[AI] Article on Inclusion

[Preeti Monga]

Dear Friends,

 

Do read and share article written by me!

 

 

 
https://www.dailypioneer.com/2023/columnists/inclusivity-for-visually-impaired-is-still-a-dream.html
 

 

Warmly

Preeti

 

 

 

Preeti Monga – Chief Executive Officer

 

  

Inspiring INCLUSION! Fostering DIGNITY!

 

 

Mobile : 91 9871701646

E-mail :   
preeti.mo...@silver-linings.org

Website :   www.silver-linings.org

Our Services: Trainings- Unique Motivation Programmes, Diversity & Inclusion, 
POSH.

 

Your Choice to partner with us contributes towards quality Education & 
Empowerment of Visually Impaired Girls, and providing them with secure Hostel 
facility at SHIKSHA (A CSR Initiative of Silver Linings)

 

-- 
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. AI cannot be held liable for any commission/omission based on the mails sent 
through this mailing list..


Search for old postings at:
http://www.mail-archive.com/accessindia@accessindia.org.in/
--- 
You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups 
"AccessIndia" group.
To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email 
to accessindia+unsubscr...@accessindia.org.in.
To view this discussion on the web visit 
https://groups.google.com/a/accessindia.org.in/d/msgid/accessindia/006a01da2ce1%241ed9b9a0%245c8d2ce0%24%40silver-linings.org.

Re: [AI] Article - Unleashing the Power of Large Language Models – A brief introduction

[Srinivasu Chakravarthula]

Good read. Thanks for sharing. Yes, writing improved prompts returns
awesome results.

Regards,

Srinivasu Chakravarthula, CPWA (2018), DHS Trusted Tester
Website  | LinkedIn Profile
 | Follow me on Twitter

Director of Product Accessibility, Freshworks, Inc



On Mon, Nov 27, 2023 at 10:31 PM Prashant Naik  wrote:

> Dear List
>
>
>
> Sharing a good read article by Saidarshan Bhagat discussing the history
> and functioning of Language Models like ChatGPT and BARD and accessibility w
>
> Visit the link -
> https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/unleashing-power-large-language-models-brief-sai-bhagat-bm57f/
>
>
>
> Thanks & Regards
> Prashant Naik
>
> --
> 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. AI cannot be held liable for any commission/omission based on the mails
> sent through this mailing list..
>
>
> Search for old postings at:
> http://www.mail-archive.com/accessindia@accessindia.org.in/
> ---
> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups
> "AccessIndia" group.
> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an
> email to accessindia+unsubscr...@accessindia.org.in.
> To view this discussion on the web visit
> https://groups.google.com/a/accessindia.org.in/d/msgid/accessindia/CAJgH%3DoWCHZk9qQEub1677jHdDM-Mciz5fMesxBLROon-foFQzw%40mail.gmail.com
> 
> .
>

-- 
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. AI cannot be held liable for any commission/omission based on the mails sent 
through this mailing list..


Search for old postings at:
http://www.mail-archive.com/accessindia@accessindia.org.in/
--- 
You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups 
"AccessIndia" group.
To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email 
to accessindia+unsubscr...@accessindia.org.in.
To view this discussion on the web visit 
https://groups.google.com/a/accessindia.org.in/d/msgid/accessindia/CAFHrfby9n98nWH0gvtn4VySjMRaAFL_eW-9Z4-RoddStSP7K3w%40mail.gmail.com.

[AI] Article - Unleashing the Power of Large Language Models – A brief introduction

[Prashant Naik]

Dear List



Sharing a good read article by Saidarshan Bhagat discussing the history and
functioning of Language Models like ChatGPT and BARD and accessibility w

Visit the link -
https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/unleashing-power-large-language-models-brief-sai-bhagat-bm57f/



Thanks & Regards
Prashant Naik

-- 
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. AI cannot be held liable for any commission/omission based on the mails sent 
through this mailing list..


Search for old postings at:
http://www.mail-archive.com/accessindia@accessindia.org.in/
--- 
You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups 
"AccessIndia" group.
To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email 
to accessindia+unsubscr...@accessindia.org.in.
To view this discussion on the web visit 
https://groups.google.com/a/accessindia.org.in/d/msgid/accessindia/CAJgH%3DoWCHZk9qQEub1677jHdDM-Mciz5fMesxBLROon-foFQzw%40mail.gmail.com.

Re: [AI] Article-Disability pride month: Why is India missing from the conversation?

[Harish Kotian]

Hi

Isn't December 3rd which is international disability day more universal?


We have also more specific days like White Cane day, accessibility day 
etc. Having more I suppose makes folks look the other way? There is a 
fear of it?



This day is not a universal observation, therefore why India is not 
there in the dialogue seems to me in the headlines an overdrive.


Just my observation.

Harish



Harish


On 26/07/2022 06:50, Tony Kurian wrote:

Hello HarishJI,
While the origins of disability pride are linked to ADA, it has now
been celebrated by many countries. In other words, it has transformed
from commemorating ADA to celebrating pride all over the world. Pride
events are also being organized by international organizations.
Cheers,
TK


On 25/07/2022, Harish Kotian  wrote:

Hi

If I understand right, it is primarily a US  affair celebrating ADA.

I am unsure it is really observed all over. If it is not, then why this
moaning?

Harish



On 25/07/2022 22:18, sadaf khan wrote:

Hi Everyone,

Sharing one very interesting and well written article by a friend:

https://scroll.in/article/1028858/as-the-world-marks-disability-pride-month-why-is-india-missing


--
Warm  Regards
Sadaf Khan


--
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. AI cannot be held liable for any commission/omission based on the mails
sent through this mailing list..


Search for old postings at:
http://www.mail-archive.com/accessindia@accessindia.org.in/
---
You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups
"AccessIndia" group.
To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an
email to accessindia+unsubscr...@accessindia.org.in.
To view this discussion on the web visit
https://groups.google.com/a/accessindia.org.in/d/msgid/accessindia/MAZPR01MB7168815805357AABE44CE2EAD2959%40MAZPR01MB7168.INDPRD01.PROD.OUTLOOK.COM.



--
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. AI cannot be held liable for any commission/omission based on the mails sent 
through this mailing list..


Search for old postings at:
http://www.mail-archive.com/accessindia@accessindia.org.in/
--- 
You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "AccessIndia" group.

To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email 
to accessindia+unsubscr...@accessindia.org.in.
To view this discussion on the web visit 
https://groups.google.com/a/accessindia.org.in/d/msgid/accessindia/MAZPR01MB7168F065EFAC3780D6F9EA81D2979%40MAZPR01MB7168.INDPRD01.PROD.OUTLOOK.COM.

Re: [AI] Article-Disability pride month: Why is India missing from the conversation?

[Tony Kurian]

Hello HarishJI,
While the origins of disability pride are linked to ADA, it has now
been celebrated by many countries. In other words, it has transformed
from commemorating ADA to celebrating pride all over the world. Pride
events are also being organized by international organizations.
Cheers,
TK


On 25/07/2022, Harish Kotian  wrote:
> Hi
>
> If I understand right, it is primarily a US  affair celebrating ADA.
>
> I am unsure it is really observed all over. If it is not, then why this
> moaning?
>
> Harish
>
>
>
> On 25/07/2022 22:18, sadaf khan wrote:
>> Hi Everyone,
>>
>> Sharing one very interesting and well written article by a friend:
>>
>> https://scroll.in/article/1028858/as-the-world-marks-disability-pride-month-why-is-india-missing
>>
>>
>> --
>> Warm  Regards
>> Sadaf Khan
>>
>
> --
> 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. AI cannot be held liable for any commission/omission based on the mails
> sent through this mailing list..
>
>
> Search for old postings at:
> http://www.mail-archive.com/accessindia@accessindia.org.in/
> ---
> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups
> "AccessIndia" group.
> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an
> email to accessindia+unsubscr...@accessindia.org.in.
> To view this discussion on the web visit
> https://groups.google.com/a/accessindia.org.in/d/msgid/accessindia/MAZPR01MB7168815805357AABE44CE2EAD2959%40MAZPR01MB7168.INDPRD01.PROD.OUTLOOK.COM.
>

-- 
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. AI cannot be held liable for any commission/omission based on the mails sent 
through this mailing list..


Search for old postings at:
http://www.mail-archive.com/accessindia@accessindia.org.in/
--- 
You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups 
"AccessIndia" group.
To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email 
to accessindia+unsubscr...@accessindia.org.in.
To view this discussion on the web visit 
https://groups.google.com/a/accessindia.org.in/d/msgid/accessindia/CAB0hRFUgL%2Bu8cE2O8bfZKdm11w%3D_9AQ%3DOu%3DvE_uNeC0b%2B%3DiOqg%40mail.gmail.com.

Re: [AI] Article-Disability pride month: Why is India missing from the conversation?

[Harish Kotian]

Hi

If I understand right, it is primarily a US  affair celebrating ADA.

I am unsure it is really observed all over. If it is not, then why this 
moaning?


Harish



On 25/07/2022 22:18, sadaf khan wrote:

Hi Everyone,

Sharing one very interesting and well written article by a friend:

https://scroll.in/article/1028858/as-the-world-marks-disability-pride-month-why-is-india-missing


--
Warm  Regards
Sadaf Khan



--
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. AI cannot be held liable for any commission/omission based on the mails sent 
through this mailing list..


Search for old postings at:
http://www.mail-archive.com/accessindia@accessindia.org.in/
--- 
You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "AccessIndia" group.

To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email 
to accessindia+unsubscr...@accessindia.org.in.
To view this discussion on the web visit 
https://groups.google.com/a/accessindia.org.in/d/msgid/accessindia/MAZPR01MB7168815805357AABE44CE2EAD2959%40MAZPR01MB7168.INDPRD01.PROD.OUTLOOK.COM.

[AI] Article-Disability pride month: Why is India missing from the conversation?

[sadaf khan]

Hi Everyone,

Sharing one very interesting and well written article by a friend:

https://scroll.in/article/1028858/as-the-world-marks-disability-pride-month-why-is-india-missing


--
Warm  Regards
Sadaf Khan

-- 
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. AI cannot be held liable for any commission/omission based on the mails sent 
through this mailing list..


Search for old postings at:
http://www.mail-archive.com/accessindia@accessindia.org.in/
--- 
You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups 
"AccessIndia" group.
To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email 
to accessindia+unsubscr...@accessindia.org.in.
To view this discussion on the web visit 
https://groups.google.com/a/accessindia.org.in/d/msgid/accessindia/CA%2BK1PLx2Ago1MeeOr-tnFCgGA1%3DjXH28BzHpZ3FgOAD1BAtD%2Bg%40mail.gmail.com.

[AI] Article on Denial of Boarding to a disabled passenger

[National Platform For The Rights of the Disabled]

Sharing the link to an article that appears in the online edition of Indian
Express on the subject:

https://indianexpress.com/article/opinion/indigo-disabled-passenger-dignity-guidelines-7908538/

-- 
National Platform for the Rights of the Disabled (NPRD)
36, Pt. Ravishankar Shukla Lane
New Delhi 110 001
Tel. 11-23387674; 9868768543

-- 
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. AI cannot be held liable for any commission/omission based on the mails sent 
through this mailing list..


Search for old postings at:
http://www.mail-archive.com/accessindia@accessindia.org.in/
--- 
You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups 
"AccessIndia" group.
To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email 
to accessindia+unsubscr...@accessindia.org.in.
To view this discussion on the web visit 
https://groups.google.com/a/accessindia.org.in/d/msgid/accessindia/CAGWwanevbXFVNWehT-mPDHHUu2%3D_BxBFZ5skJinsbJPT3GdtTg%40mail.gmail.com.

[AI] Article : Indian Banks can't ignore Persons with Disabilities

[Sruti disAbility Rights Centre]

https://theprint.in/opinion/indian-banks-cant-ignore-persons-with-disabilities-rbi-guidelines-exist-for-a-reason/894115/?fbclid=IwAR0YJZc5hejs9FnXKFUSgIhTYMpTahd3guXHDnWZO4wMq6fIJr4DpGnUEXQ

-- 
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. AI cannot be held liable for any commission/omission based on the mails sent 
through this mailing list..


Search for old postings at:
http://www.mail-archive.com/accessindia@accessindia.org.in/
--- 
You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups 
"AccessIndia" group.
To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email 
to accessindia+unsubscr...@accessindia.org.in.
To view this discussion on the web visit 
https://groups.google.com/a/accessindia.org.in/d/msgid/accessindia/CAHdUZYactz5T_3MLF4Th%3DOfZ%2BYuRmto4k45ygOYY-uncnzf1iA%40mail.gmail.com.

[AI] Article on the UP Draft Population Control Bill

[National Platform For The Rights of the Disabled]

https://indianexpress.com/article/opinion/columns/ups-draft-population-bill-population-control-7423718/
-- 
National Platform for the Rights of the Disabled (NPRD)
36, Pt. Ravishankar Shukla Lane
New Delhi 110 001
Tel. 11-23387674; 9868768543

-- 
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. AI cannot be held liable for any commission/omission based on the mails sent 
through this mailing list..


Search for old postings at:
http://www.mail-archive.com/accessindia@accessindia.org.in/
--- 
You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups 
"AccessIndia" group.
To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email 
to accessindia+unsubscr...@accessindia.org.in.
To view this discussion on the web visit 
https://groups.google.com/a/accessindia.org.in/d/msgid/accessindia/CAGWwanecU_RQXoeAVJ1F1QwfAjw_mbu7EJz0YjEk%2B-eEyfc2cg%40mail.gmail.com.

Re: [AI] Article on Accessibility of memes from Time Magazine

[Siva Suresh]

waw! great article.
this article helps all those who are working in the field of accessibility

On 1/2/21, Amiyo Biswas  wrote:
> Thank you for the article.
>
> With best regards,
> Amiyo Biswas
> Cell: 6290527506 / 9433464329
>   - Original Message -
>   From: Reach Now
>   To: accessindia@accessindia.org.in
>   Sent: Friday, January 1, 2021 2:00 PM
>   Subject: [AI] Article on Accessibility of memes from Time Magazine
>
>
>   Greetings All:
>
>
>
>   While helping one of my students with her application for admission to
> Columbia University, I came across this article in Time Magazine. This
> article will especially interest those members who work in the field of
> accessibility. I have also provided the link to the article just in case you
> wish to explore the outbound links embedded in the article. I have read the
> article and find it to be most informative. This article appeared in the
> print version of Time Magazine lastyear.
>
>
>
>
>
>   Rajesh from Noida
>
>
>
>
>
>   Time Magazine
>
>   URL: https://time.com/5759721/meme-accessibility-blind/
>
>
>
>
>
>   Memes Are Still Inaccessible to the Blind
>
>
>
>
>
>   If you’ve spent a lot of time on the internet in the last decade, you
> might immediately recognize this description: a toddler clenches his fist in
> front of a determined-looking face.  “Success kid”  is one of the most
> popular online memes  in history. But for the 2.2 billion people worldwide
> who report  visual impairments  or blindness,  according to the World Health
> Organization, it is just one of thousands of images on the internet that are
> essentially illegible to anyone without full vision.  As millions like and
> re-share a viral post, people with visual impairments often find themselves
> locked out of the discourse. “It’s frustrating,” says Alex Stine, an
> 18-year-old recent graduate of the Kentucky School for the Blind who works
> in website accessibility. “When [I] come across [a meme], my screen reader
> reads ‘graphic.'”  Experts who spoke with TIME say there’s much more to be
> done to make memes universally enjoyable.  The most common practice for
> making images accessible online is through  alternate text, better known as
> alt-text, which are descriptions embedded within a picture file. Screen
> readers, software applications that translate what’s happening onscreen into
> braille or audio, can recognize a picture’s alt-text and read it back for
> the user.  On TIME’s website, for example, a picture of Brad Pitt and
> Jennifer Aniston at the Screen Actors Guild Awards on Jan. 19 has alt-text
> that reads, “Brad Pitt grabs Jennifer Aniston’s right hand, as the two face
> each other smiling. Pitt has the trophy he won in his right hand, while
> Aniston’s left hand is raised.”  Brad Pitt and Jennifer Aniston attend the
> 26th Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards at The Shrine Auditorium on January
> 19, 2020 in Los Angeles, California. Emma McIntyre—Getty Images for Turner
> That would work for screen reading software. But consider what happens when
> things get meme-d: like this meme, with the photo next to a screen grab of a
> scene from the TV show Friends, showing Monica (Courteney Cox) opening the
> apartment door to find Rachel (Aniston) and Ross (David Schwimmer) in the
> hallway, with closed captions showing Monica’s line: “I’m sorry, apparently
> I opened the door to the past.”  Without embedded alt-text, this combination
> of images becomes uninterpretable for those with impaired vision. Cole
> Gleason, a Ph.D. candidate at Carnegie Mellon University and the co-author
> of  Making Memes Accessible, a  research paper  analyzing the issue, says
> that the more fun aspects of daily life are often left on the back burner
> when it comes to accessibility work.   “There’s a tendency in
> accessibility-related fields for people to focus on making the workplace
> accessible, and making transportation accessible, because those are daily
> needs,” he says. “And people usually leave the recreational or silly or
> leisure activities to the later stages of accessibility, so humor was
> definitely not high on people’s priority lists.”  It’s not just about
> missing out on the fun of memes like “ woman yelling at a cat .” “In the age
> of Donald Trump, memes are cultural capital. People use memes to kind of
> talk truth to power,” says Tasha Chemel, a 34-year-old college academic
> coach who lives in Brookline, Mass. and is blind. “They can be cute or
> hilarious, but I feel like people also use them to really communicate what
> the world we live in now is like. So it’s really hard to be left out of that
> conversation.”  Barriers to participating in meme culture can also dir

Re: [AI] Article on Accessibility of memes from Time Magazine

[Amiyo Biswas]

Thank you for the article.

With best regards,
Amiyo Biswas
Cell: 6290527506 / 9433464329
  - Original Message - 
  From: Reach Now 
  To: accessindia@accessindia.org.in 
  Sent: Friday, January 1, 2021 2:00 PM
  Subject: [AI] Article on Accessibility of memes from Time Magazine


  Greetings All:

   

  While helping one of my students with her application for admission to 
Columbia University, I came across this article in Time Magazine. This article 
will especially interest those members who work in the field of accessibility. 
I have also provided the link to the article just in case you wish to explore 
the outbound links embedded in the article. I have read the article and find it 
to be most informative. This article appeared in the print version of Time 
Magazine lastyear.

   

   

  Rajesh from Noida

   



  Time Magazine  

  URL: https://time.com/5759721/meme-accessibility-blind/ 

   

   

  Memes Are Still Inaccessible to the Blind

   

   

  If you’ve spent a lot of time on the internet in the last decade, you might 
immediately recognize this description: a toddler clenches his fist in front of 
a determined-looking face.  “Success kid”  is one of the most  popular online 
memes  in history. But for the 2.2 billion people worldwide who report  visual 
impairments  or blindness,  according to the World Health Organization, it is 
just one of thousands of images on the internet that are essentially illegible 
to anyone without full vision.  As millions like and re-share a viral post, 
people with visual impairments often find themselves locked out of the 
discourse. “It’s frustrating,” says Alex Stine, an 18-year-old recent graduate 
of the Kentucky School for the Blind who works in website accessibility. “When 
[I] come across [a meme], my screen reader reads ‘graphic.'”  Experts who spoke 
with TIME say there’s much more to be done to make memes universally enjoyable. 
 The most common practice for making images accessible online is through  
alternate text, better known as alt-text, which are descriptions embedded 
within a picture file. Screen readers, software applications that translate 
what’s happening onscreen into braille or audio, can recognize a picture’s 
alt-text and read it back for the user.  On TIME’s website, for example, a 
picture of Brad Pitt and Jennifer Aniston at the Screen Actors Guild Awards on 
Jan. 19 has alt-text that reads, “Brad Pitt grabs Jennifer Aniston’s right 
hand, as the two face each other smiling. Pitt has the trophy he won in his 
right hand, while Aniston’s left hand is raised.”  Brad Pitt and Jennifer 
Aniston attend the 26th Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards at The Shrine 
Auditorium on January 19, 2020 in Los Angeles, California. Emma McIntyre—Getty 
Images for Turner  That would work for screen reading software. But consider 
what happens when things get meme-d: like this meme, with the photo next to a 
screen grab of a scene from the TV show Friends, showing Monica (Courteney Cox) 
opening the apartment door to find Rachel (Aniston) and Ross (David Schwimmer) 
in the hallway, with closed captions showing Monica’s line: “I’m sorry, 
apparently I opened the door to the past.”  Without embedded alt-text, this 
combination of images becomes uninterpretable for those with impaired vision. 
Cole Gleason, a Ph.D. candidate at Carnegie Mellon University and the co-author 
of  Making Memes Accessible, a  research paper  analyzing the issue, says that 
the more fun aspects of daily life are often left on the back burner when it 
comes to accessibility work.   “There’s a tendency in accessibility-related 
fields for people to focus on making the workplace accessible, and making 
transportation accessible, because those are daily needs,” he says. “And people 
usually leave the recreational or silly or leisure activities to the later 
stages of accessibility, so humor was definitely not high on people’s priority 
lists.”  It’s not just about missing out on the fun of memes like “ woman 
yelling at a cat .” “In the age of Donald Trump, memes are cultural capital. 
People use memes to kind of talk truth to power,” says Tasha Chemel, a 
34-year-old college academic coach who lives in Brookline, Mass. and is blind. 
“They can be cute or hilarious, but I feel like people also use them to really 
communicate what the world we live in now is like. So it’s really hard to be 
left out of that conversation.”  Barriers to participating in meme culture can 
also directly affect social lives. Qualik Ford, a senior at the Maryland School 
for the Blind and the president of the  Maryland Association of Blind Students, 
says the prevalence of memes makes it harder for him to connect with sighted 
friends. “Being a part of that culture is really important. Especially because 
I strive to have friends outside the blind community,” says Ford. “I wish we 
could connect on this level.”   And leaving out people with visual impairments 
doesn’t just affect how

[AI] Article on Accessibility of memes from Time Magazine

[Reach Now]

Greetings All:

 

While helping one of my students with her application for admission to Columbia 
University, I came across this article in Time Magazine. This article will 
especially interest those members who work in the field of accessibility. I 
have also provided the link to the article just in case you wish to explore the 
outbound links embedded in the article. I have read the article and find it to 
be most informative. This article appeared in the print version of Time 
Magazine lastyear.

 

 

Rajesh from Noida

 



Time Magazine  

URL: https://time.com/5759721/meme-accessibility-blind/ 

 

 

Memes Are Still Inaccessible to the Blind

 

 

If you've spent a lot of time on the internet in the last decade, you might 
immediately recognize this description: a toddler clenches his fist in front of 
a determined-looking face.  "Success kid"  is one of the most  popular online 
memes  in history. But for the 2.2 billion people worldwide who report  visual 
impairments  or blindness,  according to the World Health Organization, it is 
just one of thousands of images on the internet that are essentially illegible 
to anyone without full vision.  As millions like and re-share a viral post, 
people with visual impairments often find themselves locked out of the 
discourse. "It's frustrating," says Alex Stine, an 18-year-old recent graduate 
of the Kentucky School for the Blind who works in website accessibility. "When 
[I] come across [a meme], my screen reader reads 'graphic.'"  Experts who spoke 
with TIME say there's much more to be done to make memes universally enjoyable. 
 The most common practice for making images accessible online is through  
alternate text, better known as alt-text, which are descriptions embedded 
within a picture file. Screen readers, software applications that translate 
what's happening onscreen into braille or audio, can recognize a picture's 
alt-text and read it back for the user.  On TIME's website, for example, a 
picture of Brad Pitt and Jennifer Aniston at the Screen Actors Guild Awards on 
Jan. 19 has alt-text that reads, "Brad Pitt grabs Jennifer Aniston's right 
hand, as the two face each other smiling. Pitt has the trophy he won in his 
right hand, while Aniston's left hand is raised."  Brad Pitt and Jennifer 
Aniston attend the 26th Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards at The Shrine 
Auditorium on January 19, 2020 in Los Angeles, California. Emma McIntyre-Getty 
Images for Turner  That would work for screen reading software. But consider 
what happens when things get meme-d: like this meme, with the photo next to a 
screen grab of a scene from the TV show Friends, showing Monica (Courteney Cox) 
opening the apartment door to find Rachel (Aniston) and Ross (David Schwimmer) 
in the hallway, with closed captions showing Monica's line: "I'm sorry, 
apparently I opened the door to the past."  Without embedded alt-text, this 
combination of images becomes uninterpretable for those with impaired vision. 
Cole Gleason, a Ph.D. candidate at Carnegie Mellon University and the co-author 
of  Making Memes Accessible, a  research paper  analyzing the issue, says that 
the more fun aspects of daily life are often left on the back burner when it 
comes to accessibility work.   "There's a tendency in accessibility-related 
fields for people to focus on making the workplace accessible, and making 
transportation accessible, because those are daily needs," he says. "And people 
usually leave the recreational or silly or leisure activities to the later 
stages of accessibility, so humor was definitely not high on people's priority 
lists."  It's not just about missing out on the fun of memes like " woman 
yelling at a cat ." "In the age of Donald Trump, memes are cultural capital. 
People use memes to kind of talk truth to power," says Tasha Chemel, a 
34-year-old college academic coach who lives in Brookline, Mass. and is blind. 
"They can be cute or hilarious, but I feel like people also use them to really 
communicate what the world we live in now is like. So it's really hard to be 
left out of that conversation."  Barriers to participating in meme culture can 
also directly affect social lives. Qualik Ford, a senior at the Maryland School 
for the Blind and the president of the  Maryland Association of Blind Students, 
says the prevalence of memes makes it harder for him to connect with sighted 
friends. "Being a part of that culture is really important. Especially because 
I strive to have friends outside the blind community," says Ford. "I wish we 
could connect on this level."   And leaving out people with visual impairments 
doesn't just affect how those with disabilities can communicate online. "Having 
a part of the population that is not involved in that part of the conversation 
deprives them of the ability to participate, which is a significant loss, but 
also deprives the community of their participation," says Aser Tolentino, the 
accessible technology 

[AI] Article on STEM education and disability

[Sruti disAbility Rights Centre]

Dear all,

Sharing here an article which might be of interest to you.


https://thelifeofscience.com/2020/11/20/disability-stem-education/

Thanks & Regards
Shampa Sengupta

-- 
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. AI cannot be held liable for any commission/omission based on the mails sent 
through this mailing list..


Search for old postings at:
http://www.mail-archive.com/accessindia@accessindia.org.in/
--- 
You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups 
"AccessIndia" group.
To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email 
to accessindia+unsubscr...@accessindia.org.in.
To view this discussion on the web visit 
https://groups.google.com/a/accessindia.org.in/d/msgid/accessindia/CAHdUZYaSpyrsub2vYBm%2BabY7CQ8LqWbW9pfEKT_6bP717PxY%3DQ%40mail.gmail.com.

[AI] Article on violence on women with disabilities

[Sruti disAbility Rights Centre]

Here is a link of an article by me regarding lack of data on violence on
women with disabilities.

https://feminisminindia.com/2020/10/26/women-girls-disabilities-violence-data/


Regards
Shampa Sengupta

-- 
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. AI cannot be held liable for any commission/omission based on the mails sent 
through this mailing list..


Search for old postings at:
http://www.mail-archive.com/accessindia@accessindia.org.in/
--- 
You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups 
"AccessIndia" group.
To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email 
to accessindia+unsubscr...@accessindia.org.in.
To view this discussion on the web visit 
https://groups.google.com/a/accessindia.org.in/d/msgid/accessindia/CAHdUZYZw6D%2Bt4Ur2wN%2BfFNeVyy7SU6qqFz8CD%2BJGiKUiLJ3foQ%40mail.gmail.com.

Re: [AI] Article on mumbo jumbo of having incurable disease

[Vineet Kumar]

yes completely 
Its true for spinal cord injuries as well as Autism
Thanks for reading 

Sent from my iPhone

> On 31-Jul-2019, at 10:56 AM, George Abraham  wrote:
> 
> Straight from the heart it appears!
> 
> -Original Message-
> From: AccessIndia [mailto:accessindia-boun...@accessindia.org.in] On Behalf 
> Of Vineet Kumar
> Sent: Tuesday, July 30, 2019 7:15 PM
> To: accessindia@accessindia.org.in
> Subject: [AI] Article on mumbo jumbo of having incurable disease
> 
> Some medical conditions are just incurable and the sooner it is accepted the 
> better. You can consult 10 doctors or organise a pooja or donate money to the 
> charity or drink cow’s urine or simply be under the supervision of a sage, 
> but you cannot wish away the truth - that incurable diseases are incurable. 
> Please have hope, belief, faith, spirituality or whatever you call it but 
> let’s not overdo it."
> 
> Vineet Saraiwala, who has loss of vision due to Retinitis Pigmentosa on the 
> common blind faiths including faith in unproven treatments that people should 
> not pin their hopes on
> 
> #RetinitisPigmentosa #FakeNews #UnprovenTherapies
> 
> Image description: Pic of the author in a grey jacket, black t-shirt and 
> black track pants, resting on a rock in front of a water body
> 
> https://www.patientsengage.com/news-and-views/do-not-get-trapped-mumbo-jumbo-miracles-cures
> 
> 
> 
> Search for old postings at:
> http://www.mail-archive.com/accessindia@accessindia.org.in/
> 
> To unsubscribe send a message to
> accessindia-requ...@accessindia.org.in
> 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
> 
> 
> 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. AI cannot be held liable for any commission/omission based on the mails 
> sent through this mailing list..
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> Search for old postings at:
> http://www.mail-archive.com/accessindia@accessindia.org.in/
> 
> To unsubscribe send a message to
> accessindia-requ...@accessindia.org.in
> 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
> 
> 
> 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. AI cannot be held liable for any commission/omission based on the mails 
> sent through this mailing list..
> 



Search for old postings at:
http://www.mail-archive.com/accessindia@accessindia.org.in/

To unsubscribe send a message to
accessindia-requ...@accessindia.org.in
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


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. AI cannot be held liable for any commission/omission based on the mails sent 
through this mailing list..

Re: [AI] Article on mumbo jumbo of having incurable disease

[George Abraham]

Straight from the heart it appears!

-Original Message-
From: AccessIndia [mailto:accessindia-boun...@accessindia.org.in] On Behalf Of 
Vineet Kumar
Sent: Tuesday, July 30, 2019 7:15 PM
To: accessindia@accessindia.org.in
Subject: [AI] Article on mumbo jumbo of having incurable disease

Some medical conditions are just incurable and the sooner it is accepted the 
better. You can consult 10 doctors or organise a pooja or donate money to the 
charity or drink cow’s urine or simply be under the supervision of a sage, but 
you cannot wish away the truth - that incurable diseases are incurable. Please 
have hope, belief, faith, spirituality or whatever you call it but let’s not 
overdo it."

Vineet Saraiwala, who has loss of vision due to Retinitis Pigmentosa on the 
common blind faiths including faith in unproven treatments that people should 
not pin their hopes on

#RetinitisPigmentosa #FakeNews #UnprovenTherapies

Image description: Pic of the author in a grey jacket, black t-shirt and black 
track pants, resting on a rock in front of a water body

https://www.patientsengage.com/news-and-views/do-not-get-trapped-mumbo-jumbo-miracles-cures



Search for old postings at:
http://www.mail-archive.com/accessindia@accessindia.org.in/

To unsubscribe send a message to
accessindia-requ...@accessindia.org.in
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


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. AI cannot be held liable for any commission/omission based on the mails sent 
through this mailing list..





Search for old postings at:
http://www.mail-archive.com/accessindia@accessindia.org.in/

To unsubscribe send a message to
accessindia-requ...@accessindia.org.in
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


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. AI cannot be held liable for any commission/omission based on the mails sent 
through this mailing list..

[AI] Article on mumbo jumbo of having incurable disease

[Vineet Kumar]

Some medical conditions are just incurable and the sooner it is accepted the 
better. You can consult 10 doctors or organise a pooja or donate money to the 
charity or drink cow’s urine or simply be under the supervision of a sage, but 
you cannot wish away the truth - that incurable diseases are incurable. Please 
have hope, belief, faith, spirituality or whatever you call it but let’s not 
overdo it."

Vineet Saraiwala, who has loss of vision due to Retinitis Pigmentosa on the 
common blind faiths including faith in unproven treatments that people should 
not pin their hopes on

#RetinitisPigmentosa #FakeNews #UnprovenTherapies

Image description: Pic of the author in a grey jacket, black t-shirt and black 
track pants, resting on a rock in front of a water body

https://www.patientsengage.com/news-and-views/do-not-get-trapped-mumbo-jumbo-miracles-cures



Search for old postings at:
http://www.mail-archive.com/accessindia@accessindia.org.in/

To unsubscribe send a message to
accessindia-requ...@accessindia.org.in
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


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. AI cannot be held liable for any commission/omission based on the mails sent 
through this mailing list..

