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IIT Madras launchs ‘Arise-A Standing Wheelchair’ for disabled

The IIT Madras has launched the newly designed ‘Arise-A Standing Wheelchair’ standing wheelchair for disabled at IIT Madras Research Park. The standing wheelchair is designed by TTK Center for Rehabilitation Research & Device Development (R2D2). The purpose of this wheelchair is that it will help a person in a wheelchair to stand without any help.

Topics: Accessibility • Assistive technology • Chairs • Disability • Health • Indian Institute of Technology Madras • Motorized wheelchair • Standing wheelchair • Wheelchairs

Ministry of I and B announces Accessibility Standards for the Hearing Impaired

The Ministry of Information and Broadcasting has announced the implementation of accessibility standards for television programmes for persons with hearing impairment. How Accessibility Standards would be Implemented? The Accessibility Standards would be implemented through the provision of captioning and Indian Sign Language. All news channels are required to carry a news bulletin with sign language ..

Topics: Accessibility • Assistive technology • Audiology • Closed captioning • Deafness • Indo-Pakistani Sign Language • Ministry of Power • Sign language • Subtitle • Subtitling • Transcription

Assam Chief Electoral Officer launches Enajori initiative for PwD

Assam Chief Electoral Officer Mukesh Sahu launched the Enajori initiative in Guwahati. It is a special initiative for persons with disabilities with an aim that ‘No Voter to be Left behind’. It is a joint initiative of CEO Assam and Social Welfare Department (SWD) with an objective to make 2019 Lok Sabha Elections accessible to ..

Topics: Accessibility • Assistive technology • Augmentative and alternative communication • Braille • D voter • Design • Digital typography • Disability • Elections in India • Encodings

2018 World Braille Day (WBD)

The World Braille Day (WBD) is observed every year on January 4 to remember the birth anniversary of Louis Braille, the inventor of Braille – for the people with visual disabilities. Louis Braille was born on 4th January 1809 in the town of Coupvray in northern France. At the age of just 3, he lost ..

Topics: Assistive technology • Braille • Braille literacy • Braille technology • Contents • Disability • Health • Louis Braille • Visual impairment

China to host 2018 World Robot Conference (WRC)

The 2018 World Robot Conference (WRC) will be held in Beijing, China from August 15-19 under the theme of creating new intelligent power and sharing the new opening-up era. It will offer a venue where academic thoughts can be exchanged at high levels and the latest achievements demonstrated. The event will see over 12,000 competing ..

Topics: Assistive technology • Culture • Human behavior • Oussama Khatib • Robot • Robotics

Thaawarchand Gehlot launches 100 accessible websites for Divyangs

Thaawarchand Gehlot, the Union Minister of Social Justice and Empowerment, has launched 100 accessible websites for Divyangs on January 19, 2018. These 100 government websites are now divyang friendly. The Accessible Websites are those websites into which Persons with Disabilities can perceive, understand, navigate, and interact with the Web, and that they can contribute to ..

Topics: Accessibility • Assistive technology • Contents • Design • Disability • Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment • Screen reader • Visual impairment • World Wide Web