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Odisha (Govt.) Notifications
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by
Prasad Krishna
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published
Aug 09, 2013
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filed under:
Accessibility
List of government notifications published by the state government is below:
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Resources
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One For All
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by
Nishant Shah
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published
Feb 17, 2013
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last modified
Mar 04, 2013 04:13 AM
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filed under:
Accessibility
The importance of making information accessible and universal.
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Blog
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Open House with George Abraham: Mainstreaming Persons with Disabilities
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by
Anandhi Viswanathan
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published
May 22, 2014
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last modified
Jun 04, 2014 10:53 AM
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filed under:
Accessibility
CIS collaborated with Ashoka India to host ‘Open House with George Abraham’ – an open discussion on inclusion of persons with disabilities in mainstream society on Wednesday, May 21, 2014 at the Ashoka premises.
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Blog
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Open Letter to PM Modi on Intellectual Property Rights issues on His Visit to the United States of America in September, 2015
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by
Pranesh Prakash and Nehaa Chaudhari
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published
Sep 23, 2015
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last modified
Sep 25, 2015 06:43 AM
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filed under:
Access to Knowledge,
Intellectual Property Rights,
Accessibility,
Featured,
Homepage
This is an open letter by CIS to the Prime Minister, Shri Narendra Modi in light of his impending visit to the USA. This letter asks the Prime Minister to urge the USA to ratify the Marrakesh Treaty; and asks that India not be a party to TPP negotiations, in light of recent reports on a study encouraging India to join the TPP.
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Blogs
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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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Policy Spotlight: 21st Century Communications and Video Accessibility Act
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by
Prasad Krishna
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published
Jun 21, 2011
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last modified
Nov 08, 2011 10:18 AM
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filed under:
Accessibility
The means and modes of communication have changed drastically in today’s age and the earlier bright lines, if they ever did exist have become increasingly blurred. The mainstreaming of social media has brought forth some new questions to the forefront, the issue of accessibility being one of them. Jenifer Simpson, Senior Director for Government Affairs and head of the Telecommunications & Technology Policy Initiative at the American Association of People with Disabilities (AAPD), elaborates more on the 21st Century Communications and Video Accessibility Act in this interview.
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Blog
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Polling Pains
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by
Amba Salelkar
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published
Apr 30, 2014
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last modified
May 06, 2014 08:12 AM
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filed under:
Accessibility
While there has been a lot of outrage and furore over the dropping of names of eligible and previously registered persons from voter's lists across the Country, what hasn't received a lot of coverage is the large scale apathy towards the needs of voters with disabilities across the Country.
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Blog
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Popular apps are inaccessible to millions of disabled: Study
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by
Prasad Krishna
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published
Nov 30, 2016
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filed under:
Accessibility
According to a study conducted by Centre for Internet and Society last month, many of the most-commonly used mobile apps for food delivery, online payments, grocery shopping and transportation were not accessible to the visually challenged.
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News & Media
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Primer on the Treaty for the Visually Impaired
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by
Pranesh Prakash
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published
Jun 25, 2013
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filed under:
Copyright,
Accessibility,
Access to Knowledge,
WIPO
In this primer, Pranesh Prakash and Puneeth Nagaraj explain what effects a WIPO Treaty for the Visually Impaired can have and who's opposing it.
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Blogs
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Print - Access
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by
Radha Rao
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last modified
Aug 22, 2011 01:13 PM
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filed under:
Conference,
Accessibility
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Publications