[AI] Article on mumbo jumbo of having incurable disease

[Vineet Kumar]

"Some medical conditions are just incurable and the sooner it is accepted the 
better. You can consult 10 doctors or organise a pooja or donate money to the 
charity or drink cow’s urine or simply be under the supervision of a sage, but 
you cannot wish away the truth - that incurable diseases are incurable. Please 
have hope, belief, faith, spirituality or whatever you call it but let’s not 
overdo it."

Vineet Saraiwala, who has loss of vision due to Retinitis Pigmentosa on the 
common blind faiths including faith in unproven treatments that people should 
not pin their hopes on

#RetinitisPigmentosa #FakeNews #UnprovenTherapies

Image description: Pic of the author in a grey jacket, black t-shirt and black 
track pants, resting on a rock in front of a water body"Some medical conditions 
are just incurable and the sooner it is accepted the better. You can consult 10 
doctors or organise a pooja or donate money to the charity or drink cow’s urine 
or simply be under the supervision of a sage, but you cannot wish away the 
truth - that incurable diseases are incurable. Please have hope, belief, faith, 
spirituality or whatever you call it but let’s not overdo it."

Vineet Saraiwala, who has loss of vision due to Retinitis Pigmentosa on the 
common blind faiths including faith in unproven treatments that people should 
not pin their hopes on

#RetinitisPigmentosa #FakeNews #UnprovenTherapies

Image description: Pic of the author in a grey jacket, black t-shirt and black 
track pants, resting on a rock in front of a water body

https://www.patientsengage.com/news-and-views/do-not-get-trapped-mumbo-jumbo-miracles-cures



Search for old postings at:
http://www.mail-archive.com/accessindia@accessindia.org.in/

To unsubscribe send a message to
accessindia-requ...@accessindia.org.in
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


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. AI cannot be held liable for any commission/omission based on the mails sent 
through this mailing list..

Re: [AI] article related to cornea related treatment

[Penny Tony]

On 5/5/19, siddhant arora  wrote:
> Dear list members please find the link  for the article below
> https://yourstory.com/2019/05/biotech-startup-pandorum-technologies-human-cornea-tissue
>
> --
> With Regards
> Siddhant Arora
> +91762352
>
>
> Search for old postings at:
> http://www.mail-archive.com/accessindia@accessindia.org.in/
>
> To unsubscribe send a message to
> accessindia-requ...@accessindia.org.in
> 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
>
>
> 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. AI cannot be held liable for any commission/omission based on the mails
> sent through this mailing list..
>
>

I was not able to access the article. Could you please paste it in the mail.
Thanks
Sincerely
Penny


Search for old postings at:
http://www.mail-archive.com/accessindia@accessindia.org.in/

To unsubscribe send a message to
accessindia-requ...@accessindia.org.in
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


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. AI cannot be held liable for any commission/omission based on the mails sent 
through this mailing list..

[AI] article related to cornea related treatment

[siddhant arora]

Dear list members please find the link  for the article below
https://yourstory.com/2019/05/biotech-startup-pandorum-technologies-human-cornea-tissue

-- 
With Regards
Siddhant Arora
+91762352


Search for old postings at:
http://www.mail-archive.com/accessindia@accessindia.org.in/

To unsubscribe send a message to
accessindia-requ...@accessindia.org.in
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


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. AI cannot be held liable for any commission/omission based on the mails sent 
through this mailing list..

Re: [AI] Article on VIBEWA's eport about working conditions of VI in banking

[Surajsingh Jogi]

On 10/12/18, Asudani, Rajesh  wrote:
> Friends
> Following is the text of article about VIBEWA’s report on the working
> conditions of VI in banking industry which was submitted to Dr. Jitentra
> singh minister-in-charge DoPt about two years ago.
>
> Challenges before blind bank employees
>
> Recently, something noteworthy happened which, as it goes, could not capture
> glaring media attention amidst insurgency and surgical strikes.
> A delegation of Visually Impaired Bank Employees Welfare Association,
> VIBEWA, met Dr. Jitendra sing, the Union minister of state in PMO and
> submitted a report on "Challenges in employment of the visually impaired
> bank employees in Indian public sector banks.
>
> The event is noteworthy in more ways than one: firstly, VIBEWA is the first
> of its kind industry association of blind and low vision bank employees
> across banks and cadres established to strive for creating enabling work
> environment for them and thereby maximizing their productivity in addition
> to protecting their and industry interests.
> Secondly, VIBEWA, with its limited resources  could do in a couple of years
> what mammoth NGOs can only dream of in decades--it studied the actual
> implementation of various government guidelines and laws about employment of
> visually impaired by collating the actual lived experience of blind and low
> vision bank employees from all the banks by commissioning the survey on its
> website and obtained banks' version about the implementation through
> information under RTI and put forth constructive suggestions furthering the
> implementation by setting up monitoring mechanisms and plugging a few
> normative inadequacies in the existing guidelines.
> This is of utmost significance in a country which can boast of highest per
> capita count of statutes but which at the same time suffers from perhaps one
> of the worst catastrophes of "Unimplemented statute book".
>
> The implications of disability--particularly sensory disability of sight
> sound etc.--are not exactly apparent even to well-educated, let alone a
> layperson. Disability is created as a result of interaction of individual
> differences in body and mind and the prevailing social, attitudinal and
> physical infrastructure at a given time.
> So, for example not being able to see does not necessarily result in not
> being able to read, write and do myriad other tasks usually done visually
> provided the required assistive technology is made available.
> Assistive technology is the technology which makes available the visual
> things in audio, tactile or enlarged format to the visually impaired. for
> example, softwares in computer and mobiles read out whatever appears on the
> screen or presents in a magnified form for the low vision.
> However, if things are done in their usual visual way only in hard copy, for
> example, file notings, vouchers, forms, and all other documents in the
> office, the blind employee will feel left out totally and be marked as being
> unproductive or perceived as a non-performing asset.
> However, if all these things are done in electronic mode or required human
> assistance is provided for reading, etc., blind employees can do as much if
> not more, as their sighted counterparts.
> Thus, it is adoption of inclusive practices and infrastructure which can
> give the needed impetus to visually impaired (VI) bank employees and the
> required accessible work environment and convert them into fulfilling and
> fulfilled employees.
> Blind and low vision persons have been working in Indian banks since long
> but many have joined only since the beginning of this century as 3%
> vacancies for persons with disabilities. including 1% for blind and low
> vision persons, have been reserved in all government jobs including banks
> vide section 33 of Persons With Disabilities (Equal opportunities,
> protection of rights and full participation) Act, 1995.
> The effort of the banks in recruiting persons with disabilities including
> the visually impaired is praiseworthy even though the required strength of
> 1% of VI employees is still not achieved in banks.
> However, right from recruitment to retirement, there are myriad junctures
> where a visually impaired employee strives to prove herself or himself and
> where all of us, can pitch in to make it a mutually beneficial endeavor. It
> is for this purpose that VIBEWA  came into being through the initiative of
> VI bank employees themselves to engage meaningfully with all stake holders.
> There do exist legal and professional standards in almost all the major
> countries including USA, UK, Australia and India about not only reserving
> jobs and affirmative action for persons with disabilities but providing them
> reasonable accommodation, assistive technology, accessible and inclusive
> work environment, and non-discrimination.
> In India too in addition to Disabilities act of 1995 mandating 1%
> reservation in government employment for blind/low 

[AI] Article on VIBEWA's eport about working conditions of VI in banking

[Asudani, Rajesh]

Friends
Following is the text of article about VIBEWA’s report on the working 
conditions of VI in banking industry which was submitted to Dr. Jitentra singh 
minister-in-charge DoPt about two years ago.

Challenges before blind bank employees

Recently, something noteworthy happened which, as it goes, could not capture 
glaring media attention amidst insurgency and surgical strikes.
A delegation of Visually Impaired Bank Employees Welfare Association, VIBEWA, 
met Dr. Jitendra sing, the Union minister of state in PMO and submitted a 
report on "Challenges in employment of the visually impaired bank employees in 
Indian public sector banks.

The event is noteworthy in more ways than one: firstly, VIBEWA is the first of 
its kind industry association of blind and low vision bank employees across 
banks and cadres established to strive for creating enabling work environment 
for them and thereby maximizing their productivity in addition to protecting 
their and industry interests.
Secondly, VIBEWA, with its limited resources  could do in a couple of years 
what mammoth NGOs can only dream of in decades--it studied the actual 
implementation of various government guidelines and laws about employment of 
visually impaired by collating the actual lived experience of blind and low 
vision bank employees from all the banks by commissioning the survey on its 
website and obtained banks' version about the implementation through 
information under RTI and put forth constructive suggestions furthering the 
implementation by setting up monitoring mechanisms and plugging a few normative 
inadequacies in the existing guidelines.
This is of utmost significance in a country which can boast of highest per 
capita count of statutes but which at the same time suffers from perhaps one of 
the worst catastrophes of "Unimplemented statute book".

The implications of disability--particularly sensory disability of sight sound 
etc.--are not exactly apparent even to well-educated, let alone a layperson. 
Disability is created as a result of interaction of individual differences in 
body and mind and the prevailing social, attitudinal and physical 
infrastructure at a given time.
So, for example not being able to see does not necessarily result in not being 
able to read, write and do myriad other tasks usually done visually provided 
the required assistive technology is made available.
Assistive technology is the technology which makes available the visual things 
in audio, tactile or enlarged format to the visually impaired. for example, 
softwares in computer and mobiles read out whatever appears on the screen or 
presents in a magnified form for the low vision.
However, if things are done in their usual visual way only in hard copy, for 
example, file notings, vouchers, forms, and all other documents in the office, 
the blind employee will feel left out totally and be marked as being 
unproductive or perceived as a non-performing asset.
However, if all these things are done in electronic mode or required human 
assistance is provided for reading, etc., blind employees can do as much if not 
more, as their sighted counterparts.
Thus, it is adoption of inclusive practices and infrastructure which can give 
the needed impetus to visually impaired (VI) bank employees and the required 
accessible work environment and convert them into fulfilling and fulfilled 
employees.
Blind and low vision persons have been working in Indian banks since long but 
many have joined only since the beginning of this century as 3% vacancies for 
persons with disabilities. including 1% for blind and low vision persons, have 
been reserved in all government jobs including banks vide section 33 of Persons 
With Disabilities (Equal opportunities, protection of rights and full 
participation) Act, 1995.
The effort of the banks in recruiting persons with disabilities including the 
visually impaired is praiseworthy even though the required strength of 1% of VI 
employees is still not achieved in banks.
However, right from recruitment to retirement, there are myriad junctures where 
a visually impaired employee strives to prove herself or himself and where all 
of us, can pitch in to make it a mutually beneficial endeavor. It is for this 
purpose that VIBEWA  came into being through the initiative of VI bank 
employees themselves to engage meaningfully with all stake holders.
There do exist legal and professional standards in almost all the major 
countries including USA, UK, Australia and India about not only reserving jobs 
and affirmative action for persons with disabilities but providing them 
reasonable accommodation, assistive technology, accessible and inclusive work 
environment, and non-discrimination.
In India too in addition to Disabilities act of 1995 mandating 1% reservation 
in government employment for blind/low vision, DoPT issued on March 31, 2014, 
OM No.  36035/3/2o9-Estt.(Res)
 providing for facilities to persons already in the employment 

[AI] Article

[C. Lyngdoh]

https://www.thenewsminute.com/article/first-mysuru-university-appoints-visually-challenged-person-chairman-dept-88243

The University of Mysore (UoM) has been hailed for its decision to
appoint Krishna Hombal, a visually challenged person as Chairman of
the Department of
Political Science. This is the first time in the university's 102-year
history that a visually challenged person has taken charge of a
department.

Speaking to The News Minute from Mysuru, the newly appointed chairman
said that he has the responsibility of promoting both Political
Science and supporting
people with disabilities. "The University has given me an opportunity
to head the department. It is a historic decision for promoting equal
opportunities
and inclusive participation for those who are visually challenged. We
want to popularise Political Science in the University. We want to
promote research
and improve the social utility of the department," he said. Krishna
takes over from Prof GT Ramachandrappa after his term ended.

Assistant Professor Krishna Hombal, who has been visually challenged
since birth, began working in the department in 1999 and his
appointment as Chairman
of the Political Science Department on September 7 caps a remarkable
rise through the ranks of the university.

He studied at the Government School for Blind Children in Hubballi
from 1975 to 1982 before continuing his studies at the Government High
School for Blind
Children at Tilaknagar in Mysuru.  He completed his BA at the
Karnataka Arts College in Dharwad and his MA in Political Science at
Karnatak University,
Dharwad and completed his PhD from Mysuru University in 2010.

In addition to his responsibilities at the University, Krishna is also
the coordinator of Centre for Education of Visually Challenged,
Project Drushti,
under the University Grants Commission." I am an ambassador of
visually challenged persons in the society and at the same time, I
have to take the confidence
of the society in the ability of visually challenged persons like me.
We want to build a full-fledged centre to train visually challenged
persons under
this project," he said.

The University’s decision to promote Krishna has received praise and
he hopes that it will lead to more such appointments in other
universities. “Inclusiveness
should not just be restricted to legislation. We should encourage
professionals to trust in the capabilities of persons with challenges
like myself,” he
said.

block quote
For the first time in its 102-year history, the Mysuru University has
appointed a visually challenged assistant professor, Dr Krishna R.
Hombal as the
head of the political science department. Unfortunately, the media is
blind to such positive stories around us.
pic.twitter.com/heEFIylqtS

— Gautham Machaiah (@GauthamMachaiah)
September 12, 2018
block quote end

-- 
Thanks,
Cornelius Lyngdoh.




Search for old postings at:
http://www.mail-archive.com/accessindia@accessindia.org.in/

To unsubscribe send a message to
accessindia-requ...@accessindia.org.in
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


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. AI cannot be held liable for any commission/omission based on the mails sent 
through this mailing list..

[AI] Article in TOI 8 August 2018

[Kanchan Pamnani]

Bombay HC asks civic body if all malls are disabled-friendly

TNN | Aug 8, 2018, 05.07 AM IST

[image: Bombay HC asks civic body if all malls are disabled-friendly]

MUMBAI: Bombay high court on Tuesday asked the authorities if malls here
had facilities, for persons with disabilities, that are mandatory under
law. A division bench of Justices Naresh Patil and Girish Kulkarni gave BMC
three weeks to file its affidavit on whether it complies with rules that
require all buildings to ensure easy access for persons with disabilities.


The court is hearing petitions, including one by interior designer and
socialite Nisha Jamvwal and advocate Abha Singh.



Search for old postings at:
http://www.mail-archive.com/accessindia@accessindia.org.in/

To unsubscribe send a message to
accessindia-requ...@accessindia.org.in
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


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. AI cannot be held liable for any commission/omission based on the mails sent 
through this mailing list..

[AI] Article in Mumbai Mirror dt 10 July 2018

[Kanchan Pamnani]

Why disability is not inability

 Jul 10, 2018, 02.30 Mumbai Mirror

How a corporate trainer and India’s first blind aerobics instructor, learnt
to live outside the boundaries set by others Preeti Monga lost her eyesight
when she was 13. However, Monga, who became the country’s first blind
aerobics instructor when she was in her late- 20s, and later set up her own
recruitments and corporate training firm, says it was never her disability
that held her back, but the voices of naysayers which constantly bored into
her ears. Now 58, the Delhiresident, who has also founded an NGO that
empowers blind women, says her new book, Flight Without Sight (Hay House),
is not just about how she overcame the odds to achieve success, but also
about how others can. She shares a few lessons she has learnt on her
journey.

“Thousands of women know the fear that develops when you’re constantly told
that you cannot go here or there, or do this or that. As a blind woman, I
was not allowed to do anything. The problem with this is that it makes you
afraid, and diminishes your confidence,” says Monga. She recalls a time
when she worked as the head of public relations for a hospital. “I was
unduly affected by the harsh words of colleagues who felt I did not deserve
my role.” Monga believes that the reason the envy of her colleagues
saddened and unsettled her at first was because she let it get to her.
“Workplace jealousy is no new phenomenon, but back then, rather than
understanding that they were driven by their insecurities, I believed it
was my performance that was lacking. It took me a while to understand that
my work spoke for itself.” Monga says the reason she pulled through
tempestuous times was because she confronted her fear rationally. “I told
myself my own story and recorded it. Then, I conquered it by refusing to
live within the boundaries somebody else set for me.” Never stop dreaming
The key to realising one’s ambitions, says Monga, is to “develop the
ability to deal with failure daily, but to continue to dream ofsuccess.”
She says that most people imagine hurdles on the path to their goals to be
higher than they really are. “Many simply stop trying to leap over these.”
This was true about Monga too, for a while at least.

Monga had an arranged marriage. “My parents worried about who would marry
me, so when someone offered to, they felt this was the best thing for me.”
Unfortunately, her first husband (with whom she had two children) was very
abusive, says Monga. “I put up with the suffering for years because I
feared a violent reaction if I asked him to leave.” Ultimately, she did
just that. “I threw his things into a bag and asked him to leave. All that
time, I had been holding myself back, but it was as simple as that. I was
finally free.” In 1988, after the birth of her two children Monga started
exercising to shed the weight she had put on. She did aerobics by listening
to instructors on a fitness show that aired on Doordarshan. That was when
it struck her, this was something she may be able to do. “People were also
spending Rs 300 back then on fitness video cassettes, so I thought they
might just be interested in working out with a [blind] instructor for half
the price.” Monga trained with an instructor who diligently taught her the
moves, and, on her insistence, allowed her to handle the classes when she
(the instructor) took off on a vacation. Her colleagues protested, but
Monga says she proved herself to be better than the doubters at teaching
aerobics and retained her position. She earned her first salary — Rs 650 —
at the aerobics centre. In 2010, after working with several companies,
including as the marketing head of a pickles firm, she began getting
invites from corporates to talk about her journey. Talk to a trusted friend
Monga compares ‘suffering in silence’ to a terminal disease that can keep
you from appreciating “the gift of life.” Her aunt Frauke stood by her like
a rock. Monga says that just knowing that you’re with someone who’s
actually listening to your story with compassion and without judgment can
be immensely cathartic. “This shifted my perspective entirely. I felt like
I was entitled to happiness, too.” “Having someone around can make all the
difference. You may, for instance, come to understand that it is not that
the universe is not fulfilling your dreams, but perhaps that you aren’t
focusing on the dreams that have been fulfilled.” Monga says that if
there’s one thing that she’s come to see clearly through 45 years of
blindness, it’s this: “When you can’t do anything about your situation,
learn to make the most of what you have.” The key to realising one’s
ambitions, says Monga, is to “develop the ability to deal with failure
daily, but to continue to dream of success.” .



Search for old postings at:
http://www.mail-archive.com/accessindia@accessindia.org.in/

To unsubscribe send a message to
accessindia-requ...@accessindia.org.in
with the subject unsubscribe.

To change your 

Re: [AI] Article in ECO 21 July 2018

[George Abraham]

Kanchan,

Do you read Braille?

George

-Original Message-
From: AccessIndia [mailto:accessindia-boun...@accessindia.org.in] On Behalf Of 
Kanchan Pamnani
Sent: Wednesday, August 8, 2018 1:33 PM
To: Rati Misra; Rama Chari; AccessIndia: a list for discussing accessibility 
and issuesconcerning the disabled.
Subject: [AI] Article in ECO 21 July 2018

Election Commission takes a giant step forward - The Economic Times 
https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/politics-and-nation/election-commission-takes-a-giant-step-forward/printarticle/65075518.cms
1/5 Business New s › New s › Politics and Nation MAR BY , ET BUREAU |
UPDATED: JUL 21, 2018, 10.40 AM IST Post a Comment Sadasivan serves as the eyes 
and ears of the ECI – she was among those who surveyed polling stations and 
told the commission what the trek to cast one’s vote entailed for a disabled 
person. Big Change: The end of Five-Year Plans: All you need to know Election 
Commission takes a giant step forward The next Lok Sabha polls will be a more 
inclusive one, with the Election Commission of India aggressively wooing a 
constituency that hardly any political party has addressed – persons with 
disabilities – across each state, district and polling booth. The Election 
Commission of India is on a mission to ensure wider participation by people 
with disabilities after having found that many of them couldn’t – or didn’t – 
exercise their fundamental right to vote. When the ECI asked a civil society 
organisation to conduct an ‘access audit’ of polling stations in RK Nagar in 
Tamil Nadu to assess if they were disabled friendly, it had no idea what was 
coming. The findings showed that most wheelchair ramps were ill-placed, too 
steep or punctuated with bumps and uneven surfaces that made movement tortuous. 
Toilets at polling stations could hardly be reached – even with ramps. The 
survey threw up other glaring deficiencies. Short-statured people pointed out 
that voting machines at most polling stations were placed on tables that were 
too high for them to reach. Those with locomotor disabilities were unable to 
press the buttons on the machine. Often, the polling staff were unaware, 
unconcerned or insensitive to these problems, which could be fixed by simply 
changing the position and incline of the voting machine and stretching out its 
5-metre long cable. The cable is typically taped up at polling stations, which 
clearly are not geared to address the needs of the differently abled. While 
there are Braille ballot reference sheets at polling stations on political 
parties, candidates and party symbols, they are not available in regional 
languages and this leaves the visually disabled very disoriented at voting 
time. ANUBHUTI VISHNOI 03:59 PM | 07 AUG MARKET STATS CLOSED Search for New s, 
Stock Quotes & NAV's 8/7/2018 Election Commission takes a giant step forward - 
The Economic Times 
https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/politics-and-nation/election-commission-takes-a-giant-step-forward/printarticle/65075518.cms
2/5 Still other persons with disabilities did not even want to be enrolled as 
voters because they thought the process of polling would be long and difficult 
to navigate. Add to that the general sense of nervousness and pressure that 
they feel when the polling staff hurries them up and it is an experience that 
many of them would rather avoid. Then there are persons with disabilities who 
haven’t even been touched by the electoral process, especially those with 
mental disabilities but not of unsound mind. These are over and above the more 
mundane difficulties in the voter registration process and inaccessible 
registration material. FINDING ACCESS With these disconcerting factors in mind, 
the ECI is developing a full-fledged ‘Strategic Framework on Accessible 
Elections’ going into the next Lok Sabha polls. Suresh Menons neardeath 
experience! HDFC Life Lake Prints Embroidered Fashion Silk Saree(Pink)- Rs. 914 
FLIPKART Recommended By Colombia There are 26.8 million persons with 
disabilities in the country – or 2.21% of the population – as per Census 2011, 
according to the website of the Department of Empowerment of Persons with 
Disabilities. These include people with seeing, hearing, speech and movement 
disabilities, mental retardation, mental illness and multiple disabilities. 
Over 800 million people were eligible to vote in the 2014 general election. The 
ECI’s target, even at a basic level, is daunting. For starters, there is no 
national-level database of voters with disabilities. Even if the ECI wants to 
reach out to voters with disabilities and offer customised assistance, it just 
doesn’t know where they may be. In several states that are headed for assembly 
polls this year, the exercise of mapping persons with disabilities has started 
and the authorities are discovering that many of them are not even enrolled as 
voters. In Rajasthan, where elections are due later this year, only 50% of th

[AI] Article in ECO 21 July 2018

[Kanchan Pamnani]

Election Commission takes a giant step forward - The Economic Times
https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/politics-and-nation/election-commission-takes-a-giant-step-forward/printarticle/65075518.cms
1/5 Business New s › New s › Politics and Nation MAR BY , ET BUREAU |
UPDATED: JUL 21, 2018, 10.40 AM IST Post a Comment Sadasivan serves as the
eyes and ears of the ECI – she was among those who surveyed polling
stations and told the commission what the trek to cast one’s vote entailed
for a disabled person. Big Change: The end of Five-Year Plans: All you need
to know Election Commission takes a giant step forward The next Lok Sabha
polls will be a more inclusive one, with the Election Commission of India
aggressively wooing a constituency that hardly any political party has
addressed – persons with disabilities – across each state, district and
polling booth. The Election Commission of India is on a mission to ensure
wider participation by people with disabilities after having found that
many of them couldn’t – or didn’t – exercise their fundamental right to
vote. When the ECI asked a civil society organisation to conduct an ‘access
audit’ of polling stations in RK Nagar in Tamil Nadu to assess if they were
disabled friendly, it had no idea what was coming. The findings showed that
most wheelchair ramps were ill-placed, too steep or punctuated with bumps
and uneven surfaces that made movement tortuous. Toilets at polling
stations could hardly be reached – even with ramps. The survey threw up
other glaring deficiencies. Short-statured people pointed out that voting
machines at most polling stations were placed on tables that were too high
for them to reach. Those with locomotor disabilities were unable to press
the buttons on the machine. Often, the polling staff were unaware,
unconcerned or insensitive to these problems, which could be fixed by
simply changing the position and incline of the voting machine and
stretching out its 5-metre long cable. The cable is typically taped up at
polling stations, which clearly are not geared to address the needs of the
differently abled. While there are Braille ballot reference sheets at
polling stations on political parties, candidates and party symbols, they
are not available in regional languages and this leaves the visually
disabled very disoriented at voting time. ANUBHUTI VISHNOI 03:59 PM | 07
AUG MARKET STATS CLOSED Search for New s, Stock Quotes & NAV's 8/7/2018
Election Commission takes a giant step forward - The Economic Times
https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/politics-and-nation/election-commission-takes-a-giant-step-forward/printarticle/65075518.cms
2/5 Still other persons with disabilities did not even want to be enrolled
as voters because they thought the process of polling would be long and
difficult to navigate. Add to that the general sense of nervousness and
pressure that they feel when the polling staff hurries them up and it is an
experience that many of them would rather avoid. Then there are persons
with disabilities who haven’t even been touched by the electoral process,
especially those with mental disabilities but not of unsound mind. These
are over and above the more mundane difficulties in the voter registration
process and inaccessible registration material. FINDING ACCESS With these
disconcerting factors in mind, the ECI is developing a full-fledged
‘Strategic Framework on Accessible Elections’ going into the next Lok Sabha
polls. Suresh Menons neardeath experience! HDFC Life Lake Prints
Embroidered Fashion Silk Saree(Pink)- Rs. 914 FLIPKART Recommended By
Colombia There are 26.8 million persons with disabilities in the country –
or 2.21% of the population – as per Census 2011, according to the website
of the Department of Empowerment of Persons with Disabilities. These
include people with seeing, hearing, speech and movement disabilities,
mental retardation, mental illness and multiple disabilities. Over 800
million people were eligible to vote in the 2014 general election. The
ECI’s target, even at a basic level, is daunting. For starters, there is no
national-level database of voters with disabilities. Even if the ECI wants
to reach out to voters with disabilities and offer customised assistance,
it just doesn’t know where they may be. In several states that are headed
for assembly polls this year, the exercise of mapping persons with
disabilities has started and the authorities are discovering that many of
them are not even enrolled as voters. In Rajasthan, where elections are due
later this year, only 50% of the 1 million persons with disabilities are
enrolled as voters. Many of them are not even aware of how to get
registered as voters. These and other issues were flagged to the ECI by the
chief electoral officers of various states. At a national consultation
hosted by the ECI earlier this month, the immediate challenges for the next
Lok Sabha election were brought home. 8/7/2018 Election Commission takes a
giant step 

[AI] Article in TOI dt 30 July 2018

[Kanchan Pamnani]

Motorable wheelchairs soon for seamless travel at IGI - Times of India

Jul 30, 2018, 06.46 AM IST Printed from NEW DELHI: To make travel easier,
Indira Gandhi International (IGI) airport will soon have motorable
wheelchairs for passengers with reduced mobility (PRM). The services are
likely to be rolled out from mid-August and will be implemented across all
three terminals in a phasedmanner, an airport source said. Currently, seven
such wheelchairs have been introduced on a trial-basis and have received a
positive response, the official said. Each wheelchair has a capacity of
250kg and has been designed to accommodate a passenger, a check-in bag and
a wheelchair assistant. “This service will include some automated
wheelchairs and will be supported by a few manual ones as well, based on
the market demand. Currently, trials are ongoing,” said a DIAL
spokesperson. According to DIAL, they have appointed M/S Aviaxpert Aviation
Pvt Ltd as a concessionary to provide wheelchair services to PRM. The
operator said the numbers will be increased based on the requirements of
each airline. “The services are managed by the concessionaire with the help
of robust software that helps locate passengers’ whereabouts within the
airport until they board the flight. The wheelchairs are being procured by
the concessionaire from a European manufacturer,” the spokesperson said.



Search for old postings at:
http://www.mail-archive.com/accessindia@accessindia.org.in/

To unsubscribe send a message to
accessindia-requ...@accessindia.org.in
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


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. AI cannot be held liable for any commission/omission based on the mails sent 
through this mailing list..

[AI] Article in TOI 19 July 2018

[Kanchan Pamnani]

*Ensure facilities for the disabled in edu institutes, HC tells state*

· The Times of India (Mumbai edition)

· 19 Jul 2018

· Shibu.Thomas@ timesgroup.com

Mumbai: The Bombay high court on Wednesday directed the Maharashtra
government to take steps to ensure that educational institutions across the
state have disabled-friendly facilities. “Basic facilities should be
provided in every educational institution so that students with
disabilities can access the buildings without problems. At least start with
constructing ramps and disabled-friendly toilets,” said a division bench of
Justices Naresh Patil and Girish Kulkarni.

The court was hearing a petition seeking disabled-friendly facilities in
Pune colleges that had been converted into a public interest litigation.
The bench said the scope should be restricted not just to Pune, but also
institutions in Mumbai and other parts of the state.

Advocate Rui Rodrigues, counsel for University of Mumbai, informed HC that
there were already mandatory clauses that required professional colleges,
like engineering, from having barrier-free environment in the buildings.
Lack of disabled-friendly facilities was grounds to reject permission for
commencing courses or renewal permissions, the advocate said. There were,
however, no such requirements when it comes to other colleges.

The HC bench pointed to Section 44(2) of the Right of Persons with
Disabilities Act, 2016, which said that no establishment should be issued
with a certificate of completion or allowed to take occupation of a
building unless it has adhered to the rules formulated by the central
government pertaining to barrier-free environment for disabled people.



Search for old postings at:
http://www.mail-archive.com/accessindia@accessindia.org.in/

To unsubscribe send a message to
accessindia-requ...@accessindia.org.in
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


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. AI cannot be held liable for any commission/omission based on the mails sent 
through this mailing list..

[AI] Article in TOI 9 July 2018

[Kanchan Pamnani]

Election Commission eyes voting-from-home for disabled

Bharti Jain

| TNN | Jul 9, 2018, 06:15 IST

*89*

[image: TNN photo used for representation]*TNN photo used for
representation*

NEW DELHI: As theElection Commission
focuses on
making polls more accessible for differently-abled voters, it has offered
to look at alternative voting methods for persons with disabilities (PwDs),
including advance voting or early voting, voting from home
, postal vote,
transport assistance or mobile polling station concept, provided these do
not compromise the sanctity and secrecy of vote.

As per the strategic framework finalised at the national consultation
on accessible
elections 
organised
by EC last week, the commission also agreed to examine the scope and need
for legislative measures to enhance electoral participation of
physically-challenged people.


The framework — based on the premise of ‘no voter to be left behind’ — was
drawn up in consultation with representative of national parties,
government ministries/departments, disability experts and civil society
organisations. The EC will examine the feasibility of allowing persons with
disabilities to vote before general voting hours so as to save them the
trouble of having to queue up. The possibility of extending the postal
ballot facility to differently-abled people will also be weighed. Also,
persons with disabilities, who will be mapped by the EC constituency and
polling station-wise, may be facilitated with transportation to the polling
station or could be allowed to vote at mobile polling stations in the days
to come.




Some of these measures may require amendments to election laws or conduct
of election rules. The EC will also ensure that special measures aimed at
boosting participation of physically-challenged voters meet the essential
requirements of sanctity and secrecy of vote.



The EC had last week announced steps aimed at better involvement of
differently-abled voters in the electoral process. This included printing
of electoral photo identity cards in Braille, mobile app to educate and
motivate voters with disabilities, sign language window for deaf voters and
free transport facility for them along with their assistants.




The commission will be taking further steps including identifying barriers
to participation of disabled voters and finding solutions, mapping of PwDs
through mapping or initial voter registration, customised voter education
to cater to different requirements of PwDs, developing user-friendly
websites for PwDs of different categories, engaging the help of government
and civil society organisations for capacity building and constitution of
special committees on accessible elections.



Search for old postings at:
http://www.mail-archive.com/accessindia@accessindia.org.in/

To unsubscribe send a message to
accessindia-requ...@accessindia.org.in
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


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. AI cannot be held liable for any commission/omission based on the mails sent 
through this mailing list..

