Setting up of India Sign Language Research and Training Centre
A welcome move for the hearing impaired community in India. In a gesture of goodwill towards the hearing impaired, the Union Cabinet has decided to set up Indian Sign Language Research and Training...
View ArticleU.S Web Design Standards
Re-inventing the wheel is what we all hate. This formula is proven success in all sectors including the digital world. Many corporate organizations are already following the formula. Recently 18F o GSA...
View ArticleATAG 2.0 is now w3c recommendation
Authoring Tools Accessibility Guidelines (ATAG) 2.0 is now recommended by W3C since 24 September 2015. This document has been produced as part of the W3C Web Accessibility Initiative (WAI). The goals...
View ArticleFirst learning session by the Accessibility India Community Group
Today the first learning session was conducted by the W3c Accessibility India Community Group. Ms. Shilpi Kapoor the chair of the group has hosted the virtual meeting. I am asked to deliver the first...
View ArticleMobile Accessibility Meet at Hyderabad
On December 12th, 2015 the first mobile accessibility meet is going to be held at Hyderabad, India. This is a one day workshop where expert users want to share their experiences using the smart phone...
View ArticleLaunch of Sugamya Bharat Abhiyan
Disability arises not from the impairment, but comes from obstacles present in the environment says Shri Mukesh Jain, Joint Secretary (Department of Empowerment of Persons With Disabilities, Ministry...
View ArticleProgram Highlights’: Mobile Accessibility Meet
The first ever mobile accessibility meet was held at Hyderabad on 12-12-2015. The full day workshop was organized by a team of visually challenged individuals, B. Vikram Babu, Srinivas Karnati,, K....
View ArticleYour Signature help for prompt release of ADA
The new release of ADA and refresh of section 508It has been a hot topic in the accessibility community for few years. The Department of Justice expected to publish a final rule incorporating the...
View ArticleInquiry into HORRIBLE INCIDENT making disabled woman passenger crawl
A pitition was filed for your signature by Kamayani M. on Avaaz.org. Please sign the pitition and support people with disabilities for their basic rights. What’s the pitition about? On 29, Jan evening,...
View ArticleCourse on Information and Communication Technology (ICT) accessibility
EdX is providing an online course on ICT accessibility starting February 29, 2016. This is a 6 week course covering Foundations of ICT accessibility. Principles of accessible ICT design. Identify the...
View ArticleGlobal survey for Priority Assistive Products List (APL)
The World Health Organization (WHO) is conducting a survey to identify top 50 technologies that help people with disabilities to eas their lives. This is a global survey and is available in 50 most...
View ArticleMy trip to first CSUN (CSUN 2016)
Any accessibility consultant will have a wish to visit CSUN at least once in a life time. For a consultant from countries like India it’s not so easy unless organizations support or your from that...
View ArticleCSUN 2016 Slides
After any conference we would like to get those presentation slides we liked the most. After receiving great response on my recent article My trip to first CSUN (CSUN 2016), I decided to collect CSUN...
View ArticlePeople with disabilities also have the Right to Live with Dignity; Supreme Court
In February 2012, I have written an article Now it’s the turn of Airlines making my readers aware of the problems faced by passengers with disabilities then. One of the mention in that article was the...
View ArticleGlobal Accessibility Awareness Day (GAAD) 2016
The 5th edition of Global Accessibility Awareness Day (GAAD) is on May 19th Thursday. It’s interesting to see the world talking about accessibility and experiencing the problems due to inaccessible...
View ArticleSurvey on Accessibility in Travel
Posting this article for V-Shesh. v-shesh listed as one of the Top 10 diversity consultants THE Global Diversity List, Supported by The Economist We are involved in a study on travel behavior and...
View ArticleWeb Accessibility Training by Deque India at Hyderabad
Deque Systems a 100% accessibility focused company serving the clients for nearly two decades is conducting a two day web accessibility training on September 8th and 9th at Hyderabad. Deque University...
View ArticleRevolution in accessibility, the automatic alternate text
Automatic alternate text, something I want to research since Facebook has announced that their IOS app has the capability to provide automatic alternate text for the photos uploaded on the website....
View Article2016 Paralympics & Participation from India
Paralympics, many of us might not have heard this. What is Paralympics and what’s the history: In 1976 Örnsköldsvik, Sweden staged the first Paralympic Winter Games. The Games are now the second...
View ArticleAccessibility Logo Competition
LOGO, the symbol that uniquely represents any organization in the world. Maxability was started in 2011 to spread awareness on digital accessibility. Through the platform of Maxability, in this 5 years...
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