset; I would like to wish you a very happy new year. My sincere apology for not being connected with you for a long while now. I do not wish to brag about our humble achievements but would like to let you all know that I along with Dipendra Manacha and Prasant Verma has

Re: [AI] Fwd: Important: Aditi Mahavidyalaya has A blind lecturer who holds driving lisence and drives to work

You are right! There are a number of one eyed people in India who avail of disability benefits. The problem is with the quality of disability certification and also the understanding of definitions. Often the process of certification is slip short and many organisations across do not have a grasp

Re: [AI] St Stephen’s: How can 85 per cent disabled man sexually assault a girl: Valson Thampu

Strange Why not? Depends on the facts of the case. As defined by SC S-exual harassment may be accomplished even without touching... -Original Message- From: AccessIndia [mailto:accessindia-boun...@accessindia.org.in] On Behalf Of avinash shahi Sent: Wednesday, January 06, 2016 11:56

Re: [AI] (AI) Info needed on smart cane

Hi, The Saksham smart cane may be the way to go in terms of durability. I do not know if any other manufacturers have tested for durability. Pranav -Original Message- From: AccessIndia [mailto:accessindia-boun...@accessindia.org.in] On Behalf Of turab chimthanawala Sent: Tuesday,

Re: [AI] Microsoft Surface.

Look at the Microsoft surface pro where you can install your screen reader of choice. -Original Message- From: AccessIndia [mailto:accessindia-boun...@accessindia.org.in] On Behalf Of Chandrashekhar Kulkarni Sent: Tuesday, January 05, 2016 8:12 PM To: accessindia

Re: [AI] BBC News: The Bionic Eye Changing A Woman's Life

Or, you can use sensory substitution approaches which use existing infrastructure and cost a fraction. Pranav -Original Message- From: AccessIndia [mailto:accessindia-boun...@accessindia.org.in] On Behalf Of Vamshi. G Sent: Wednesday, January 06, 2016 6:23 PM To: AccessIndia: a list

[AI] special vacancies for persons with disabilities in PUNJAB

Hi all the govt of Punjab has issued a notification for various posts for persons with disabilities in different departments. the details are available in the newspapers Jag Bani and Hindustan Times of 7.1.2016. around 200 posts are reserved for visually impaired persons. So all the best for all

Re: [AI] Problem with gmail on InternetExplorer

hi mahesh, try disabling the K 7 Total Security. and try to open the gmail again just my suggestion On 1/6/16, Mahesh S. Panicker wrote: > Hello listers, > I am facing a strange issue with gmail on InternetExplorer. > When I open gmail on IE, it does not go beyond

[AI] on the upcoming release wazeer: The disabling act

What possibly can be more disabling than the inability to see a person as more? The question posed long ago by Robert M Hansel, a Guinness World Record holder for the longest non-stop wheelie in a wheelchair, has come around once again to haunt the concerns of an Indian director, Bejoy Nambiar,

Re: [AI] Microsoft Surface.

totally wrong information. microsoft surface 4 which is going to release in india in some ours is a laptab on which u can run any desktop app. that means u can install any version of jaws or nvda. u however have to install jaws 17 as its windows 10 x64 powered it will release for around 6 in

Re: [AI] Microsoft Surface.

oops, sorry for the wrong information On 1/7/16, Austin Pinto wrote: > totally wrong information. > microsoft surface 4 which is going to release in india in some ours is > a laptab on which u can run any desktop app. > that means u can install any version of jaws

Re: [AI] more than 1800 post are ther in railways

Shocking factor is the candidate is asked to give the details of the scribe including photo and signature in advance while applying online. While the exam date is yet to announce, how could one confirm the scribe almost a month before? Could somebody guide me as to what shall be done if there is

Re: [AI] Problem with gmail on InternetExplorer

That has done the trick. Thank you very much. How do I fix it permanently though? Write to the K 7 people? Strangely, it doesn't have a problem me letting me in on other browsers... Is keying in the password without protection safe enough? Regards, On 1/7/16, shankar shan

Re: [AI] special vacancies for persons with disabilities in PUNJAB

In Jag Bani it is on page no 4. On 1/7/16, Jyoti wrote: > Hello sir, > Can you specify the page number of the news paper? > > > > Thank you > Jyoti Malik > Programme Manager > Radio Udaan >

Re: [AI] Indian Express column: Underestimating disability By Bibek Debroy (member NITI Aayog)

In the beginning of the article he refers Modi's recent suggestion 'divyang' then he leaves it there by putting the ball in the court of social Justice Ministry to take call after the consultation. I guess that's the reflection of the NITI aayog's position headed by the PM. Mr Modi has an unique