[AI] Article TOI 28 June 2018

[Kanchan Pamnani]

*Daily-wager’s son gets prosthetic arm from government after citing RTE*

*His family faced several rejections to get an artificial arm and around
dozen schools were not ready to give Ritik admission.*

*Moneycontrol News*@moneycontrolcom 



*Moneycontrol News*

The Right to Education Act has helped a 16-year-old boy get a prosthetic
limb from the Government, according to areport

 by The Times of India.

Ritik is a class 12 student living in a one-room house in Delhi’s Sadar
Bazar. Both of his arms were not fully formed as he was born with a
congenital deficiency and bilateral elbow disarticulation, according to the
report.

“All he needed was a little help,” advocate Ashok Agarwal told the
newspaper, who was instrumental in getting Ritik relief from the High Court.



In a public interest litigation (PIL) filed before a bench of acting Chief
Justice Gita Mittal and Justice C Hari Shankar, the lawyer had cited the
RTE along with Section 17 (g) of the Rights of Persons with Disabilities
Act, 2016, the report adds.

“The right to education is a fundamental right. So, the means required to
achieve and materialise the right are also covered by the Act,” the PIL
added.

“I felt like playing cricket and drawing when I first wore it. The hospital
handing over the arm to me is a memory I will cherish forever,” Ritik told
the newspaper.

His family faced several rejections to get an artificial arm and around
dozen schools were not ready to give Ritik admission. Ritik's father,
Mahender, is the sole bread winner for the family and earns around Rs 8,000
in a month.

“For getting a prosthetic arm, we knocked on doors of several hospitals.
Our efforts took us even to Rajasthan, but there too we faced rejection,”
Ritik's mother Usha said.



Search for old postings at:
http://www.mail-archive.com/accessindia@accessindia.org.in/

To unsubscribe send a message to
accessindia-requ...@accessindia.org.in
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


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. AI cannot be held liable for any commission/omission based on the mails sent 
through this mailing list..

Re: [AI] Article in BT 4 May 2018

[Chandrashekhar Kulkarni]

Marvelous indeed.

On June 25, 2018 3:39:01 PM Kanchan Pamnani  wrote:


Inspirational Devika Malik

Speaking to Devika Malik, there is only one word that comes to mind,
inspirational.

Recently appointed to the position of focal point for people with
disabilities of the standing committee of the Office of Special Interest
Groups, Devika Malik was born a female with disability in India and this
has enabled her to have a sensitised world view. She had a case of
congenital hemiplegia (partial paralysis and weakness in left arm & left
leg) and her mother a paraplegic for the last 17 years; and being raised in
a family of Army Officers, these factors sensitized her towards the cause
of inclusive society & peace since a young age.

She recounts her greatest achievements to us and it goes without saying
that disability is NOT inability:

“I am an *International Para-athlete with* *3 medals at the IPC World
Athletics Grand Prix an*d *Psychological Counsellor* with a Masters in
Psychology from Delhi University. Combining my passion for inclusive sport
development & Peace, I am an active *contributor to the* *Olympic Truce
Peace Campaign* as well as an alumnus of the *Youth Leadership Program
conducted by the United Nations Office of Sport for Development &
Peace* *(UNOSDP)
in Tokyo*. On*International Youth Day 2014, I addressed a national
conference organized by PHD Chambers of Commerce*, expounding strategies
for Inclusive sport development.”

This was not where it stopped but she decided to start her own organisation:

“My mother and I started our *NGO, Wheeling Happiness *(
https://www.facebook.com/wheelinghappiness/) in July 2014, and one of our
main strategies is to *utilize sports for social development & emotional
well-being of people with disabilities*. I also provide free counselling
services to physically challenged persons from underprivileged backgrounds.
The foundation has conducted programs to promote an inclusive society, such
as, construction of ramps at railway stations, sensitizing road commuters
to follow traffic rules keeping visually and physically impaired
pedestrians in view, sponsoring slum children to experience adventure
sports and raising funds for artificial limbs for underprivileged users
etc. As the co-founder, I have also*represented the foundation at the
Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting (CHOGM) Malta, Youth Forum*. “

Greeted by PM Narendra Modi and Duke and Duchess of Cambridge in
appreciation of service to the community.

Receiving the Queen’s Young Leader Award for working towards emotional
well-being of Persons with Disabilities and their caregivers in India.

Her most recent recognition came from Her Majesty The Queen as she was
awarded the Queen’s Young Leader 2015 medal at Buckingham Palace and as a
QYL her work did not stop there. She tells us of her other commitments to
youth engagement and sports:

“My interview has also featured in the Queen’s 90th Birthday documentary –
‘Our Queen At Ninety’. I was invited to share my volunteer work experiences
with the *Duke and Duchess of Cambridge at British High Commissioner’s
residence* in Delhi. On 12th April 2016, the PM Narendra Modi hosted a
luncheon, where the *PM invited me to acknowledge my efforts* towards
inclusion & wellbeing of persons with disabilities. I’m an *Asian
Representative of the* *Commonwealth Youth Sport for Development & Peace
(CYSDP) Working Group*, consisting of a total of 12 individuals selected
from all 53 Commonwealth Nations. I also undertake counselling for
caregivers of people with disabilities and cancer patients. I am a firm
believer of *equality across the gender spectrum* and advocate for the
*feminist* movement, as the stereotypes patriarchy imposes are equally
harmful and constraining for both men & women.

Young Devika continues to advocate for inclusive societies and had the
privilege to deliver a TEDx Talk and also gave a talk at the *Commonwealth
Secretariat HQ in London*. Her work embodies SDG 10 – Equal Opportunities,
and she is an advocate of the *Accessible India Campaign.*



Search for old postings at:
http://www.mail-archive.com/accessindia@accessindia.org.in/

To unsubscribe send a message to
accessindia-requ...@accessindia.org.in
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


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. AI cannot be held liable for any commission/omission based on the mails 
sent through this mailing list..








Search for old postings at:
http://www.mail-archive.com/accessindia@accessindia.org.in/

To unsubscribe send a message to
accessindia-requ...@accessindia.org.in
with the subject unsubscribe.

To change your subscription to digest mode or make any other changes, 

Re: [AI] Article in MM 8 June 2018

[Asudani, Rajesh]

It is almost a  news to me that court proceedings are not recorded and are left 
to concentration powers of judges, even though I all along suspected so.
India is really absurd.


सादर / With thanks & Regards
राजेश आसुदानी Rajesh Asudani
सहायक महाप्रबन्धक AGM
बाजार आसूचना ईकाई MIU
भारतीय रिजर्व बैंक Reserve Bank of India
नागपुर Nagpur

0712 2806846

President
VIBEWA
Co-Moderator
VIB-India

A-pilll = Action coupled with Positivity, Interest, Love, Logic and laughter.


-Original Message-
From: AccessIndia [mailto:accessindia-boun...@accessindia.org.in] On Behalf Of 
Kanchan Pamnani
Sent: 25 June 2018 15:44
To: AccessIndia: a list for discussing accessibility and issuesconcerning the 
disabled.
Subject: [AI] Article in MM 8 June 2018

may be a new carrier for visually impaired transcriptionists

*Word for word*



*Jamshed Mistry, a Bombay High Court advocate, wants legal transcription to be 
introduced in courts. *

In January, when Advocate Indira Jaising filed a public interest petition in 
theSupreme Court asking for the introduction of live streaming of court 
proceedings,advocate Jamshed Mistry saw an appropriate occasion to add a 
request of his own. Together with Amrish Kilachand (the petitioner), Mistry, a 
High Court lawyer based in Mumbai, filed an intervention application (IA) 
asking for legal transcription to be introduced as well.

While Hollywood courtroom dramas showcase stenographers taking down every word 
— there also is an episode of Friends in which Ross yells at the stenographer 
to “stop typing” — in India it is a little known fact that records of court 
proceedings are not maintained. Only when the judge asks specifically for 
something to be written down is it done. Otherwise, what transpired is left to 
the memory of those in attendance.

For Mistry, the IA was the culmination of an idea that struck him when he was 
arguing a case in Canada in 2013. That was the first time he saw transcription 
in court, and later, when he read the transcript, he thought it was fantastic. 
“Even today, when you read it, you actually think you are in court,” he says.

A conversation with Susan Anton, the then-law minister and attorney general of 
British Columbia, cemented his realisation that the Indian legal system needed 
transcription. She was surprised Indian courts did not use transcription. “‘How 
do you prepare your appeal?’” Mistry recalls her asking. “She said, ‘That means 
whatever is argued, you hope, is captured by the judge and written in an 
order.’ I said, ‘Yes, the word is hope. It causes all sorts of complications.’”


Armed with this experience, Mistry, who is in his 50s, began to hunt for a 
legal basis to ask for transcription. He believes he has found it in Section 12 
of the Persons with Disabilities Act, which talks about access to justice. “It 
says that the depositions should be in a format that is accessible to a person 
with disabilities. If you interpret that for a person who has a hearing 
disability, how will he or she know what is happening in court? It has to be 
transcribed.”

Still, the question of affordability remained until Mistry discovered that 
Parliament and Assembly proceedings are already transcribed. “The technology 
[speech to text], the intent, the meaning — everything is there a few buildings 
away [from the Supreme Court] at Parliament House.” In fact, Mistry says, back 
in the 1970s, Parliament used to change stenographers every five minutes so 
they did not lose concentration.

According to him, the benefits of legal transcription would be numerous:
there would be greater access to justice, better court discipline, better 
record-keeping and better reporting on court proceedings, since reporters would 
have access to the transcripts, as well as employment opportunities for 
stenographers. He also wants law schools to adopt the same system in moot 
courts, so the next generation of lawyers gets used to the system. “I didn’t 
feel diffident in court knowing that transcription was on and I don’t think any 
lawyer should,” Mistry says.

The first hearing of the case was held on May 3 and the next hearing is 
scheduled for July 5. Meanwhile, the Supreme Court has asked the government to 
respond to the requests for live streaming and legal transcription. On his 
part, Mistry is confident the application will succeed since the Attorney 
General and Jaisingh expressed their support in court.

You don’t have commonality like this in these matters. Usually, you will have 
somebody opposing, somewhere,” Mistry says. “Of course, it will have to start 
as a pilot project. Start with constitutional cases. Start with final hearing. 
In sensitive cases, you can have transcripts but you don’t have to give it out. 
All the systems are in place. In light of this, I can’t see the government 
saying no. Now it is up to the judiciary.”



Search for old postings at:
http://www.mail-archive.com/accessindia@accessindia.org.in/

To unsubscribe send a mes

[AI] Article in MM 8 June 2018

[Kanchan Pamnani]

may be a new carrier for visually impaired transcriptionists

*Word for word*



*Jamshed Mistry, a Bombay High Court advocate, wants legal transcription to
be introduced in courts. *

In January, when Advocate Indira Jaising filed a public interest petition in
theSupreme Court asking for the introduction of live streaming of court
proceedings,advocate Jamshed Mistry saw an appropriate occasion to add a
request of his own. Together with Amrish Kilachand (the petitioner),
Mistry, a High Court lawyer based in Mumbai, filed an intervention
application (IA) asking for legal transcription to be introduced as well.

While Hollywood courtroom dramas showcase stenographers taking down every
word — there also is an episode of Friends in which Ross yells at the
stenographer to “stop typing” — in India it is a little known fact that
records of court proceedings are not maintained. Only when the judge asks
specifically for something to be written down is it done. Otherwise, what
transpired is left to the memory of those in attendance.

For Mistry, the IA was the culmination of an idea that struck him when he
was arguing a case in Canada in 2013. That was the first time he saw
transcription in court, and later, when he read the transcript, he thought
it was fantastic. “Even today, when you read it, you actually think you are
in court,” he says.

A conversation with Susan Anton, the then-law minister and attorney general
of British Columbia, cemented his realisation that the Indian legal system
needed transcription. She was surprised Indian courts did not use
transcription. “‘How do you prepare your appeal?’” Mistry recalls her
asking. “She said, ‘That means whatever is argued, you hope, is captured by
the judge and written in an order.’ I said, ‘Yes, the word is hope. It
causes all sorts of complications.’”


Armed with this experience, Mistry, who is in his 50s, began to hunt for a
legal basis to ask for transcription. He believes he has found it in
Section 12 of the Persons with Disabilities Act, which talks about access
to justice. “It says that the depositions should be in a format that is
accessible to a person with disabilities. If you interpret that for a
person who has a hearing disability, how will he or she know what is
happening in court? It has to be transcribed.”

Still, the question of affordability remained until Mistry discovered that
Parliament and Assembly proceedings are already transcribed. “The
technology [speech to text], the intent, the meaning — everything is there
a few buildings away [from the Supreme Court] at Parliament House.” In
fact, Mistry says, back in the 1970s, Parliament used to change
stenographers every five minutes so they did not lose concentration.

According to him, the benefits of legal transcription would be numerous:
there would be greater access to justice, better court discipline, better
record-keeping and better reporting on court proceedings, since reporters
would have access to the transcripts, as well as employment opportunities
for stenographers. He also wants law schools to adopt the same system in
moot courts, so the next generation of lawyers gets used to the system. “I
didn’t feel diffident in court knowing that transcription was on and I
don’t think any lawyer should,” Mistry says.

The first hearing of the case was held on May 3 and the next hearing is
scheduled for July 5. Meanwhile, the Supreme Court has asked the government
to respond to the requests for live streaming and legal transcription. On
his part, Mistry is confident the application will succeed since the
Attorney General and Jaisingh expressed their support in court.

You don’t have commonality like this in these matters. Usually, you will
have somebody opposing, somewhere,” Mistry says. “Of course, it will have
to start as a pilot project. Start with constitutional cases. Start with
final hearing. In sensitive cases, you can have transcripts but you don’t
have to give it out. All the systems are in place. In light of this, I
can’t see the government saying no. Now it is up to the judiciary.”



Search for old postings at:
http://www.mail-archive.com/accessindia@accessindia.org.in/

To unsubscribe send a message to
accessindia-requ...@accessindia.org.in
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


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. AI cannot be held liable for any commission/omission based on the mails sent 
through this mailing list..

[AI] Article in BT 4 May 2018

[Kanchan Pamnani]

Inspirational Devika Malik

Speaking to Devika Malik, there is only one word that comes to mind,
inspirational.

Recently appointed to the position of focal point for people with
disabilities of the standing committee of the Office of Special Interest
Groups, Devika Malik was born a female with disability in India and this
has enabled her to have a sensitised world view. She had a case of
congenital hemiplegia (partial paralysis and weakness in left arm & left
leg) and her mother a paraplegic for the last 17 years; and being raised in
a family of Army Officers, these factors sensitized her towards the cause
of inclusive society & peace since a young age.

She recounts her greatest achievements to us and it goes without saying
that disability is NOT inability:

“I am an *International Para-athlete with* *3 medals at the IPC World
Athletics Grand Prix an*d *Psychological Counsellor* with a Masters in
Psychology from Delhi University. Combining my passion for inclusive sport
development & Peace, I am an active *contributor to the* *Olympic Truce
Peace Campaign* as well as an alumnus of the *Youth Leadership Program
conducted by the United Nations Office of Sport for Development &
Peace* *(UNOSDP)
in Tokyo*. On*International Youth Day 2014, I addressed a national
conference organized by PHD Chambers of Commerce*, expounding strategies
for Inclusive sport development.”

This was not where it stopped but she decided to start her own organisation:

“My mother and I started our *NGO, Wheeling Happiness *(
https://www.facebook.com/wheelinghappiness/) in July 2014, and one of our
main strategies is to *utilize sports for social development & emotional
well-being of people with disabilities*. I also provide free counselling
services to physically challenged persons from underprivileged backgrounds.
The foundation has conducted programs to promote an inclusive society, such
as, construction of ramps at railway stations, sensitizing road commuters
to follow traffic rules keeping visually and physically impaired
pedestrians in view, sponsoring slum children to experience adventure
sports and raising funds for artificial limbs for underprivileged users
etc. As the co-founder, I have also*represented the foundation at the
Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting (CHOGM) Malta, Youth Forum*. “

Greeted by PM Narendra Modi and Duke and Duchess of Cambridge in
appreciation of service to the community.

Receiving the Queen’s Young Leader Award for working towards emotional
well-being of Persons with Disabilities and their caregivers in India.

Her most recent recognition came from Her Majesty The Queen as she was
awarded the Queen’s Young Leader 2015 medal at Buckingham Palace and as a
QYL her work did not stop there. She tells us of her other commitments to
youth engagement and sports:

“My interview has also featured in the Queen’s 90th Birthday documentary –
‘Our Queen At Ninety’. I was invited to share my volunteer work experiences
with the *Duke and Duchess of Cambridge at British High Commissioner’s
residence* in Delhi. On 12th April 2016, the PM Narendra Modi hosted a
luncheon, where the *PM invited me to acknowledge my efforts* towards
inclusion & wellbeing of persons with disabilities. I’m an *Asian
Representative of the* *Commonwealth Youth Sport for Development & Peace
(CYSDP) Working Group*, consisting of a total of 12 individuals selected
from all 53 Commonwealth Nations. I also undertake counselling for
caregivers of people with disabilities and cancer patients. I am a firm
believer of *equality across the gender spectrum* and advocate for the
*feminist* movement, as the stereotypes patriarchy imposes are equally
harmful and constraining for both men & women.

Young Devika continues to advocate for inclusive societies and had the
privilege to deliver a TEDx Talk and also gave a talk at the *Commonwealth
Secretariat HQ in London*. Her work embodies SDG 10 – Equal Opportunities,
and she is an advocate of the *Accessible India Campaign.*



Search for old postings at:
http://www.mail-archive.com/accessindia@accessindia.org.in/

To unsubscribe send a message to
accessindia-requ...@accessindia.org.in
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


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. AI cannot be held liable for any commission/omission based on the mails sent 
through this mailing list..

[AI] Article

[Kanchan Pamnani]

*HE IS SPECIAL BUT HIS CARS ARE NOT*

By Anjana Vaswani, Mumbai Mirror | Updated: Jun 14, 2018, 05.35 AM IST

[image: He is special but his cars are not]

*Double amputee Chetan Korada, the world’s only differently-abled race
driver to have won races and a series, refuses to drive specially adapted
cars.*

He must have been about a year and a half, Chetan Korada estimates, when he
was fitted for his first pair of prosthetics, and though he can’t recall
what the Jaipur Foot felt like, he does remember that the aluminium
prosthetics he was fitted with at around age 10 were excruciating. “I used
to be fitted with new prosthetics every year or two and my legs would bleed
until they adjusted to the new devices,” the 31-yearold told Mirror
yesterday.

Korada, who was amputated below the knees shortly after birth, owing to a
bone defect, was in Mumbai for a two-day visit, a brief holiday from the
relentless training that has turned him into a leading race car driver over
the last decade. Last week, Korada returned from Malaysia after testing the
Formula Masters track, where he completed 120 laps, in preparation for two
forthcoming, international races – the MRF Challenge which will take him to
Abu Dhabi, Dubai and Bahrain in November 2018, and a yet-to-be-confirmed
Southeast Asia Pacific series, which will kick off in July.

“If the Asia series does not work out, the MRF Challenge will be my first
international race,” says Korada, who lives in Chennai’s Kilpauk area.
Despite his disability, Korada has been making it to the podium (the top
three ranks) in national races and series since 2009, when he was the
second runner-up in the JK Tyre Junior National Championship in Chennai –
most recently, he was second runner-up in the Federation of Motor Sports
Clubs of India’s (FMSCI) National Rally Championship.

Korada isn’t the world’s first differently-abled driver to participate in
the high-risk sport – Britain’s Nicolas “Nic” Hamilton, for instance, who
suffers from cerebral palsy, has participated in championships, as has
19-yearold double amputee Billy Monger. But Korada is the only one to have
made it to the podium in rallies, and the only one, worldwide, who does not
drive specially adapted vehicles (those fitted with hand-operated controls
for the brake and the clutch).

“I want to experience exactly what any other race driver goes through, down
to the same Gforce (the powerful gravitational force that race drivers
experience as the cars accelerate in relation to freefall). For the same
reason, I don’t wear prosthetics with spring mechanisms. I want to feel the
push-back of the pedals like other race drivers,” said Korada, whose legs
are fitted with lightweight, carbon-fibre prosthetics of a European make
that he said, “together, cost as much as a superbike.”

He credited his mother Padma, 55, with encouraging him to press forward
‘whatever my dreams were’.

“I had taken up painting at one stage, I have worked as a DJ for eight
years, and even gave hairstyling a go for a time, but cars have always been
a passion. If anyone ever told me I could not do something, my mother would
say, ‘Ignore him. Do it and we’ll face the consequences, whatever they may
be’.’’

He recounted, “When I wanted to play football, for instance, and someone
said I could break a leg, she said, ‘Worst case scenario: you’ll break the
prosthetics. We’ll get new ones.”

Korada said he did play football for a time, and was even the basketball
captain at The School KFI, where he completed his schooling.

QNet, the multinational marketing company that his mother works for,
started sponsoring Korada since 2011, when he started 12th (among 23
drivers) in the Formula LGB 1300 rally, and finished first. The same year
he was runner up in the Kart-1series and in 2012, he went on to win the
Mini Enduro and Sprint race.

While his mother has been a constant source of encouragement, Korada told
Mumbai Mirror his skill has been honed by Chennai’s Quantum Leap
Performance. “For the last two years, I have been training for two hours
every day, engaging in custom-made hybrid exercise plans, and following
diet programmes that the company has devised. I also use their racing
simulators to practice, in addition to spending two hours a day on my own
simulators to explore new cars and circuits,” said Korada, who is confident
that he’s on the right track to win the international titles.

*Chetan Korada was amputated below the knees shortly after birth owing to a
bone defect*



Search for old postings at:
http://www.mail-archive.com/accessindia@accessindia.org.in/

To unsubscribe send a message to
accessindia-requ...@accessindia.org.in
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


Disclaimer:
1. Contents of the mails, factual, or otherwise, reflect the thinking of the 
person sending the mail and AI 

[AI] Article in Mumbai Mirror 14 June 2018

[Kanchan Pamnani]

*Kol woman with cerebral palsy may be first to adopt a baby*

· The Times of India (Mumbai edition)

· 13 Jun 2018

· Priyanka.Dasgupta @timesgroup.com

Jeeja and husband with their bundle of joy

Kolkata: Ballygunge resident Jeeja Ghosh, 48, has become the first person
born with cerebral palsy in Kolkata — and possibly India — to become a
parent through adoption.

Motherhood was a dream that Ghosh, born with the condition, nursed since
she got married in 2013. But little did she know the hurdles she would have
to face before being considered fit to adopt a five-month-old girl. Last
Thursday, after an epic struggle, Ghosh welcomed home a girl child —
lovingly called Bhujungu and Sonai at home — to her ninth-floor flat at the
Saptaparni complex on Ballygunge Circular Road.

Ghosh, a Presidency College graduate and Delhi University postgraduate, and
her husband, Bappaditya Nag, a law officer with Syndicate Bank, applied for
adoption in 2016. Madhusmita Nayak, programme mana- ger for the specialised
adoption agency project at Keonjhar’s Self-Realisation Mission (SRM), from
where the child was adopted, said the baby was born in January 2018 and was
abandoned at a Keonjhar hospital. “We don’t know about her biological
parents,” Nayak added.

It was love at first sight for the couple when they saw the yet-unnamed
child at SRM. But it needed multiple trips to Keonjhar to convince the
adoption committee that Ghosh could be a responsible care-giver. “We
submitted a fit certificate but the committee told us this certificate was
not acceptable because it had to be issued by a medical practitioner,” Nag
said.

It was an uphill struggle from there, but the couple finally succeeded.



Search for old postings at:
http://www.mail-archive.com/accessindia@accessindia.org.in/

To unsubscribe send a message to
accessindia-requ...@accessindia.org.in
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


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. AI cannot be held liable for any commission/omission based on the mails sent 
through this mailing list..

Re: [AI] Article in Indian express 9 June 2018

[Shubhanku Kochar]

truly inspiring

With best wishes 
Dr. Shubhanku kochar
Assistant Professor 

University  School  of Humanities and Social SciencesUniversity like you and I 
Guru gobingsingh indrprastha univercity
Mob. No.  9717464887
Sent from my iPhone

> On 09-Jun-2018, at 2:58 PM, Kanchan Pamnani  wrote:
> 
> http://www.newindianexpress.com/cities/bengaluru/2018/jun/
> 09/adventure-abled-bengalureans-who-even-out-the-odds-1825527.html
> 
> 
> 
> Adventure-abled: Bengalureans who even out the odds
> 
> The 29-year-old blind content writer is passionate about travel and never
> misses an opportunity to do something extraordinary.
> 
> 
> BENGALURU: Losing a limb or vision has not stopped these Bengalureans from
> having an adventure. In fact, they go seeking it. They ski, do snowshoeing,
> run marathons and climb walls. Poonam Vaidya loves to challenge the odds.
> The 29-year-old blind content writer is passionate about travel and never
> misses an opportunity to do something extraordinary.
> 
> Through her friend, she learned about the training programme at the
> Colorado Center for the Blind which included sports such as skiing and rock
> climbing. She took the nine-month programme from July 2015 to February
> 2016. “I am not into sports actually but I don’t miss a chance to
> participate. Every month at the training, I was trying to expand the
> horizon. It includes a range of activities from routine things to
> self-defence training, rock climbing, skiing, white-water rafting and
> bungee jumping,” she says.
> 
> [image:
> http://images.newindianexpress.com/uploads/user/ckeditor_images/article/2018/6/8/ADV.jpg]
> Mohammad Niyamath
> 
> She says she gets a sense of accomplishment from these. “We also had indoor
> obstacle courses where we had to climb up short walls, weave through
> spiderwebs and crawl through tunnels. While skiing, there used to be an
> expert behind me who would control my movements with strings to help
> provide directions. I wasn’t afraid. It was difficult at first to wear the
> ski, it was hard to fit it onto my legs and learn to balance. I fell once
> or twice but picked it up soon. The main instructors have been training for
> 20 years and, hence, they know how to include blind skiers,” she shares.
> 
> *Winning marathoner*
> Poonam, who lost her vision about seven and a half years ago, to optic
> degeneration, was one of 30 other visually impaired girls at the Pinkathon
> in 2015. “I got second place for 5k run in the visually impaired category,”
> she says. She also participated in a rock-climbing session organised by
> another group Strings in El Dorado. “It was a man made place with natural
> rocks. They had six levels of difficulties. I climbed only two walls as I
> decided to take it a little easy,” she says.
> 
> 
> Mohammad Niyamath, who was affected by polio leaving his right leg shorter
> than left by three and a half foot, also didn’t have much interest in
> adventure sports until he participated in a trek organised by an NGO in the
> early 90s. Neither he nor his family was confident that he would be able to
> do it. But, he soon became the first disabled person to climb walls along
> with regular climbers. He says, “I kept practising. But there was a break
> of about six years due to my studies, class 10 and family responsibility.”
> He trained himself to be an electrician as he was the sole bread winner for
> his family. “I then got appointed as a trainer at an indoor rock-climbing
> place Equilibrium. I started training other people.”
> 
> He uses a caliper, and uses his upper-body strength to climb. Mohammad has
> had three to four falls and each time, the aluminium rod on the caliper,
> gets damaged, it has cost him Rs 10,000. But, these setbacks have not
> stopped him. He has since participated in several international events and
> won medals. “After I won a gold medal in paraclimbing in 2013, my family
> became more confident and supportive. My neighbours became more encouraging
> too,” he says.
> 
> *Clockwork training*
> He also adds that he is proud of training six blind people, of which three
> women and a man won medals at the National Sport Climbing Championship held
> in Jammu Kashmir recently. “I didn’t know how to communicate to them and
> help them identify the colour of the rocks, for them to climb in a pattern.
> 
> Then, we worked together a guiding system that follows a clock’s hands...
> for example, telling them to reach for the 7’o clock-rock,” he says.
> Shalini Saraswathi who wanted to stay healthy after her amputation decided
> to run. She says running gives her lot of joy. The 39-year-old has also
> participated in the TCS World 10K twice in 2016 and 2017.
> 
> A quadruple amputee, she has lost all four of her limbs after a rare
> bacterial infection. Her family has been a great support system, she says.
> “They just have some anxiety about if it’s painful to run with amputation
> or what if I fall,” she adds. She also tried rock climbing but she says 

[AI] Article in Indian express 9 June 2018

[Kanchan Pamnani]

http://www.newindianexpress.com/cities/bengaluru/2018/jun/
09/adventure-abled-bengalureans-who-even-out-the-odds-1825527.html



Adventure-abled: Bengalureans who even out the odds

The 29-year-old blind content writer is passionate about travel and never
misses an opportunity to do something extraordinary.


BENGALURU: Losing a limb or vision has not stopped these Bengalureans from
having an adventure. In fact, they go seeking it. They ski, do snowshoeing,
run marathons and climb walls. Poonam Vaidya loves to challenge the odds.
The 29-year-old blind content writer is passionate about travel and never
misses an opportunity to do something extraordinary.

Through her friend, she learned about the training programme at the
Colorado Center for the Blind which included sports such as skiing and rock
climbing. She took the nine-month programme from July 2015 to February
2016. “I am not into sports actually but I don’t miss a chance to
participate. Every month at the training, I was trying to expand the
horizon. It includes a range of activities from routine things to
self-defence training, rock climbing, skiing, white-water rafting and
bungee jumping,” she says.

[image:
http://images.newindianexpress.com/uploads/user/ckeditor_images/article/2018/6/8/ADV.jpg]
Mohammad Niyamath

She says she gets a sense of accomplishment from these. “We also had indoor
obstacle courses where we had to climb up short walls, weave through
spiderwebs and crawl through tunnels. While skiing, there used to be an
expert behind me who would control my movements with strings to help
provide directions. I wasn’t afraid. It was difficult at first to wear the
ski, it was hard to fit it onto my legs and learn to balance. I fell once
or twice but picked it up soon. The main instructors have been training for
20 years and, hence, they know how to include blind skiers,” she shares.

*Winning marathoner*
Poonam, who lost her vision about seven and a half years ago, to optic
degeneration, was one of 30 other visually impaired girls at the Pinkathon
in 2015. “I got second place for 5k run in the visually impaired category,”
she says. She also participated in a rock-climbing session organised by
another group Strings in El Dorado. “It was a man made place with natural
rocks. They had six levels of difficulties. I climbed only two walls as I
decided to take it a little easy,” she says.


Mohammad Niyamath, who was affected by polio leaving his right leg shorter
than left by three and a half foot, also didn’t have much interest in
adventure sports until he participated in a trek organised by an NGO in the
early 90s. Neither he nor his family was confident that he would be able to
do it. But, he soon became the first disabled person to climb walls along
with regular climbers. He says, “I kept practising. But there was a break
of about six years due to my studies, class 10 and family responsibility.”
He trained himself to be an electrician as he was the sole bread winner for
his family. “I then got appointed as a trainer at an indoor rock-climbing
place Equilibrium. I started training other people.”

He uses a caliper, and uses his upper-body strength to climb. Mohammad has
had three to four falls and each time, the aluminium rod on the caliper,
gets damaged, it has cost him Rs 10,000. But, these setbacks have not
stopped him. He has since participated in several international events and
won medals. “After I won a gold medal in paraclimbing in 2013, my family
became more confident and supportive. My neighbours became more encouraging
too,” he says.

*Clockwork training*
He also adds that he is proud of training six blind people, of which three
women and a man won medals at the National Sport Climbing Championship held
in Jammu Kashmir recently. “I didn’t know how to communicate to them and
help them identify the colour of the rocks, for them to climb in a pattern.

Then, we worked together a guiding system that follows a clock’s hands...
for example, telling them to reach for the 7’o clock-rock,” he says.
 Shalini Saraswathi who wanted to stay healthy after her amputation decided
to run. She says running gives her lot of joy. The 39-year-old has also
participated in the TCS World 10K twice in 2016 and 2017.

A quadruple amputee, she has lost all four of her limbs after a rare
bacterial infection. Her family has been a great support system, she says.
“They just have some anxiety about if it’s painful to run with amputation
or what if I fall,” she adds. She also tried rock climbing but she says she
couldn’t do it as it does not work well with prosthetics.

The sports enthusiasts participated in a wall climbing activity held at
Equilibrium Climbing Station in association with Adventures Beyond Barriers
Foundation.



Search for old postings at:
http://www.mail-archive.com/accessindia@accessindia.org.in/

To unsubscribe send a message to
accessindia-requ...@accessindia.org.in
with the subject unsubscribe.

