Hi Rahul, It's great to hear that you have managed to secure a meeting with Dr. Shashi Tharoor on 21st March to discuss the issue of making Parliament and its proceedings more disabled friendly. Your efforts in this regard are commendable and I appreciate your initiative to bring this important issue to light. Your proposed agenda for the meeting seems to be well thought-out and comprehensive. The three key issues that you have identified are crucial for making Parliament more accessible to people with disabilities. I would like to suggest a few more points that you could consider discussing with Dr. Tharoor: 1. Increasing representation of people with disabilities in Parliament: One of the ways to ensure that the concerns of people with disabilities are heard is to increase their representation in Parliament. This could be achieved by reserving a certain number of seats in the Parliament for people with disabilities or by providing incentives for political parties to field candidates with disabilities. 2. Providing training to MPs and staff on disability issues: It's essential that MPs and staff in the Parliament are aware of the challenges faced by people with disabilities and the steps that can be taken to address them. Providing training on disability issues can help in creating a more inclusive environment in the Parliament. 3. Ensuring accessibility of Parliament-related events: In addition to the proceedings in the Parliament, it's also important to ensure that all events related to the Parliament are accessible to people with disabilities. This could include events like conferences, workshops, and public hearings. I hope these suggestions are helpful in your meeting with Dr. Tharoor. Your efforts to make Parliament more accessible to people with disabilities are truly inspiring and I wish you all the best in your endeavors. Best regards, Advecote Kallem Pavan, Hyderabad, Telangana.
On 3/12/23, [email protected] <[email protected]> wrote: > I too think that audio description has little importance as the statements > and not visual posture of the legislators are of importance. > > Though parliament website is mostly accessible but scanned copies of > statements in the parliament library sometimes create problem. > > When I open the link “papers laid”, somehow Jaws gets silent as I go in the > table where list of papers are given. > > Not discovered much though. > > From: [email protected] <[email protected]> On > Behalf Of Muhammad Mishbahul > Sent: 12 March 2023 03:36 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: [AI] Meeting with Dr Shashi Tharoor on 21st March: request for > inputs > > > > I don’t think that audio description will be much help in the proceedings of > parliament as it is already about debates, speeches, and auditory things. > They emphasis should be much more on digital and physical accessibility. We > should also push about representation/nomination of. Disable members in the > legislative houses. > > Sent from my iPhone > > > > > > On 12-Mar-2023, at 10:19 AM, Jai Krishna <[email protected] > <mailto:[email protected]> > wrote: > > > > > > > > On Sun, 12 Mar 2023 at 10:10 AM, Mission Accessibility > <[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> > > wrote: > > Hi all, > > > > Good morning. After much effort, I have managed to secure a meeting with Dr > Shashi Tharoor on 21st March. The immediate trigger for this meeting is his > observations about Parliament not being disabled friendly and an article > that I wrote on the subject in the Indian express. In the meeting, I would > like to discuss with him concrete pathways for making Parliament and its > proceedings more disabled friendly. I would like to invite your suggestions > on what issues I should discuss with him. This is what I have in mind at > present: > > > > First, Ensuring that proceedings in Parliament or accompanied by sign > language interpretation and audio description. At least the most important > ones to begin with. > > > > Second, setting up a committee that is tasked with addressing all > Accessibility related needs in Parliament, as has been done by the Supreme > Court recently. > > > > Third, conducting an audit of the physical infrastructure and website of the > Parliament. > > > > Let me know if you have any other inputs. > > > > Rahul > > > > Sent from Outlook for iOS <https://aka.ms/o0ukef> > > -- > 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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My suggestion would be to ask for possibilities To have representation of > the yard disable people yeah at least in Rajya Sabha has 12 people can be > nominated in Rajya Sabha by the President > > -- > 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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