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Making Public Libraries Accessible to People with Disabilities
— by Rahul Cherian — last modified Jan 24, 2013 11:10 AMThe Centre for Internet & Society was one of the 20 disability rights groups that wrote to the Ministry of Culture on January 23, 2013 seeking remedial action on the barriers faced by persons with disabilities in accessing public libraries in India.
Linking Commercial Availability and Exceptions in the Treaty for Visually Impaired/Persons with Disabilities
— by Rahul Cherian — last modified Jan 23, 2013 08:30 AMAfter the landmark WIPO General Assembly meeting in December 2012 that decided to convene a diplomatic conference in June 2013 on the Treaty for Visually Impaired Persons/Persons with Print Disabilities, the Special Session of the Standing Committee on Copyright and Related Rights starting on February 18, 2013 is critical, says Rahul Cherian.
Accessible Broadcasting in India
— by Srividya Vaidyanathan — last modified Jan 28, 2013 05:28 AMThe abridged version of International Telecommunication Union's "Making Television Accessible" Report which we published last year has been broadened in scope and is now called "Accessible Broadcasting in India" report.
National Resource Kit: The Andhra Chapter (Revised)
— by Anandhi Viswanathan — last modified Feb 12, 2014 05:21 AMThe National Resource Kit team is pleased to bring you its research on the state of laws, policies and programmes for persons with disabilities in the state of Andhra Pradesh.
National Resource Kit : The Kerala Chapter (Call for Comments)
— by Anandhi Viswanathan — last modified Nov 07, 2013 06:20 AMThe National Resource Kit team is pleased to bring you its research on the state of laws, policies and programmes for persons with disabilities in the state of Kerala.
Overview of Schemes and Notifications issued in Karnataka for the benefit of Persons with Disabilities
— by Shruti Ramakrishnan — last modified Jan 05, 2013 04:17 PMThe State of Karnataka has issued numerous notifications and schemes for the benefits of persons with disabilities. This is a brief overview of all these schemes, which are described thematically under the headings of education, employment, rehabilitation, social security and others.
National Resource Kit: The Tamil Nadu Chapter (Call for Comments)
— by Shruti Ramakrishnan — last modified Nov 07, 2013 06:20 AMThe National Resource Kit team is pleased to bring you its research on the state of laws, policies and programmes for persons with disabilities in the state of Tamil Nadu.
Comments and Feedback on the Draft Twelfth Five Year Plan with respect to Persons with Disabilities
— by Rahul Cherian — last modified Dec 28, 2012 03:33 PMThe Centre for Internet & Society was one of the ten organizations representing people with disabilities that sent comments and feedback on the draft twelfth five year plan.
WIPO to Convene a Diplomatic Conference in Morocco to Finalise TVI
— by Rahul Cherian — last modified Dec 24, 2012 06:18 AMIn a landmark development, on December 18, 2012, the Extraordinary General Assembly of the World Intellectual Property Organisation agreed to convene a diplomatic conference, likely to be in Morocco, in June of next year to finalise the Treaty for Visually Impaired Persons/Persons with Print Disabilities.
Human Machine Interfaces: The History of an Uncertain Future
— by Sharath Chandra Ram — last modified Jan 04, 2013 11:30 AM"Multimodal interfaces maybe re-engineered much more easily now and can transform the ways in which the physically,cognitively and sensorially disabled can access information and interact with the digital world", says Sharath Chandra Ram.
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