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Life Skills Training For The Visually Impaired & Disability Rights
Pallavi Deshpande - America India Foundation Clinton Fellow at Vision Aid
During this webinar, Pallavi Deshpande will give an overview about the two courses, Life Skills and Rights of Persons with Disabilities, and explore why incorporating them into educational interventions is crucial for holistic and sustainable empowerment of the visually impaired. She will also talk briefly about the intersection of education and space with disability and the importance of being aware of this when designing interventions
Pallavi Deshpande is currently serving as an America India Foundation Clinton Fellow at Vision Aid, Visakhapatnam. She graduated from Claremont McKenna College with a degree in Economics. At Vision Aid, she has been working with the Vision Aid Online Academy team to develop the platform and has designed two courses – Life Skills and Rights of Persons with Disabilities – during her time at the organization.
The Vision-Aid team sincerely thanks the America India Foundation team for their support and collaboration in the development of these new training programs at Vision-Aid. In particular, we sincerely thank Ms. Nirmala Garimella (Pallavi’s mentor during her Fellowship at Vision-Aid), Mr. Manish Kumar (America India Foundation ABLE program), and Ms. Chandni Wadhwani (America India Foundation Fellowship program) for their valuable contributions and guidance.
Date: June 10th at 7:30 AM IST
(June 9th, 10 pm EST.)
Please adjust for your own time zone!
Session mode : Online
Registration fee: FREE
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