Re: [AI] Accessibility for Public Buses

Really happy that this is being rolled out somewhere at last. --- *VAISHNAVI JAYAKUMAR* http://about.me/vjayakumar On Sat, 11 May 2024 at 13:18, Ashutosh Singhal wrote: > Only Sharing: > Raised Lines Foundation in collaboration with Enable

[AI] SOS Intervention needed : Disability & the 'Unfit' Parent in Temple of Healing adoption PIL (PLMI POV)

round ‘fitness’ and infuse feelings of fear in parents living with severe mental illness or their children. *With inputs from Ramesh Raghavan, professor at the NYU Silver School of Social Work, and Vaishnavi Jayakumar, co-founder, The Banyan* (Views are personal) Deepika Easwaran | Psychologi

[AI] [WeThePwd:2372] Fwd: Call for Participation: Drafting Disability Manifesto for Lok Sabha Elections 2024

-- Forwarded message - From: Date: Fri, 2 Feb, 2024, 12:43 Subject: Call for Participation: Drafting Disability Manifesto for Lok Sabha Elections 2024 To: Dear VAISHNAVI JAYAKUMAR, Greetings from the National Centre for Promotion of Employment for Disabled People! As we gear

[AI] Bad news Re: 10,000 inaccessible buses of PM E-Bus Sewa Scheme

m-ebus-sewa-scheme-likely-to-be-issued-next-week/1822315/ On Thu, 26 Oct, 2023, 17:06 Vaishnavi Jayakumar, < jayakumar.vaishn...@gmail.com> wrote: > Online hyperlinked version = > https://docs.google.com/document/d/15Pda9V4XyYxxbWslE0Ii4Oxg4T0hsVPwm5QxkuPlmzo/edit?usp=sharing &g

Re: [AI] 10,000 inaccessible buses of PM E-Bus Sewa Scheme

- but the blind community should lobby MORTH / Gadkari to incorporate this inexpensive solution in all buses henceforth as this is a road safety concern. On Fri, 27 Oct, 2023, 20:38 Vaishnavi Jayakumar (Inclusive India), < vaishnavi.jayaku...@inclusiveindia.info> wrote: > Hi Vivek, > >

Re: [AI] 10,000 inaccessible buses of PM E-Bus Sewa Scheme

s come, so I request you to include Buzzer system > whenever door of bus opens & closes so that VH person can easily > recognize where the door is exact when the bus arrives in bus stop. > > On 10/26/23, Vaishnavi Jayakumar wrote: > > Online hyperlinked version = > &

[AI] 10,000 inaccessible buses of PM E-Bus Sewa Scheme

Online hyperlinked version = https://docs.google.com/document/d/15Pda9V4XyYxxbWslE0Ii4Oxg4T0hsVPwm5QxkuPlmzo/edit?usp=sharing -- Forwarded message - From: *The Freedom of Movement Coalition* Date: Thu, 26 Oct 2023 at 16:57 Subject: Representation re PM E-Bus Sewa Scheme compliance

[AI] [WeThePwd:2361] Re: SHRC Case no. 4394/22/13/2023 file by Meenakshi B of Equals CPSJ on Valsarvakkam lynching of homeless man with mental disability

/d/1xt5KVRyuH61HD1-0mUK7mcm_gLN0mwG6Ve4DEXK6FeU/edit?usp=sharing (Updates will appear here too, so save this link) On Wed, 31 May 2023 at 16:14, Vaishnavi Jayakumar < jayakumar.vaishn...@gmail.com> wrote: > Dear Ummul, > > A case was filed via HRCNet with SHRC Tamil Nadu b

[AI] Fwd: Seeking extension of deadline for public comments on draft banking accessibility standards

FYI -- Forwarded message - From: Vaishnavi Jayakumar (Inclusive India) <> Date: Tue, 19 Sept 2023 at 11:28 Subject: Fwd: Seeking extension of deadline for public comments on draft banking accessibility standards To: Rajesh Aggarwal MSJE , Rajesh Aggarwal MSJE , Cc

[AI] Seeking extension of deadline for public comments on draft banking accessibility standards

-- Forwarded message - From: Vaishnavi Jayakumar (Inclusive India) <> Date: Mon, 11 Sep, 2023, 15:00 Subject: Seeking extension of deadline for public comments on draft banking accessibility standards To: Cc: Dear office-bearers, The PLCP (Pre Legislative Consultation

[AI] CENSUS 2021 update on disability question

Hi all, Extended deadline was supposed to be June 2023 end - it has been pushed again for no good reason. If elections can happen, census can happen - other countries have held despite / after pandemic. Hope this is taken up during monsoon session in Parliament 

[AI] ENDORSE Health Minister representation on restoring the disability questions in NFHS-6

