Check out this video of 21 year old Vinod Thakur whose Dad is a truck driver, and mom is a housewife. He works in a mobile reparing shop to become financially independent so that he can fund his education. He doesn’t have legs but his passion is hip hop dancing. He has just started learning hip hop and has already set the stage on fire at the India’s Got Talent show.
Post on Inclusive Planet Blog on 17th Aug, 2010
Post on Inclusive Planet Blog on 17th Aug, 2010
We are currently trying to enrich the user experience when it comes to accessing content on inclusiveplanet.com. We realized that there is a lot of free content available on the net, but not all websites are accessible. So over the next couple of months we intend to get permission from individuals and organisations, who have already put up their content on the net. Our initiative will serve two purposes:-
1) Make the content easily accessible to the blind at one single...
Post on Inclusive Planet Blog on 4th Aug, 2010
Ladies and gentlemen, It has been a while. How you doing? I have something to say. I cannot talk about it cause it isn’t supposed to be discussed, at least for sometime. But my tummy hurts when I try keeping secrets so I thought I would atleast leave some hints for you to guess. Something [...]
Post on Inclusive Planet Blog on 4th Aug, 2010
On the Front Foot, is the name of George Abraham’s blog. George Abraham or Georgebhai as he is popularly is one of most well known visually impaired persons in India. A trail blazer in the true sense, George set up the Eyeway Project to “Inform, Inspire and Include” millions of visually impaired in the country. An [...]
Post on Inclusive Planet Blog on 4th Aug, 2010
If you are reading this, it probably means that you have crossed the digital divide and are independent enough to take in the sea of content, that we call the internet. But in Madagascar, out of 600,000 persons with visual impairment, less than 10 have access to computers! Three young social entrepreneurs have decided to [...]
Post on Inclusive Planet Blog on 4th Aug, 2010
Our friends in Canada are fighting for better online accessibility in Canada. Donna Jodhan and her friends are calling upon the Government of Canada to ensure that all information and services offered through Federal Government websites be made to comply with WCAG 2.0 guidelines by December 31, 2010. Please copy and paste the <links> below [...]
Post on Inclusive Planet Blog on 4th Aug, 2010
Hi all! If you want to work on a project that combines social impact and community building and bleeding edge technology and design challenges then Inclusive Planet might just have that experience you’re looking for! We’re looking for part-time and full-time interns / volunteers in the following areas: 1. Engaging deeply with our 4000+ user [...]
Post on Inclusive Planet Blog on 4th Aug, 2010
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 [...]
Post on Inclusive Planet Blog on 4th Aug, 2010
So, we have started to explore another way, another forum to reach out to an interesting bunch of folks up by Ashoka. For those of you who have not heard of them, Ashoka is a global association of the world’s leading social entrepreneurs. In order to facilitate exchange of ideas, Ashoka has started an ideas [...]
Post on Inclusive Planet Blog on 4th Aug, 2010
It seems that everyone has an opinion on twitter… they love it, hate it, don’t mind it, find it useful, or think it’s a waste of time. But they still have an opinion on it. While I was doing my research I found some very interesting articles like Top 5 ways Smart people use Twitter, why [...]