Accessibility in news

[Ashutosh-Singhal]

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Sneha yatra

Prakash Kamat

God knows how many of the 29

crore people with disabilities are actually taking

the help of such technology. But

disabled as well as senior citizens,

patients are in great need of assistive

technology....

When

it comes to the empowerment

of youths, ease of access to

the public sector

comes first. Today, 20

percent of people in the world use

some form of assistive technology in their

daily lives. This means that around 29 crore

people in our country are believed to be

using assistive technology (i.e. devices, services,

etc. based on such technology) in their daily

activities. Considering rural India, lack of

education, poverty, etc., God knows how many

people with disabilities out of 29 crore people

will actually take the help of such technology.

But the disabled as well as senior citizens and

patients are in great need of assistive

technology. It is important to make it affordable to

common people and there government

Role and performance are important.

Broadly speaking, the subject is

accessibility for the disabled

ICT for the visually impaired means

information technology, (communication and technology)

i.e. 'visual' (accessibility in the virtual field is

very important.) It includes their daily activities,

education, communication, communication

at work and work. Recently revised rules

and guidelines of ICT accessibility 2023 Govt

It has also been applied to the private

sector. But Ashutosh Singhal, a 21-year-old visually

impaired young worker from Delhi, says,

"The government created 'Sugmya Bharat

App' three years ago, as a platform to

raise complaints about 'accessibility' (problems

related to accessibility) in the public sector,

but this app itself has various accessibility

issues and no one is ready to pay

attention to it. The language selection section

of the app is not accessible. The division

comes up, even with the choice of

language. The 'screen corporability' and

'audio option' problems also end up

with 'dark mode' not working. When

educated youngsters like Ashutosh move

forward to exercise their rights inspired by

the Disability Rights Act, 2016, the tools

they need to overcome their disability and move

forward, if a government app like

e-District is riddled with such issues

and complains about it, there will be a lasting

response. No. If this is the case,

then how can there be empowerment,

rights-based rescue of the disabled?

That this is only a mirage of rights-based

empowerment on paper

Ashutosh says the main problem is that

we still see accessibility as a mere

responsibility. Broadly speaking, accessibility is both a

reward and an opportunity. If these

services are enhanced by developing accessible/

useful websites, devices and technologies for

the disabled, they will reach out to an even larger

segment. If alternative services are made available

for each such service, it is not

only for differently abled but also for other people

They can be used according to the situation

and needs. Indeed, those who think in

terms of trade and business should think simply.

He means that people with various

disabilities are not aliens from the moon and

the sun. They are all flesh and blood

like us, with affections and feelings like

us. They have daily needs just like us. Due to

the expanding use of education and technology,

they also have access to money and wealth;

But when there is no access to land in the

public sector, they have to depend on others

even for all their personal needs. A fresh

start should also be made by the business

class who do not think of building a simple

ramp for their shop, pharmacy.

Omkar Pavaskar, Tukaram Gaonkar,

Rama Parsekar

Ashutosh Sighal

If you open

the

doors of the brain

that is all-

encompassing,

thinking

will

move

forward.

Ashutosh

says, 'If

the governments,

government

officials,

bureaucracy,

commerce-

business-

enterprise

class

and

the

society

start thinking

about how

many

opportunities

there

are to

bring about a

great change

in the

lives of the

marginalized

sections

of the

society, they

will

realize

this. "It

should

"Small Change of

Mind"

of society