To change your subscription to digest mode or 

[AI] Article in TOI May 31 2018

[Kanchan Pamnani]

*Visually impaired teen sets sight on a career in law*

Shrikant Rathi lost vision in his eyes to cancer at 18 months of age. But
his family did not lose hope and sent him to Mumbai for studies. “Schools
in my hometown, Bhubaneswar, did not have the resources to support my
education. That’s why I moved to Mumbai when I was 12 years old,” said the
teenager who scored 88% in the arts stream. A student of VG Vaze College,
Mulund, Rathi lives in the city with his maternal aunt and uncle. He
studied using braille notes and audio books. “Classmates would send me
notes on WhatsApp and my sister, uncle and aunt would read them out to me,”
said Rathi. “Teachers would spend time helping me understand concepts.”

While Rathi initially wanted to take up a career in computers, he now has
developed an interest in law. He cracked both the state and national law
entrance exams and is yet to pick his college. *— Vinamrata Borwankar*



Search for old postings at:
http://www.mail-archive.com/accessindia@accessindia.org.in/

To unsubscribe send a message to
accessindia-requ...@accessindia.org.in
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


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. AI cannot be held liable for any commission/omission based on the mails sent 
through this mailing list..

[AI] Article in TOI 26 April 2018

[Kanchan Pamnani]

NMumbai: In a reprieve for a blind law student, the Bombay high court has
asked the vicechancellor of the University of Mumbai to use his
“exceptional powers” to order a second revaluation of his answer paper.

“Taking into consideration the facts and circumstances of the present case,
and particularly when the petitioner is a visually impaired student and the
gap between requisite passing marks after granting him disability advantage
and the marks obtained by him is very less, we find that this is a fit case
wherein extraordinary powers of this court are required to be exercised,”
said a division bench of Justice Bhushan Gavai and Justice Bharati Dangre.

The student had appeared for his Law of Evidence examination in May 2017
and was declared failed.

A revaluation confirmed the marks, but he sought a second revaluation by
another examiner. The varsity told the court that there was no provision to
refer the answer paper to another expert. The bench pointed to the varsity
rules that empowered the vice-chancellor to order another revaluation of
the answer paper in “exceptional cases”.

The court then said that “in view of extraordinary circumstances the
petitioner’s case deserves sympathetic consideration”.



Search for old postings at:
http://www.mail-archive.com/accessindia@accessindia.org.in/

To unsubscribe send a message to
accessindia-requ...@accessindia.org.in
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


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. AI cannot be held liable for any commission/omission based on the mails sent 
through this mailing list..

Re: [AI] article in TOI dt 29 May 2018

[George Abraham]

This is very encouraging!

-Original Message-
From: AccessIndia [mailto:accessindia-boun...@accessindia.org.in] On Behalf Of 
Kanchan Pamnani
Sent: Wednesday, May 30, 2018 11:21 AM
To: AccessIndia: a list for discussing accessibility and issuesconcerning the 
disabled.
Subject: [AI] article in TOI dt 29 May 2018

Court allows visually disabled woman to fulfil dream of becoming judge

Ashutosh Shukla
<https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/toireporter/author-Ashutosh-Shukla-479251018.cms>
| TNN | Updated: May 29, 2018, 09:02 IST

*32*

[image: Rashmi Thakur]*Rashmi Thakur*

BHOPAL/JABALPUR: TheMadhya Pradesh
<https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/madhya-pradesh> high court will hold 
an exam for civil judge recruitment in July for just one candidate — an 
extraordinary step for an extraordinary person.

Jabalpur <https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/topic/Jabalpur> lawyer Rashmi 
Thakur, who is 75% blind since birth, scored 85% in her prelims despite being 
barred from using a writer (scrubber, in legal terms). She fell short of the 
cut-off by 5% and moved high court, which felt that her score in such trying 
circumstances was worth more than the cut-off. Since the main exam was over, a 
division bench of Chief Justice Hemant Gupta and Justice V K Shukla ordered  
another exam, just for her.

Asked how she managed to give her online prelims, she told TOI: “I can write 
only if I keep the paper an inch away from my eyes. That is the limit of my 
vision. That’s how I gave my papers in school and colleges. That’s how I gave 
my online exam.”

After getting her law degree in 2013, she immediately started practicing in 
court. “But I always wanted to be a judge. In 2016, when I read about 
Brahmanand Sharma of Rajasthan, a visually-impaired person like me making it to 
judicial services in his state, I saw a ray of hope,” said Rashmi.




Her first hurdle was a rule that only those suffering from orthopaedic 
disability would get benefit of reservation. She wasn’t allowed a scrubber, 
either. Undaunted, she moved HC to include visually-impaired on the list of 
disabled persons but with no success. In 2017, when 94 vacancies of civil 
judges were advertised by the high court, she applied as a general candidate. 
And, this bold decision eventually paid off.




She fell short of the qualifying score by 5% but filed a writ petition in HC, 
with the help of senior advocate Surendra Verma. A division bench of Chief 
Justice Hemant Gupta and Justice V K Shukla was impressed by her fortitude and 
accepted her argument. The bench not only allowed her to appear in the main 
exam but also ordered inclusion of visually-impaired persons on the list of 
disabled and provide them reservation.

Justice Gupta was very appreciative of my efforts. Taking the online exam 
without a scrubber was difficult. I have given online exams in the past as well 
but every time I was allowed to sit with a scrubber,” said Rashmi.


“It is not a personal victory for me. All my visually-impaired brethren have 
won. They will now be provided with a scrubber and also get the benefit of 
reservation,” said Rashmi.



Search for old postings at:
http://www.mail-archive.com/accessindia@accessindia.org.in/

To unsubscribe send a message to
accessindia-requ...@accessindia.org.in
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


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. AI cannot be held liable for any commission/omission based on the mails sent 
through this mailing list..





Search for old postings at:
http://www.mail-archive.com/accessindia@accessindia.org.in/

To unsubscribe send a message to
accessindia-requ...@accessindia.org.in
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


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. AI cannot be held liable for any commission/omission based on the mails sent 
through this mailing list..

[AI] Article in TOI dt 30 May 2018

[Kanchan Pamnani]

3 from Mumbai dupe Pune disabled man of Rs 27 lakh

TNN | Updated: May 30, 2018, 03:44 IST

*34*

[image: Representative Image]*Representative Image*

MUMBAI: The Sahakarnagar
police in Pune on
Monday booked four persons, including three from Mumbai, for allegedly
duping a 40-year-old disabled man and his partner of Rs 27 lakh by
promising them help to secure an LPG agency through the quota for the
physically disabled.


While the alleged cheating took place between 2013 and 2015, Rajendra Mhaske
 and Anand Kalake
 realized they had been
cheated only after they procured information throughRTI
.




"The woman and one of the men claimed they were former Mantralaya
 staffers and knew
government procedures," Kalake said. They won the victims' confidence who
decided to invest in a gas agency in 2013.




"They took cash and cheques, totalling Rs 27 lakh, towards fees and other
purposes," said Kalake.



Search for old postings at:
http://www.mail-archive.com/accessindia@accessindia.org.in/

To unsubscribe send a message to
accessindia-requ...@accessindia.org.in
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


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. AI cannot be held liable for any commission/omission based on the mails sent 
through this mailing list..

[AI] article in TOI dt 29 May 2018

[Kanchan Pamnani]

Court allows visually disabled woman to fulfil dream of becoming judge

Ashutosh Shukla

| TNN | Updated: May 29, 2018, 09:02 IST

*32*

[image: Rashmi Thakur]*Rashmi Thakur*

BHOPAL/JABALPUR: TheMadhya Pradesh
 high court will
hold an exam for civil judge recruitment in July for just one candidate —
an extraordinary step for an extraordinary person.

Jabalpur  lawyer Rashmi
Thakur, who is 75% blind since birth, scored 85% in her prelims despite
being barred from using a writer (scrubber, in legal terms). She fell short
of the cut-off by 5% and moved high court, which felt that her score in
such trying circumstances was worth more than the cut-off. Since the main
exam was over, a division bench of Chief Justice Hemant Gupta and Justice V
K Shukla ordered  another exam, just for her.

Asked how she managed to give her online prelims, she told TOI: “I can
write only if I keep the paper an inch away from my eyes. That is the limit
of my vision. That’s how I gave my papers in school and colleges. That’s
how I gave my online exam.”

After getting her law degree in 2013, she immediately started practicing in
court. “But I always wanted to be a judge. In 2016, when I read about
Brahmanand Sharma of Rajasthan, a visually-impaired person like me making
it to judicial services in his state, I saw a ray of hope,” said Rashmi.




Her first hurdle was a rule that only those suffering from orthopaedic
disability would get benefit of reservation. She wasn’t allowed a scrubber,
either. Undaunted, she moved HC to include visually-impaired on the list of
disabled persons but with no success. In 2017, when 94 vacancies of civil
judges were advertised by the high court, she applied as a general
candidate. And, this bold decision eventually paid off.




She fell short of the qualifying score by 5% but filed a writ petition in
HC, with the help of senior advocate Surendra Verma. A division bench of
Chief Justice Hemant Gupta and Justice V K Shukla was impressed by her
fortitude and accepted her argument. The bench not only allowed her to
appear in the main exam but also ordered inclusion of visually-impaired
persons on the list of disabled and provide them reservation.

Justice Gupta was very appreciative of my efforts. Taking the online exam
without a scrubber was difficult. I have given online exams in the past as
well but every time I was allowed to sit with a scrubber,” said Rashmi.


“It is not a personal victory for me. All my visually-impaired brethren
have won. They will now be provided with a scrubber and also get the
benefit of reservation,” said Rashmi.



Search for old postings at:
http://www.mail-archive.com/accessindia@accessindia.org.in/

To unsubscribe send a message to
accessindia-requ...@accessindia.org.in
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


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. AI cannot be held liable for any commission/omission based on the mails sent 
through this mailing list..

Re: [AI] article in TOI 22 April 2018

[Payal Kapoor]

so interesting. i know internationally this is a topic much talked of
and taught as part of grooming regularly. i think there are some of us
who have lost our sight later, who still apply make-up when the
occasion demands.
let us begin by identifying them and start there. perhaps then we
could reach out to our salons and show them how to help us.

On 4/24/18, Kanchan Pamnani <kanchanpamn...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Hi Kriti
> It was a very tiny article in Sunday times of India. It was really very
> interesting so I posted it.
> A lot of us don't know how to apply makeup, when we should apply it and of
> course how to keep our skin and how to remove makeup.
> Maybe as a part of the grooming classes makeup will be included soon.
> Kanchan
> -Original Message-
> From: AccessIndia [mailto:accessindia-boun...@accessindia.org.in] On Behalf
> Of Kriti Banga
> Sent: 23 April 2018 19:14
> To: AccessIndia: a list for discussing accessibility and issues concerning
> the disabled.
> Subject: Re: [AI] article in TOI 22 April 2018
>
> Dear Mam,
>
> This is really a great initiative by the salon as this area has rarely been
> touched in terms of the independence of visually impaired girls/women.
>
> Saying that, could you please shed more light on the details of the same?
>
> Thanks and Warm Regards,
> Kriti Banga
>
> On Mon, Apr 23, 2018 at 5:54 PM, Kanchan Pamnani <kanchanpamn...@gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
>> Dots of colour
>>
>> A Sao Paulo beauty salon is teaching blind women make-up techniques
>> including how to put on false eyelashes Braille dots on the cosmetic
>> boxes allow them to find the colours and brushes they need
>>
>>
>>
>> Search for old postings at:
>> http://www.mail-archive.com/accessindia@accessindia.org.in/
>>
>> To unsubscribe send a message to
>> accessindia-requ...@accessindia.org.in
>> 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
>>
>>
>> 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. AI cannot be held liable for any commission/omission based on the
>> mails sent through this mailing list..
>>
>
>
>
> Search for old postings at:
> http://www.mail-archive.com/accessindia@accessindia.org.in/
>
> To unsubscribe send a message to
> accessindia-requ...@accessindia.org.in
> 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
>
>
> 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. AI cannot be held liable for any commission/omission based on the mails
> sent through this mailing list..
>
>
> ---
> This email has been checked for viruses by AVG.
> http://www.avg.com
>
>
>
>
>
> Search for old postings at:
> http://www.mail-archive.com/accessindia@accessindia.org.in/
>
> To unsubscribe send a message to
> accessindia-requ...@accessindia.org.in
> 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
>
>
> 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. AI cannot be held liable for any commission/omission based on the mails
> sent through this mailing list..
>




Search for old postings at:
http://www.mail-archive.com/accessindia@accessindia.org.in/

To unsubscribe send a message to
accessindia-requ...@accessindia.org.in
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


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. AI cannot be held liable for any commission/omission based on the mails sent 
through this mailing list..

Re: [AI] article in TOI 22 April 2018

[Kanchan Pamnani]

Hi Kriti 
It was a very tiny article in Sunday times of India. It was really very
interesting so I posted it. 
A lot of us don't know how to apply makeup, when we should apply it and of
course how to keep our skin and how to remove makeup.  
Maybe as a part of the grooming classes makeup will be included soon. 
Kanchan 
-Original Message-
From: AccessIndia [mailto:accessindia-boun...@accessindia.org.in] On Behalf
Of Kriti Banga
Sent: 23 April 2018 19:14
To: AccessIndia: a list for discussing accessibility and issues concerning
the disabled.
Subject: Re: [AI] article in TOI 22 April 2018

Dear Mam,

This is really a great initiative by the salon as this area has rarely been
touched in terms of the independence of visually impaired girls/women.

Saying that, could you please shed more light on the details of the same?

Thanks and Warm Regards,
Kriti Banga

On Mon, Apr 23, 2018 at 5:54 PM, Kanchan Pamnani <kanchanpamn...@gmail.com>
wrote:

> Dots of colour
>
> A Sao Paulo beauty salon is teaching blind women make-up techniques 
> including how to put on false eyelashes Braille dots on the cosmetic 
> boxes allow them to find the colours and brushes they need
>
>
>
> Search for old postings at:
> http://www.mail-archive.com/accessindia@accessindia.org.in/
>
> To unsubscribe send a message to
> accessindia-requ...@accessindia.org.in
> 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
>
>
> 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. AI cannot be held liable for any commission/omission based on the 
> mails sent through this mailing list..
>



Search for old postings at:
http://www.mail-archive.com/accessindia@accessindia.org.in/

To unsubscribe send a message to
accessindia-requ...@accessindia.org.in
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


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. AI cannot be held liable for any commission/omission based on the mails
sent through this mailing list..


---
This email has been checked for viruses by AVG.
http://www.avg.com





Search for old postings at:
http://www.mail-archive.com/accessindia@accessindia.org.in/

To unsubscribe send a message to
accessindia-requ...@accessindia.org.in
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


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. AI cannot be held liable for any commission/omission based on the mails sent 
through this mailing list..

Re: [AI] article in TOI 22 April 2018

[Kriti Banga]

Dear Mam,

This is really a great initiative by the salon as this area has rarely been
touched in terms of the independence of visually impaired girls/women.

Saying that, could you please shed more light on the details of the same?

Thanks and Warm Regards,
Kriti Banga

On Mon, Apr 23, 2018 at 5:54 PM, Kanchan Pamnani 
wrote:

> Dots of colour
>
> A Sao Paulo beauty salon is teaching blind women make-up techniques
> including how to put on false eyelashes Braille dots on the cosmetic boxes
> allow them to find the colours and brushes they need
>
>
>
> Search for old postings at:
> http://www.mail-archive.com/accessindia@accessindia.org.in/
>
> To unsubscribe send a message to
> accessindia-requ...@accessindia.org.in
> 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
>
>
> 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. AI cannot be held liable for any commission/omission based on the mails
> sent through this mailing list..
>



Search for old postings at:
http://www.mail-archive.com/accessindia@accessindia.org.in/

To unsubscribe send a message to
accessindia-requ...@accessindia.org.in
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


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. AI cannot be held liable for any commission/omission based on the mails sent 
through this mailing list..

[AI] article in TOI 22 April 2018

[Kanchan Pamnani]

Dots of colour

A Sao Paulo beauty salon is teaching blind women make-up techniques
including how to put on false eyelashes Braille dots on the cosmetic boxes
allow them to find the colours and brushes they need



Search for old postings at:
http://www.mail-archive.com/accessindia@accessindia.org.in/

To unsubscribe send a message to
accessindia-requ...@accessindia.org.in
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


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. AI cannot be held liable for any commission/omission based on the mails sent 
through this mailing list..

[AI] Article - Differently-abled, not different

[Prashant Naik]

Differently-abled, not different
March 20, 2018 10:24 IST







*For teams that work on projects to make art, culture and travel accessible
to the differently-abled, the experience of seeing faces light up is reward
in itself.Avantika Bhuyan reports.*


*IMAGE: Initiatives are coming up across the country to make art, culture
and travel accessible to the differently-abled. In this image,
differently-abled children celebrate Holi. Photograph: Shailesh
Andrade/Reuters*

A conversation with a dear friend made Yeshwant Holkar view accessibility
for the differently-abled in a new light.

"She had polio as a child and is a wheelchair user. In spite of doing
extensive research about places to travel to, she would reach a destination
only to find that the bathroom doorway was too narrow for a wheelchair to
enter," he says.

People believe that simply installing a ramp is enough to make a place
accessible to the differently-abled, but don't give a thought to other
spaces and services or to persons with other types of disabilities.

"To compensate for poor accessibility, most often the hotel guys will offer
to get three guys to pick a wheelchair user up and carry them inside, which
is not only humiliating but also dangerous. A person could slip during the
process or their wheelchair could get damaged," says Mumbai-based Holkar.

He realised that there was a need for detailed and dependable information
that could help the differently-abled travel with confidence.

And thus, he and his business partner, Ben Musgrave, founded UMOJA in 2014
-- the first and largest online platform of its kind that makes finding
accessible hotels easy, reliable and fun for travellers with disabilities.


*IMAGE: Last Supper by Madhvi Parekh, whose paintings were part of the
show, The Curious Seeker, at the DAG Modern gallery in New Delhi.
Photograph: Kind courtesy Madhvi Parekh and DAG Modern*

Slowly but surely, initiatives such as these are coming up across the
country to make art, culture and travel accessible to the differently-abled.

Another example is evident at the DAG Modern in New Delhi, where a group of
visually impaired students can be seen engaging with Madhvi Parekh's art as
part of the show, *The Curious Seeker*.

The vibrant world of folk traditions, childhood memories and rural deities
that inhabit Parekh's work have been recreated for them through tactile
toys and reproductions by heritage architect and access consultant Siddhant
Shah.

This is not the first time he has worked on a project such as this -- Shah
has been making tactile reproductions of masterpieces by Jamini Roy, S H
Raza and the Group 1980 artists for the gallery for the past two years now,
as part of the project, *Aabhas* -- a tactile experience, India's first art
education and experience programme for the visually impaired.

Specialists like Shah are still few, so one sees them running like a thread
through the various initiatives cropping up in the cities.

For instance, Shah's handiwork is also visible at Anubhav, a special
tactile gallery at the National Museum, New Delhi, which has 22 tactile
replicas of museum objects, carefully chosen from its vast collection
representing 5,000 years of Indian art.

The gallery, which opened in 2015, was developed with the help of UNESCO,
Saksham, the Open Knowledge Community, the Indian Institute of
Technology-Delhi, and the National Platform for the Rights of the Disabled.

It allows full tactile access, accompanied by an audio guide and Braille
labels.

"The reproductions range from the Indus Valley Girl and the Gandhara Buddha
to the Yaksha-Yakshini figures and coins," says Shah.


*IMAGE: Yeshwant Holkar realised that there was a need for detailed and
dependable information that could help the differently-abled travel with
confidence. Photograph: Kind courtesy Umoja*

Experiences such as the one faced by Holkar's friend have also prompted
cultural festivals to rethink their space design.

The main thing standing between a differently-abled person attending, say,
a major music concert or play is the hitherto widespread lack of
sensitivity to their needs.

It is to address this lacuna that Sunil Kant Munjal founded the Serendipity
Arts Festival as the first fully accessible cultural festival in the
country.

Almost all venues at Serendipity Arts Festival (the second edition was held
between December 15 and 22, 2017, in Goa) were "disability-friendly."

"There were wheelchair ramps and many projects were made accessible to
visually challenged audiences, with the artworks converted to Braille,"
says Munjal.

"We believe in inclusion and want art to touch as many lives as possible,"
adds Munjal. At

[AI] Article on Experience of Inclov Kolkata meet-up

[Sruti disAbility Rights Centre]

Dear all,

Sharing an article which may interest you.

http://www.vartagensex.org/details.php?p=5a85eeb5239d7

Regards
Shampa Sengupta
The list has now migrated to www.accessindia.inclusivehabitat.in

You should now post to the id: a...@accessindia.inclusivehabitat.in




Search for old postings at:
http://www.mail-archive.com/accessindia@accessindia.org.in/

To unsubscribe send a message to
accessindia-requ...@accessindia.org.in
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


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. AI cannot be held liable for any commission/omission based on the mails sent 
through this mailing list..

[AI] Article

[Kanchan Pamnani]

HC upholds FTII's denial of admission to colour blind candidate

Rosy Sequeira

| TNN | Mar 7, 2017, 10.29 PM IST

[image:
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/thumb/msid-57522883,width-400,resizemode-4/57522883.jpg]

MUMBAI: The Bombay high court on Tuesday upheld the decision of Film and
Television Institute of India (FTII) not to grant a colour blind candidate
 admission
to the film editing course.




A bench of Justice Shantanu Kemkar and Justice Prakash Naik gave their
verdict on a petition by Patna based Ashutosh Kumar who was short listed
for the post graduate diploma course in film editing. During medical
examination he was found to be colour blind
 and his admission
was declined in view of FTII Rules which state that colour blind candidates
are not entitled to get admission in various courses including film editing.




Kumar's advocate Kartikeya Bahadur argued that colour blindness is neither
a blindness with the meaning of Persons with Disabilities Act and as such
the denial on the basis of colour blindness is illegal. The judges took
note that FTII has set up an admission committee of experts from various
fields to review the admission criteria.




The bench said when an expert body has fixed eligibility criteria and
carved out six courses in which colour blind candidates are not found
suitable, the action of FTII denying admission cannot be said to be illegal
or arbitrary. "Keeping in mind the aforesaid, we are of the view that the
petitioner being a candidate suffering from disability of colour blindness,
he cannot claim admission in the course in question, in which according to
FTII Rules framed by expert body, he cannot be allowed,'' it added. The
judges also noted that in the absence of any mala fide or arbitrariness
alleged by Kumar against FTII there is no need for the court to interfere.

Register at the dedicated AccessIndia list for discussing accessibility of 
mobile phones / Tabs on:
http://mail.accessindia.org.in/mailman/listinfo/mobile.accessindia_accessindia.org.in


Search for old postings at:
http://www.mail-archive.com/accessindia@accessindia.org.in/

To unsubscribe send a message to
accessindia-requ...@accessindia.org.in
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


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. AI cannot be held liable for any commission/omission based on the mails sent 
through this mailing list..

Re: [AI] article

[Kanchan Pamnani]

Grace marks, simpler questions for kids with 21 disabilities or disorders

Yogita Rao

| TNN | Updated: Mar 6, 2017, 10.35 AM IST

[image: Representative image.]*Representative image.*

MUMBAI: Acid attack survivors
, cancer
patients ,
students with shunted growth (dwarfism),specific learning disabilities
and
slow learners will now be offered concessions duringuniversity exams
 based on their
requirements.

The state government has for the first time come out with a uniform policy
identifying 21 disabilities/disorders for which students can be offered
concessions/facilities at university-level exams. Apart from the regular
relaxations such as provision of writers, public universities and
affiliated colleges will have to offer an option of re-exam for students
who miss out on exams on account of surgeries and emergencies and three per
cent grace marks in cases of failure. Relaxation in attendance criteria too
is part of the concessions.

· [image:
http://static.clmbtech.com/ctn/12438/images/1/d5e848e424b298a61af30eede450b34e_1478863537097_0.jpg]Best
Credit Card Offers Now Available. Apply Now!BankBazaar


· [image:
http://static.clmbtech.com/ctn/28762/images/1/4aecbfc18787e14e494c753043f1c625_1487059792424_0.jpg]Which
mutual funds are best to invest? Here's a solution!ARTHAYANTRA


Recommended By Colombia


Universities have been asked to frame questions based on the requirement of
students, allow them to write answers only in key points and allow them to
write exams from home to avoid infections in cases of cancer or haemophilia
patients. While individual universities were offering facilities on their
own, the government resolution issued on Saturday, aims at a uniform
policy. The state identified some new categories too in the list of
disabilities/disorders.




"Acid attack survivors, specific learning disabilities and other specific
learning disabilities have been included for the first time in pursuant to
the Centre's Rights of Persons with Disabilities Act, passed in December.
The government framed the guidelines in consultation with NGOs and
experts," said a higher and technical education department official .




Education minister Vinod Tawde said colleges and universities must ensure
students are not denied concessions and facilities. "Thousands of students
with special needs will benefit from the policy and it will ensure no one
is denied of opportunities to pursue higher education," said Tawde.




Hailing the move, Masarrat Khan, CEO of the Maharashtra Dyslexia
Association, said, "The GR has definitely opened pathways for students with
special needs, but implementation is crucial. To monitor no students are
denied the facilities is important."

On Wed, Mar 8, 2017 at 10:25 AM, Kanchan Pamnani 
wrote:

>
>

Register at the dedicated AccessIndia list for discussing accessibility of 
mobile phones / Tabs on:
http://mail.accessindia.org.in/mailman/listinfo/mobile.accessindia_accessindia.org.in


Search for old postings 

[AI] article

[Kanchan Pamnani]

Register at the dedicated AccessIndia list for discussing accessibility of 
mobile phones / Tabs on:
http://mail.accessindia.org.in/mailman/listinfo/mobile.accessindia_accessindia.org.in


Search for old postings at:
http://www.mail-archive.com/accessindia@accessindia.org.in/

To unsubscribe send a message to
accessindia-requ...@accessindia.org.in
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


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. AI cannot be held liable for any commission/omission based on the mails sent 
through this mailing list..

[AI] Article: Bio Engineered Pig Corneas Helping To Restore Vision In China

[shahnaz]

Bio-engineered pig corneas helping to restore vision in China


http://www.thehindu.com/news/international/bioengineered-pig-corneas-helping-to-restore-vision-in-china/article8348712.ece?utm_source=RSS_Feed_medium=RSS_campaign=RSS_Syndication


Forty-seven patients who received the transplant at Wuhan Union Hospital have 
fully recovered their eyesight, said Mr. Zhang.
Bio-engineered corneas made from pigs’ eyes in China may help millions of 
patients to see again, ophthalmologists have said.
A 14-year-old boy regained his sight after receiving a pig cornea transplant on 
February 25, said Yuan Jin of Sun Yat-sen University ophthalmology centre in 
the southern Chinese city of Guangzhou.
The boy had injured his right eye with a firecracker during New Year 
celebrations.
“He developed ulcer in his right eye and had lost his sight before the 
transplant. A week after the transplant, he had regained some vision. In the 
future his sight may be close to normal,” Mr. Yuan told state-run Xinhua news 
agency.
The cornea is the eye’s outermost transparent layer.
Every year, more than five million Chinese patients are blinded by cornea 
disorders or damage.
The demand for cornea transplants far exceeds supply, so bio-engineered 
solutions could restore the eyesight of millions of Chinese, Mr. Yuan said.
Research into the use of animal corneas began in 2003 at Ainier Cornea 
Engineering Company, Shenzhen and the Fourth Military Medical University, Xi’an.
After success in animal tests, clinical tests were carried out in 2010 on 100 
patients in four hospitals in Beijing and Wuhan, with 94 patients regaining 
some or all of their vision.
Pig corneas proved just as successful as human, Zhang Mingchang, director of 
ophthalmology at Wuhan Union Hospital said.
Forty-seven patients who received the transplant at Wuhan Union Hospital have 
fully recovered their eyesight, said Mr. Zhang.
Artificial corneas are not a miracle cure for all disorders, however, they 
cannot help, for example, with severe penetration wounds.
Zhang Bin, director of Ainier Cornea, said initial trials were conducted using 
tissue from chickens, cows, ducks, geese, monkeys and sheep before pigs were 
selected.
Some corneas may carry viruses and pig tissue was found to have the lowest risk 
of infection in the recipient.
The bio-mechanical properties of human and pig corneas are very similar, he 
said.
The company gained China Food and Drug Administration approval in April last 
year for “Acornea,” the first such commercial product to be accredited, and it 
has since gone into mass production.
“It takes 20 days of quite complex processes from removing the tissue from the 
donor to produce one Acornea,” Mr. Zhang added. 




Register at the dedicated AccessIndia list for discussing accessibility of 
mobile phones / Tabs on:
http://mail.accessindia.org.in/mailman/listinfo/mobile.accessindia_accessindia.org.in


Search for old postings at:
http://www.mail-archive.com/accessindia@accessindia.org.in/

To unsubscribe send a message to
accessindia-requ...@accessindia.org.in
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


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. AI cannot be held liable for any commission/omission based on the mails sent 
through this mailing list..

[AI] ARTICLE ON GLORY AND SUCCESS WRITTEN BY SHARAD TRIPATHI

[sharad tripathi]

sIR,
pLEASE READ AND PROVIDE YOUR PRECIOUS FEEDBACK.
Glory of Success rather than the struggles current or past
We have a trend in notice that when ever a disabled qualifies or
achieves a milestone,where he or she should not be but because of his
or her hard work or commitment he has reached the mile stone or
success we the media and public relations professional starts
glorifying the success of his efforts.
Unfortunately we never try to understand the nitty gritties of his
hard work and how he achieved that unwanted level in the society where
he could not be any way.
This practice of Indian media must be corrected any way and it can be
possible when we journalist community will change our direction and
raise the correct issue & agenda.
The officer of State Insurance service Ms.Sunita Yadav is being
recognized for her success after a long struggle but the other part of
the story where she is still struggling with the governmental mental
handicap,we must know that she has not been given any apparatus till
now for effective functioning in the office.we must know her is
pending from last several years.She has no transportation facility
still and dependent on her family for daily commutement to office even
after being a A class official of the state government.This is not
only about Sunita,many more employees in the various governments are
not able to give their hundred percent efficiency due to uncooperative
and unaccommodating behavior of system they are not able to contribute
fully to the nation building.
The transportation expenditure remitted every month to government
employees of state of rajsthan is just between INR600 to INR1000 every
month.Now somebody has to intervene how much a taxi wala charges for
picking and taking up on daily basis for a month.
Hight of the blunderness does not stops here,if we try to find any
such circular for providing facility to disabled employee,we will not
be able to find any such order of the government.now Time has come
when I am reminded of Revolution of France,where the situations are
not different from there.The king lui XVI was toppled by the masses
,therefore government must be ready for any KrantI.



-- 
Thanks,
Sharad Tripathi
Mob.- 09828545636
Jaipur

Follow me on-
Twitter- Sharad Tripathi (sinceresharad)


Register at the dedicated AccessIndia list for discussing accessibility of 
mobile phones / Tabs on:
http://mail.accessindia.org.in/mailman/listinfo/mobile.accessindia_accessindia.org.in


Search for old postings at:
http://www.mail-archive.com/accessindia@accessindia.org.in/

To unsubscribe send a message to
accessindia-requ...@accessindia.org.in
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


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. AI cannot be held liable for any commission/omission based on the mails sent 
through this mailing list..

