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Making Public Libraries Accessible to People with Disabilities
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by
Rahul Cherian
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published
Jan 24, 2013
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last modified
Jan 24, 2013 11:10 AM
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filed under:
Featured,
Accessibility
The 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.
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Linking Commercial Availability and Exceptions in the Treaty for Visually Impaired/Persons with Disabilities
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by
Rahul Cherian
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published
Jan 23, 2013
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filed under:
Accessibility
After 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.
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Accessible Broadcasting in India
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by
Srividya Vaidyanathan
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published
Jan 11, 2013
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last modified
Jan 28, 2013 05:28 AM
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filed under:
Featured,
Accessibility
The 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.
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National Resource Kit: The Andhra Chapter (Revised)
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by
Anandhi Viswanathan
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published
Dec 31, 2012
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last modified
Feb 12, 2014 05:21 AM
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filed under:
Accessibility
The 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.
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National Resource Kit : The Kerala Chapter (Call for Comments)
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by
Anandhi Viswanathan
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published
Dec 31, 2012
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last modified
Nov 07, 2013 06:20 AM
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filed under:
Featured,
Accessibility
The 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.
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December 2012 Bulletin
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by
Prasad Krishna
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published
Dec 30, 2012
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last modified
Jan 16, 2013 05:15 AM
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filed under:
Access to Knowledge,
Digital Natives,
Telecom,
Accessibility,
Internet Governance,
Openness
We at the Centre for Internet & Society wish you all a great year ahead. In the December 2012 newsletter, we bring you the draft early chapters of our “National Resource Kit” project for persons with disabilities (covering four southern states); and accessibility-related comments on the Twelfth Five Year Plan; the draft research on pervasive technologies and access to knowledge that we presented at the Global Congress on Intellectual Property and the Public Interest in Brazil; our comments on the privacy implications of including RFID tags in the proposed Rule 138A of the Motor Vehicle Rules, a report on the open access lectures delivered by Prof. Leslie Chan during his tour of India, reports of Wikipedia-related workshops conducted across three cities, and news and media coverage.
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Newsletters
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Overview of Schemes and Notifications issued in Karnataka for the benefit of Persons with Disabilities
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by
Shruti Ramakrishnan
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published
Dec 30, 2012
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last modified
Jan 05, 2013 04:17 PM
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filed under:
Accessibility
The 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.
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National Resource Kit: The Tamil Nadu Chapter (Call for Comments)
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by
Shruti Ramakrishnan
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published
Dec 29, 2012
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last modified
Nov 07, 2013 06:20 AM
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filed under:
Accessibility
The 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.
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Comments and Feedback on the Draft Twelfth Five Year Plan with respect to Persons with Disabilities
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by
Rahul Cherian
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published
Dec 28, 2012
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filed under:
Accessibility
The 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.
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WIPO to Convene a Diplomatic Conference in Morocco to Finalise TVI
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by
Rahul Cherian
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published
Dec 24, 2012
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filed under:
Accessibility,
WIPO
In 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.
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