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Government websites: Access denied to special users: by Sanchia de Souza — published Dec 07, 2008 — last modified Apr 02, 2011 04:17 PM — filed under: Accessibility
Article by L. Subramani in the Deccan Herald, 8 December 2008
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Groundbreaking disability rights activist Javed Abidi dies at 53: by Ambika Tandon — published Mar 06, 2018 — filed under: Accessibility
The Centre for Internet & Society (CIS) expresses profound regret at the demise of Mr. Javed Abidi, a groundbreaking disability rights activist.
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GST - A Barrier to Human Rights for Persons with Disabilities: by Nirmita Narasimhan — published Jun 24, 2017 — last modified Jun 25, 2017 02:15 PM — filed under: Accessibility
The Centre of Internet & Society made a submission on the Goods and Services Tax (GST) which will be coming into play from July 2017 onwards. In this blog post Nirmita Narasimhan assesses the impact of GST on persons with disabilities.
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How India’s top firms fare in employing women and persons with disabilities: by Prasad Krishna — published Aug 10, 2016 — filed under: Accessibility
It is generally believed that the growth of the corporate sector in India has increased employment avenues for historically deprived sections of our society.
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How tech brings self-reliance to students with disabilities: by Prasad Krishna — published May 29, 2016 — filed under: Accessibility
Rakshit Malik, 18, has every reason to be pleased with himself. He just scored 96.4% in his Class 12 exam -the third-highest score in CBSE's disabled category.
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How tech is making life easier for differently-abled: by Admin — published Nov 08, 2017 — filed under: Accessibility
Scattered on technology specialist Amit Bagwe's desk beside his laptop are a Sam sung tablet and an iPhone7.
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Human Machine Interfaces: The History of an Uncertain Future: by Sharath Chandra Ram — published Nov 30, 2012 — last modified Jan 04, 2013 11:30 AM — filed under: Accessibility
"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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ICT Accessibility in Sri Lanka: by Prasad Krishna — published Jun 13, 2011 — last modified Nov 08, 2011 10:32 AM — filed under: Accessibility
During a recent visit to Lirne Asia in Colombo, thanks to the efforts of the Lirne Asia team, I had an opportunity to meet the Sri Lankan regulator-TRC, the ICT Agency-ICTA and the Jinnasena Trust to discuss their initiatives for providing ICT and Telecommunications access for persons with disabilities in Sri Lanka.
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ICT, transaction cost and development: The flip side: by Radha Rao — published Nov 19, 2009 — last modified Feb 05, 2013 08:56 AM — filed under: Event Type, Accessibility
A presentation by Prof. Pradoshnath at CIS, Bangalore on Nov 25th, 2009 from 3.30pm to 5pm
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IDAP Interview Series: Interview with Nirmita Narasimhan: by Nirmita Narasimhan — published Nov 26, 2017 — filed under: Accessibility
IDIA Disability Access Programme did an interview with Nirmita Narasimhan. This interview was conducted by Madhavi Singh and Anusha Reddy. The interview was transcribed by Veda Singh, IDIA intern and student at Jindal Global Law School.
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