Dear all, Request you to endorse the sector's letter to India's health minister to restore the disability questions in National Family Health Survey 6 by filling the simple endorsement form given in the link by *11 am tomorrow - 5th June 2023 before we send the representation *(though the form

[AI] [WeThePwd:2354] Re: Spreadsheet shared with you: "Vendors & Providers - Accessibility & Disability in India"

Yes, shared with Museum of Possibilities' team as well. On Thu, 1 Jun, 2023, 15:33 Gopinath Ramakrishnan, wrote: > Thanks, Vaish! Doesn't MOP have a list that can be used to populate this > spreadsheet? > > Cheers, > Gopi > > > On Thu, 1 Jun, 2023, 2:52 pm Vaishnavi Jaya

[AI] [WeThePwd:2353] Spreadsheet shared with you: ‘Vendors & Providers - Accessibility & Disability in India’

I've shared an item with you: Vendors & Providers - Accessibility & Disability in India https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1jlrLmBVvEs0_4aR2vkCiKiWMPa3MzqNiQXUkfh2lTlE/edit?usp=sharing=64786351 It's not an attachment – it's stored online. To open this item, just click the link above. Hi

[AI] NFHS-6 says no to inclusion : why are the disability questions missing?

Dear fellow citizens, The International Institute for Population Sciences (IIPS) tasked by India’s Health Ministry, to conduct the National Family Health Survey (NFHS), an important pan-Indian survey that influences health policy making, has quietly dropped the questions on disability

[AI] Fwd: Streamlining testing accommodations for disabled candidates writing exams via NTA

FYI From: Vaishnavi Jayakumar Date: Sat, 8 Apr 2023 at 18:37 Subject: Streamlining testing accommodations for disabled candidates writing exams via NTA To: DG NTA, Disability Rights Alliance, India Cc: Prashant Verma Delhi NAB, Rupmani Chhetri, Miranda Tomkinson 8 April 2023 Dr. Vineet

[AI] Exam rules : alternate question paper format

I had a query based on CBSE exam guidelines that read : "With effect from 2020, in lieu of large font Question Papers, candidates will be allowed to use magnifying glasses/portable video magnifiers." Does this work for all people with low vision who need large font question papers? Have there

[AI] Tamil Nadu: Scholarship for PwD doctoral student delayed as bank takes three months to clear his docs

- Forwarded message - From: NFPWDSA Date: Fri, 14 Oct, 2022, 19:54 *Speaking to TNIE, M Maridurai, a person with 60% disability, said the bank staff made him travel about 50km from his native town to the branch for more than 15 times over the past four months.* Published: 14th

[AI] [WeThePwd:2327] Fwd: Inputs for the CAR Guidelines

-- Forwarded message - From: Vaishnavi Jayakumar Hi Arman, First off, thanks for the persistence in pinning the minister down. Wrt what minister has proposed, we have already given inputs, what is missing is : 1) action by Govt, aviation companies (including foreign operating

[AI] [WeThePwd:2326] 7 September morning Fwd: Webinar on the Inclusion of Specific Learning Disabilities (SLD) in Higher Education

: -- Forwarded message - From: no-reply Date: Mon, Sep 5, 2022 at 10:49 AM Subject: Webinar on the Inclusion of Specific Learning Disabilities (SLD) in Higher Education To: <> Dear Sir/ Madam, Greetings from AICTE! All India Council for Technical Education (AICTE), along with

[AI] [WeThePwd:2325] Fwd: The International Workshop on Development of Cognitively Accessible “Easy Read” Communication for Self-Advocates with IDD.

- Forwarded message - *From:* Manovikas eGyanshala *To:* *Sent:* Thursday, 1 September, 2022 at 04:22:41 pm IST *Subject:* The International Workshop on Development of Cognitively Accessible “Easy Read” Communication for Self-Advocates with IDD. Register today and avail discount of 500..

[AI] NFPWDSA Public letter concerning delays in disbursement of National Fellowship for Persons with Disabilities (NFPWD)

[image: NFPWDSA Logo] Public letter concerning delays in disbursement of National Fellowship for Persons with Disabilities (NFPWD) 5 August 2022 -- Forwarded message - From: NFPWDSA Date: Fri, 5 Aug 2022 at 13:35 Subject: Public letter concerning delays in disbursement of

[AI] [WeThePwd:2321] Document shared with you: ‘NCPEDP_DGCA Representation’

I've shared an item with you: NCPEDP_DGCA Representation https://docs.google.com/document/d/1nzcimRDRxID4YqC3AXs97xiHnoAYp1mPvvPU2Yv-sNs/edit?usp=sharing=62eb6025 It's not an attachment – it's stored online. To open this item, just click the link above. Please DM me your endorsement (name,

[AI] Document shared with you: ‘NCPEDP_DGCA Representation’

