A workshop is being planned for 19 May in Bangalore also. Anyone interested, and especially with ideas and practical tools to provide, may contact me offlist for details.
Just a word: while the subject is often called software for people with disabilities, we have time and time again found that such software helps make it much easier for anyone to use a computer. While 'convenience' software tools often look at voice commands etc (like HAL in '2001') in fact this is not usually useful for persons with disabilities - nor most computer users, in fact. Working on developing tools that persons with disabilities find useful is a good way to develop stuff that is useful for everyone, and may help change the way people work with computing tools. On Sat, Apr 30, 2011 at 11:10 AM, Arun M <[email protected]> wrote: > Dear Friends, > > After successful intervention in free software in schools, for last > couple of years > SPACE has been working on bring free software for people with disabilities. > Started off > with program for visually challenged and recently expanded to include > children with autism. > Like School teachers people with visual disabilities forms a new pro free > software 'pressure group' in Kerala :) > > For this summer SPACE through it program for disabled named Insight, > organised > a summer camp for children with autism. Along with server other activities > Insight > introduce free software for these children. You may find a report on Indian > express > > > http://expressbuzz.com/cities/thiruvananthapuram/helping-them-to-beat-the-odds/269706.html > > We will soon be releasing a manual in this regard. I would like to > particularly thank Mr Arun Metha for his support that helped us to get > started. If you know of any organisation or individual that would like to > work in these areas let us know. We would like to share our > knowledge. Let free software make real mark in peoples life. > > with regards > arun > > > _______________________________________________ > network mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.fosscom.in/listinfo.cgi/network-fosscom.in > > -- Vickram Fool On The Hill <http://communicall.wordpress.com>
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