InSight - Retina India's Publication - Feb 2013
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Retina India Newsletter, Volume 2(2): February 2013
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EDITORIAL: Beyond technology and policies: It is the people who matter
“Six dots changed the way blind people could connect with the world, thanks to one fifteen-year old’s perseverance. Some one hundred and ninety years later, computers and communication technology are trying to push the frontiers of the world far beyond what the young Louis Braille so brilliantly conceived….”
LIVEWIRE: CURRENT NEWS, ANNOUNCEMENTS AND EVENTS
1. Inaccessible government websites: CCPD writes to Cabinet Secretary
2. Indian Railways initiate a new idea
3. Technology doesn’t come at a cost here
4. Teaching blind students: Tips from ‘The Guardian’
5. Multifaceted Vijayalakshmi wins special award
KNOW YOUR RETINA: MEDICAL SECTION
Telemedicine in Retinopathy of Prematurity (ROP) screening: Preventing blindness in rural infants with passion, technology and innovation – The 5-year K.I.D.R.O.P. experience by Dr Anand Vinekar, Bangalore
KIDROP (Karnataka Internet Assisted Diagnosis of Retinopathy of Prematurity) is India’s first, and now the world’s largest, rurally based tele-medicine network to tackle infant blindness resulting from Retinopathy of Prematurity (ROP).
SPECIAL SECTION: EDUCATION & EMPLOYMENT
1. A Teacher Speaks: Interview with Prof. Mahesh Panicker
2. Parents – The first teachers: Interview with Mr. Raghunathan Vitchuli
3. Schooling, and Children with a Degenerative Retina by Anjali Sharma
4. A Sea Change in the Indian Banking Industry? Reflections of a Banker by Dr G Vamshi
RESEARCH
1. A preliminary report of my ‘Coursera’ experiences by Pranav Lal
Pranav Lal enrolls in an online course to experience what it is all about, and to check on accessibility for people with visual impairment.
2. Employment and Education for people with visual impairments: Taking stock of shortfalls by Revathi Sampath Kumaran
Revathi discusses the struggles that some of the visually impaired candidates have had to go through to achieve success in their fields.
RETINA INDIA NEWS
Padma Shri awards to Dr. Natarajan and Dr. Das
MARKETPLACE: Products – Services – Scholarships – Jobs
NV Acess releases latest version of free screen reader
COMING UP
The March 2013 issue of InSight is the third in this special series on Accessibility. It will focus on the theme of accessible devices and research in university labs.
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