I've shared an item with you: NCPEDP_DGCA Representation https://docs.google.com/document/d/1nzcimRDRxID4YqC3AXs97xiHnoAYp1mPvvPU2Yv-sNs/edit?usp=sharing=62eb6025 It's not an attachment – it's stored online. To open this item, just click the link above. Please DM me your endorsement (name,

[AI] [WeThePwd:2320] Re: Draft Tourism Guidelines Review

Thanks for sharing this Neha. 1) Gaurav could you give us a heads up in future *when any accessibility document is being worked on by IIT Roorkee or you for the Government* , ( perhaps in the Accessible India Campaign whatsapp group you are part of https://chat.whatsapp.com/KE5ZvfY8Cx36qZZhEH6tLb

[AI] Fwd: Rights of Persons with Disabilities (Amendment) Rules, 2022

FYI - today is last day for submission on RPwD Rules amendment. -- Forwarded message - From: Vaishnavi Jayakumar Date: Thu, 21 Jul 2022 at 20:57 Subject: Rights of Persons with Disabilities (Amendment) Rules, 2022 To: Dear Mr. Panda, DRAFT RULES' AMENDMENT > <

[AI] [WeThePwd:2314] Fwd: Representation : Pending National Policy translations & consultations

kkavilli, Post graduate in CS. 50. Anuradha Naidu 51. Sukanya Gupta 52. Sachin Randive 53. Vaishnavi Jayakumar - Member, Disability Rights Alliance 54. Rajul Padmanabhan 55. Kalyani Vallath (Director, TES) 56. G Ravi, Disability Rights Activ

[AI] [WeThePwd:2309] Item shared with you: ‘Draft Healthcare-Accessibility_Standard_English_merged-compressed.pdf’

I've shared an item with you: Draft Healthcare-Accessibility_Standard_English_merged-compressed.pdf https://drive.google.com/file/d/1a9JdSFgBAY05Yknm_jT2QXc8DITqrs_X/view?usp=sharing=62b9a2f1 It's not an attachment – it's stored online. To open this item, just click the link above. Can

[AI] [WeThePwd:2308] Item shared with you: ‘20220609 National Policy for Persons with Disabilities-Draft Copy New National Policy May 2022 -compressed.pdf’

I've shared an item with you: 20220609 National Policy for Persons with Disabilities-Draft Copy New National Policy May 2022 -compressed.pdf https://drive.google.com/file/d/1MYWDIzKdY_2vF1XtKA9Ffy-uC8VLSzbC/view?usp=sharing=62b55623 It's not an attachment – it's stored online. To open this

[AI] [WeThePwd:2306] Fwd: National Workshop on Sexual Self Advocacy

--- Forwarded message - From: Sexual Rights! Date: Wed, 8 Jun 2022 at 18:22 Subject: National Workshop on Sexual Self Advocacy Do you know about Sexual Rights? [image: The world needs more sex educators!]

[AI] ENDORSE Open Letter condemning Ranchi Airport CCTV Leak

12 May 2022 OPEN LETTER WE, The Disabled People of India (and allies) … on the Ranchi Airport CCTV Leaks (as pertaining to the IndiGo boarding refusal incident of a child with disability) Firstly, the child is seen to be completely calm at the time of boarding, as seen in other videos and

[AI] [WeThePwd:2304] ENDORSE Open Letter condemning Ranchi Airport CCTV Leak

2 May 2022 OPEN LETTER WE, The Disabled People of India (and allies) … on the Ranchi Airport CCTV Leaks (as pertaining to the IndiGo boarding refusal incident of a child with disability) Firstly, the child is seen to be completely calm at the time of boarding, as seen in other videos and

[AI] [WeThePwd:2303] Re: Lecture on Health rights of persons with disabilities 10 March by David Werner

Thank You. Regards, Varsha Gumashta Assistant Director Centre for Constitutional Rights Socio-Legal Information Centre (SLIC) 576, Masjid Road, Jangpura Delhi-110014 Phone number: +91 9399507939 On Mon, 7 Mar 2022 at 14:09, Vaishnavi Jayakumar < jayakumar.vaishn...@gmail.com> w

[AI] [WeThePwd:2301] Fwd: Lecture on Health rights of persons with disabilities 10 March by David Werner

-- Forwarded message - From: rajive raturi Date: Mon, 7 Mar 2022 at 12:50 Subject: Lecture on Health rights of persons with disabilities 10 March by David Werner Dear Friends, The Centre for Constitutional Rights is organizing the 5th lecture in the Disability Rights lecture

