That’s right, the FIP (fake IPL player) has started a channel exclusively on inclusive planet where he will read out one chapter a week, for members of inclusive planet. Sounds too good to be true? Listen to this! If you are not a member, what are you waiting for? You can register for free at [...]
Archive for the ‘Inclusive Planet Staff Picks’ Category
Blazing a Trail for Blind Golf
Posted in Inclusive Planet Staff Picks on January 13, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Today as part of our staff picks we are featuring Mr.Yam. We had discovered his blog a few months back, ever since then we have been in touch with him seeking his advice for Inclusive Planet’s activities in Malaysia. Thanks Mr.Yam for all your help! Find below a recent post from his blog. Two years [...]
What You See Is What You Get
Posted in Inclusive Planet Staff Picks, Uncategorized on January 5, 2010 | 7 Comments »
[Edited to include link to the original article: http://www.giditull.com/articles/wysiwyg_e.htm] Life of a blind person in Israel, in the 21st century. For Gidi Ahronovich, its a new challenge everyday. But his spirit and attitude has helped him sail through. Inspiring post! What You See Is What You Get By Gidi Ahronovich I initially thought about writing a [...]
Braille without Borders
Posted in Inclusive Planet Staff Picks on November 25, 2009 | 1 Comment »
A couple of weeks earlier, Yoshi joined us as a new member on BookBole. She is a young aspiring social entrepreneur whose dream is to set up a reading caravan project in Thailand. And she is currently in the final stages of completion of a one year course at the International Institute for Social Entrepreneurship(IISE) [...]
Khan Academy
Posted in Inclusive Planet Staff Picks on November 13, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
It might be a bit strange to pick a site where all of the content is in video, but our research shows that Youtube is a pretty popular site for our users. So, today, we would like to feature the Khan Academy. The Khan Acadamy was started by the efforts of Sal Khan to realize [...]
Raising Pandu
Posted in Inclusive Planet Staff Picks on November 12, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
The Fayre couple visited India to adopt a 5-year-old boy who was born blind, abandoned at a hospital gate, and who had subsequently spent the last five years isolated in an orphanage with virtually no human contact. Reading this blog gave me cheer and hope…. Lots of hope. Read about this loveable family and the [...]
Sandi Wassmer's Blog
Posted in Inclusive Planet Staff Picks on November 11, 2009 | 2 Comments »
In today’s staff pick we feature Sandi Wassmer’s blog which is on the Action for Blind website. Sandi is a businesswoman based in UK, who registered blind a year ago, and blogs about the ‘shenanigans of visual impairment’. Her posts cover her day to day experiences as a blind person, and tend to address a [...]
Marco’s accessibility blog
Posted in Inclusive Planet Staff Picks on November 10, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
The first blog which are covering as part of the BookBolé staff picks is Marco’s Accessibility Blog. Marco’s blog covers accessibility related topics, and offers musings, tips and tricks. Marco has an overall experience of over 13 years in the assistive technology field, and has worked with companies like Freedom Scientific and Mozilla. He has quite [...]
BookBolé Staff Picks
Posted in Inclusive Planet Staff Picks on November 10, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
BookBolé is all about accessible content for persons with visual impairment. During one of our team meetings we came up with the idea of BookBolé Staff Picks. The concept is simple, the BookBolé team will share links to blogs, websites and other resources which could be relevant for the visually impaired. We have come across brilliant blogs written [...]
GEEKABLE
Posted in Inclusive Planet Staff Picks, tagged disability; law; policy;mental retardation; reproductive rights on September 10, 2009 | 6 Comments »
What is it to be Equal? Vivek discusses the recent Supreme Court judgment upholding the ‘fundamental’ reproductive rights of mentally retarded women and the obligations of the State using Amartya Sen’s Capabilities Approach.
