hi Arush, could you please share your contact so on behalf of my organisation get in touch with you and take your guidance and assistance. with best wishes from parimala
On 8/2/21, Kalpana Kharade <[email protected]> wrote: > 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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