[AI] Fwd: India's disability movement urges you to endorse the open letter to the Standing Committee to fix India's Mediation Bill

other people's movements to stand by us! *VAISHNAVI JAYAKUMAR* http://about.me/vjayakumar --- Open Letter to Parliamentary Standing Committee (Personnel, Public Grievances, Law and Justice) on the Draft Mediation Bill 2021 <https://legalaffairs.gov.in/sites/default/files/mediation-bill-2

[AI] [WeThePwd:2298] India's disability movement urges you to endorse the open letter to the Standing Committee to fix India's Mediation Bill

other people's movements to stand by us! *VAISHNAVI JAYAKUMAR* http://about.me/vjayakumar --- Open Letter to Parliamentary Standing Committee (Personnel, Public Grievances, Law and Justice) on the Draft Mediation Bill 2021 <https://legalaffairs.gov.in/sites/default/files/mediation-bill-2

[AI] [WeThePwd:2297] Fwd: Fw: International Workshop on Equal Opportunity Policy for the Persons with Disabilities

- Forwarded message - *From:* Rights of Persons with Disabilities Act 2016 (RPD Act 2016) < m...@manovikas.co.in> *Sent:* Monday, 7 February, 2022, 03:22:03 pm IST *Subject:* International Workshop on Equal Opportunity Policy for the Persons with Disabilities Equal opportunity policy

[AI] Draft Accessibility Standards and Provision of facilities for Persons with Disabilities (Divyangjan) in Civil Aviation Sector

pdf>", after which final guidelines will be issued. --- *VAISHNAVI JAYAKUMAR* http://about.me/vjayakumar -- 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] On the Right to Health bill 2021 - process, expert list and first working draft. Email with provenance Fwd: Copy of the Draft Bill

India wethe...@googlegroups.com < wethe...@googlegroups.com>, Vaishnavi Jayakumar> Cc: Indranil Mukhopadhyay , Disha Chaudhari , Anmol Diwan , Joshika Saraf Dear Vaishnavi, I hope you are well. Pursuant to our conversation please find attached the draft of the Bill. We, at OP. Jindal Unive

Re: [AI] RBI MANDATE REGARDING CAPTCHA ON INTERNET BANKING SERVICES

For addressing this genuine concern of deaf-blind community. Anyone has access to this RBI communication on 'Strong CAPTCHAs'? Why are they do kanjoos to add on SMS OTP, and free email OTP? On Sun, 17 Oct, 2021, 10:03 am Harshit Lohia, wrote: > Dear List Members, > The YONO portal of SBI

[AI] Right to Health Bill 2021 1st Draft

It's out. Refusing to attach it here because consultation cannot be private. Instead please ask Economic Advisory Council or O.P. Jindal University to not make a mockery of PLCP and to put up the accessible draft with proper awareness in the public domain. -- Disclaimer: 1. Contents of the

[AI] [WeThePwd:2273] Re: Last minute inclusion? Re: Due date for 2021 Harmonised Guidelines draft inputs is over.

*Vaishnavi Jayakumar (Inclusive India) * 24 September 2021 at 11:40 To: ccpd Cc: secyur...@nic.in, secretaryda-m...@nic.in 24 September 2021 The Chief Commissioner for Persons with Disabilities Sarojini House Bhagwan Das Road New Delhi Sir, *Sub: Urgent Intervention sought to ensure

[AI] Re: Last minute inclusion? Re: Due date for 2021 Harmonised Guidelines draft inputs is over.

pic> Regards, Vaishnavi On Tue, 21 Sept 2021 at 12:40, Vaishnavi Jayakumar < jayakumar.vaishn...@gmail.com> wrote: > ⏰ **Draft 2021 Harmonised Guidelines Feedback** > > Tracked down and spoke to Abhishek Bose, CPWD. > > Re the new harmonised guidelines, the minister is clea

[AI] Re: Last minute inclusion? Re: Due date for 2021 Harmonised Guidelines draft inputs is over.

the Harmonised Guidelines, GIGW and ARAI AIS bus body code are what makes the guideline statutory as they alone are mentioned in Law+Rules Thoughts 樂 ❓ On Tue, 21 Sep, 2021, 12:40 pm Vaishnavi Jayakumar, < jayakumar.vaishn...@gmail.com> wrote: > ⏰ **Draft 2021 Harmonised Guidelines

[AI] Last minute inclusion? Re: Due date for 2021 Harmonised Guidelines draft inputs is over.

, for last minute inclusion. DRA had DMed Hitesh Vaidya of NIUA on Twitter but received no response. --- On Thu, 9 Sep, 2021, 8:23 pm Vaishnavi Jayakumar, < jayakumar.vaishn...@gmail.com> wrote: > Draft : https://cpwd.gov.in/WriteReadData/other_cir/50837.pdf#page=19 - > A compressed

[AI] Accessibility feedback required from mainstream developers Fwd: Open Budgets India | Accessibility Audit

Will be happy to collate and send back to Arun. -- Forwarded message - From: Arun Sudarsan Date: Mon, 20 Sept 2021 at 10:22 Subject: Open Budgets India | Accessibility Audit To: Cc: Public Finance Dear Vaishnavi, Good morning! Hope you are safe and well. I'm Arun, Economist

[AI] [WeThePwd:2267] Due date for 2021 Harmonised Guidelines draft inputs is over.

