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Digital access for persons with disabilities. 355 items.
18 Feb 2013
News
Indian Users’ Perspective On WIPO Negotiations On Treaty For Visually ImpairedSouth-East Asia is host to one-third of the world’s 39 million blind people. Over 20 million live in India alone. This week’s special session of the World Intellectual Property Organization aims to clean up the text of an international …
10 Feb 2013
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Rahul Cherian passes awayRahul Cherian, an expert and policy activist in disability law, intellectual property (IP) law and technology law passed away on Thursday. He was 39.
8 Feb 2013
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Rahul Cherian, founder of NGO Inclusive Planet, passes awayRahul Cherian, who worked extensively on disability law and rights in India, and other issues like intellectual property (IP) law and technology law passed away on Thursday while on on a family holiday in Goa according to this report in the …
8 Feb 2013
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Inclusive Planet co-founder, Disability Law activist, and Cancer Survivor, Rahul Cherian passes awayRahul Cherian, the co-founder of Inclusive Planet and an expert on Intellectual Property and disability law, passed away on February 7, 2013 in Goa due to sudden illness.
7 Feb 2013
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RIP: Rahul Cherian, human rights activist, Inclusive Planet co-founderRIPRahul Cherian, an expert and policy activist in disability law, intellectual property (IP) law and technology law passed away today at the age of 39, while on a family holiday in Goa.
21 Dec 2012
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Disability groups in India welcome progress on treaty for blind personsFour years of struggle for a global treaty for the benefit of blind persons is finally bearing fruit. Member states of the World Intellectual Property Organisation have agreed to conclude a treaty for visually-impaired and print disabled …
7 Nov 2012
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ITU – NTA Workshop on Making ICT and mobile phones accessible for persons with disabilities in NepalThe International Telecommunication Union is organizing this event on November 9, 2012 in Nepal. Nirmita Narasimhan is participating as a speaker in the session "Introduction: ICT and telecom accessibility, good practices in policy and …
12 Sep 2012
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'Sops can boost jobs for disabled persons'A recent report commissioned by the government and the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) has called for greater incentives to the private sector to boost employment for persons with disabilities (PWDs). Incentives such as grants …
2 Aug 2012
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US and EU blocking treaty to give blind people access to booksCopyright fears stall talks on books being translated into braille for blind and visually impaired people in the global south.
1 Aug 2012
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U.S. support sought for treaty to allow blind people access to copyrighted worksAdvocates of visual disability groups from across the world urged the United States to get off the fence at the global copyright negotiations in Geneva this week and actively back a strong treaty that allows blind people access to …
31 May 2012
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Towards a Multi-Stakeholder Consultation on ‘Internet Rights, Accessibility, Regulation & Ethics’This event was organised by Digital Empowerment Foundation, National Internet Exchange of India and Association for Progressive Communications at Mirza Ghalib Hall, SCOPE Complex, New Delhi from 9.00 a.m. to 2.30 p.m. on May 3, 2012. …
9 Dec 2011
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Nirmita receives NIVH AwardNirmita Narasimhan received the NIVH Excellence Award from Justice AS Anand (retd), former chairman of the National Human Rights Commission, on International Day of Persons with Disabilities at the National Institute for the Visually …
28 Nov 2011
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An Interview of Nirmita Narasimhan on ITU PortalITU Girls in ICT is now online! ITU interviewed Nirmita and published her profile on their website.
14 Dec 2010
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An online community platform for people with different needsAn online community platform designed for the print-impaired, probably the first such in the country, seeks to make the internet accessible to people with different needs.
16 Jul 2010
News
Call for Case Studies on ICTCIS invites organisations to participate in a study focusing on best practices in the use of ICTs in education for persons with disabilities.
31 May 2010
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WIPO Proposals Would Open Cross-Border Access To Materials For Print DisabledThe print disabled feel that the possible UN recommendations being negotiated upon may come up short, reports Kaitlin Mara in this article.
19 May 2010
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World Wide Web Consortium for AllIndian web designers have long ignored needs of people with different disabilities but a new dedicated wiki aspires to change that, writes Malvika Tegta
6 May 2010
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What Women Want: The ability debatesIn this article published in the Hindu, Deepa Alexander argues that the proposed amendments to the Copyright Act (1957) are restrictive and discriminatory.
4 May 2010
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Right to Read event in BrusselsA 'Right to Read' event is being held at the European Parliament, Brussels on 4 May 2010.
26 Apr 2010
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Disability rights groups oppose changes to Copyright ActDisability rights groups are up in arms against a Bill proposing an amendment to the Copyright Act, 1952, reports Aarti Dhar in an article published in the Hindu on April 23, 2010.
19 Apr 2010
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They fight for the visually challengedTimes News Network - A report on the press conference held at the Press Club, Bangalore on 15th April, 2010.
19 Apr 2010
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Amendment to Copyright Act opposedA report on the press conference held on 15th April, at the Press Club, Bangalore : The Hindu
22 Feb 2010
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Your Signature Could Help 70 Million ReadA humble signature campaign in the city intends to take on a law that prevents the print-impaired from reading. You too can join in and support the cause.
22 Feb 2010
News
Free Copyright Control to Help Blind Students: Xavier's Resource CentreThis article throws light on the fact that even though technology has made it possible for visually challenged to access print material, there is little awareness among authors and publishers to make it accessible, and hence, only an …
8 Feb 2010
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The print-impaired millions and their right to readBooks, books everywhere, but not a word to read. This is the scenario for the approximately 70 million print-impaired in India, a sizeable population that includes the visually-impaired young people as well the elderly — whose vision …
8 Feb 2010
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Can’t read, so use new tech to let books speakAn article in the Times of India about the Right to Read campaign organised by the Centre for Internet & Society at Pragati Maidan in New Delhi as the world book fair kicked off.
30 Dec 2009
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Bridging the DivideVideo clipping of the National Conference on ICT's for the differently abled held in Loyola College, Chennai from 1 December to 3 December, 2009.
7 Dec 2009
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Books shut by law blinkersAn article in The Telegraph (Kolkata) by Chandrima S Bhattacharya - 6th December, 2009
3 Dec 2009
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The disabled also grapple with copyright issuesAn article in The Hindu by Deepa Kurup - 03rd December, 2009
3 Dec 2009
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Lawyers get socially involved: The Right to ReadThursday, 03 December 2009 by Tanuj Kalia (www.legallyindia.com)