[AI] article by Sharad tripathi

[sharad tripathi]

Friends following are some of the aricles written by me and else you
can read on www.ahsaas.mediaactiongroup.in
Blind government for the blind people
Boasting leaders and shouting slogans of the government are not only
lull for the deaf people infact voice sensitive blind people are
feeling frustrated and irritated with the discriminatory bureaucracy
and slumbering leaders in their palaces.
Government of Rajasthan has not fulltime commissioner who has
responsibility of protection to person with disabilities as per the
section 60 of the act of 1995 for the protection and equal opportunity
of person with disabilities in the nation. In the state of Rajasthan
the 1.8 million population of disabled seem to be left on the mercy of
god. State has not any public sector Braille press for the blind;
contrary to this central minister for finance has declared the budget
for the same in 2014-2015 loudly. Similarly the chief minister has
declared the budget for the purpose of making public building
accessible for the person with disabilities this year only; but the
lower and local government seem to be unaware and innocent about all
those provisions and determined to make it a mockery. Therefore I am
confirmed now it is all a dual face of right wing governments which
shows and says that we can give effective governance but it is fake
and cruel joke with most vulnerable section of the society.
As from last year even after the court of commissioner (part time)
orders to various government departments of Rajasthan but it is a
specifically anyideal and slow trail of red tape for person with
disabilities. If a disabled activist decides to pericipate or get
accessible a under construction building then he or she has to take up
a lot of pain.
Recently a public library in jaipur at tonk phatak taken a whole lot
of year of mine where regular follow up with the department could not
be possible for severely disabled person  ;there is no any effective
or strong window or powerful platform where we can raise or put up our
complaint this example showing its capabilities lower than person
with disabilities.
Height of the insensitivity is clear by a example of newly constructed
building of directorate of specially abled persons in Jaipur has not a
accessible toilet for wheel chair users and continuous reminders and
protest not able to make impact over irresponsible government; however
the hnble minister has declared to make hundred public buildings
accessible for person with disabilities in coming year but still I am
not able to fetch the list of those so called hundred buildings of the
state.
The various schemes designed by the government; for the welfare of
the disabled persons is discriminatory and seem to be ineffective in
empowerment of this community. For example in scholarship scheme for
PWD’s family income bar for person with disabilities is rupees
hundred thousand whereas it is two hundred and fifty thousand for the
SC’s ST’s in the state; similarly for the promotion of marriages with
person with disabilities fetch only twenty five thousand rupees to a
family where as scheme for SC’s and ST’s provides for five lack rupees
to a married couple; this situation is when more than fifty percent of
disabled are not married and deprived of their basic physical need of
sex for their life time..
This is literally inhumane and compels to think over the tragic
situations of person with disabilities.
The narrow vision of the governments is visible by a scheme where the
locomotor affected persons are getting tricycles on irregular basis
but there is no scheme for person with visual impairment in the state
where they can be supplemented to their efficiency  with a expensive
screen reader software. They are in the situation when they are not
having their representation in legislative assembly and abled body
decides their fate.
This trouble some experience does not stops here and similar hard some
situations extends to steps of judiciary as well where long waiting
representation to honorable chief justice is still awaiting for
justice which demands early or priority disposal of cases pending
related to disabled petitioners; this is complimented with inaccessible
high court building for disabled litigants.
Therefore these situations compel we disabled to enter into electoral
politics and mobilize their community of disabled somewhere about ten
percent of total population of the nation; and this motivation or
strategy is formulated with experiences and success stories of
struggles of women or sc’s and st’s.










Impact of Ahsaas campaign.
Usually some of the citizens or readers want to read about the impact
of the campaign as we have a one set of agenda that is the “Change”I
am very sad to share that the bureaucracy is such a insensitive and ar
not any more human for us..They seem not to function and
slumbering.this long fifteen days of the campaign made some kind of
the positive environment with blowing aspirations of person with

[AI] Article on 3rd December's Rally

[Sruti disAbility Rights Centre]

Dear friends,

I thought this article which I wrote after our 3rd December's mass rally
may interest you. Though some time passed it got published, thought of
sharing it now.

Will look forward to your comments.

With regards

Shampa Sengupta

http://kindlemag.in/finding-their-voice/

Over 10,000 disabled people gathered in the nation’s capital to demand
their rights on the International Day for Persons with Disabilities. Shampa
Sen Gupta provides a first-person account.

Register at the dedicated AccessIndia list for discussing accessibility of 
mobile phones / Tabs on:
http://mail.accessindia.org.in/mailman/listinfo/mobile.accessindia_accessindia.org.in


Search for old postings at:
http://www.mail-archive.com/accessindia@accessindia.org.in/

To unsubscribe send a message to
accessindia-requ...@accessindia.org.in
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


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. AI cannot be held liable for any commission/omission based on the mails sent 
through this mailing list..

[AI] Article from Hindu Opinion Column

[Sruti disAbility Rights Centre]

Here's another piece on the term Divyang.

Regards
Shampa Sengupta

http://m.thehindu.com/opinion/columns/disability-is-not-divinity/article8093190.ece

Since its adoption, the Indian Constitution has provided the opportunity
for an expansive enunciation of basic rights. It has moved to an
interpretive tradition that upholds the spirit of the fundamental rights to
life, liberty, and equality with dignity, among others. There is little
doubt that it has provided the framework for an assertion of fundamental
rights importantly against not only the state, but also private actors,
providing the standard of constitutional morality that must in all cases
defeat public, including religious, morality. This is especially critical
where the latter is found to perpetrate stigmatised identities that
diminish the dignity of persons and oppress them in untold ways.

In the past months, we have been witness to the virtual negation of the
constitutional spirit in every sphere of our public life. State
authorities, supported by constitutional heads, justices and priests,
propitiate mother goddesses instead of constitutional rule. And
constitutional courts see criticism of the government and the police as
contumacious conduct. Behold the disablement of a constitutional democracy!

In this melee, we also witness another crisis: the roll-back of hard-won
recognition of disability rights in India by the very constitutional
authorities entrusted with safeguarding and advancing them.
*‘Viklaang’ versus ‘divyaang’*

On December 27, Prime Minister Narendra Modi spoke for a few minutes about
disability on ‘Mann Ki Baat’: “Those in whom *Paramatma *has created a
deficiency in the body, those for whom some part of the body does not work
properly, we call them ‘viklaang’… But sometimes, when we get to know them,
we realise that although there is the deficiency that we see with our eyes,
* Ishwar *has given them some extra power, there is a different kind of
shakti that *Paramatma *has created within them which we cannot perceive
with our eyes. But when we see… their capability, we are taken aback, ‘*Arre
wah*? How does he manage to do this?’ Then, I had a thought: ‘From our eyes
we feel that he is ‘viklaang’, but from experience we find that he has some
extra power, *atirikt shakti.*’*Then I had another thought: ‘Why don’t we,
in our country, replace the word ‘viklaang’ with the word ‘divyaang’?’
These are those people who possess divinity — divyata — in one or more
parts of their body; whose bodies are possessed by divine power (divya
shakti), which those of us with normal bodies (saamaanya shareer) do not
have. I really like this word. Compatriots, can we adopt ‘divyaang’ instead
of ‘viklaang’ in common usage?” In other words, that which is divinely
ordained shall not be questioned. The “deficiency” and the “divya
shakti” are Siamese twins that constitute the disability stereotype.*

*On December 23, a single judge of the Nagpur Bench of the Bombay High
Court passed an order rejecting the bail application of Delhi University
professor G.N. Saibaba on medical grounds, stressing his involvement in a
“serious crime”. It said the activities of a “banned organisation” overrode
any concerns for his physical health and well-being while in state custody;
it even went to the extent of saying that all efforts to secure bail for
him on medical grounds are nothing but “subterfuge”. It is useful to bear
in mind that we are speaking of a person who has been placed under arrest,
but has not yet undergone trial and has certainly not been convicted for
any offence under the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act.*

*The court accepts that “the applicant suffered 90 per cent disability from
his childhood. He had also undergone cardiac surgery about 8 to 10 years
before.” The medical certificate relied on by the court states that Dr.
Saibaba suffered from a known case of post-polio residual paralysis with
“chief complaints of reduction in left shoulder movements and pain in [the]
back…” He was advised to go through regular treatment for three months, and
was also advised by the doctor in the super-speciality hospital at Nagpur
to undergo a coronary angiography. On the basis of these medical records,
the court concludes that the “present health condition of the
applicant…is perfectly normaland is in the same position as it was when he
was in jail” [emphasis added].*

*The fact that his disability and attendant medical conditions place Dr.
Saibaba at an unfair disadvantage in conditions of custody — that the
standard of care required for a person with severe disabilities is of a
different order from the standard of care for a non-disabled person; that
the standard is not met by simply ensuring the maintenance of status quo
(although even this is contested by the applicant); that conditions of
incarceration aggravate the risk to life disproportionately in the case of
a person with disabilities — does not enter the balance sheet. The tenor
seems to be that 

[AI] Article

[Sonu Golkar]

Dear Friends,

 

Is there any way to publish our articles in magazines and news papers? I
want their contact detail and E mail IDS. I am eagerly waiting for your
response.

 

Thank you

 

Regards

 

Sonu

Celebrating Louis Braill birthday, Jan. 4th.

Register at the dedicated AccessIndia list for discussing accessibility of 
mobile phones / Tabs on:
http://mail.accessindia.org.in/mailman/listinfo/mobile.accessindia_accessindia.org.in


Search for old postings at:
http://www.mail-archive.com/accessindia@accessindia.org.in/

To unsubscribe send a message to
accessindia-requ...@accessindia.org.in
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


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. AI cannot be held liable for any commission/omission based on the mails sent 
through this mailing list..

Re: [AI] article of interest This Small Device developed in India Will Help Blind People Echolocate

[sanjay]

Though I have good mobility skills as a totally blind person, I too cannot 
walk straight without a cane/sighted guide in outdoor environments.  I am 
also feeling that my mobility was much better a decade ago than what it is 
today.  Now-a-days, I don't feel like travelling alone.  I wonder,   is it 
an age factor specific to we the blinds or am I alone facing this problem?



- Original Message - 
From: "Asudani, Rajesh" <rajeshasud...@rbi.org.in>
To: "AccessIndia: a list for discussing accessibility and issues 
concerningthe disabled." <accessindia@accessindia.org.in>

Sent: Wednesday, December 16, 2015 3:09 PM
Subject: Re: [AI] article of interest This Small Device developed in India 
Will Help Blind People Echolocate




I think I don't know what is straight!


Perhaps is a direction of space apprehended visually most readily, as we 
struggle to apprehend and follow it tactually and auditorily.


So blind people are hardly straight!
Smile.


सादर / With thanks & Regards
राजेश आसुदानी Rajesh Asudani
सहायक महाप्रबन्धक AGM
बाजार आसूचना ईकाई MIU
भारतीय रिजर्व बैंक Reserve Bank of India
नागपुर Nagpur

0712 2806846

President
VIBEWA
Co-Moderator
VIB-India

A-pilll = Action coupled with Positivity, Interest, Love, Logic and 
laughter.



-Original Message-
From: AccessIndia [mailto:accessindia-boun...@accessindia.org.in] On 
Behalf Of mukesh jain

Sent: Wednesday, December 16, 2015 1:58 PM
To: AccessIndia: a list for discussing accessibility and issues concerning 
the disabled.
Subject: Re: [AI] article of interest This Small Device developed in India 
Will Help Blind People Echolocate


hello aruni sir,
Well,  this is very interesting question asked by you as I do face
this problem to walk in a  straight line dispite holding walking cane.
Hence, I practice to compensate these difficulties with the help of
any assistive devices such as, walking  cane, aussion, surrounding
noice, balancing my body to prevent misdirections. Due to these
inefficiency, I happen to fall on railway tracks on mumbai suburban
railways just to share my helplessness if do not have the good
mobility skills especially outdoor.  Hence, can not comment upon the
outdoor mobility much as I feel that even you have any assistive
device with you, you ought to have the body controlled to move in a
direction you desire for instance, your sense to catch the
surroundings and your physical response such as, when you intend to
walk straight, capture the side surroundings  with  your Perceive by a
physical sensation, e.g., coming from the skin or muscles. As I feel
that this should happen by  Detecting  some circumstance or entity
automatically. So in my personal opinion, if you are trying to
persuade  the habbit of walking straight with this gadget alone, then
I would surely not recommend. Yes, as I mentioned, it can surely help
you identify the objects in the direction you are moving and which
fall in to your way in front. I am greatly benifiting to move around
in my office, home to locate the objects mentioned in my earlier mail.

So do get back if you have any further doubts.
These are my personal experience and may not necessarily be adhere to
the universal guidelines of mobility.



On 12/12/15, Vispi Mirza <vispimi...@gmail.com> wrote:

On 12/12/15, Aaruni Sharma <aruni...@gmail.com> wrote:

Hi Mukesh, Do you get the feedback from the surroundings or only in the
direction you are moving. Can it help in walking in a straight line?

On 8 December 2015 at 12:21, mukesh jain <mukesh.jai...@gmail.com> 
wrote:



AUSION is an innovative electronic mobility and travel aid for the
visually impaired. Based on the principle of echolocation, AUSION
enables me to
move around indoors and outdoors with confidence and least assistance.
AUSION basically acquires information about the environment,
especially objects and obstacles
and translates them into sounds and tactile information that can be
heard and felt. The interpretations of these audible and tactile
feedbacks enable the
virtual recreation of the environment. AUSION is compact, handheld,
maneuverable, non-intrusive device. This offers a greater freedom of
movement to me
and helps detect overhanging obstacles at the chest, shoulder and head
levels. I specially benefited it lot in indore when I am at home if I
have to locate the objects like cup plates on the table, when visiting
any  office first time to locate the counters, alerts for reaching
near stares, sometimes if I have to locate dustbin to throw garbage to
avoid touching with my walking cane or bare hands, to get alertss for
polls on the road which sometimes are below the height of the knee to
bar the entry of small vehicles and animals within the premises, etc
and lot more. Indeed, this device helping me lot. So worth
considering. If you want to learn nore about it, visit
  www.innohub.co.in

or send the email to
i...@innohub.co.in

you can also call Mr. Deshpande of 

Re: [AI] article of interest This Small Device developed in India Will Help Blind People Echolocate

[Asudani, Rajesh]

I think I don't know what is straight!


Perhaps is a direction of space apprehended visually most readily, as we 
struggle to apprehend and follow it tactually and auditorily.

So blind people are hardly straight!
Smile.


सादर / With thanks & Regards
राजेश आसुदानी Rajesh Asudani
सहायक महाप्रबन्धक AGM
बाजार आसूचना ईकाई MIU
भारतीय रिजर्व बैंक Reserve Bank of India
नागपुर Nagpur

0712 2806846

President
VIBEWA
Co-Moderator
VIB-India

A-pilll = Action coupled with Positivity, Interest, Love, Logic and laughter.


-Original Message-
From: AccessIndia [mailto:accessindia-boun...@accessindia.org.in] On Behalf Of 
mukesh jain
Sent: Wednesday, December 16, 2015 1:58 PM
To: AccessIndia: a list for discussing accessibility and issues concerning the 
disabled.
Subject: Re: [AI] article of interest This Small Device developed in India Will 
Help Blind People Echolocate

hello aruni sir,
Well,  this is very interesting question asked by you as I do face
this problem to walk in a  straight line dispite holding walking cane.
Hence, I practice to compensate these difficulties with the help of
any assistive devices such as, walking  cane, aussion, surrounding
noice, balancing my body to prevent misdirections. Due to these
inefficiency, I happen to fall on railway tracks on mumbai suburban
railways just to share my helplessness if do not have the good
mobility skills especially outdoor.  Hence, can not comment upon the
outdoor mobility much as I feel that even you have any assistive
device with you, you ought to have the body controlled to move in a
direction you desire for instance, your sense to catch the
surroundings and your physical response such as, when you intend to
walk straight, capture the side surroundings  with  your Perceive by a
physical sensation, e.g., coming from the skin or muscles. As I feel
that this should happen by  Detecting  some circumstance or entity
automatically. So in my personal opinion, if you are trying to
persuade  the habbit of walking straight with this gadget alone, then
I would surely not recommend. Yes, as I mentioned, it can surely help
you identify the objects in the direction you are moving and which
fall in to your way in front. I am greatly benifiting to move around
in my office, home to locate the objects mentioned in my earlier mail.

So do get back if you have any further doubts.
These are my personal experience and may not necessarily be adhere to
the universal guidelines of mobility.



On 12/12/15, Vispi Mirza <vispimi...@gmail.com> wrote:
> On 12/12/15, Aaruni Sharma <aruni...@gmail.com> wrote:
>> Hi Mukesh, Do you get the feedback from the surroundings or only in the
>> direction you are moving. Can it help in walking in a straight line?
>>
>> On 8 December 2015 at 12:21, mukesh jain <mukesh.jai...@gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>>> AUSION is an innovative electronic mobility and travel aid for the
>>> visually impaired. Based on the principle of echolocation, AUSION
>>> enables me to
>>> move around indoors and outdoors with confidence and least assistance.
>>> AUSION basically acquires information about the environment,
>>> especially objects and obstacles
>>> and translates them into sounds and tactile information that can be
>>> heard and felt. The interpretations of these audible and tactile
>>> feedbacks enable the
>>> virtual recreation of the environment. AUSION is compact, handheld,
>>> maneuverable, non-intrusive device. This offers a greater freedom of
>>> movement to me
>>> and helps detect overhanging obstacles at the chest, shoulder and head
>>> levels. I specially benefited it lot in indore when I am at home if I
>>> have to locate the objects like cup plates on the table, when visiting
>>> any  office first time to locate the counters, alerts for reaching
>>> near stares, sometimes if I have to locate dustbin to throw garbage to
>>> avoid touching with my walking cane or bare hands, to get alertss for
>>> polls on the road which sometimes are below the height of the knee to
>>> bar the entry of small vehicles and animals within the premises, etc
>>> and lot more. Indeed, this device helping me lot. So worth
>>> considering. If you want to learn nore about it, visit
>>>   www.innohub.co.in
>>>
>>> or send the email to
>>> i...@innohub.co.in
>>>
>>> you can also call Mr. Deshpande of InnovationHub Technologies,
>>> private limited, Bangalore on mobile no. 09886833210
>>>
>>> get back again in case of any further doubts.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> On 12/8/15, Selva Kumar <selvak...@gmail.com> wrote:
>>> > Hi vidya,
>>> >
>>> > Where we can get training for using dev

Re: [AI] article of interest This Small Device developed in India Will Help Blind People Echolocate

[mukesh jain]

hello aruni sir,
Well,  this is very interesting question asked by you as I do face
this problem to walk in a  straight line dispite holding walking cane.
Hence, I practice to compensate these difficulties with the help of
any assistive devices such as, walking  cane, aussion, surrounding
noice, balancing my body to prevent misdirections. Due to these
inefficiency, I happen to fall on railway tracks on mumbai suburban
railways just to share my helplessness if do not have the good
mobility skills especially outdoor.  Hence, can not comment upon the
outdoor mobility much as I feel that even you have any assistive
device with you, you ought to have the body controlled to move in a
direction you desire for instance, your sense to catch the
surroundings and your physical response such as, when you intend to
walk straight, capture the side surroundings  with  your Perceive by a
physical sensation, e.g., coming from the skin or muscles. As I feel
that this should happen by  Detecting  some circumstance or entity
automatically. So in my personal opinion, if you are trying to
persuade  the habbit of walking straight with this gadget alone, then
I would surely not recommend. Yes, as I mentioned, it can surely help
you identify the objects in the direction you are moving and which
fall in to your way in front. I am greatly benifiting to move around
in my office, home to locate the objects mentioned in my earlier mail.

So do get back if you have any further doubts.
These are my personal experience and may not necessarily be adhere to
the universal guidelines of mobility.



On 12/12/15, Vispi Mirza  wrote:
> On 12/12/15, Aaruni Sharma  wrote:
>> Hi Mukesh, Do you get the feedback from the surroundings or only in the
>> direction you are moving. Can it help in walking in a straight line?
>>
>> On 8 December 2015 at 12:21, mukesh jain  wrote:
>>
>>> AUSION is an innovative electronic mobility and travel aid for the
>>> visually impaired. Based on the principle of echolocation, AUSION
>>> enables me to
>>> move around indoors and outdoors with confidence and least assistance.
>>> AUSION basically acquires information about the environment,
>>> especially objects and obstacles
>>> and translates them into sounds and tactile information that can be
>>> heard and felt. The interpretations of these audible and tactile
>>> feedbacks enable the
>>> virtual recreation of the environment. AUSION is compact, handheld,
>>> maneuverable, non-intrusive device. This offers a greater freedom of
>>> movement to me
>>> and helps detect overhanging obstacles at the chest, shoulder and head
>>> levels. I specially benefited it lot in indore when I am at home if I
>>> have to locate the objects like cup plates on the table, when visiting
>>> any  office first time to locate the counters, alerts for reaching
>>> near stares, sometimes if I have to locate dustbin to throw garbage to
>>> avoid touching with my walking cane or bare hands, to get alertss for
>>> polls on the road which sometimes are below the height of the knee to
>>> bar the entry of small vehicles and animals within the premises, etc
>>> and lot more. Indeed, this device helping me lot. So worth
>>> considering. If you want to learn nore about it, visit
>>>   www.innohub.co.in
>>>
>>> or send the email to
>>> i...@innohub.co.in
>>>
>>> you can also call Mr. Deshpande of InnovationHub Technologies,
>>> private limited, Bangalore on mobile no. 09886833210
>>>
>>> get back again in case of any further doubts.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> On 12/8/15, Selva Kumar  wrote:
>>> > Hi vidya,
>>> >
>>> > Where we can get training for using device? can you give me full
>>> > address in bangalore, and what is the cost?
>>> >
>>> > On 9/16/15, sazid shaik  wrote:
>>> >> what is the cost?
>>> >>
>>> >> On 9/16/15, Vidhya Y  wrote:
>>> >>> this device???
>>> >>> I have started using it since 2 weeks.
>>> >>> it's interesting.
>>> >>> it needs some practice though.
>>> >>> I am able to walk without a cane except for steps.
>>> >>> I still have to figure how to identify steps.
>>> >>>
>>> >>> On 9/16/15, Tony Kurian  wrote:
>>>  hi all,
>>>  anyone here used this device? experience please.
>>> 
>>> http://www.techtimes.com/articles/70373/20150720/small-device-will-help-blind-people-echolocate.htm
>>> 
>>> 
>>> 
>>>  Register at the dedicated AccessIndia list for discussing
>>> accessibility
>>>  of
>>>  mobile phones / Tabs on:
>>> 
>>> http://mail.accessindia.org.in/mailman/listinfo/mobile.accessindia_accessindia.org.in
>>> 
>>> 
>>>  Search for old postings at:
>>>  http://www.mail-archive.com/accessindia@accessindia.org.in/
>>> 
>>>  To unsubscribe send a message to
>>>  accessindia-requ...@accessindia.org.in
>>>  with the subject unsubscribe.
>>> 
>>>  To change 

Re: [AI] article of interest This Small Device developed in India Will Help Blind People Echolocate

[Vispi Mirza]

On 12/12/15, Aaruni Sharma  wrote:
> Hi Mukesh, Do you get the feedback from the surroundings or only in the
> direction you are moving. Can it help in walking in a straight line?
>
> On 8 December 2015 at 12:21, mukesh jain  wrote:
>
>> AUSION is an innovative electronic mobility and travel aid for the
>> visually impaired. Based on the principle of echolocation, AUSION
>> enables me to
>> move around indoors and outdoors with confidence and least assistance.
>> AUSION basically acquires information about the environment,
>> especially objects and obstacles
>> and translates them into sounds and tactile information that can be
>> heard and felt. The interpretations of these audible and tactile
>> feedbacks enable the
>> virtual recreation of the environment. AUSION is compact, handheld,
>> maneuverable, non-intrusive device. This offers a greater freedom of
>> movement to me
>> and helps detect overhanging obstacles at the chest, shoulder and head
>> levels. I specially benefited it lot in indore when I am at home if I
>> have to locate the objects like cup plates on the table, when visiting
>> any  office first time to locate the counters, alerts for reaching
>> near stares, sometimes if I have to locate dustbin to throw garbage to
>> avoid touching with my walking cane or bare hands, to get alertss for
>> polls on the road which sometimes are below the height of the knee to
>> bar the entry of small vehicles and animals within the premises, etc
>> and lot more. Indeed, this device helping me lot. So worth
>> considering. If you want to learn nore about it, visit
>>   www.innohub.co.in
>>
>> or send the email to
>> i...@innohub.co.in
>>
>> you can also call Mr. Deshpande of InnovationHub Technologies,
>> private limited, Bangalore on mobile no. 09886833210
>>
>> get back again in case of any further doubts.
>>
>>
>>
>> On 12/8/15, Selva Kumar  wrote:
>> > Hi vidya,
>> >
>> > Where we can get training for using device? can you give me full
>> > address in bangalore, and what is the cost?
>> >
>> > On 9/16/15, sazid shaik  wrote:
>> >> what is the cost?
>> >>
>> >> On 9/16/15, Vidhya Y  wrote:
>> >>> this device???
>> >>> I have started using it since 2 weeks.
>> >>> it's interesting.
>> >>> it needs some practice though.
>> >>> I am able to walk without a cane except for steps.
>> >>> I still have to figure how to identify steps.
>> >>>
>> >>> On 9/16/15, Tony Kurian  wrote:
>>  hi all,
>>  anyone here used this device? experience please.
>> 
>> http://www.techtimes.com/articles/70373/20150720/small-device-will-help-blind-people-echolocate.htm
>> 
>> 
>> 
>>  Register at the dedicated AccessIndia list for discussing
>> accessibility
>>  of
>>  mobile phones / Tabs on:
>> 
>> http://mail.accessindia.org.in/mailman/listinfo/mobile.accessindia_accessindia.org.in
>> 
>> 
>>  Search for old postings at:
>>  http://www.mail-archive.com/accessindia@accessindia.org.in/
>> 
>>  To unsubscribe send a message to
>>  accessindia-requ...@accessindia.org.in
>>  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
>> 
>> 
>>  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. AI cannot be held liable for any commission/omission based on the
>>  mails
>>  sent through this mailing list..
>> 
>> >>>
>> >>>
>> >>>
>> >>> Register at the dedicated AccessIndia list for discussing
>> >>> accessibility
>> >>> of
>> >>> mobile phones / Tabs on:
>> >>>
>> http://mail.accessindia.org.in/mailman/listinfo/mobile.accessindia_accessindia.org.in
>> >>>
>> >>>
>> >>> Search for old postings at:
>> >>> http://www.mail-archive.com/accessindia@accessindia.org.in/
>> >>>
>> >>> To unsubscribe send a message to
>> >>> accessindia-requ...@accessindia.org.in
>> >>> 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
>> >>>
>> >>>
>> >>> 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. AI cannot be held liable for any commission/omission based on the
>> >>> mails
>> >>> sent through this mailing list..
>> >>>
>> >>
>> >>
>> >>
>> >> Register at the dedicated AccessIndia list for discussing

Re: [AI] article of interest This Small Device developed in India Will Help Blind People Echolocate

[Aaruni Sharma]

Hi Mukesh, Do you get the feedback from the surroundings or only in the
direction you are moving. Can it help in walking in a straight line?

On 8 December 2015 at 12:21, mukesh jain  wrote:

> AUSION is an innovative electronic mobility and travel aid for the
> visually impaired. Based on the principle of echolocation, AUSION
> enables me to
> move around indoors and outdoors with confidence and least assistance.
> AUSION basically acquires information about the environment,
> especially objects and obstacles
> and translates them into sounds and tactile information that can be
> heard and felt. The interpretations of these audible and tactile
> feedbacks enable the
> virtual recreation of the environment. AUSION is compact, handheld,
> maneuverable, non-intrusive device. This offers a greater freedom of
> movement to me
> and helps detect overhanging obstacles at the chest, shoulder and head
> levels. I specially benefited it lot in indore when I am at home if I
> have to locate the objects like cup plates on the table, when visiting
> any  office first time to locate the counters, alerts for reaching
> near stares, sometimes if I have to locate dustbin to throw garbage to
> avoid touching with my walking cane or bare hands, to get alertss for
> polls on the road which sometimes are below the height of the knee to
> bar the entry of small vehicles and animals within the premises, etc
> and lot more. Indeed, this device helping me lot. So worth
> considering. If you want to learn nore about it, visit
>   www.innohub.co.in
>
> or send the email to
> i...@innohub.co.in
>
> you can also call Mr. Deshpande of InnovationHub Technologies,
> private limited, Bangalore on mobile no. 09886833210
>
> get back again in case of any further doubts.
>
>
>
> On 12/8/15, Selva Kumar  wrote:
> > Hi vidya,
> >
> > Where we can get training for using device? can you give me full
> > address in bangalore, and what is the cost?
> >
> > On 9/16/15, sazid shaik  wrote:
> >> what is the cost?
> >>
> >> On 9/16/15, Vidhya Y  wrote:
> >>> this device???
> >>> I have started using it since 2 weeks.
> >>> it's interesting.
> >>> it needs some practice though.
> >>> I am able to walk without a cane except for steps.
> >>> I still have to figure how to identify steps.
> >>>
> >>> On 9/16/15, Tony Kurian  wrote:
>  hi all,
>  anyone here used this device? experience please.
> 
> http://www.techtimes.com/articles/70373/20150720/small-device-will-help-blind-people-echolocate.htm
> 
> 
> 
>  Register at the dedicated AccessIndia list for discussing
> accessibility
>  of
>  mobile phones / Tabs on:
> 
> http://mail.accessindia.org.in/mailman/listinfo/mobile.accessindia_accessindia.org.in
> 
> 
>  Search for old postings at:
>  http://www.mail-archive.com/accessindia@accessindia.org.in/
> 
>  To unsubscribe send a message to
>  accessindia-requ...@accessindia.org.in
>  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
> 
> 
>  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. AI cannot be held liable for any commission/omission based on the
>  mails
>  sent through this mailing list..
> 
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>> Register at the dedicated AccessIndia list for discussing accessibility
> >>> of
> >>> mobile phones / Tabs on:
> >>>
> http://mail.accessindia.org.in/mailman/listinfo/mobile.accessindia_accessindia.org.in
> >>>
> >>>
> >>> Search for old postings at:
> >>> http://www.mail-archive.com/accessindia@accessindia.org.in/
> >>>
> >>> To unsubscribe send a message to
> >>> accessindia-requ...@accessindia.org.in
> >>> 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
> >>>
> >>>
> >>> 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. AI cannot be held liable for any commission/omission based on the
> >>> mails
> >>> sent through this mailing list..
> >>>
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >> Register at the dedicated AccessIndia list for discussing accessibility
> >> of
> >> mobile phones / Tabs on:
> >>
> http://mail.accessindia.org.in/mailman/listinfo/mobile.accessindia_accessindia.org.in
> >>
> >>
> >> Search for old postings at:
> >> 

Re: [AI] article of interest This Small Device developed in India Will Help Blind People Echolocate

[raaju]

I'm very much interested to learn echo location itself further. Well, I can say 
that due to my echolocation ability, I can easily move and navigate any indoor. 
Once I enter any house or even hotel, after some clicks from hand or tongue and 
the sound of footsteps,  I can easily learn my environment. 

-Original Message-
From: AccessIndia [mailto:accessindia-boun...@accessindia.org.in] On Behalf Of 
Vidhya Y
Sent: Tuesday, December 08, 2015 8:28 PM
To: AccessIndia: a list for discussing accessibility and issues concerning the 
disabled.
Subject: Re: [AI] article of interest This Small Device developed in India Will 
Help Blind People Echolocate

it started off as a research project.
they claim that with training you can navigate both indoor and outdoor
without problem.
however, really proper training has to be taken.
one drawback would be,
in crowded places,
you will not be able to concentrate on the musical notes.
they suggest you wear earphone only one side and leave other.
I am not able to suggest it's practicability so much,
because I am 0 in Mobility.
only recently I have started moving on my own Indoors.

for indoor it helps!
I am happy for the fact that,
I can even walk without a cane indoors.
its development has started in Bangalore, so you cannot purchase from
north India.
what if any of you who really travel on your own, try this device, and
suggest others?




On 12/8/15, nitesh gupta <nitesh...@gmail.com> wrote:
> intresting 2 know about this device. can I get somewhere in north
> India like Delhi/UP ETC? if I need to have it then how to proceed? are
> the providers, giving some training to use it? last Q, will it b
> helpful to catch auto or Rixa on roads?
>
> Thanks
>
> On 12/8/15, Asudani, Rajesh <rajeshasud...@rbi.org.in> wrote:
>> And does music also tell of height or direction of the object, Vidhya?
>>
>>
>> सादर / With thanks & Regards
>> राजेश आसुदानी Rajesh Asudani
>> सहायक महाप्रबन्धक AGM
>> बाजार आसूचना ईकाई MIU
>> भारतीय रिजर्व बैंक Reserve Bank of India
>> नागपुर Nagpur
>>
>> 0712 2806846
>>
>> President
>> VIBEWA
>> Co-Moderator
>> VIB-India
>>
>> A-pilll = Action coupled with Positivity, Interest, Love, Logic and
>> laughter.
>>
>> -Original Message-
>> From: AccessIndia [mailto:accessindia-boun...@accessindia.org.in] On
>> Behalf
>> Of Vidhya Y
>> Sent: Tuesday, December 08, 2015 12:59 PM
>> To: AccessIndia: a list for discussing accessibility and issues concerning
>> the disabled.
>> Subject: Re: [AI] article of interest This Small Device developed in India
>> Will Help Blind People Echolocate
>>
>> cost is 3500. but I don't think the device has tactile output. you
>> just can here music of frequencies(low to high pitch depending on the
>> distance of you to the obstacle).
>>
>> On 12/8/15, George Abraham <geo...@eyeway.org> wrote:
>>> What is the cost?
>>>
>>> -----Original Message-
>>> From: AccessIndia [mailto:accessindia-boun...@accessindia.org.in] On
>>> Behalf
>>> Of mukesh jain
>>> Sent: 08 December 2015 12:22
>>> To: AccessIndia: a list for discussing accessibility and issues
>>> concerning
>>> the disabled.
>>> Subject: Re: [AI] article of interest This Small Device developed in
>>> India
>>> Will Help Blind People Echolocate
>>>
>>> AUSION is an innovative electronic mobility and travel aid for the
>>> visually impaired. Based on the principle of echolocation, AUSION
>>> enables me to
>>> move around indoors and outdoors with confidence and least assistance.
>>> AUSION basically acquires information about the environment,
>>> especially objects and obstacles
>>> and translates them into sounds and tactile information that can be
>>> heard and felt. The interpretations of these audible and tactile
>>> feedbacks enable the
>>> virtual recreation of the environment. AUSION is compact, handheld,
>>> maneuverable, non-intrusive device. This offers a greater freedom of
>>> movement to me
>>> and helps detect overhanging obstacles at the chest, shoulder and head
>>> levels. I specially benefited it lot in indore when I am at home if I
>>> have to locate the objects like cup plates on the table, when visiting
>>> any  office first time to locate the counters, alerts for reaching
>>> near stares, sometimes if I have to locate dustbin to throw garbage to
>>> avoid touching with my walking cane or bare hands, to get alertss for
>>> polls on the road which sometimes are below the height of the knee to
>>&g

Re: [AI] article of interest This Small Device developed in India Will Help Blind People Echolocate

[raaju]

Is it not available in software so that we could at list install in our
android or apple devices?