Draft : https://cpwd.gov.in/WriteReadData/other_cir/50837.pdf#page=19 - A compressed ~9MB version is hosted online at http://bit.ly/2021-hg-draft ( The original is 83 MB file - The first 18 pages have not rendered properly, maybe because not in English or unicode. Either way it's all messages and

[AI] [WeThePwd:2266] Fwd: URGENT- Petition to Health Minister on Community Based Rehabilitation

- Forwarded message - From: Kamayani Date: Mon, 30 Aug 2021 at 16:18 Subject: URGENT- Petition to Health Minister on Community Based Rehabilitation To: Dear All Please see petition below to the Health minister on Community Based Rehabilitation, do sign and share widely best

[AI] [WeThePwd:2265] Fwd: Updated: Selected Publications by the India Mental Health Observatory

-- Forwarded message - From: India Mental Health Observatory Date: Mon, 16 Aug 2021 at 10:00 Subject: Updated: Selected Publications by the India Mental Health Observatory Dear IMHO Expert Group Members, We hope this email finds you well. Further to our email a few weeks ago,

[AI] DeafBlind Indians : Courting freedom from CAPTCHAs

FYI - Sent to ECommittee -- Forwarded message - From: Vaishnavi Jayakumar (Inclusive India) Date: Tue, 6 Jul 2021 at 21:22 Subject: DeafBlind Indians : Courting freedom from CAPTCHAs To: Cc: 6 Jul 2021 Sir, Thank you for starting the process of making Indian courts' digital

[AI] [WeThePwd:2250] Fwd: Inaccessible design of Ram Temple in Ayodhya and compliance with Indian disability law.

tps://srjbtkshetra.org>* -- Forwarded message - From: Vaishnavi Jayakumar (Inclusive India) Date: Mon, 22 Mar 2021 at 16:17 Subject: Inaccessible design of Ram Temple in Ayodhya and compliance with Indian disability law. To: , , < i...@commissionerdisabilitiesup.in>, , < aida.rjbay

Re: [AI] Disabled Cold Shouldered in Budget

I will be sharing the Equals CPSJ budget analysis once the CBGA report is out over the next couple of days. With its tables and Equals' work on budget advocacy over the years, you will find the NPRD statement correct even if difficult to digest for those who bring politics and preferences into

Re: [AI] Disabled Cold Shouldered in Budget

I was surprised to read some people's objections to the NPRD media release, so went back now and reread it. Expectedly it is a good, objective, reasonably thorough summary of yesterday's budget announcement vis a vis disability issues. I have seen and experienced this kind of name-calling and

Re: [AI] 1750 submissions so far and 4 days to go for ICMR's NLEAP submission deadline 10th Nov 2020

there is no hue and cry? --- *VAISHNAVI JAYAKUMAR* http://about.me/vjayakumar On Sat, 7 Nov 2020 at 17:42, George Abraham wrote: > Filled the form. We talk of a social model but decisions are being made > for us by medical professionals who are considere

[AI] Fwd: [MhaReformIndia:1000] Please fill this job identification survey in view of the recent AIIMS 'expert' committee tragicomedy

-- Forwarded message - From: The Desi DISpatch Date: Mon, 17 Aug 2020 at 11:13 Subject: Please fill this job identification survey in view of the recent AIIMS 'expert' committee tragicomedy Read this

[AI] [WeThePwd:2218] NEP 2020 - just added to the DRA library http://bit.ly/dra-library

As sourced from Education Ministry website - for your reading / records. https://www.mhrd.gov.in/sites/upload_files/mhrd/files/NEP_Final_English_0.pdf National_Education_Policy_2020_India-NEP_Final_...

[AI] Fwd: Seeking suggestions for assistive aids you can't do without!

