[AI] Voting to be made easier for disabled

2014-03-22 Thread Dr Satendra Singh
on maintaining data of voters with disability, while Awasthi and Dr Satendra Singh from University College of Medical Sciences urged inclusion of persons with psychosocial/ intellectual disability and use of pictorial diagrams for hearing impaired and persons with learning disability. We are also

[AI] Call for inclusive elections

2014-03-19 Thread Dr Satendra Singh
with disabilities are able to participate in the upcoming Lok Sabha elections. Disability activist Dr. Satendra Singh, who is part of the group, said: The Election Commission in a meeting with our group acknowledged the deficiencies and has promised to rectify it at the earliest. Attitudinal barrier

Re: [AI] No voter with disability gets left out this time

2014-03-12 Thread Dr Satendra Singh
. don't know the updates -- Dr Satendra Singh, MD, FSS Assistant Professor of Physiology University College of Medical Sciences GTB Hospital, Delhi, India-110095 Coordinator, Enabling Unit, EOC Founder, Infinite Ability Register at the dedicated AccessIndia list for discussing accessibility

Re: [AI] SC order on disabled voters not implemented: TOI

2014-03-12 Thread Dr Satendra Singh
this question in RTI's to ECI and Delhi commission hoping that if they might act on my complaints, may be they can devise a mechanism to monitor electors with disability who voted. I AM NOT CONVINCED WITH THE 2011 census and found it grossly under-reported. -- Dr Satendra Singh, MD, FSS Assistant

[AI] SC order on disabled voters not implemented: TOI

2014-03-11 Thread Dr Satendra Singh
with disabilities, RTI activist Dr Satendra Singh, from University College of Medical Sciences, Delhi University, said. Through RTI plea, Singh, who is himself disabled, sought replies on 18 queries such as number of electors with disabilities, how many of them voted and their type of disability

[AI] This atrocity must end. PM house gherao today

2014-02-27 Thread Dr Satendra Singh
statement he has suffered lens dislocation and now being taken from Old building, Ward 17 to Operation Theatre. We will not tolerate this nonsense. Delhi Police has to answer. In solidarity -- Dr Satendra Singh, MD, FSS Assistant Professor of Physiology University College of Medical Sciences GTB

Re: [AI] This atrocity must end. PM house gherao today

2014-02-27 Thread Dr Satendra Singh
Just spoke to Ramkaran. Doctors have examined him in the OT and thankfully his lens is intact. There is just a minor laceration but what about the emotional scar on this national achiever's mind? -- Dr Satendra Singh, MD, FSS Assistant Professor of Physiology University College of Medical

Re: [AI] DU professor with disability harassed at Hyderabad airport

2014-02-25 Thread Dr Satendra Singh
disabled community first needs to get sensitised than the non-disabled. -- Dr Satendra Singh, MD, FSS Assistant Professor of Physiology University College of Medical Sciences GTB Hospital, Delhi, India-110095 Coordinator, Enabling Unit, EOC Founder, Infinite Ability The Enablist (blog) http

[AI] Polls near, but no data of voters with disabilities

2014-01-26 Thread Dr Satendra Singh
. In the Delhi assembly elections in December, RTI activist and a doctor with disability at University College of Medical Science, Delhi University, Dr Satendra Singh campaigned before and after the polling day on the hurdles faced by electors with disability. I complained to state commissioner for PwD

[AI] : Not a disabled friendly electoral system

2013-12-04 Thread Dr Satendra Singh
access for the PwDs in this election.” Some PwDs also vented their anger on social networking sites. Abha Khetarpal, a wheelchair user and president of NGO Cross the Hurdles, wrote on the Facebook page of Dr. Satendra Singh, Coordinator with the Enabling Unit of the Equal Opportunity Cell

[AI] Success for Dr Singh, but other physically challenged doctors still in lurch