-Original Message-
From: AccessIndia [mailto:accessindia-boun...@accessindia.org.in] On Behalf
Of George Abraham
Sent: Tuesday, December 08, 2015 12:45 PM
To: 'AccessIndia: a list for discussing accessibility and issues concerning
the disabled.'
Subject: Re: [AI] article of interest This Small Device developed in India
Will Help Blind People Echolocate

What is the cost? 

-Original Message-
From: AccessIndia [mailto:accessindia-boun...@accessindia.org.in] On Behalf
Of mukesh jain
Sent: 08 December 2015 12:22
To: AccessIndia: a list for discussing accessibility and issues concerning
the disabled.
Subject: Re: [AI] article of interest This Small Device developed in India
Will Help Blind People Echolocate

AUSION is an innovative electronic mobility and travel aid for the
visually impaired. Based on the principle of echolocation, AUSION
enables me to
move around indoors and outdoors with confidence and least assistance.
AUSION basically acquires information about the environment,
especially objects and obstacles
and translates them into sounds and tactile information that can be
heard and felt. The interpretations of these audible and tactile
feedbacks enable the
virtual recreation of the environment. AUSION is compact, handheld,
maneuverable, non-intrusive device. This offers a greater freedom of
movement to me
and helps detect overhanging obstacles at the chest, shoulder and head
levels. I specially benefited it lot in indore when I am at home if I
have to locate the objects like cup plates on the table, when visiting
any  office first time to locate the counters, alerts for reaching
near stares, sometimes if I have to locate dustbin to throw garbage to
avoid touching with my walking cane or bare hands, to get alertss for
polls on the road which sometimes are below the height of the knee to
bar the entry of small vehicles and animals within the premises, etc
and lot more. Indeed, this device helping me lot. So worth
considering. If you want to learn nore about it, visit
  www.innohub.co.in

or send the email to
i...@innohub.co.in

you can also call Mr. Deshpande of InnovationHub Technologies,
private limited, Bangalore on mobile no. 09886833210

get back again in case of any further doubts.



On 12/8/15, Selva Kumar <selvak...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Hi vidya,
>
> Where we can get training for using device? can you give me full
> address in bangalore, and what is the cost?
>
> On 9/16/15, sazid shaik <ashwaqahmed@gmail.com> wrote:
>> what is the cost?
>>
>> On 9/16/15, Vidhya Y <vidhya@gmail.com> wrote:
>>> this device???
>>> I have started using it since 2 weeks.
>>> it's interesting.
>>> it needs some practice though.
>>> I am able to walk without a cane except for steps.
>>> I still have to figure how to identify steps.
>>>
>>> On 9/16/15, Tony Kurian <mtonykur...@gmail.com> wrote:
>>>> hi all,
>>>> anyone here used this device? experience please.
>>>>
http://www.techtimes.com/articles/70373/20150720/small-device-will-help-bli
nd-people-echolocate.htm
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Register at the dedicated AccessIndia list for discussing
accessibility
>>>> of
>>>> mobile phones / Tabs on:
>>>>
http://mail.accessindia.org.in/mailman/listinfo/mobile.accessindia_accessin
dia.org.in
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Search for old postings at:
>>>> http://www.mail-archive.com/accessindia@accessindia.org.in/
>>>>
>>>> To unsubscribe send a message to
>>>> accessindia-requ...@accessindia.org.in
>>>> 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
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> 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. AI cannot be held liable for any commission/omission based on the
>>>> mails
>>>> sent through this mailing list..
>>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Register at the dedicated AccessIndia list for discussing accessibility
>>> of
>>> mobile phones / Tabs on:
>>>
http://mail.accessindia.org.in/mailman/listinfo/mobile.accessindia_accessin
dia.org.in
>>>
>>>
>>

Re: [AI] article of interest This Small Device developed in India Will Help Blind People Echolocate

[Anirban Mukherjee]

friends,

a few questions about the device:

1. can it help navigate in crowded places? if yes, how?
2. does it replace the walking cane entirely, or, i shall have to carry both?
3. does it give any indication of a fall, for example, the end point
of a railway platform and so on?

please respond.

looking forward to your response,
regards, Anirban Mukherjee
follow me on twitter @anirbansparsha

On 12/8/15, Vidhya Y <vidhya@gmail.com> wrote:
> cost is 3500. but I don't think the device has tactile output. you
> just can here music of frequencies(low to high pitch depending on the
> distance of you to the obstacle).
>
> On 12/8/15, George Abraham <geo...@eyeway.org> wrote:
>> What is the cost?
>>
>> -Original Message-
>> From: AccessIndia [mailto:accessindia-boun...@accessindia.org.in] On
>> Behalf
>> Of mukesh jain
>> Sent: 08 December 2015 12:22
>> To: AccessIndia: a list for discussing accessibility and issues
>> concerning
>> the disabled.
>> Subject: Re: [AI] article of interest This Small Device developed in
>> India
>> Will Help Blind People Echolocate
>>
>> AUSION is an innovative electronic mobility and travel aid for the
>> visually impaired. Based on the principle of echolocation, AUSION
>> enables me to
>> move around indoors and outdoors with confidence and least assistance.
>> AUSION basically acquires information about the environment,
>> especially objects and obstacles
>> and translates them into sounds and tactile information that can be
>> heard and felt. The interpretations of these audible and tactile
>> feedbacks enable the
>> virtual recreation of the environment. AUSION is compact, handheld,
>> maneuverable, non-intrusive device. This offers a greater freedom of
>> movement to me
>> and helps detect overhanging obstacles at the chest, shoulder and head
>> levels. I specially benefited it lot in indore when I am at home if I
>> have to locate the objects like cup plates on the table, when visiting
>> any  office first time to locate the counters, alerts for reaching
>> near stares, sometimes if I have to locate dustbin to throw garbage to
>> avoid touching with my walking cane or bare hands, to get alertss for
>> polls on the road which sometimes are below the height of the knee to
>> bar the entry of small vehicles and animals within the premises, etc
>> and lot more. Indeed, this device helping me lot. So worth
>> considering. If you want to learn nore about it, visit
>>   www.innohub.co.in
>>
>> or send the email to
>> i...@innohub.co.in
>>
>> you can also call Mr. Deshpande of InnovationHub Technologies,
>> private limited, Bangalore on mobile no. 09886833210
>>
>> get back again in case of any further doubts.
>>
>>
>>
>> On 12/8/15, Selva Kumar <selvak...@gmail.com> wrote:
>>> Hi vidya,
>>>
>>> Where we can get training for using device? can you give me full
>>> address in bangalore, and what is the cost?
>>>
>>> On 9/16/15, sazid shaik <ashwaqahmed@gmail.com> wrote:
>>>> what is the cost?
>>>>
>>>> On 9/16/15, Vidhya Y <vidhya@gmail.com> wrote:
>>>>> this device???
>>>>> I have started using it since 2 weeks.
>>>>> it's interesting.
>>>>> it needs some practice though.
>>>>> I am able to walk without a cane except for steps.
>>>>> I still have to figure how to identify steps.
>>>>>
>>>>> On 9/16/15, Tony Kurian <mtonykur...@gmail.com> wrote:
>>>>>> hi all,
>>>>>> anyone here used this device? experience please.
>>>>>>
>> http://www.techtimes.com/articles/70373/20150720/small-device-will-help-bli
>> nd-people-echolocate.htm
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Register at the dedicated AccessIndia list for discussing
>> accessibility
>>>>>> of
>>>>>> mobile phones / Tabs on:
>>>>>>
>> http://mail.accessindia.org.in/mailman/listinfo/mobile.accessindia_accessin
>> dia.org.in
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Search for old postings at:
>>>>>> http://www.mail-archive.com/accessindia@accessindia.org.in/
>>>>>>
>>>>>> To unsubscribe send a message to
>>>>>> accessindia-requ...@accessindia.org.in
>>>>>> with the subject unsubscribe.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> To change you

Re: [AI] article of interest This Small Device developed in India Will Help Blind People Echolocate

[nitesh gupta]

intresting 2 know about this device. can I get somewhere in north
India like Delhi/UP ETC? if I need to have it then how to proceed? are
the providers, giving some training to use it? last Q, will it b
helpful to catch auto or Rixa on roads?

Thanks

On 12/8/15, Asudani, Rajesh <rajeshasud...@rbi.org.in> wrote:
> And does music also tell of height or direction of the object, Vidhya?
>
>
> सादर / With thanks & Regards
> राजेश आसुदानी Rajesh Asudani
> सहायक महाप्रबन्धक AGM
> बाजार आसूचना ईकाई MIU
> भारतीय रिजर्व बैंक Reserve Bank of India
> नागपुर Nagpur
>
> 0712 2806846
>
> President
> VIBEWA
> Co-Moderator
> VIB-India
>
> A-pilll = Action coupled with Positivity, Interest, Love, Logic and
> laughter.
>
> -Original Message-
> From: AccessIndia [mailto:accessindia-boun...@accessindia.org.in] On Behalf
> Of Vidhya Y
> Sent: Tuesday, December 08, 2015 12:59 PM
> To: AccessIndia: a list for discussing accessibility and issues concerning
> the disabled.
> Subject: Re: [AI] article of interest This Small Device developed in India
> Will Help Blind People Echolocate
>
> cost is 3500. but I don't think the device has tactile output. you
> just can here music of frequencies(low to high pitch depending on the
> distance of you to the obstacle).
>
> On 12/8/15, George Abraham <geo...@eyeway.org> wrote:
>> What is the cost?
>>
>> -Original Message-
>> From: AccessIndia [mailto:accessindia-boun...@accessindia.org.in] On
>> Behalf
>> Of mukesh jain
>> Sent: 08 December 2015 12:22
>> To: AccessIndia: a list for discussing accessibility and issues
>> concerning
>> the disabled.
>> Subject: Re: [AI] article of interest This Small Device developed in
>> India
>> Will Help Blind People Echolocate
>>
>> AUSION is an innovative electronic mobility and travel aid for the
>> visually impaired. Based on the principle of echolocation, AUSION
>> enables me to
>> move around indoors and outdoors with confidence and least assistance.
>> AUSION basically acquires information about the environment,
>> especially objects and obstacles
>> and translates them into sounds and tactile information that can be
>> heard and felt. The interpretations of these audible and tactile
>> feedbacks enable the
>> virtual recreation of the environment. AUSION is compact, handheld,
>> maneuverable, non-intrusive device. This offers a greater freedom of
>> movement to me
>> and helps detect overhanging obstacles at the chest, shoulder and head
>> levels. I specially benefited it lot in indore when I am at home if I
>> have to locate the objects like cup plates on the table, when visiting
>> any  office first time to locate the counters, alerts for reaching
>> near stares, sometimes if I have to locate dustbin to throw garbage to
>> avoid touching with my walking cane or bare hands, to get alertss for
>> polls on the road which sometimes are below the height of the knee to
>> bar the entry of small vehicles and animals within the premises, etc
>> and lot more. Indeed, this device helping me lot. So worth
>> considering. If you want to learn nore about it, visit
>>   www.innohub.co.in
>>
>> or send the email to
>> i...@innohub.co.in
>>
>> you can also call Mr. Deshpande of InnovationHub Technologies,
>> private limited, Bangalore on mobile no. 09886833210
>>
>> get back again in case of any further doubts.
>>
>>
>>
>> On 12/8/15, Selva Kumar <selvak...@gmail.com> wrote:
>>> Hi vidya,
>>>
>>> Where we can get training for using device? can you give me full
>>> address in bangalore, and what is the cost?
>>>
>>> On 9/16/15, sazid shaik <ashwaqahmed@gmail.com> wrote:
>>>> what is the cost?
>>>>
>>>> On 9/16/15, Vidhya Y <vidhya@gmail.com> wrote:
>>>>> this device???
>>>>> I have started using it since 2 weeks.
>>>>> it's interesting.
>>>>> it needs some practice though.
>>>>> I am able to walk without a cane except for steps.
>>>>> I still have to figure how to identify steps.
>>>>>
>>>>> On 9/16/15, Tony Kurian <mtonykur...@gmail.com> wrote:
>>>>>> hi all,
>>>>>> anyone here used this device? experience please.
>>>>>>
>> http://www.techtimes.com/articles/70373/20150720/small-device-will-help-bli
>> nd-people-echolocate.htm
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Regis

Re: [AI] article of interest This Small Device developed in India Will Help Blind People Echolocate

[Vidhya Y]

it started off as a research project.
they claim that with training you can navigate both indoor and outdoor
without problem.
however, really proper training has to be taken.
one drawback would be,
in crowded places,
you will not be able to concentrate on the musical notes.
they suggest you wear earphone only one side and leave other.
I am not able to suggest it's practicability so much,
because I am 0 in Mobility.
only recently I have started moving on my own Indoors.

for indoor it helps!
I am happy for the fact that,
I can even walk without a cane indoors.
its development has started in Bangalore, so you cannot purchase from
north India.
what if any of you who really travel on your own, try this device, and
suggest others?




On 12/8/15, nitesh gupta <nitesh...@gmail.com> wrote:
> intresting 2 know about this device. can I get somewhere in north
> India like Delhi/UP ETC? if I need to have it then how to proceed? are
> the providers, giving some training to use it? last Q, will it b
> helpful to catch auto or Rixa on roads?
>
> Thanks
>
> On 12/8/15, Asudani, Rajesh <rajeshasud...@rbi.org.in> wrote:
>> And does music also tell of height or direction of the object, Vidhya?
>>
>>
>> सादर / With thanks & Regards
>> राजेश आसुदानी Rajesh Asudani
>> सहायक महाप्रबन्धक AGM
>> बाजार आसूचना ईकाई MIU
>> भारतीय रिजर्व बैंक Reserve Bank of India
>> नागपुर Nagpur
>>
>> 0712 2806846
>>
>> President
>> VIBEWA
>> Co-Moderator
>> VIB-India
>>
>> A-pilll = Action coupled with Positivity, Interest, Love, Logic and
>> laughter.
>>
>> -Original Message-
>> From: AccessIndia [mailto:accessindia-boun...@accessindia.org.in] On
>> Behalf
>> Of Vidhya Y
>> Sent: Tuesday, December 08, 2015 12:59 PM
>> To: AccessIndia: a list for discussing accessibility and issues concerning
>> the disabled.
>> Subject: Re: [AI] article of interest This Small Device developed in India
>> Will Help Blind People Echolocate
>>
>> cost is 3500. but I don't think the device has tactile output. you
>> just can here music of frequencies(low to high pitch depending on the
>> distance of you to the obstacle).
>>
>> On 12/8/15, George Abraham <geo...@eyeway.org> wrote:
>>> What is the cost?
>>>
>>> -----Original Message-
>>> From: AccessIndia [mailto:accessindia-boun...@accessindia.org.in] On
>>> Behalf
>>> Of mukesh jain
>>> Sent: 08 December 2015 12:22
>>> To: AccessIndia: a list for discussing accessibility and issues
>>> concerning
>>> the disabled.
>>> Subject: Re: [AI] article of interest This Small Device developed in
>>> India
>>> Will Help Blind People Echolocate
>>>
>>> AUSION is an innovative electronic mobility and travel aid for the
>>> visually impaired. Based on the principle of echolocation, AUSION
>>> enables me to
>>> move around indoors and outdoors with confidence and least assistance.
>>> AUSION basically acquires information about the environment,
>>> especially objects and obstacles
>>> and translates them into sounds and tactile information that can be
>>> heard and felt. The interpretations of these audible and tactile
>>> feedbacks enable the
>>> virtual recreation of the environment. AUSION is compact, handheld,
>>> maneuverable, non-intrusive device. This offers a greater freedom of
>>> movement to me
>>> and helps detect overhanging obstacles at the chest, shoulder and head
>>> levels. I specially benefited it lot in indore when I am at home if I
>>> have to locate the objects like cup plates on the table, when visiting
>>> any  office first time to locate the counters, alerts for reaching
>>> near stares, sometimes if I have to locate dustbin to throw garbage to
>>> avoid touching with my walking cane or bare hands, to get alertss for
>>> polls on the road which sometimes are below the height of the knee to
>>> bar the entry of small vehicles and animals within the premises, etc
>>> and lot more. Indeed, this device helping me lot. So worth
>>> considering. If you want to learn nore about it, visit
>>>   www.innohub.co.in
>>>
>>> or send the email to
>>> i...@innohub.co.in
>>>
>>> you can also call Mr. Deshpande of InnovationHub Technologies,
>>> private limited, Bangalore on mobile no. 09886833210
>>>
>>> get back again in case of any further doubts.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> On 12/8/15, Selva Kumar <selvak...@gmail.com>

Re: [AI] article of interest This Small Device developed in India Will Help Blind People Echolocate

[Sonu Golkar]

Hello Mr. Rajesh, I want your mobile No.



-Original Message-
From: AccessIndia [mailto:accessindia-boun...@accessindia.org.in] On Behalf Of 
Asudani, Rajesh
Sent: 08 December 2015 13:12
To: AccessIndia: a list for discussing accessibility and issues concerning the 
disabled.
Subject: Re: [AI] article of interest This Small Device developed in India Will 
Help Blind People Echolocate

And does music also tell of height or direction of the object, Vidhya?


सादर / With thanks & Regards
राजेश आसुदानी Rajesh Asudani
सहायक महाप्रबन्धक AGM
बाजार आसूचना ईकाई MIU
भारतीय रिजर्व बैंक Reserve Bank of India
नागपुर Nagpur

0712 2806846

President
VIBEWA
Co-Moderator
VIB-India

A-pilll = Action coupled with Positivity, Interest, Love, Logic and laughter.

-Original Message-
From: AccessIndia [mailto:accessindia-boun...@accessindia.org.in] On Behalf Of 
Vidhya Y
Sent: Tuesday, December 08, 2015 12:59 PM
To: AccessIndia: a list for discussing accessibility and issues concerning the 
disabled.
Subject: Re: [AI] article of interest This Small Device developed in India Will 
Help Blind People Echolocate

cost is 3500. but I don't think the device has tactile output. you
just can here music of frequencies(low to high pitch depending on the
distance of you to the obstacle).

On 12/8/15, George Abraham <geo...@eyeway.org> wrote:
> What is the cost?
>
> -Original Message-
> From: AccessIndia [mailto:accessindia-boun...@accessindia.org.in] On Behalf
> Of mukesh jain
> Sent: 08 December 2015 12:22
> To: AccessIndia: a list for discussing accessibility and issues concerning
> the disabled.
> Subject: Re: [AI] article of interest This Small Device developed in India
> Will Help Blind People Echolocate
>
> AUSION is an innovative electronic mobility and travel aid for the
> visually impaired. Based on the principle of echolocation, AUSION
> enables me to
> move around indoors and outdoors with confidence and least assistance.
> AUSION basically acquires information about the environment,
> especially objects and obstacles
> and translates them into sounds and tactile information that can be
> heard and felt. The interpretations of these audible and tactile
> feedbacks enable the
> virtual recreation of the environment. AUSION is compact, handheld,
> maneuverable, non-intrusive device. This offers a greater freedom of
> movement to me
> and helps detect overhanging obstacles at the chest, shoulder and head
> levels. I specially benefited it lot in indore when I am at home if I
> have to locate the objects like cup plates on the table, when visiting
> any  office first time to locate the counters, alerts for reaching
> near stares, sometimes if I have to locate dustbin to throw garbage to
> avoid touching with my walking cane or bare hands, to get alertss for
> polls on the road which sometimes are below the height of the knee to
> bar the entry of small vehicles and animals within the premises, etc
> and lot more. Indeed, this device helping me lot. So worth
> considering. If you want to learn nore about it, visit
>   www.innohub.co.in
>
> or send the email to
> i...@innohub.co.in
>
> you can also call Mr. Deshpande of InnovationHub Technologies,
> private limited, Bangalore on mobile no. 09886833210
>
> get back again in case of any further doubts.
>
>
>
> On 12/8/15, Selva Kumar <selvak...@gmail.com> wrote:
>> Hi vidya,
>>
>> Where we can get training for using device? can you give me full
>> address in bangalore, and what is the cost?
>>
>> On 9/16/15, sazid shaik <ashwaqahmed@gmail.com> wrote:
>>> what is the cost?
>>>
>>> On 9/16/15, Vidhya Y <vidhya@gmail.com> wrote:
>>>> this device???
>>>> I have started using it since 2 weeks.
>>>> it's interesting.
>>>> it needs some practice though.
>>>> I am able to walk without a cane except for steps.
>>>> I still have to figure how to identify steps.
>>>>
>>>> On 9/16/15, Tony Kurian <mtonykur...@gmail.com> wrote:
>>>>> hi all,
>>>>> anyone here used this device? experience please.
>>>>>
> http://www.techtimes.com/articles/70373/20150720/small-device-will-help-bli
> nd-people-echolocate.htm
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> Register at the dedicated AccessIndia list for discussing
> accessibility
>>>>> of
>>>>> mobile phones / Tabs on:
>>>>>
> http://mail.accessindia.org.in/mailman/listinfo/mobile.accessindia_accessin
> dia.org.in
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> Search for old postings at:
>>>>> http://www.mail-archive.com/access

Re: [AI] article of interest This Small Device developed in India Will Help Blind People Echolocate

[sazid shaik]

can you please tell me what is the training period.  what is the cost
of this device and amount for training?

regards,
sazid

On 12/9/15, Sonu Golkar <sonugol...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Hello Mr. Rajesh, I want your mobile No.
>
>
>
> -Original Message-
> From: AccessIndia [mailto:accessindia-boun...@accessindia.org.in] On Behalf
> Of Asudani, Rajesh
> Sent: 08 December 2015 13:12
> To: AccessIndia: a list for discussing accessibility and issues concerning
> the disabled.
> Subject: Re: [AI] article of interest This Small Device developed in India
> Will Help Blind People Echolocate
>
> And does music also tell of height or direction of the object, Vidhya?
>
>
> सादर / With thanks & Regards
> राजेश आसुदानी Rajesh Asudani
> सहायक महाप्रबन्धक AGM
> बाजार आसूचना ईकाई MIU
> भारतीय रिजर्व बैंक Reserve Bank of India
> नागपुर Nagpur
>
> 0712 2806846
>
> President
> VIBEWA
> Co-Moderator
> VIB-India
>
> A-pilll = Action coupled with Positivity, Interest, Love, Logic and
> laughter.
>
> -Original Message-
> From: AccessIndia [mailto:accessindia-boun...@accessindia.org.in] On Behalf
> Of Vidhya Y
> Sent: Tuesday, December 08, 2015 12:59 PM
> To: AccessIndia: a list for discussing accessibility and issues concerning
> the disabled.
> Subject: Re: [AI] article of interest This Small Device developed in India
> Will Help Blind People Echolocate
>
> cost is 3500. but I don't think the device has tactile output. you
> just can here music of frequencies(low to high pitch depending on the
> distance of you to the obstacle).
>
> On 12/8/15, George Abraham <geo...@eyeway.org> wrote:
>> What is the cost?
>>
>> -Original Message-
>> From: AccessIndia [mailto:accessindia-boun...@accessindia.org.in] On
>> Behalf
>> Of mukesh jain
>> Sent: 08 December 2015 12:22
>> To: AccessIndia: a list for discussing accessibility and issues concerning
>> the disabled.
>> Subject: Re: [AI] article of interest This Small Device developed in India
>> Will Help Blind People Echolocate
>>
>> AUSION is an innovative electronic mobility and travel aid for the
>> visually impaired. Based on the principle of echolocation, AUSION
>> enables me to
>> move around indoors and outdoors with confidence and least assistance.
>> AUSION basically acquires information about the environment,
>> especially objects and obstacles
>> and translates them into sounds and tactile information that can be
>> heard and felt. The interpretations of these audible and tactile
>> feedbacks enable the
>> virtual recreation of the environment. AUSION is compact, handheld,
>> maneuverable, non-intrusive device. This offers a greater freedom of
>> movement to me
>> and helps detect overhanging obstacles at the chest, shoulder and head
>> levels. I specially benefited it lot in indore when I am at home if I
>> have to locate the objects like cup plates on the table, when visiting
>> any  office first time to locate the counters, alerts for reaching
>> near stares, sometimes if I have to locate dustbin to throw garbage to
>> avoid touching with my walking cane or bare hands, to get alertss for
>> polls on the road which sometimes are below the height of the knee to
>> bar the entry of small vehicles and animals within the premises, etc
>> and lot more. Indeed, this device helping me lot. So worth
>> considering. If you want to learn nore about it, visit
>>   www.innohub.co.in
>>
>> or send the email to
>> i...@innohub.co.in
>>
>> you can also call Mr. Deshpande of InnovationHub Technologies,
>> private limited, Bangalore on mobile no. 09886833210
>>
>> get back again in case of any further doubts.
>>
>>
>>
>> On 12/8/15, Selva Kumar <selvak...@gmail.com> wrote:
>>> Hi vidya,
>>>
>>> Where we can get training for using device? can you give me full
>>> address in bangalore, and what is the cost?
>>>
>>> On 9/16/15, sazid shaik <ashwaqahmed@gmail.com> wrote:
>>>> what is the cost?
>>>>
>>>> On 9/16/15, Vidhya Y <vidhya@gmail.com> wrote:
>>>>> this device???
>>>>> I have started using it since 2 weeks.
>>>>> it's interesting.
>>>>> it needs some practice though.
>>>>> I am able to walk without a cane except for steps.
>>>>> I still have to figure how to identify steps.
>>>>>
>>>>> On 9/16/15, Tony Kurian <mtonykur...@gmail.com> wrote:
>>>>>> hi all,
>>>>>> a

Re: [AI] article of interest This Small Device developed in India Will Help Blind People Echolocate

[mukesh jain]

AUSION is an innovative electronic mobility and travel aid for the
visually impaired. Based on the principle of echolocation, AUSION
enables me to
move around indoors and outdoors with confidence and least assistance.
AUSION basically acquires information about the environment,
especially objects and obstacles
and translates them into sounds and tactile information that can be
heard and felt. The interpretations of these audible and tactile
feedbacks enable the
virtual recreation of the environment. AUSION is compact, handheld,
maneuverable, non-intrusive device. This offers a greater freedom of
movement to me
and helps detect overhanging obstacles at the chest, shoulder and head
levels. I specially benefited it lot in indore when I am at home if I
have to locate the objects like cup plates on the table, when visiting
any  office first time to locate the counters, alerts for reaching
near stares, sometimes if I have to locate dustbin to throw garbage to
avoid touching with my walking cane or bare hands, to get alertss for
polls on the road which sometimes are below the height of the knee to
bar the entry of small vehicles and animals within the premises, etc
and lot more. Indeed, this device helping me lot. So worth
considering. If you want to learn nore about it, visit
  www.innohub.co.in

or send the email to
i...@innohub.co.in

you can also call Mr. Deshpande of InnovationHub Technologies,
private limited, Bangalore on mobile no. 09886833210

get back again in case of any further doubts.



On 12/8/15, Selva Kumar  wrote:
> Hi vidya,
>
> Where we can get training for using device? can you give me full
> address in bangalore, and what is the cost?
>
> On 9/16/15, sazid shaik  wrote:
>> what is the cost?
>>
>> On 9/16/15, Vidhya Y  wrote:
>>> this device???
>>> I have started using it since 2 weeks.
>>> it's interesting.
>>> it needs some practice though.
>>> I am able to walk without a cane except for steps.
>>> I still have to figure how to identify steps.
>>>
>>> On 9/16/15, Tony Kurian  wrote:
 hi all,
 anyone here used this device? experience please.
 http://www.techtimes.com/articles/70373/20150720/small-device-will-help-blind-people-echolocate.htm



 Register at the dedicated AccessIndia list for discussing accessibility
 of
 mobile phones / Tabs on:
 http://mail.accessindia.org.in/mailman/listinfo/mobile.accessindia_accessindia.org.in


 Search for old postings at:
 http://www.mail-archive.com/accessindia@accessindia.org.in/

 To unsubscribe send a message to
 accessindia-requ...@accessindia.org.in
 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


 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. AI cannot be held liable for any commission/omission based on the
 mails
 sent through this mailing list..

>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Register at the dedicated AccessIndia list for discussing accessibility
>>> of
>>> mobile phones / Tabs on:
>>> http://mail.accessindia.org.in/mailman/listinfo/mobile.accessindia_accessindia.org.in
>>>
>>>
>>> Search for old postings at:
>>> http://www.mail-archive.com/accessindia@accessindia.org.in/
>>>
>>> To unsubscribe send a message to
>>> accessindia-requ...@accessindia.org.in
>>> 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
>>>
>>>
>>> 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. AI cannot be held liable for any commission/omission based on the
>>> mails
>>> sent through this mailing list..
>>>
>>
>>
>>
>> Register at the dedicated AccessIndia list for discussing accessibility
>> of
>> mobile phones / Tabs on:
>> http://mail.accessindia.org.in/mailman/listinfo/mobile.accessindia_accessindia.org.in
>>
>>
>> Search for old postings at:
>> http://www.mail-archive.com/accessindia@accessindia.org.in/
>>
>> To unsubscribe send a message to
>> accessindia-requ...@accessindia.org.in
>> 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
>>
>>
>> Disclaimer:
>> 1. Contents of the mails, factual, or otherwise, reflect the thinking of
>> the
>> person sending the mail and AI in no 

Re: [AI] article of interest This Small Device developed in India Will Help Blind People Echolocate

[George Abraham]

What is the cost? 

-Original Message-
From: AccessIndia [mailto:accessindia-boun...@accessindia.org.in] On Behalf
Of mukesh jain
Sent: 08 December 2015 12:22
To: AccessIndia: a list for discussing accessibility and issues concerning
the disabled.
Subject: Re: [AI] article of interest This Small Device developed in India
Will Help Blind People Echolocate

AUSION is an innovative electronic mobility and travel aid for the
visually impaired. Based on the principle of echolocation, AUSION
enables me to
move around indoors and outdoors with confidence and least assistance.
AUSION basically acquires information about the environment,
especially objects and obstacles
and translates them into sounds and tactile information that can be
heard and felt. The interpretations of these audible and tactile
feedbacks enable the
virtual recreation of the environment. AUSION is compact, handheld,
maneuverable, non-intrusive device. This offers a greater freedom of
movement to me
and helps detect overhanging obstacles at the chest, shoulder and head
levels. I specially benefited it lot in indore when I am at home if I
have to locate the objects like cup plates on the table, when visiting
any  office first time to locate the counters, alerts for reaching
near stares, sometimes if I have to locate dustbin to throw garbage to
avoid touching with my walking cane or bare hands, to get alertss for
polls on the road which sometimes are below the height of the knee to
bar the entry of small vehicles and animals within the premises, etc
and lot more. Indeed, this device helping me lot. So worth
considering. If you want to learn nore about it, visit
  www.innohub.co.in

or send the email to
i...@innohub.co.in

you can also call Mr. Deshpande of InnovationHub Technologies,
private limited, Bangalore on mobile no. 09886833210

get back again in case of any further doubts.