-- Forwarded message - From: Disability Rights Alliance, INDIA < disabilityrightsalliance...@gmail.com> Date: Wed, 11 Mar, 2020, 4:23 am Subject: Seeking suggestions for assistive aids you can't do without! To: Egroup DRA , YG TN Dis Rights , WE the PwD Egroup <

[AI] Kerala High Court passes landmark judgement on therapy centres

The Desi DISpatch has shared a OneDrive file with you. To view it, click the link below. 20200122-Kerala PIL-WP 15436 OF 2017- Therapy Centre Regulation-Togeth We Can.pdf

Re: [AI] IRCTC Accessibility

Hi Vinod, Vikas, Vivek, Have interfaced with IRCTC and Paytm in the past and can try to resolve the issue you are facing if you state the problem clearly in the following form. As I am not a regular screenreader user (also I only have access to NVDA / Narrator / Chromevox) it is difficult for me

Re: [AI] FW: FW: Delhi state elections: South Delhi voting experience

Hi Pranav, It would really help if you and your wife could separately fill this voting experience feedback form so that difficulties can be documented and used for future advocacy. https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSemM6Qv5Z2-CaLwh6f4GAtP9H5aMRygxGMgfzmgGYhkxFvZWA/viewform (Or bitly

Re: [AI] Delhi elections candidate list in EVM order - please share widely

ia [mailto:accessindia-boun...@accessindia.org.in] On > Behalf Of Vaishnavi Jayakumar > Sent: 07 February 2020 10:22 > To: AccessIndia.org.in > Subject: [AI] Delhi elections candidate list in EVM order - please share > widely > > Blind voters who don't use Braille, here's the candid

[AI] Delhi elections candidate list in EVM order - please share widely

Blind voters who don't use Braille, here's the candidate list in EVM order for Delhi 2020 elections, constituency wise in both Hindi and English. Http://bit.ly/elections-form7a It's a more usable version (of the unaltered original from the Chief Electoral Officer, Delhi website) brought to you

Re: [AI] List down your accessibility issues with PDFs

Amar, One issue is about Tamil Unicode fonts (even Arial Unicode) not rendering properly when saving from a word document to a PDF. Govt is being wary about sharing policy documents as word document because "word can be edited and misused whereas PDF can't." Apparently there is a known issue

[AI] Making Amends - RPWD Act 2016 http://bit.ly/rpwd-annot

Hi All, RPWD Act deadline over for *removal of difficulties clause*. (see extract below) Though we have missed the Act deadline to make changes, *(last date was 19 April 2019) *let's have a record of changes that need to be made. *Please comment here in this document http://bit.ly/rpwd-annot

Re: [AI] Information about candidates and party manifestos in accessible format for Delhi

Dipendra, candidate information is available in ECI's voter helpline and PWD apps. In fact, the EVM list order is also available by filtering. We only need to push for this facility to be available on website also, in an accessible way. On Thu 9 May, 2019, 12:06 PM , wrote: > We must know

Re: [AI] Suggestions for increased inclusiveness in general elections.

Dear Mr Kulkarni, For those who do not know Braille we have a workaround. Please access http://bit.ly/form-7a for details. We are trying to get ECI to make its document tables etc properly accessible - so far they have only made the candidate list in EVM order available on mobile apps

Re: [AI] My voting experience.

If you mean the votability feedback form, it's at http://bit.ly/votability Thank you for documenting your experience for further follow up with ECI. On Mon 6 May, 2019, 1:58 PM Amiyo Biswas, wrote: > Please send the link once more, it is not in this trail. > > With best regards, > Amiyo Biswas

[AI] Census 2021

- Forwarded message - From: Meenakshi B. Date: Wed, May 1, 2019 at 6:34 PM Subject: Fwd: census 2021 To: Dear Colleagues, Greetings! Government of India is gearing up for the next census. Find attached their preliminary document for the same. Final_Agenda_for_DUC__1_ (1) -

Re: [AI] Voting experience yesterday

mapsa goa are not mensioned > > On 4/22/19, Vaishnavi Jayakumar wrote: > > Hi Prashanth and others with vision disabilities, > > > > > >1. An Electronic Voting Machine consists of two Units - a Control Unit > >and a Balloting Unit - joined by a five-met

Re: [AI] Voting experience yesterday

ps clarify the current situation! Vaishnavi --- *VAISHNAVI JAYAKUMAR* http://about.me/vjayakumar On Fri, 19 Apr 2019 at 09:43, Prashanth MN wrote: > Dear list, > if anyone of you had more than 1 EVMS in your constituency, kindly > tell whether braille signs i

Re: [AI] Voting experience yesterday

to the candidate sheets? Did he mention Braille? --- *VAISHNAVI JAYAKUMAR* http://about.me/vjayakumar On Tue, 16 Apr 2019 at 17:07, Asudani, Rajesh wrote: > My commentsare inline: > > Rajesh and Nupur, > > Some queries : > > 1. What langu

Re: [AI] Voting experience yesterday

Rajesh and Nupur, Some queries : 1. What languages were the Braille Ballot papers available in? Did the first line of the Braille Ballot papers indicate the language of the document? 2. What benefit did the Braille Ballot papers have over the electronic version at bit.ly/form-7a or do you just

[AI] Candidate list in screenreader usable format

Please check phase 2 candidate list in form 7A format. Bookmarked statewise and constituency wise for your convenience. ECI has expressed interest in doing this bookmarking in future releases. So fingers crossed. Search for old postings at:

[AI] Fwd: Blind voters rejoice!

e same for usability. We will do so for upcoming phases too as soon as the documents are released by ECI. Hope this helps & Happy Voting! Vaishnavi Jayakumar http://about.me/vjayakumar -- Forwarded message - From: Disability Rights Alliance, INDIA < disabilityrightsalliance...@gm

Re: [AI] How do VI people vote?

