I wonder how many experts of such conferences are either partially or totally blind. If such conferences deal with only people having low vision, then I am afraid that they are neglecting a considerable percentage of the visually challenged population Please clarify me if I am missing something here, but the impression I get from the forwarded message is that the south-Indian conference conducted on November 26th was focussed only on issues specific to low vision population. If my impression is correct, then I am afraid that I have to agree with the reservations expressed by many members of the forum on Retina India. So I guess the million $ question is how inclusive is this organization when it comes to the general development of visually challenged persons in India?????????
Vetri. On 07/12/2011, Vamshi. G <[email protected]> wrote: > South India Regional Conference on Inclusive Education > > The South India Regional Conference on Inclusive Education organised > by Retina India on Saturday November 26, 2011 at The Presidency > College, Chennai, discussed the issues and concerns in implementing > inclusive education, particularly in the context of children afflicted > with retinal disorders or any retina related conditions. Experts who > participated in the conference spoke on the concept of inclusivity and > how it is enshrined in the laws and conventions. > > The morning sessions, viz, explaining Inclusion as a concept, Low > Vision aids and parents perspective, provided teachers the idea of > inclusion. Ms Rajul Padmanabhan, Director Vidyasagar and Ms Vaishnavi > Jayakumar, Founder The Banyan, spoke respectively on how inclusion has > impacted the planning of our educational system and social attitude > towards persons with disability. Ms Deepti Bhatya, Deputy Director of > Vidyasagar also spoke on how inclusion is a win win situation for > children and society at large. > > The session on low vision aids and accessibility described the > various devices used in a classroom context which would help children > access study material and learn on their own. Dr Krishna Kumar and his > colleague Ms Sarika, who spoke on the session explained about various > low vision aids through videos and how they can be accommodated in > schools. Parents session, moderated by Prof Kalyanaraman, saw an > emotional recollection of a parent’s struggle in finding a school for > her son, who has now educated and become a lawyer. > > In the afternoon session, a string of role models, Mr Vijayakumar a Lawyer, > Mr. Sriram a Research Scholar with IITM, Ms Abinaya a RJ, Mr. Sriram a > Lecturer with Presidency College Chennai, who have come through the > inclusive education system, explained to teachers how their own > schools have managed them and what they could learn from inclusive > environment. The overwhelming message was that an inclusive education > environment is conducive for overall growth of children with visual > challenge. > > During the final session, which was an open forum and moderated by > Mr. L Subramani, teachers spoke on the challenges in implementing > inclusive education and the wish that conferences such as SIRCIE to be > conducted in their own cities. Retina India, while explaining the > reasons for focusing on inclusive education, also agreed to work with > the teachers who attended the conference from Chennai, Ongole, > Tiruchi, Coimbatore etc to help them spread the message of inclusion > amongst their fellow teachers and also speak about it in their > schools. > > This is the first step in creating a platform for inclusive education > in which Retina India would work with schools and take efforts to > create model schools in different regions. > > > -- > Vamshi. G > PH No. : 0877-2243861 > Mob : 9949349497 > E-mail ID: [email protected] > Skype ID : gvamshi81 > > www.retinaindia.org > From darkness unto light > > > Search for old postings at: > http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ > > To unsubscribe send a message to > [email protected] > with the subject unsubscribe. > > To change your subscription to digest mode or make any other changes, please > visit the list home page at > http://accessindia.org.in/mailman/listinfo/accessindia_accessindia.org.in > > Search for old postings at: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ To unsubscribe send a message to [email protected] with the subject unsubscribe. To change your subscription to digest mode or make any other changes, please visit the list home page at http://accessindia.org.in/mailman/listinfo/accessindia_accessindia.org.in