On 12/8/15, Selva Kumar <selvak...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Hi vidya,
>
> Where we can get training for using device? can you give me full
> address in bangalore, and what is the cost?
>
> On 9/16/15, sazid shaik <ashwaqahmed@gmail.com> wrote:
>> what is the cost?
>>
>> On 9/16/15, Vidhya Y <vidhya@gmail.com> wrote:
>>> this device???
>>> I have started using it since 2 weeks.
>>> it's interesting.
>>> it needs some practice though.
>>> I am able to walk without a cane except for steps.
>>> I still have to figure how to identify steps.
>>>
>>> On 9/16/15, Tony Kurian <mtonykur...@gmail.com> wrote:
>>>> hi all,
>>>> anyone here used this device? experience please.
>>>>
http://www.techtimes.com/articles/70373/20150720/small-device-will-help-bli
nd-people-echolocate.htm
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Register at the dedicated AccessIndia list for discussing
accessibility
>>>> of
>>>> mobile phones / Tabs on:
>>>>
http://mail.accessindia.org.in/mailman/listinfo/mobile.accessindia_accessin
dia.org.in
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Search for old postings at:
>>>> http://www.mail-archive.com/accessindia@accessindia.org.in/
>>>>
>>>> To unsubscribe send a message to
>>>> accessindia-requ...@accessindia.org.in
>>>> 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
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> 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. AI cannot be held liable for any commission/omission based on the
>>>> mails
>>>> sent through this mailing list..
>>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Register at the dedicated AccessIndia list for discussing accessibility
>>> of
>>> mobile phones / Tabs on:
>>>
http://mail.accessindia.org.in/mailman/listinfo/mobile.accessindia_accessin
dia.org.in
>>>
>>>
>>> Search for old postings at:
>>> http://www.mail-archive.com/accessindia@accessindia.org.in/
>>>
>>> To unsubscribe send a message to
>>> accessindia-requ...@accessindia.org.in
>>> 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/mailma

Re: [AI] article of interest This Small Device developed in India Will Help Blind People Echolocate

[Vidhya Y]

cost is 3500. but I don't think the device has tactile output. you
just can here music of frequencies(low to high pitch depending on the
distance of you to the obstacle).

On 12/8/15, George Abraham <geo...@eyeway.org> wrote:
> What is the cost?
>
> -Original Message-
> From: AccessIndia [mailto:accessindia-boun...@accessindia.org.in] On Behalf
> Of mukesh jain
> Sent: 08 December 2015 12:22
> To: AccessIndia: a list for discussing accessibility and issues concerning
> the disabled.
> Subject: Re: [AI] article of interest This Small Device developed in India
> Will Help Blind People Echolocate
>
> AUSION is an innovative electronic mobility and travel aid for the
> visually impaired. Based on the principle of echolocation, AUSION
> enables me to
> move around indoors and outdoors with confidence and least assistance.
> AUSION basically acquires information about the environment,
> especially objects and obstacles
> and translates them into sounds and tactile information that can be
> heard and felt. The interpretations of these audible and tactile
> feedbacks enable the
> virtual recreation of the environment. AUSION is compact, handheld,
> maneuverable, non-intrusive device. This offers a greater freedom of
> movement to me
> and helps detect overhanging obstacles at the chest, shoulder and head
> levels. I specially benefited it lot in indore when I am at home if I
> have to locate the objects like cup plates on the table, when visiting
> any  office first time to locate the counters, alerts for reaching
> near stares, sometimes if I have to locate dustbin to throw garbage to
> avoid touching with my walking cane or bare hands, to get alertss for
> polls on the road which sometimes are below the height of the knee to
> bar the entry of small vehicles and animals within the premises, etc
> and lot more. Indeed, this device helping me lot. So worth
> considering. If you want to learn nore about it, visit
>   www.innohub.co.in
>
> or send the email to
> i...@innohub.co.in
>
> you can also call Mr. Deshpande of InnovationHub Technologies,
> private limited, Bangalore on mobile no. 09886833210
>
> get back again in case of any further doubts.
>
>
>
> On 12/8/15, Selva Kumar <selvak...@gmail.com> wrote:
>> Hi vidya,
>>
>> Where we can get training for using device? can you give me full
>> address in bangalore, and what is the cost?
>>
>> On 9/16/15, sazid shaik <ashwaqahmed@gmail.com> wrote:
>>> what is the cost?
>>>
>>> On 9/16/15, Vidhya Y <vidhya@gmail.com> wrote:
>>>> this device???
>>>> I have started using it since 2 weeks.
>>>> it's interesting.
>>>> it needs some practice though.
>>>> I am able to walk without a cane except for steps.
>>>> I still have to figure how to identify steps.
>>>>
>>>> On 9/16/15, Tony Kurian <mtonykur...@gmail.com> wrote:
>>>>> hi all,
>>>>> anyone here used this device? experience please.
>>>>>
> http://www.techtimes.com/articles/70373/20150720/small-device-will-help-bli
> nd-people-echolocate.htm
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> Register at the dedicated AccessIndia list for discussing
> accessibility
>>>>> of
>>>>> mobile phones / Tabs on:
>>>>>
> http://mail.accessindia.org.in/mailman/listinfo/mobile.accessindia_accessin
> dia.org.in
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> Search for old postings at:
>>>>> http://www.mail-archive.com/accessindia@accessindia.org.in/
>>>>>
>>>>> To unsubscribe send a message to
>>>>> accessindia-requ...@accessindia.org.in
>>>>> 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
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> 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. AI cannot be held liable for any commission/omission based on the
>>>>> mails
>>>>> sent through this mailing list..
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Register at 

Re: [AI] article of interest This Small Device developed in India Will Help Blind People Echolocate

[Asudani, Rajesh]

And does music also tell of height or direction of the object, Vidhya?


सादर / With thanks & Regards
राजेश आसुदानी Rajesh Asudani
सहायक महाप्रबन्धक AGM
बाजार आसूचना ईकाई MIU
भारतीय रिजर्व बैंक Reserve Bank of India
नागपुर Nagpur

0712 2806846

President
VIBEWA
Co-Moderator
VIB-India

A-pilll = Action coupled with Positivity, Interest, Love, Logic and laughter.

-Original Message-
From: AccessIndia [mailto:accessindia-boun...@accessindia.org.in] On Behalf Of 
Vidhya Y
Sent: Tuesday, December 08, 2015 12:59 PM
To: AccessIndia: a list for discussing accessibility and issues concerning the 
disabled.
Subject: Re: [AI] article of interest This Small Device developed in India Will 
Help Blind People Echolocate

cost is 3500. but I don't think the device has tactile output. you
just can here music of frequencies(low to high pitch depending on the
distance of you to the obstacle).

On 12/8/15, George Abraham <geo...@eyeway.org> wrote:
> What is the cost?
>
> -Original Message-
> From: AccessIndia [mailto:accessindia-boun...@accessindia.org.in] On Behalf
> Of mukesh jain
> Sent: 08 December 2015 12:22
> To: AccessIndia: a list for discussing accessibility and issues concerning
> the disabled.
> Subject: Re: [AI] article of interest This Small Device developed in India
> Will Help Blind People Echolocate
>
> AUSION is an innovative electronic mobility and travel aid for the
> visually impaired. Based on the principle of echolocation, AUSION
> enables me to
> move around indoors and outdoors with confidence and least assistance.
> AUSION basically acquires information about the environment,
> especially objects and obstacles
> and translates them into sounds and tactile information that can be
> heard and felt. The interpretations of these audible and tactile
> feedbacks enable the
> virtual recreation of the environment. AUSION is compact, handheld,
> maneuverable, non-intrusive device. This offers a greater freedom of
> movement to me
> and helps detect overhanging obstacles at the chest, shoulder and head
> levels. I specially benefited it lot in indore when I am at home if I
> have to locate the objects like cup plates on the table, when visiting
> any  office first time to locate the counters, alerts for reaching
> near stares, sometimes if I have to locate dustbin to throw garbage to
> avoid touching with my walking cane or bare hands, to get alertss for
> polls on the road which sometimes are below the height of the knee to
> bar the entry of small vehicles and animals within the premises, etc
> and lot more. Indeed, this device helping me lot. So worth
> considering. If you want to learn nore about it, visit
>   www.innohub.co.in
>
> or send the email to
> i...@innohub.co.in
>
> you can also call Mr. Deshpande of InnovationHub Technologies,
> private limited, Bangalore on mobile no. 09886833210
>
> get back again in case of any further doubts.
>
>
>
> On 12/8/15, Selva Kumar <selvak...@gmail.com> wrote:
>> Hi vidya,
>>
>> Where we can get training for using device? can you give me full
>> address in bangalore, and what is the cost?
>>
>> On 9/16/15, sazid shaik <ashwaqahmed@gmail.com> wrote:
>>> what is the cost?
>>>
>>> On 9/16/15, Vidhya Y <vidhya@gmail.com> wrote:
>>>> this device???
>>>> I have started using it since 2 weeks.
>>>> it's interesting.
>>>> it needs some practice though.
>>>> I am able to walk without a cane except for steps.
>>>> I still have to figure how to identify steps.
>>>>
>>>> On 9/16/15, Tony Kurian <mtonykur...@gmail.com> wrote:
>>>>> hi all,
>>>>> anyone here used this device? experience please.
>>>>>
> http://www.techtimes.com/articles/70373/20150720/small-device-will-help-bli
> nd-people-echolocate.htm
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> Register at the dedicated AccessIndia list for discussing
> accessibility
>>>>> of
>>>>> mobile phones / Tabs on:
>>>>>
> http://mail.accessindia.org.in/mailman/listinfo/mobile.accessindia_accessin
> dia.org.in
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> Search for old postings at:
>>>>> http://www.mail-archive.com/accessindia@accessindia.org.in/
>>>>>
>>>>> To unsubscribe send a message to
>>>>> accessindia-requ...@accessindia.org.in
>>>>> with the subject unsubscribe.
>>>>>
>>>>> To change your subscription to digest mode or make any other changes,
>>>>> please
>>>>> visit t

Re: [AI] article of interest This Small Device developed in India Will Help Blind People Echolocate

[Selva Kumar]

Hi vidya,

Where we can get training for using device? can you give me full
address in bangalore, and what is the cost?

On 9/16/15, sazid shaik  wrote:
> what is the cost?
>
> On 9/16/15, Vidhya Y  wrote:
>> this device???
>> I have started using it since 2 weeks.
>> it's interesting.
>> it needs some practice though.
>> I am able to walk without a cane except for steps.
>> I still have to figure how to identify steps.
>>
>> On 9/16/15, Tony Kurian  wrote:
>>> hi all,
>>> anyone here used this device? experience please.
>>> http://www.techtimes.com/articles/70373/20150720/small-device-will-help-blind-people-echolocate.htm
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Register at the dedicated AccessIndia list for discussing accessibility
>>> of
>>> mobile phones / Tabs on:
>>> http://mail.accessindia.org.in/mailman/listinfo/mobile.accessindia_accessindia.org.in
>>>
>>>
>>> Search for old postings at:
>>> http://www.mail-archive.com/accessindia@accessindia.org.in/
>>>
>>> To unsubscribe send a message to
>>> accessindia-requ...@accessindia.org.in
>>> 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
>>>
>>>
>>> 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. AI cannot be held liable for any commission/omission based on the
>>> mails
>>> sent through this mailing list..
>>>
>>
>>
>>
>> Register at the dedicated AccessIndia list for discussing accessibility
>> of
>> mobile phones / Tabs on:
>> http://mail.accessindia.org.in/mailman/listinfo/mobile.accessindia_accessindia.org.in
>>
>>
>> Search for old postings at:
>> http://www.mail-archive.com/accessindia@accessindia.org.in/
>>
>> To unsubscribe send a message to
>> accessindia-requ...@accessindia.org.in
>> 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
>>
>>
>> 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. AI cannot be held liable for any commission/omission based on the
>> mails
>> sent through this mailing list..
>>
>
>
>
> Register at the dedicated AccessIndia list for discussing accessibility of
> mobile phones / Tabs on:
> http://mail.accessindia.org.in/mailman/listinfo/mobile.accessindia_accessindia.org.in
>
>
> Search for old postings at:
> http://www.mail-archive.com/accessindia@accessindia.org.in/
>
> To unsubscribe send a message to
> accessindia-requ...@accessindia.org.in
> 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
>
>
> 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. AI cannot be held liable for any commission/omission based on the mails
> sent through this mailing list..
>



Register at the dedicated AccessIndia list for discussing accessibility of 
mobile phones / Tabs on:
http://mail.accessindia.org.in/mailman/listinfo/mobile.accessindia_accessindia.org.in


Search for old postings at:
http://www.mail-archive.com/accessindia@accessindia.org.in/

To unsubscribe send a message to
accessindia-requ...@accessindia.org.in
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


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. AI cannot be held liable for any commission/omission based on the mails sent 
through this mailing list..

[AI] Article of Interest: Is Seventh Pay Commission the big stimulus that auto sector needs?

[avinash shahi]

A historical analysis of auto sales shows that arrears and pay hikes
of government employees have led to immediate spike in the purchase of
two-wheelers and passenger vehicles in the country. Photo: Ramesh
Pathania/Mint
http://www.livemint.com/Industry/5T0oR9HdHr1YUPgdT2ZSDL/Is-Seventh-Pay-Commission-the-big-stimulus-that-auto-sector.html
New Delhi: India’s automobile sector is keenly awaiting the
recommendations of the Seventh Pay Commission in the hope that
government employees will flock to showrooms with their pockets loaded
with cash.

Yet, what may still go against the industry is if the Pay Commission’s
recommendations are implemented as soon as the report is submitted.
This will mean that the implementation may not have any retrospective
impact, unlike in the past, and that will lead to less or no lump sum
amount as arrears in the accounts of government employees, which in
turn may not have the desired impact on auto sales.

However, a historical analysis of auto sales shows that arrears and
pay hikes of government employees have led to immediate spike in the
purchase of two-wheelers and passenger vehicles in the country.

For example, when the government implemented the Sixth Pay Commission
report in 2008, sales of passenger vehicles grew 19.45% to 2.22
million units in 2008-09 and 21.18% to 2.8 million units in 2009-10,
according to data provided by the Society of Indian Automobile
Manufacturers (Siam). Sales of two-wheelers grew 16.11% to 9.7 million
units in 2008-09 and 31.22% to 12.73 million in 2009-10.

During this period, the total remuneration of Central government
employees alone went up from Rs.45,962.60 crore in 2007-08 to
Rs.73,717.80 crore and Rs.96,589.70 crore in 2008-09 and 2009-10,
respectively, according to data provided by the Centre for Monitoring
Indian Economy.

Pay packages of government employees rose by an average of 35%, as per
the recommendations of the Sixth Pay Commission. They also received
arrears for more than 30 months due to delay in the implementation of
the report.

The Sixth Pay Commission had submitted its report a little ahead of
its deadline on 24 March 2008. The revised pay scales were implemented
retrospectively, starting 1 January 2006, while recommendations
relating to allowances were implemented prospectively.

This was also the period when the global economy was grappling with
economic recession and car sales in India were helped by the Indian
government’s move to reduce excise duty by 4 percentage points to 8%.

Following the Fifth Pay Commission report that was implemented in
September 1997, sales of passenger vehicles jumped 33.19% to 689,000
units in 1998-99 and two-wheeler sales grew 11.74% to 3.64 million
units.

When the Fourth Pay Commission report was implemented in 1987-88,
sales of two-wheelers jumped 11.37% to 1.55 million in 1988-99 and 11%
to 1.75 million in 1989-90. Sales of passenger vehicles grew 12.38% to
219,000 in 1988-99 and declined 2% in 1989-90. Those were the days
when India was still opening to globalization.

From the Seventh Pay Commission, there are expectations of tweaks to
retirement age, performance-linked pay and flexible work hours for
women and employees with disabilities, apart from pay hikes. In
August, the government extended the Commission’s term by another four
months till 31 December to give recommendations. The recommendations
were expected to be effective from 1 January 2016. If there are
delays, the pay revisions would again be done with retrospective
effect.

India employs at least 4.8 million Central government employees and
5.5 million pensioners and over 10 million state and local government
employees. An increase in their salaries will open up an ocean of
opportunities for Indian auto makers, some of whom are still
recovering from a prolonged slowdown that started in 2012.

Passenger vehicle sales have grown 6.22% to 1.33 million units during
April-September, while sales of two-wheelers have declined 0.36% to
8.11 million units.


Amrit Raj

-- 
Avinash Shahi
Doctoral student at Centre for Law and Governance JNU



Register at the dedicated AccessIndia list for discussing accessibility of 
mobile phones / Tabs on:
http://mail.accessindia.org.in/mailman/listinfo/mobile.accessindia_accessindia.org.in


Search for old postings at:
http://www.mail-archive.com/accessindia@accessindia.org.in/

To unsubscribe send a message to
accessindia-requ...@accessindia.org.in
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


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. AI cannot be held liable for any commission/omission based on the mails sent 
through this mailing list..

Re: [AI] Article or research paper on elasticity of demand and supply in oil sector

[Mahesh Narasimhan]

Hi Vijay,

I believe you mean the fossil fuel by oil sector and not edible oil sector.

I have not personally studied or focussed much on it but my inputs are
furnished below. You can elaborate on the same if you feel so.

1. Fossil Fuel or the crude oil has become an integral element in the
growth and development of any economy. Explain the point.
2. Try to extract inputs from the participants regarding fossil fuel
and their utility.
3. Try to introduce the concept of price elasticity and cross price elasticity.
4. Try to establish the relationship between the automobiles and the
fossil fuel.
5. Develop the concept of relationship between automobiles, fossil
fuel and the price elasticities.
6. Find out the relationship in the short-run and long-run periods. In
the short-run, it would be relatively inelastic and in the long-run it
would be relatively elastic.
7. Till this level these concepts were of micro economics or
managerial economics. Now introduce the macro aspect to it. The OPEC,
cartel, latest being the breaking of the cartel to a certain degree,
the net exports sector etc.
8. Introduce the concepts of sustainability aspects, emission, global
warming, ecological foot print etc.
9. Conclude.

Hope it would help.

-- 
"Good friendship is like the relationship between  eye & hand! If the
hand is hurt, the eye will cry! & when the eye cries, the hand will
wipe the tears"

With best regards,
Mahesh Narasimhan
Mobile: +91-9899353960
E-mail: maheshde...@gmail.com
Skype: maheshdel88




On 10/6/15, Vijay Kumar  wrote:
> Greetings all of friends. I need some study material on above subject, does
> anybody have some info about it , I am preparing a lecture  for non
> specialist students , please share.
>
> Regards
>
> CA S Vijay Kumar
>
>
>
> Register at the dedicated AccessIndia list for discussing accessibility of
> mobile phones / Tabs on:
> http://mail.accessindia.org.in/mailman/listinfo/mobile.accessindia_accessindia.org.in
>
>
> Search for old postings at:
> http://www.mail-archive.com/accessindia@accessindia.org.in/
>
> To unsubscribe send a message to
> accessindia-requ...@accessindia.org.in
> 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
>
>
> 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. AI cannot be held liable for any commission/omission based on the mails
> sent through this mailing list..
>



Register at the dedicated AccessIndia list for discussing accessibility of 
mobile phones / Tabs on:
http://mail.accessindia.org.in/mailman/listinfo/mobile.accessindia_accessindia.org.in


Search for old postings at:
http://www.mail-archive.com/accessindia@accessindia.org.in/

To unsubscribe send a message to
accessindia-requ...@accessindia.org.in
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


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. AI cannot be held liable for any commission/omission based on the mails sent 
through this mailing list..

Re: [AI] Article or research paper on elasticity of demand and supply in oil sector

[Vijay Kumar]

Thanks Mahesh , great help. It will help me a lot.
Regards
CA S Vijay Kumar

-Original Message-
From: AccessIndia [mailto:accessindia-boun...@accessindia.org.in] On Behalf
Of Mahesh Narasimhan
Sent: 06 October 2015 16:47
To: AccessIndia: a list for discussing accessibility and issues concerning
the disabled. <accessindia@accessindia.org.in>
Subject: Re: [AI] Article or research paper on elasticity of demand and
supply in oil sector

Hi Vijay,

I believe you mean the fossil fuel by oil sector and not edible oil sector.

I have not personally studied or focussed much on it but my inputs are
furnished below. You can elaborate on the same if you feel so.

1. Fossil Fuel or the crude oil has become an integral element in the growth
and development of any economy. Explain the point.
2. Try to extract inputs from the participants regarding fossil fuel and
their utility.
3. Try to introduce the concept of price elasticity and cross price
elasticity.
4. Try to establish the relationship between the automobiles and the fossil
fuel.
5. Develop the concept of relationship between automobiles, fossil fuel and
the price elasticities.
6. Find out the relationship in the short-run and long-run periods. In the
short-run, it would be relatively inelastic and in the long-run it would be
relatively elastic.
7. Till this level these concepts were of micro economics or managerial
economics. Now introduce the macro aspect to it. The OPEC, cartel, latest
being the breaking of the cartel to a certain degree, the net exports sector
etc.
8. Introduce the concepts of sustainability aspects, emission, global
warming, ecological foot print etc.
9. Conclude.

Hope it would help.

--
"Good friendship is like the relationship between  eye & hand! If the hand
is hurt, the eye will cry! & when the eye cries, the hand will wipe the
tears"

With best regards,
Mahesh Narasimhan
Mobile: +91-9899353960
E-mail: maheshde...@gmail.com
Skype: maheshdel88




On 10/6/15, Vijay Kumar <ca.s.vijayku...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Greetings all of friends. I need some study material on above subject, 
> does anybody have some info about it , I am preparing a lecture  for 
> non specialist students , please share.
>
> Regards
>
> CA S Vijay Kumar
>
>
>
> Register at the dedicated AccessIndia list for discussing 
> accessibility of mobile phones / Tabs on:
> http://mail.accessindia.org.in/mailman/listinfo/mobile.accessindia_acc
> essindia.org.in
>
>
> Search for old postings at:
> http://www.mail-archive.com/accessindia@accessindia.org.in/
>
> To unsubscribe send a message to
> accessindia-requ...@accessindia.org.in
> 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
>
>
> 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. AI cannot be held liable for any commission/omission based on the 
> mails sent through this mailing list..
>



Register at the dedicated AccessIndia list for discussing accessibility of
mobile phones / Tabs on:
http://mail.accessindia.org.in/mailman/listinfo/mobile.accessindia_accessind
ia.org.in


Search for old postings at:
http://www.mail-archive.com/accessindia@accessindia.org.in/

To unsubscribe send a message to
accessindia-requ...@accessindia.org.in
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


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. AI cannot be held liable for any commission/omission based on the mails
sent through this mailing list..




Register at the dedicated AccessIndia list for discussing accessibility of 
mobile phones / Tabs on:
http://mail.accessindia.org.in/mailman/listinfo/mobile.accessindia_accessindia.org.in


Search for old postings at:
http://www.mail-archive.com/accessindia@accessindia.org.in/

To unsubscribe send a message to
accessindia-requ...@accessindia.org.in
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


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. AI cannot be held liable for any commission/omission based on the mails sent 
through this mailing list..

[AI] Article or research paper on elasticity of demand and supply in oil sector

[Vijay Kumar]

Greetings all of friends. I need some study material on above subject, does
anybody have some info about it , I am preparing a lecture  for non
specialist students , please share.

Regards

CA S Vijay Kumar



Register at the dedicated AccessIndia list for discussing accessibility of 
mobile phones / Tabs on:
http://mail.accessindia.org.in/mailman/listinfo/mobile.accessindia_accessindia.org.in


Search for old postings at:
http://www.mail-archive.com/accessindia@accessindia.org.in/

To unsubscribe send a message to
accessindia-requ...@accessindia.org.in
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


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. AI cannot be held liable for any commission/omission based on the mails sent 
through this mailing list..

[AI] Article of Interest: Ending rabies By Naseem Salahuddin

[avinash shahi]

RECENTLY, I saw an eight-year-old boy from Dadu, who had been mauled
by a pack of dogs. His scalp was torn off, his ear lobe was hanging
and his armpits were chewed up. In fact, his entire body was
mutilated. The distraught father, a simple peasant, carried him to
small and large hospitals in Sindh, but none had the wherewithal to
treat the child. Twenty-four hours later he reached the Indus Hospital
where he was attended to. Under anaesthesia his wounds were washed and
debrided; each wound was injected with Rabies Immunoglobulin (RIG),
and the anti-rabies vaccine series initiated. Extensive plastic
surgery procedures are still in process, and we hope the child will
survive, although he will remain physically and mentally scarred for
life.
http://www.dawn.com/news/1209653/ending-rabies
Pakistan’s population is over 186 million and growing. The literacy
rate is one of the lowest in the world. Tuberculosis, malaria,
hepatitis, dengue, typhoid, polio and a host of infectious diseases
account for the majority of disease, disability and deaths. Among
these myriad problems, animal bites and rabies are nowhere on the
radar of health authorities. The population of stray dogs is growing,
as is the incidence of dog bites and rabies deaths.

Infected animals, mostly dogs, harbour the virus in their saliva.
Several weeks after a bite from an infected dog, the victim develops
headache, fever and becomes intermittently confused. Gradually, the
muscles of swallowing and breathing go into spasm, and he has
difficulty swallowing food or water (hydrophobia) and breathing
(aerophobia). A few days pass without food or water. He is fatigued
and dehydrated. The dying person feels a sense of impending doom.
Death is inevitable. The family he leaves behind will remain with the
indelible memory of his tortured death. Sixty-thousand deaths from
rabies occur globally each year, of which 20,000 take place in India,
and around 2,000 to 5,000 in Pakistan. Rabies is 100pc preventable if
treated correctly at the time of the bite. Delayed or no treatment
ends in sure death.




Rabies is totally preventable if treated correctly at the time of the bite.



In a WHO-sponsored Rabies Surveillance Project we studied nearly
10,000 cases of dog-bite victims from nine emergency departments
across Pakistan. Nearly 80pc were male, and one-third between five to
14 years. Few victims washed their wounds with soap and water as
recommended; instead, they applied unsafe household remedies: salt,
turmeric or red chillies. Interviews of healthcare workers revealed
that modern, lifesaving modalities of treatment were virtually unknown
to them, since most emergency departments are not even equipped with
modern vaccine and RIG. Stray dog bites occur frequently in rural
areas. Often villagers must travel for hours, even days, to reach an
equipped hospital; frequently, they do not complete the full
vaccination course. If and when symptoms of rabies develop and death
seems certain, the despairing family consults a mystic in a shrine for
mumbo-jumbo treatment.

As evident at a recent Saarc workshop in Sri Lanka, the entire focus
of human rabies elimination has shifted to dog rabies elimination. A
‘one health’ approach was recommended for all member countries to
establish national and sub-national multi-sectoral steering committees
for elimination of both animal and human rabies.

This is entirely logical. The difficulty is the logistics. Dog culling
has totally failed in the long run wherever attempted. Developed, and
now some developing countries, have demonstrated that vaccinating at
least 70pc of feral dogs in a given area will create herd immunity.
Immunised dogs are less aggressive, and even if provoked to bite, they
will not transmit the virus. Sri Lanka, Bhutan and Thailand are well
on their way to eliminating dog rabies by mass dog vaccination through
organised campaigns. Many other countries are practising Capture,
Neuter and Vaccina­tion of stray dogs. Their population will
eventually reduce, while maintaining the ecological balance. This is
the only sure way to eliminate rabies in dogs and thus in humans.

In Pakistan, there is no such consideration. Most graduates of
veterinary colleges specialise in lucrative practices of livestock and
animal husbandry; municipal authorities either ignore the issue, or
organise sporadic but ineffective dog-killing campaigns; hospital
directors choose not to provide lifesaving medicines, assuming they
are too expensive; medics remain unaware of treatment modalities; the
uneducated continue in the time warp of unsafe antidotes. The result
is heartrending cases of rabies deaths on the rise.

The Indus Hospital, Rabies in Asia and Medical Microbiology and
Infectious Diseases Society of Pakistan jointly launched an intensive
month-long awareness campaign in 

Re: [AI] article of interest This Small Device developed in India Will Help Blind People Echolocate

[Amiyo Biswas]

The site says Rs. 3,500.

With best regards,
Amiyo Biswas
Cell: +91-9433464329

- Original Message - 
From: "sazid shaik" <ashwaqahmed@gmail.com>
To: "AccessIndia: a list for discussing accessibility and issues 
concerningthe disabled." <accessindia@accessindia.org.in>

Sent: Wednesday, September 16, 2015 9:56 AM
Subject: Re: [AI] article of interest This Small Device developed in India 
Will Help Blind People Echolocate




what is the cost?

On 9/16/15, Vidhya Y <vidhya@gmail.com> wrote:

this device???
I have started using it since 2 weeks.
it's interesting.
it needs some practice though.
I am able to walk without a cane except for steps.
I still have to figure how to identify steps.

On 9/16/15, Tony Kurian <mtonykur...@gmail.com> wrote:

hi all,
anyone here used this device? experience please.
http://www.techtimes.com/articles/70373/20150720/small-device-will-help-blind-people-echolocate.htm



Register at the dedicated AccessIndia list for discussing accessibility
of
mobile phones / Tabs on:
http://mail.accessindia.org.in/mailman/listinfo/mobile.accessindia_accessindia.org.in


Search for old postings at:
http://www.mail-archive.com/accessindia@accessindia.org.in/

To unsubscribe send a message to
accessindia-requ...@accessindia.org.in
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


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. AI cannot be held liable for any commission/omission based on the
mails
sent through this mailing list..





Register at the dedicated AccessIndia list for discussing accessibility 
of

mobile phones / Tabs on:
http://mail.accessindia.org.in/mailman/listinfo/mobile.accessindia_accessindia.org.in


Search for old postings at:
http://www.mail-archive.com/accessindia@accessindia.org.in/

To unsubscribe send a message to
accessindia-requ...@accessindia.org.in
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


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. AI cannot be held liable for any commission/omission based on the 
mails

sent through this mailing list..





Register at the dedicated AccessIndia list for discussing accessibility of 
mobile phones / Tabs on:

http://mail.accessindia.org.in/mailman/listinfo/mobile.accessindia_accessindia.org.in


Search for old postings at:
http://www.mail-archive.com/accessindia@accessindia.org.in/

To unsubscribe send a message to
accessindia-requ...@accessindia.org.in
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


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. AI cannot be held liable for any commission/omission based on the mails 
sent through this mailing list.. 





Register at the dedicated AccessIndia list for discussing accessibility of 
mobile phones / Tabs on:
http://mail.accessindia.org.in/mailman/listinfo/mobile.accessindia_accessindia.org.in


Search for old postings at:
http://www.mail-archive.com/accessindia@accessindia.org.in/

To unsubscribe send a message to
accessindia-requ...@accessindia.org.in
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


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. AI cannot be held liable for any commission/omission based on the mails sent 
through this mailing list..

Re: [AI] article of interest This Small Device developed in India Will Help Blind People Echolocate

[sazid shaik]

what is the cost?

On 9/16/15, Vidhya Y  wrote:
> this device???
> I have started using it since 2 weeks.
> it's interesting.
> it needs some practice though.
> I am able to walk without a cane except for steps.
> I still have to figure how to identify steps.
>
> On 9/16/15, Tony Kurian  wrote:
>> hi all,
>> anyone here used this device? experience please.
>> http://www.techtimes.com/articles/70373/20150720/small-device-will-help-blind-people-echolocate.htm
>>
>>
>>
>> Register at the dedicated AccessIndia list for discussing accessibility
>> of
>> mobile phones / Tabs on:
>> http://mail.accessindia.org.in/mailman/listinfo/mobile.accessindia_accessindia.org.in
>>
>>
>> Search for old postings at:
>> http://www.mail-archive.com/accessindia@accessindia.org.in/
>>
>> To unsubscribe send a message to
>> accessindia-requ...@accessindia.org.in
>> 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
>>
>>
>> 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. AI cannot be held liable for any commission/omission based on the
>> mails
>> sent through this mailing list..
>>
>
>
>
> Register at the dedicated AccessIndia list for discussing accessibility of
> mobile phones / Tabs on:
> http://mail.accessindia.org.in/mailman/listinfo/mobile.accessindia_accessindia.org.in
>
>
> Search for old postings at:
> http://www.mail-archive.com/accessindia@accessindia.org.in/
>
> To unsubscribe send a message to
> accessindia-requ...@accessindia.org.in
> 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
>
>
> 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. AI cannot be held liable for any commission/omission based on the mails
> sent through this mailing list..
>



Register at the dedicated AccessIndia list for discussing accessibility of 
mobile phones / Tabs on:
http://mail.accessindia.org.in/mailman/listinfo/mobile.accessindia_accessindia.org.in


Search for old postings at:
http://www.mail-archive.com/accessindia@accessindia.org.in/

To unsubscribe send a message to
accessindia-requ...@accessindia.org.in
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


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. AI cannot be held liable for any commission/omission based on the mails sent 
through this mailing list..

Re: [AI] article of interest This Small Device developed in India Will Help Blind People Echolocate

[Vidhya Y]

this device???
I have started using it since 2 weeks.
it's interesting.
it needs some practice though.
I am able to walk without a cane except for steps.
I still have to figure how to identify steps.