Hi Kriya, Hoping this reaches you in time. 1. Do read this resource for first time voters : https://docs.google.com/document/d/1dI-t8-s6eu2u7qVsnywcWzZ1chFySNAusboCPzFA7Ec/edit?usp=sharing 2. Prepare for voting by checking list of candidates here : http://bit.ly/form-7a 3. What to expect on

[AI] Fwd: 6th deadline for Kerala Draft Guidelines for standardization of Therapy Centers in the area of Disabilities.

Deadline is 6th tomorrow. Draft Guidelines for standardization of Therapy Centers in the area of Disabilities. Accessible version on GDocs.

[AI] Interim Budget and Persons with Disabilities

> > -- Forwarded message - > From: Meenakshi B. > Date: Fri, 1 Feb 2019 at 17:55 > Subject: Release - Interim Budget for Persons with Disabilities > > Greetings From Equals Centre for Promotion of Social Justice! > > Equals Centre for Promotion of

Re: [AI] Issues with VVPATs

an alarm if the input choice is not what VVPAT is showing. It is currently not possible to manipulate single votes even if by some remote chance it has been tampered with. --- *VAISHNAVI JAYAKUMAR* http://about.me/vjayakumar On Thu, 6 Dec 2018 at 22:04, pavan

Re: [AI] request for CBSE text books

What's the problem with e-cbse? http://cbse.nic.in/ePub/webcbse/webcbse/ab-cbse-book-4.html On Thu 15 Nov, 2018, 10:58 AM Siva Suresh all the English books from class 9th to 12th. > thank you once again for your support. > > On 11/15/18, nirmal verma wrote: > > Send me the list of books. > > >

[AI] FIX : IndianRail on the internet - issues

ctober please.* If a screen capture can be done with audio and your voice over, that would be ideal. Vaishnavi On Sun, 8 Jul 2018 at 21:16, Vaishnavi Jayakumar < jayakumar.vaishn...@gmail.com> wrote: > Hi all, > > Was aware of the correspondence > <https://www.mail-archi

[AI] Fwd: Paytm accessibility issues collation

Sorry, didn't realise this hadn't been posted this morning. -- Forwarded message - From: Vaishnavi Jayakumar Date: Thu 4 Oct, 2018, 7:33 AM Managed to reach Paytm's VSS. Am in touch with Deepak who is already aware of access issues that he says his team is working on. Could

[AI] [WeThePwd:2095] GST cut for e-books, but publishers are not elated, wheelchair accessory luxury tax - ETC

Hi everyone, Time to revive GST action on the sector's end. 1. Amba, what about ebook copyright law exemptions for blind and GST wrt this press clipping? Printed and Braille books are at nil GST btw.

Re: [AI] FIX : IndianRail on the internet - issues

s the screen reader. CCPD have sent notice to IRCTC, ministry of rail > and railway board regarding the matter. > > > > -Original Message- > From: Vaishnavi Jayakumar > Sent: Sunday, July 08, 2018 9:17 PM > To: AccessIndia.org.in > Subject: [AI] FIX : IndianRail on

[AI] FIX : IndianRail on the internet - issues

Hi all, Was aware of the correspondence by many on the recently redesigned IRCTC

[AI] Fwd: Compiled NSSO feedback - going tomorrow 30th June

Screen-reader version - Published 20180629 NSSO compiled feedback bit.ly/2906-nsso-pub If you want to comment - Annotatable 20180629 NSSO compiled feedback - Google Docs bit.ly/2906-nsso-annot Sorry, images don't have alt text and PDF formatting is a little off - will be rectified tomorrow.

Re: [AI] NSSO Survey on disability - seeking feedback

Apologies, inputs link should have read http://bit.ly/nsso-annot - this is the annotatable version. If not commenting from Google id, please prefix your comments with initials. On Sat, Jun 16, 2018 at 11:05 PM Vaishnavi Jayakumar < jayakumar.vaishn...@gmail.com> wrote: > The NS

[AI] Fwd: NSSO Survey on disability - seeking feedback

The NSSO survey starts July and we only recently got hands on the questionnaire (not due to Rati Misra and Sunder VS's lack of effort in trying to engage with Ministry of Statistics & Programme Implementation, Government of India) The lacunae caused by zero stakeholder inclusion is glaringly

[AI] Should the disabled go to separate schools or should all schools have education about disabilities?