2013-11-13 Thread Dr Satendra Singh
INDIA MEDICAL TIMES Thursday, November 14, 2013 New Delhi: India Medical Times in a news story dated November 8 covered how Dr Satendra Singh, a disabled doctor, was rejected twice by the UPSC to apply for the post of Assistant Professor of Physiology, a post on which he is already working

[AI] Rejected by UPSC twice, physically challenged doctor battles for justice

2013-11-08 Thread Dr Satendra Singh
Today's India Medical Times “Lightning does strike twice and at the same place when it comes to the plight of persons with disabilities,” said Dr Satendra Singh, a polio survivor and assistant professor of physiology at the University College of Medical Sciences (UCMS) and Guru Teg Bahadur (GTB

Re: [AI] my dilemma and social atitude

2013-09-01 Thread Dr Satendra Singh
these attitudinal barriers together. -- Dr Satendra Singh, MD, MBBS Coordinator, Enabling Unit, EOC Founder, Infinite Ability University College of Medical Sciences GTB Hospital, Delhi, India-110095 Register at the dedicated AccessIndia list for discussing accessibility of mobile phones / Tabs on: http

Re: [AI] Independence day special: Are Indian disabled citizens truly independent?

2013-08-18 Thread Dr Satendra Singh
The article is seven years old but things haven't changed much. -- Dr Satendra Singh, MD, FSS Assistant Professor of Physiology University College of Medical Sciences GTB Hospital, Delhi, India-110095 Coordinator, Enabling Unit, EOC Register at the dedicated AccessIndia list for discussing

Re: [AI] AIIMS plans access to disabled, others silent!

2013-08-12 Thread Dr Satendra Singh
with disabilities to the office of the Chief Commissioner for Persons with Disabilities (CCPD) despite a directive by the Medical Council of India. Dr. Satendra Singh, coordinator of the Enabling Unit of the Equal Opportunity Cell at the University College of Medical Sciences here on whose petition

Re: [AI] Only 2 among over 200 govt websites are disabled-friendly

2013-07-20 Thread Dr Satendra Singh
. -- Dr Satendra Singh, MD, FSS Assistant Professor of Physiology University College of Medical Sciences GTB Hospital, Delhi, India-110095 Coordinator, Enabling Unit, EOC Founder, Infinite Ability The Enablist (blog) http://theenablist.blogspot.in/ Infinite Ability: exploring disAbility through

Re: [AI] NCPEDP MPHASIS UNIVERSAL DESIGN AWARDS

2013-07-11 Thread Dr Satendra Singh
Thank you Harish for the wishes -- Dr Satendra Singh, MD, FSS Assistant Professor of Physiology University College of Medical Sciences GTB Hospital, Delhi, India-110095 Coordinator, Enabling Unit, EOC Founder, Infinite Ability The Enablist (blog) http://theenablist.blogspot.in/ Infinite

[AI] Hope in India as Mandatory Access For People with Disability Takes Shape

2013-06-10 Thread Dr Satendra Singh
, with the power of a civil court and pan-India jurisdiction. To me this should have been done long ago and without anybody fighting for it. What Dr. Satendra Singh is doing is not only praiseworthy and commendable but also a path-breaking move in the establishment of universal design, said Abha

[AI] : They capture the world in their mind’s eye

2013-05-25 Thread Dr Satendra Singh
tried working his mobile phone camera once. I tried taking my uncle's photo. Usme kaan hi kaan aye (I captured only an ear), he says. The students were asked to follow sounds, locate subjects through touch and hold a camera steady and straight. Dr Satendra Singh of UCMS flit about helping students

[AI] : VC given July 3 as deadline to address Sambhavna grievances

2013-05-16 Thread Dr Satendra Singh
interest litigation (PIL) challenging the implementation of DU's four-year undergraduate programme with multiple degrees in its present form. -- Dr Satendra Singh, MD, FSS Assistant Professor of Physiology University College of Medical Sciences GTB Hospital, Delhi, India-110095 Coordinator