On 9/16/15, Tony Kurian  wrote:
> hi all,
> anyone here used this device? experience please.
> http://www.techtimes.com/articles/70373/20150720/small-device-will-help-blind-people-echolocate.htm
>
>
>
> Register at the dedicated AccessIndia list for discussing accessibility of
> mobile phones / Tabs on:
> http://mail.accessindia.org.in/mailman/listinfo/mobile.accessindia_accessindia.org.in
>
>
> Search for old postings at:
> http://www.mail-archive.com/accessindia@accessindia.org.in/
>
> To unsubscribe send a message to
> accessindia-requ...@accessindia.org.in
> 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
>
>
> 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. AI cannot be held liable for any commission/omission based on the mails
> sent through this mailing list..
>



Register at the dedicated AccessIndia list for discussing accessibility of 
mobile phones / Tabs on:
http://mail.accessindia.org.in/mailman/listinfo/mobile.accessindia_accessindia.org.in


Search for old postings at:
http://www.mail-archive.com/accessindia@accessindia.org.in/

To unsubscribe send a message to
accessindia-requ...@accessindia.org.in
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


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. AI cannot be held liable for any commission/omission based on the mails sent 
through this mailing list..

[AI] article of interest This Small Device developed in India Will Help Blind People Echolocate

[Tony Kurian]

hi all,
anyone here used this device? experience please.
 
http://www.techtimes.com/articles/70373/20150720/small-device-will-help-blind-people-echolocate.htm



Register at the dedicated AccessIndia list for discussing accessibility of 
mobile phones / Tabs on:
http://mail.accessindia.org.in/mailman/listinfo/mobile.accessindia_accessindia.org.in


Search for old postings at:
http://www.mail-archive.com/accessindia@accessindia.org.in/

To unsubscribe send a message to
accessindia-requ...@accessindia.org.in
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


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. AI cannot be held liable for any commission/omission based on the mails sent 
through this mailing list..

[AI] Article of Interest: Understanding Issues Involved in Toilet Access for Women

[avinash shahi]

Another fundamental shortcoming is that toilets do not take into
account the needs of differently abled people. At the CTCs studied,
there were cubicles for persons with disability, but they were
invariably impossible to use.

Non-availability of toilets and/or limited access to them makes women
visit fields (or nearby open spaces) for defecation. At all four
sites, the weather plays an important role in determining their access
to open fields. Insects and dogs are a major cause of trouble, and
during the monsoon the ground becomes marshy. In summers, if trees and
plants dry up, the problem is insufficient cover. As our informants
said, this is a justifiable cause of worry because it increases their
vulnerability.
Read the full article:
http://www.epw.in/notes/understanding-issues-involved-toilet-access-women.html
-- 
Avinash Shahi
Doctoral student at Centre for Law and Governance JNU



Register at the dedicated AccessIndia list for discussing accessibility of 
mobile phones / Tabs on:
http://mail.accessindia.org.in/mailman/listinfo/mobile.accessindia_accessindia.org.in


Search for old postings at:
http://www.mail-archive.com/accessindia@accessindia.org.in/

To unsubscribe send a message to
accessindia-requ...@accessindia.org.in
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


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. AI cannot be held liable for any commission/omission based on the mails sent 
through this mailing list..

[AI] Article of Interest: Disability activism in the new media ecology: campaigning strategies in the digital era

[avinash shahi]

Unfortunately, we don't have similar studies in Indian context despite
burgeoning disability rights activism online.  We witnessed
enlightened debates and discussions during the RPD Bill last year
which drew traditional media outlets to lend greater coverage to
disabled-people's concerns.
Full article can be accessed at:
http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/09687599.2015.1051516#abstract
Abstract
This article examines the changing nature of disability activism
through the influence of social media. As disabled people in the
United Kingdom have been subjected to acute austerity, this has
coincided with a new era of disability activism channelled through
increased social media participation. Drawing on the analysis of one
group’s online activities and a qualitative content analysis of
disability protest coverage in traditional news media during the 2012
Paralympic Games, this article positions this shift in the broader
framework of ‘new media ecology’. We explore how emerging structures
of disability activism have begun to offer a more visible profile to
challenge government policy and negative stereotypes of disabled
people. This highlights the usefulness of campaigning strategies for
generating favourable news coverage for disability protest.

Over the last decade, much has been written that has identified the
impact of a digital divide on the lives of disabled people (see Ellis
and Kent 201117. Ellis, K., and M. Kent. 2011. Disability and New
Media. London: Routledge.

View all references). This has centred largely on issues around
access, accessibility and social inclusion. By 2013, the Oxford
Internet Survey (Dutton and Blank 201316. Dutton, B., and G. Blank.
2013. Next Generation Users: The Internet in Britain. Oxford: Oxford
Internet Institute.

View all references) reported that 51% of disabled people in the
United Kingdom were using the Internet on a regular basis. This
represented a leap in participation amongst the disabled population,
although still considerably less than the 84% of non-disabled
respondents. Earlier work in this area has highlighted how online
technology has reproduced and even exacerbated the environmental
barriers that traditionally exclude disabled people from key areas of
social life (Dobransky and Hargittai 200614. Dobransky, K., and E.
Hargittai. 2006. “The Disability Divide in Internet Access and Use.”
Information, Communication and Society 9 (3):
313–334.10.1080/13691180600751298
[Taylor  Francis Online]
View all references; Goggin and Newall 200320. Goggin, G., and C.
Newall. 2003. Digital Disability: The Social Construction of
Disability in New Media. Lanham: Rowan  Littlefield.

View all references). As such, access and accessibility issues
arguably resonate with key arguments in both disability and Internet
studies. In one sense, the exclusionary design of some of the new
technologies ‘add[s] significant weight to a social barriers model of
disability’ (Roulstone 199846. Roulstone, A. 1998. Enabling
Technology: Disabled People, Work and New Technology. Maidenhead: Open
University Press.

View all references, 1). At the same time, there has been also a
tendency among Internet scholars to assimilate accessibility issues to
the digital divide paradigm (Vicente and Lopez 201054. Vicente, M.,
and A. Lopez. 2010. “A Multidimensional Analysis of the Disability
Digital Divide: Some Evidence for Internet Use.” The Information
Society 26 (1): 48–64.10.1080/01615440903423245
[Taylor  Francis Online], [Web of Science ®]
View all references; Warschauer 200356. Warschauer, M. 2003.
Technology and Social Inclusion: Rethinking the Digital Divide.
Cambridge, MA: MIT Press.

View all references), which points to the inequalities caused by a
disparity in Internet access, use and information technology literacy
to argue that online media may be inherently dangerous for democracy
and society more generally (Norris 200132. Norris, P. 2001. The
Digital Divide: Civic Engagement, Information Poverty and the Internet
Worldwide. Cambridge: CUP.10.1017/CBO9781139164887
[CrossRef]
View all references).
However, despite this awareness of the Internet’s ambivalence for
disabled people, a number of commentators writing over the last two
decades (for example, Johnson and Moxon 199825. Johnson, L., and E.
Moxon. 1998. “In Whose Service? Technology, Care and Disabled People:
The Care for a Disability Politics Perspective.” Disability and
Society 13 (2): 241–258.10.1080/09687599826812
[Taylor  Francis Online], [Web of Science ®], [CSA]
View all references; Polat 200544. Polat, R. 2005. “The Internet and
Political Particpation: Exploring the Explanatory Links.” European
Journal of Commuincation 20 (4): 435–459.10.1177/0267323105058251
[CrossRef], [Web of Science ®]
View all references) have emphasised its potential for promoting civic
participation among disabled users and strengthening the influence of
disability organisations in policy-making. This work provided some
useful early insights into 

[AI] Article by Mr PK Pinchaw Many negatives mar Disability Bill report

[avinash shahi]

How come I skipped this earlier,timely, full of precision and well on target.

http://www.deccanherald.com/content/484167/many-negatives-mar-disability-bill.html

-- 
Avinash Shahi
Doctoral student at Centre for Law and Governance JNU



Register at the dedicated AccessIndia list for discussing accessibility of 
mobile phones / Tabs on:
http://mail.accessindia.org.in/mailman/listinfo/mobile.accessindia_accessindia.org.in


Search for old postings at:
http://www.mail-archive.com/accessindia@accessindia.org.in/

To unsubscribe send a message to
accessindia-requ...@accessindia.org.in
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


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. AI cannot be held liable for any commission/omission based on the mails sent 
through this mailing list..

[AI] Article of Interest

[Tilakprasad Joshi]

Dear Friends,

Sharing the article where Disability Activists have raised concerns
regarding the Guardianship for the Disabled People. This Article
doesn’t specifically talk about Visually Impaired but situation is not
different, if law itself states that Disabled Persons need to have
Guardian to cary out their tasks isn’t this a problem? How we can
raise our collective voices? Request you to read article and share
your point of views on this.
http://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/chennai/disabilities-rights-bill-activists-worried-over-guardianship/article7322999.ece?homepage=true

Warm Regards,
Tilakprasad Joshi.



Register at the dedicated AccessIndia list for discussing accessibility of 
mobile phones / Tabs on:
http://mail.accessindia.org.in/mailman/listinfo/mobile.accessindia_accessindia.org.in


Search for old postings at:
http://www.mail-archive.com/accessindia@accessindia.org.in/

To unsubscribe send a message to
accessindia-requ...@accessindia.org.in
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


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. AI cannot be held liable for any commission/omission based on the mails sent 
through this mailing list..

Re: [AI] Article of Interest: Problems with consanguineous marriages

[Ekinath Khedekar]

Thank you for a very important article Avinash.

You may have noticed upon any celebratory email from disable marriage
gathering by any organisation, I ask a question if they are going to
or have sensitised participants about genetic risks of such marriages.

Till date, I have never received reply in affirmative. It is very sad.

I hope you will keep your eye on such blind marriages literally. To
re-iterate, nothing wrong if couple suffering with genetic disorders
knowingly take a risk to go for children. That is their personal
choice, but organisations have a moral and a professional
responsibility to make their participants know about this factor.

Cheers






On 6/12/15, avinash shahi shahi88avin...@gmail.com wrote:
 This article is very productive and enlightening. The casuistry
 provided by the author for avoiding such marriages is quite
 convincing. We have several families where more than one-persons
 acquire disability due to genetic antecedent. And the most of such
 cases are presumably found in muslim families and in the south Indian
 states. It would be great if somebody attempts to write  a paper
 highlighting the social profile of families consisting of more than
 one disabled people.

 http://www.thehindu.com/seta/2004/04/29/stories/2004042900161600.htm


 Problems with consanguineous marriages





 BLOOD RELATED marriages are called consanguineous marriages — sanguine
 meaning blood.

 Around the globe consanguineous marriages have been practised by many
 societies from time immemorial. It is widely practiced in Asia, North
 Africa, Switzerland, Middle East, some parts of China, Japan and
 fishermen communities in Europe and America. One in two rural
 marriages in Tamil Nadu and Andhra Pradesh are consanguineous.

 What type of marriages are consanguineous marriages? When you marry
 biologically related or blood relatives then it is consanguineous
 marriage. Most commonly in our part of the world, first cousins —
 uncle's son marries auntie's daughter or vice versa.

 However another type of marriage is where maternal uncle marries his
 niece (sister's daughter). Theoretical risk of having a genetic defect
 child is higher in the latter type of marriage than the former. Most
 of us do not even recognize the pros and cons of such marriages.

 While assessing the consequence of consanguineous against
 non-consanguineous (non-blood related) marriages in health and
 disease, several scientific studies have shown that consanguinity
 leads to death of infants before, during or immediately after birth,
 increased incidence of birth defects, genetic diseases including
 blinding disorders, blood cancer (acute lymphocytic leukemia),
 breathing problems for children at birth (apnea), increased
 susceptibility to disease etc.

 Some scientists contradict these studies and state that other
 biological factors could be accountable for the results and not
 consanguinity alone.

 In our study we showed that consanguinity could increase the incidence
 of many blinding disorders like retinitis pigmentosa, Leber congenital
 amaurosis, Lawrence-Moon-Bardet-Biedl syndrome, Stargardt disease,
 Usher syndrome etc (Consanguinity and Ocular Genetic Diseases in South
 India: Analysis of a Five-year study. Community Genetics:
 2002:5:180-185). Consanguinity could increase the risk of inheriting
 any one of the 4968 (autosomal recessive) genetic diseases that could
 affect any part of the body from head to foot.

 Some animal studies have shown that inbreeding or consanguinity could
 enhance longevity. It has been proved beyond doubt that consanguineous
 marriages farther than second cousins would not result in major
 genetic diseases.

 There are certain misconceptions regarding marriages amongst
 relatives, marriages between social relatives like wife's brother and
 husband's sister can get married, where there is no role for blood
 relationship.

 Why do consanguineous marriages result in children with genetic
 diseases? Due to inheritance parents and children, and brothers and
 sisters, commonly share 50 per cent of their genetic make-up.

 Similarly uncle and niece share 25 per cent and first cousins 12.5 per
 cent of their inherited genetic material as it originates from a
 common ancestor. In such situations if there are any `silent' genetic
 defects, then such errors manifesting as a disease in the child of a
 consanguineous parents is high.

 Whereas, if we marry a person non-consanguineously in a random manner,
 then for both the partners to share the same `silent' genetic defect
 is extremely rare.

 Hindus in northern India as a practice outlaw the consanguineous
 marriage by avoiding the same `gothra' or patrilineal relationship
 between the probable bride and the groom. In some of the western
 countries including the United States consanguinity closer than the
 first cousins are considered to be legally incest.

 Historically closest consanguineous marriage was performed between
 brothers and sisters 

[AI] Article of Interest: Problems with consanguineous marriages

[avinash shahi]

This article is very productive and enlightening. The casuistry
provided by the author for avoiding such marriages is quite
convincing. We have several families where more than one-persons
acquire disability due to genetic antecedent. And the most of such
cases are presumably found in muslim families and in the south Indian
states. It would be great if somebody attempts to write  a paper
highlighting the social profile of families consisting of more than
one disabled people.

http://www.thehindu.com/seta/2004/04/29/stories/2004042900161600.htm


Problems with consanguineous marriages





BLOOD RELATED marriages are called consanguineous marriages — sanguine
meaning blood.

Around the globe consanguineous marriages have been practised by many
societies from time immemorial. It is widely practiced in Asia, North
Africa, Switzerland, Middle East, some parts of China, Japan and
fishermen communities in Europe and America. One in two rural
marriages in Tamil Nadu and Andhra Pradesh are consanguineous.

What type of marriages are consanguineous marriages? When you marry
biologically related or blood relatives then it is consanguineous
marriage. Most commonly in our part of the world, first cousins —
uncle's son marries auntie's daughter or vice versa.

However another type of marriage is where maternal uncle marries his
niece (sister's daughter). Theoretical risk of having a genetic defect
child is higher in the latter type of marriage than the former. Most
of us do not even recognize the pros and cons of such marriages.

While assessing the consequence of consanguineous against
non-consanguineous (non-blood related) marriages in health and
disease, several scientific studies have shown that consanguinity
leads to death of infants before, during or immediately after birth,
increased incidence of birth defects, genetic diseases including
blinding disorders, blood cancer (acute lymphocytic leukemia),
breathing problems for children at birth (apnea), increased
susceptibility to disease etc.

Some scientists contradict these studies and state that other
biological factors could be accountable for the results and not
consanguinity alone.

In our study we showed that consanguinity could increase the incidence
of many blinding disorders like retinitis pigmentosa, Leber congenital
amaurosis, Lawrence-Moon-Bardet-Biedl syndrome, Stargardt disease,
Usher syndrome etc (Consanguinity and Ocular Genetic Diseases in South
India: Analysis of a Five-year study. Community Genetics:
2002:5:180-185). Consanguinity could increase the risk of inheriting
any one of the 4968 (autosomal recessive) genetic diseases that could
affect any part of the body from head to foot.

Some animal studies have shown that inbreeding or consanguinity could
enhance longevity. It has been proved beyond doubt that consanguineous
marriages farther than second cousins would not result in major
genetic diseases.

There are certain misconceptions regarding marriages amongst
relatives, marriages between social relatives like wife's brother and
husband's sister can get married, where there is no role for blood
relationship.

Why do consanguineous marriages result in children with genetic
diseases? Due to inheritance parents and children, and brothers and
sisters, commonly share 50 per cent of their genetic make-up.

Similarly uncle and niece share 25 per cent and first cousins 12.5 per
cent of their inherited genetic material as it originates from a
common ancestor. In such situations if there are any `silent' genetic
defects, then such errors manifesting as a disease in the child of a
consanguineous parents is high.

Whereas, if we marry a person non-consanguineously in a random manner,
then for both the partners to share the same `silent' genetic defect
is extremely rare.

Hindus in northern India as a practice outlaw the consanguineous
marriage by avoiding the same `gothra' or patrilineal relationship
between the probable bride and the groom. In some of the western
countries including the United States consanguinity closer than the
first cousins are considered to be legally incest.

Historically closest consanguineous marriage was performed between
brothers and sisters by the Egyptian Pharaohs to preserve the royal
blood and interestingly Cleopatra was born out of such marriage.
However this disgusting practice has never been duplicated anywhere
else in the world.

It is sad to note that many movies in Tamil Nadu and Andhra Pradesh
highlight and glorify consanguinity. Evidence suggests that
consanguinity does play a negative role in human health. The social
benefits of consanguinity should not outweigh the biological damages;
many in the community are ignorant about these facts.

G. Kumaramanickavel



G. Kumaramanickavel



 Sankara Nethralaya
 Chennai


Read more studies on the issues
1 
http://www.thehindu.com/sci-tech/health/the-biology-of-first-cousin-marriages/article4902050.ece
2 

Re: [AI] Article from Huff post-disability and hiring: a brilliant perspective to display

[Radha]

Thank you for sharing. This piece reminds me of brilliant phyiscis
work big bang theory by Sir Stephen hawkings. Indeed persuading to
work more with no or less physical challenge. Expecting huge inputs
like this from this wonderful group.

On 4/27/15, payal payal.thereside...@gmail.com wrote:
 Thought this article reflects a positive outlook to why a person with
 disability has more than one attrivute within himself that makes him worthy
 of being hired. I saw this article first shared on FB by Wanted Umberella,
 and thought it was worth sharing here.

 Begin article:

 Dear Hiring Manager,



 By now, you've probably skimmed over my meticulously-worded resume, and
 maybe you've even made up your mind as to whether I'm as qualified as the
 nearly identical resumes of my fellow recent graduates. You may have even
 Googled me and seen the many blogs I have written about my disability and
 have formed your opinion on them. As I have been told by many human
 resources professionals, disability is a subject that can scare many off
 because of the perception of weakness, inefficiency and need. However, I
 could create a completely different application package including all of my
 disability and chronic illness-related skills and accomplishments, one that
 paints a far more complete picture of my potential as an employee. So,
 without further ado, here are my disability-related job skills, in cover
 letter form.



 As a seven-year Crohnie (Crohn's Disease patient) and proud member of the
 disability community, I am used to upholding my responsibilities in a
 fast-paced and challenging environment. From the time I was diagnosed in
 high school, I was intent on ensuring that my medical issues did not get in
 the way of my ambitions, and even completed my academic courses around the
 time of my diagnosis while completely bedridden. I was able to graduate
 from
 college a year early, Phi Beta Kappa and summa cum laude, while adapting to
 a rapidly changing medical situation, including hospitalization for an
 intestinal blockage during my summer college courses. I am used to
 operating
 under pressure, and have gained experience with remembering complicated
 information while under a number of prescription pain medications. Despite
 the need for these medications at the time, I completed my coursework ahead
 of schedule while working part-time and completing three internships. I
 never let my medical situation hinder my determination to complete my work,
 once tottering to a class two hours after a minor surgical procedure.



 Organization is one of my greatest strengths, and in 2014 alone, I was able
 to successfully schedule approximately two doctors' appointments a week for
 five months (most after working hours) while working full-time,
 coordinating
 among medical imaging facilities and various specialists and organizing
 each
 appointment in a color-coded calendar. This organization and the
 coordination of my medical team led to the discovery of an infection, and
 although this was a difficult hurdle to overcome due to the treatments and
 pain, I upheld my duties at my job and never used my medical situation as
 an
 excuse to do less. My other skills include digesting complicated
 information, including possible treatment routes and unfamiliar medical
 conditions.

 Clear communication

 skills have been essential so that I can advocate for myself when I
 disagree
 with a proposed treatment route or procedure. I also have ample experience
 with multitasking by writing concise correspondence, conducting research
 and
 scheduling appointments while receiving IV treatments.



 Most importantly, I want these skills to reflect that my disability does
 not
 define my usefulness, and my history with chronic illness should only be
 used to strengthen my accomplishments. Very often, people with disabilities
 are written off because employers are unsure as to whether they will be
 able
 to keep up with the work successfully. A person without a disability is not
 held up to this same standard of having to prove himself or herself, while
 a
 person with a disability is asked to repeatedly prove that their disability
 will not slow them down. My entire life since the age of 15 has shown that
 my complicated medical history has never slowed me down, and I am proud to
 say that I have achieved everything on my resume while dealing with my
 medical issues. The existence of my Crohn's Disease only bolsters my
 accomplishments in my eyes, and it should never be used to question whether
 I am less than able to complete the job.



 Dear Hiring Manager, I am not my disability, but my disability is a part of
 me. It causes complications in my life, but the ways in which I have
 overcome those obstacles should carry more weight than the obstacles
 themselves. I have been determined and passionate as I have challenged
 myself to strive for my ambitions, and those are the qualities I can offer
 you. If you want a determined, 

[AI] Article from Huff post-disability and hiring: a brilliant perspective to display

[payal]

Thought this article reflects a positive outlook to why a person with
disability has more than one attrivute within himself that makes him worthy
of being hired. I saw this article first shared on FB by Wanted Umberella,
and thought it was worth sharing here.

Begin article:

Dear Hiring Manager,

 

By now, you've probably skimmed over my meticulously-worded resume, and
maybe you've even made up your mind as to whether I'm as qualified as the
nearly identical resumes of my fellow recent graduates. You may have even
Googled me and seen the many blogs I have written about my disability and
have formed your opinion on them. As I have been told by many human
resources professionals, disability is a subject that can scare many off
because of the perception of weakness, inefficiency and need. However, I
could create a completely different application package including all of my
disability and chronic illness-related skills and accomplishments, one that
paints a far more complete picture of my potential as an employee. So,
without further ado, here are my disability-related job skills, in cover
letter form.

 

As a seven-year Crohnie (Crohn's Disease patient) and proud member of the
disability community, I am used to upholding my responsibilities in a
fast-paced and challenging environment. From the time I was diagnosed in
high school, I was intent on ensuring that my medical issues did not get in
the way of my ambitions, and even completed my academic courses around the
time of my diagnosis while completely bedridden. I was able to graduate from
college a year early, Phi Beta Kappa and summa cum laude, while adapting to
a rapidly changing medical situation, including hospitalization for an
intestinal blockage during my summer college courses. I am used to operating
under pressure, and have gained experience with remembering complicated
information while under a number of prescription pain medications. Despite
the need for these medications at the time, I completed my coursework ahead
of schedule while working part-time and completing three internships. I
never let my medical situation hinder my determination to complete my work,
once tottering to a class two hours after a minor surgical procedure.

 

Organization is one of my greatest strengths, and in 2014 alone, I was able
to successfully schedule approximately two doctors' appointments a week for
five months (most after working hours) while working full-time, coordinating
among medical imaging facilities and various specialists and organizing each
appointment in a color-coded calendar. This organization and the
coordination of my medical team led to the discovery of an infection, and
although this was a difficult hurdle to overcome due to the treatments and
pain, I upheld my duties at my job and never used my medical situation as an
excuse to do less. My other skills include digesting complicated
information, including possible treatment routes and unfamiliar medical
conditions.

Clear communication

skills have been essential so that I can advocate for myself when I disagree
with a proposed treatment route or procedure. I also have ample experience
with multitasking by writing concise correspondence, conducting research and
scheduling appointments while receiving IV treatments.

 

Most importantly, I want these skills to reflect that my disability does not
define my usefulness, and my history with chronic illness should only be
used to strengthen my accomplishments. Very often, people with disabilities
are written off because employers are unsure as to whether they will be able
to keep up with the work successfully. A person without a disability is not
held up to this same standard of having to prove himself or herself, while a
person with a disability is asked to repeatedly prove that their disability
will not slow them down. My entire life since the age of 15 has shown that
my complicated medical history has never slowed me down, and I am proud to
say that I have achieved everything on my resume while dealing with my
medical issues. The existence of my Crohn's Disease only bolsters my
accomplishments in my eyes, and it should never be used to question whether
I am less than able to complete the job.

 

Dear Hiring Manager, I am not my disability, but my disability is a part of
me. It causes complications in my life, but the ways in which I have
overcome those obstacles should carry more weight than the obstacles
themselves. I have been determined and passionate as I have challenged
myself to strive for my ambitions, and those are the qualities I can offer
you. If you want a determined, passionate, striving and successful
individual, please consider hiring me, or any other applicant with a
disability.

 

Sincerely,

 

Sarah Blahovec

 

source:
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/sarah-blahovec/dear-hiring-manager-all-the-dis
ability-related-skills-i-cant-put-on-my-resume_b_6732922.html?ir=India

 

 

 



Register at the dedicated AccessIndia list for 

[AI] Article of Interest: Train passengers to now get 'wake-up' call from Railways - The Economic Times

[Rahul Gambhir]

Train passengers can now sleep soundly without worrying about missing
their station as the Railways has launched a new service which will
ensure that they get a wake-up call on their mobile phones
half-an-hour before the scheduled arrival at their destination.
 Similarly, another feature - 'train destination alarm call' - has
also been introduced through which passengers will get an alert call
30 minutes before the train reaches their destination station.
 The service, a joint initiative of the IRCTC and Bharat BPO, is
available through voice call on Railways enquiry number 139.
 The user needs to enter the required data such as PNR number,
station name, STD code of station while calling up 139 for getting the
wake-up alarm, a senior Railway Ministry official said.
 Wake-up alarm shall be made to the passenger 30 minutes before the
train reaches the the station. Similarly, the train destination alert
call shall also be available 30 minutes before train reaches the
destination station, he added.
 According to the official, after getting all the inputs like PNR and
station name on 139, the system will check current position of the
train before sending the alert call.
 '139', a crucial train enquiry service, has undergone transformative
changes over the years providing round-the -clock services on
real-time basis.
 One can find out the schedule of train arrival or departure, current
position of train, fare inquiry through dialling 139. One can also
book a meal on certain trains through 139, the official said.
 139 customer service also provides information related to Tatkal seat
availability, cancellation, refund rules and platform position.

Source: 
http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/industry/transportation/railways/train-passengers-to-now-get-wake-up-call-from-railways/articleshow/46852008.cms



Register at the dedicated AccessIndia list for discussing accessibility of 
mobile phones / Tabs on:
http://mail.accessindia.org.in/mailman/listinfo/mobile.accessindia_accessindia.org.in


Search for old postings at:
http://www.mail-archive.com/accessindia@accessindia.org.in/

To unsubscribe send a message to
accessindia-requ...@accessindia.org.in
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


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. AI cannot be held liable for any commission/omission based on the mails sent 
through this mailing list..

[AI] Article of Interest: From Policy to Practice: How Should Social Pensions Be Scaled Up?

[avinash shahi]

Full article could be downloaded from:
http://www.epw.in/special-articles/policy-practice.html
Abstract
A survey in Delhi, Haryana and Uttar Pradesh--sstates that have
extended social pension coverage beyond below poverty line families
and increased pension amounts--sprovides a window into the challenges
of scaling up such programmes. The survey reveals that increased
coverage and higher pension amounts do not render the social pension
regressive in its distribution; levels of leakage remain low and
tractable. Yet, in practice, the schemes are unable to reach all of
their target populations. A major challenge in expanding the pension
net lies in ensuring entry for the poor. If pension programmes are to
be scaled up, entry needs to be facilitated through stricter
monitoring of inclusion errors, proactive identification, enrolment
camps or other means.

Shrayana Bhattacharya (sbhattachar...@worldbank.org) and Rinku Murgai
(rmur...@worldbank.org) are with the World Bank, New Delhi; Soumya
Kapoor Mehta (soumyakap...@gmail.com) is an independent consultant and
Maria Mini Jos (maria.mini...@gmail.com) is a student at the
University of Pennsylvania.

We would like to thank the Ministry of Rural Development, Government
of India, the three state governments, our survey respondents and
participants in focus group discussions for providing insights into
the process and challenges faced in delivery of social pensions. We
are also grateful to Ana Bellver, Stephen Howes, Roland Lomme, Lance
Pritchett, Mihir Shah, and Vinaya Swaroop for comments on earlier
drafts of the paper. Raghav Puri assisted in questionnaire design and
piloting, and field supervision. Data was collected by the Social and
Rural Research Institute of IMRB, with technology support from Sunai
Consultancy. Data collection was co-funded by UK aid from the UK
Government. However, the views expressed do not necessarily reflect
the UK Government's official policies. All views expressed in this
paper, and any errors, are our own


-- 
Avinash Shahi
Doctoral student at Centre for Law and Governance JNU



Register at the dedicated AccessIndia list for discussing accessibility of 
mobile phones / Tabs on:
http://mail.accessindia.org.in/mailman/listinfo/mobile.accessindia_accessindia.org.in


Search for old postings at:
http://www.mail-archive.com/accessindia@accessindia.org.in/

To unsubscribe send a message to
accessindia-requ...@accessindia.org.in
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


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. AI cannot be held liable for any commission/omission based on the mails sent 
through this mailing list..

[AI] article on epilepsy

[Sruti disAbility Rights Centre]

This may interest some of you.

http://www.huffingtonpost.in/devyani-tewari/epilepsy-and-what-afflict_b_6945080.html?utm_hp_ref=india

Regards

Shampa Sengupta


Register at the dedicated AccessIndia list for discussing accessibility of 
mobile phones / Tabs on:
http://mail.accessindia.org.in/mailman/listinfo/mobile.accessindia_accessindia.org.in


Search for old postings at:
http://www.mail-archive.com/accessindia@accessindia.org.in/

To unsubscribe send a message to
accessindia-requ...@accessindia.org.in
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


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. AI cannot be held liable for any commission/omission based on the mails sent 
through this mailing list..

[AI] Article of Interest: Women Caregivers of Persons with Brain Tumour: A Psychosocial Needs Assessment in a Tertiary Care Hospital

[avinash shahi]

Abstract
The diagnosis of a brain tumour poses severe challenges to patients as
well as their caregivers. As caregivers, women play an important role.
However, most of the literature on brain tumours has failed to
emphasise the invaluable services of women caregivers, and their
psychosocial needs have been overlooked. The current study aims to
highlight this neglected aspect. Thirty women caregivers were selected
through purposive sampling and their needs were assessed using a
semi-structured questionnaire under five heads such as, professional
service needs, informational needs, psychological/emotional needs,
personal and spiritual needs and social support needs. It was found
that some of their needs were unmet, especially their
psychological/emotional and informational needs. Thus, gender-specific
interventions are recommended across neuro-oncological settings.
Full article can be accessed at: http://ijg.sagepub.com/content/22/1/41.abstract
-- 
Avinash Shahi
Doctoral student at Centre for Law and Governance JNU



Register at the dedicated AccessIndia list for discussing accessibility of 
mobile phones / Tabs on:
http://mail.accessindia.org.in/mailman/listinfo/mobile.accessindia_accessindia.org.in


Search for old postings at:
http://www.mail-archive.com/accessindia@accessindia.org.in/

To unsubscribe send a message to
accessindia-requ...@accessindia.org.in
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


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. AI cannot be held liable for any commission/omission based on the mails sent 
through this mailing list..

[AI] Article of Interest: Understanding the depression dilemma

[avinash shahi]

This invisible problem is certainly taking toll of many lives; let us
talk and help each others' to cope with it.

http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-features/tp-openpage/understanding-the-depression-dilemma/article6869876.ece
-- 
Avinash Shahi
Doctoral student at Centre for Law and Governance JNU



Register at the dedicated AccessIndia list for discussing accessibility of 
mobile phones / Tabs on:
http://mail.accessindia.org.in/mailman/listinfo/mobile.accessindia_accessindia.org.in


Search for old postings at:
http://www.mail-archive.com/accessindia@accessindia.org.in/

To unsubscribe send a message to
accessindia-requ...@accessindia.org.in
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


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. AI cannot be held liable for any commission/omission based on the mails sent 
through this mailing list..

[AI] Article of Interest: Treating autism: In development, The Economist

[avinash shahi]

http://www.economist.com/news/business/21636064-companies-struggle-meet-soaring-demand-autism-treatments-development

-- 
Avinash Shahi
Doctoral student at Centre for Law and Governance JNU

Clean India Campaign: Let us also chip in!



Register at the dedicated AccessIndia list for discussing accessibility of 
mobile phones / Tabs on:
http://mail.accessindia.org.in/mailman/listinfo/mobile.accessindia_accessindia.org.in


Search for old postings at:
http://www.mail-archive.com/accessindia@accessindia.org.in/

To unsubscribe send a message to
accessindia-requ...@accessindia.org.in
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


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. AI cannot be held liable for any commission/omission based on the mails sent 
through this mailing list..