Should the disabled go to separate schools or should all schools have education about disabilities? *scroll.in*/pulse/859639/should-the-disabled-go-to-separate- schools-or-should-all-schools-have-education-about-disabilities

[AI] National Trust Rules - Draft Amendments - Comments by 13 December 2017 http://www.egazette.nic.in/WriteReadData/2017/180270.pdf

MINISTRY OF SOCIAL JUSTICE AND EMPOWERMENT [Department of Empowerment of Persons with Disabilities (Divyangjan)] NOTIFICATION New Delhi, the 13th November, 2017 G.S.R. 1383(E).—The following draft of certain rules further to amend the National Trust for Welfare of Persons with Autism, Cerebral

[AI] Fwd: End #Edpartheid response to worrying Supreme Court observation

*We need to move quickly - the next hearing is 27 November 2017. * *More later, till then please follow campaign developments and links at bit.ly/end-edpartheid * - *24-Oct-2017 - Supreme Court to UP govt: Why can't children with special needs have separate

[AI] EVM Braille and candidate list

Hi all, Present day EVMs come with Braille numbers 1-16 embossed directly next to the button. If there are more than 16 candidates, blind voters are reading the underlying embossed Braille through the Braille sticker overlaid on top. This causes confusion. There is as of now no other place

[AI] Fwd: Release : Disability sector rejoinder to GST Council Press Release of 4th July

Response from stakeholders on the GST Council’s Media Release dt. 4 July 2017 – “On GST rate for physically challenged persons” “Wrong on so many levels” July 10, 2017 Press Release We, the undersigned, represent key stakeholders of the disability community across India. We express our utter

[AI] URGENT : Rejoinder to the Govt 'win-win' press release on GST

Hi all, Here is the media release to be endorsed and released today (8th) late morning. I have purposely left all talk about acts out as we are really asking for nothing new - we could, we should, but I thought it best not to clutter the primary message until we are back where we were pre-GST.

[AI] Fwd: Re: Spring-cleaning laws! Dump is @ bit.ly/lawspringcleaning

On Fri, Feb 24, 2017 at 11:08 AM, Vaishnavi Jayakumar < jayakumar.vaishn...@gmail.com> wrote: >>> >>> Well, from what I've learnt while digging, it doesn't look too promising. Have not found an equivalent precedent in Indian law - not even for "untouchable / Harijan" t

[AI] Fwd: Spring-cleaning laws! Dump is @ bit, ly/lawspringcleaning

Hi all, Reshma discovered the word 'lunatic' in the Post Office Savings Bank account opening form - it's the first out of the 9 listed below of a site search for the word 'lunatic' on India Post's website. 1. https://www.indiapost.gov.in/vas/dop_pdffiles/form/sb-3.pdf

[AI] Fwd: Analysis of Disability in Union Budget 2017-18

Link http://www.cbgaindia.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/Analysis-of-Union-Budget-2017-18.pdf -- Forwarded message -- From: "Meenakshi B." Date: 02-Feb-2017 7:28 pm Subject: [WeThePwd:1896] Analysis of Union Budget 2017-18 To: "dra"

[AI] Fwd: Equals' Press release on Union Budget 2017-18 -Persons with disability

-- Forwarded message -- From: Aiswarya Rao Date: Wed, Feb 1, 2017 at 5:00 PM Dear Meenakshi, I have been sitting front of my TV since the morning. Neither the FM, nor the analysts are aware of the existence of 26.8 million persons with disabilities (

[AI] 6-Jan-2017 notice posted on DEPwD website seeking public's inputs on rules for RPwD Act 2016

*F. No 16-17/2016-DD-III (Pt) * *Government of India Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment * * Department for Empowerment of Persons with Disabilities * *Sub: - Suggestions from public for formulation of Rules under the Rights of Persons with Disabilities Act, 2016- reg * As you aware, the

[AI] Fwd: [WeThePwd:1885] 6-Jan-2017 notice posted on DEPwD website seeking public's inputs on rules for RPwD Act 2016

*F. No 16-17/2016-DD-III (Pt) * *Government of India Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment * * Department for Empowerment of Persons with Disabilities * *Sub: - Suggestions from public for formulation of Rules under the Rights of Persons with Disabilities Act, 2016- reg * As you aware, the

[AI] Fwd: RPWD Bill changes 2016 December version - Inaccessible English PDF 4.5 MB

Hi all, The inaccessible version of the December 2016 RPWD bill is available thanks to Murali of NPRD and HRLN who scanned hard copy. 5 mb inaccessible English PDF View / Download link is http://bit.ly/2016rpwd Register at the dedicated AccessIndia list for discussing accessibility of mobile

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