Great initiative Arush. All the best to you. Dr. Kalpana Kharade
On 8/2/21, Aarush Bhat <[email protected]> wrote: > Greetings all, > I just wanted to share something that I've been working on for quite a > while with you all. > It started out as a youtube channel known as "Inclusion The Motto", the > idea behind which was to bridge the gap between blind and sighted, to > empower and educate sited folk on how us blind do various things, to also > hopefully try to reduce some of the not-too-great ideologies they hold > about us, all the stereotypes etc. I often think it is also the lack of > knowledge and not ignorance that may lead to such ideas or encounters. > I have tried to put this message across in all the videos I've uploaded in > an interactive and fun way, often having people on who've had first-hand > experience(either because they themselves are blind and have managed to be > quite successful in life or people directly associated to blind folk who > were able to give a much better insight into how things work and clear many > of the doubts that people have). > My content has always been for everyone to listen to, as some of the tips > given by the blind/VI people I interviewed proved to be quite useful in > our lives as well to tackle all the challenges that we face on a daily > basis. > However, recently I have started working on a brand new series of sorts > which I think will be especially useful for us folk who rely on screen > readers for our daily life tasks. > So quite often, at least here where I come from, I've come across this > mindset that us blind people cannot tackle higher level mathematics and > science subjects, because they are too graphical, they cannot be > represented with a screen reader accurately enough and although this may be > true to an extent where extremely complicated geometric figures or graphs > are involved, things such as symbols and equations can be written (and red) > just fine. > What is sad is that here, many blind students start believing it as well > and give up on said subjects, dropping them entirely in high school even if > they wish to study them further. Either that, or they end up going for a > scribe(writer) to write their exams for them. > This is exactly what this series intends to improve. > I, myself, am a hundred percent blind student, have been by birth. > Therefore, I have a reasonably good idea of the challenges that come into > play when doing stem subjects on a computer with screen-reading software. > However, I did not drop them after 10th grade when we usually get to select > the subjects that we intend on pursuing for our final two years of school; > neither did I opt for a scribe. I was interested in them, so I decided to > take that leap into the unknown, as it were. > I am very much happy to say that this is possible, and the technologies > that I got to discover along the way are what I will be showing off in the > series, as they are unfortunately not as well known as they should be. > Therefore, please share the link of the channel around to people that you > know who might be in need of this; technology is improving day by day and > It is my hope that one day us blind kids will be able to safely say that > science and maths subjects are completely inclusive and accessible, > something that we can study without hassle along with our sighted > counterparts. However, this also requires determination, as well as > knowledge. Knowledge that I hope to impart from this series, and the > channel in general. > I hope you like it, and please do not hesitate to tell us what you think in > the comments section, feedback is what Inclusion The Motto is all about. > Without further ado, here is the link for the channel: > https://www.youtube.com/c/inclusionthemotto > And here is the link for the Inclusion The Motto blog: > http://aarushbhat.wordpress.com > > Thanks and regards, > Aarush > > -- > 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. 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