Hello sir, Thanks for reaching out, I would like this event to be held in my college. As mentioned above, it is Brihan Maharashtra College of Commerce (BMCC) Pune I also have another suggestion, along orientations, there should be a lecture by a blind person who is very accomplished in a field or stream taught in that college. For example, my college is a commerce college, so a blind person who has passed out from a top IIM or is a CA would be a great fit. This will also enable normal students to get career guidance as well. Also, could you give an idea about the technologies that will be demonstrated.
Regards, Saurav On Mon, Aug 21, 2023 at 4:49 PM Dhananjay Bhole <dhananjay.bh...@gmail.com> wrote: > Dear All, > Greetings to you! > > Centre for Disability Studies and Inclusive Education At School of > Education, Savitribai Phule Pune University is sensitizing academic > institutions about inclusive education best practices and academic > accessibility for persons with disabilities under Accessibility > outreach and sensitization program. So far we have conducted over 250+ > Sensitization programs in colleges and Universities of Maharashtra, > Goa and Gujarat. > > People with disabilities in India are often left out of mainstream > education due to a variety of reasons, primarily the lack of awareness > amongst educational institutions and academician, limited > infrastructural resources and lack of training in this regard. It is > believed that barely two percent of the 70 million persons with > disabilities have access to education in India. Higher education is > not within the reach of every persons with disabilities. > > To bridge the gap, Centre for Disability Studies and Inclusive > Education , Savitribai Phule Pune university is organizing talks on > “Inclusive > education and Academic Accessibility”. to Sensitize higher education > institutions for creating awareness among the functionaries of higher > education about the specific educational needs of individuals with > disabilities for achieving their academic independence and their > inclusion in normal academic set up. > > The 2 hour duration talk covers: > inclusive education Concepts, types of disabilities and specific > assistive technologies required to them, Demonstration of assistive > technologies, Challenges of persons with disabilities in academic, > role of stakeholders in creation of barrier free academics, accessible > academic web services, Accessible built infrastructure, Accessible > Course content, accessible teaching and course delivery mechanism, > Accessible Admission and enrolment, Accessible examination > requirements, Reservation policies for persons with disabilities, > Disability support services activities at the campus, students > counselling, Placement for persons with disabilities, cases > discussion, Inclusive Education and accessibility Research etc. > > Who can participate: Faculties, social scientists, Social > entrepreneurs, academic administrators, research fellows, disability > support service coordinators, students with disabilities etc > Pilot faculties: Mr. Dhananjay Bhole > (Accessibility and assistive technology evangelist)and assistant > Professor and coordinator, Centre for Disability Studies and > Inclusive Education, SPPU . > > Pilot faculty will carry all the assistive technologies required for > demonstration. > > Do let me know if you wish to arrange such talk in your organization > and support for creation of barrier free and inclusive academics. > > Regards > > > On 8/21/23, Shyam M. Sayanekar <sayane...@gmail.com> wrote: > > Hello, it is true that most of our problems arise more due to the lack of > > awairness on the part of the sighted persons than our disability. Those > of > > us, who are well-placed in society have to take an initiative in creating > > and promoting this awairness. In my college I had aranged one such event > and > > had invited Mr. Suhas Karnik to speak on this issue. I myself have > delivered > > several lectures in schools and colleges not only almost all over > > Maharashtra but also in Goa and Karnataka. While doing so, our approach > > should be that of orienting and explaining people rather than of blaming > or > > criticizing them. We must actively participate in different public > > activities and functions. I have done very little work in institutes > working > > for the blind. But for the last 45 years I have worked as an advocate of > > the blind. > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: anirudh rao > > To: accessindia@accessindia.org.in > > Sent: Monday, August 21, 2023 9:58 AM > > Subject: Re: [AI] Accessibility events or fests in colleges > > > > > > it is a very good suggestion indeed. > > > > I have studied in an inclusive college and teach in a private college > > now. > > I had to go through a lot of struggles especially while convincing the > > management to take me as a faculty as they were unaware of the disability > > and were doubtful. > > the question is not whether they understand the whole content of the > > lectures but, it would give an exposure to the participants to the realm > of > > disability. > > > > > > On Sun, Aug 20, 2023 at 10:13 PM Saurav Hegde <saurav0...@gmail.com> > > wrote: > > > > Hello all, > > Hope everyone is in great health. > > Few days ago, I read saksham's mail about the accessibility events at > > LPU on this group. > > It is a great initiative, I feel. > > On that, I got an idea, such kind of events should be held in as many > > colleges as possible. > > There should be organisations that go and demonstrate assistive > > technologies and give lectures on problems faced by the disabled and > > available solutions. > > For example, I study at Brihan Maharashtra College of Commerce, Pune. > > People there are quite helpful, they will assist you if you ask and > > even approach you themselves, if they see you struggling in anyway. > > However, no one exactly knows about assistive technologies much and > how > > blind people exactly function. > > Most know only few things, the blind cane, braille (maybe some) and > > have weird myths like blind people have some super cense. > > A pessimistic thought could be that, sited are not interested in all > of > > this, but I believe that some will be, only they don't know much about > all > > of this. > > I had to make an audio clip explaining how does a screen reader work > and > > share on my whatsap group because people weren't understanding, how am I > > using a phone. > > I know the mail has gotten a bit long, but I felt a need to put out > this > > suggestion. > > If blind and sited collaborate somehow, it could bring out even > better > > results. > > > > > > Regards, > > Saurav Hegde > > > > -- > > Disclaimer: > > 1. 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