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NEW DELHI: Attempting to spread awareness among the differently-abled community about rights, the Human Rights Law Network and the National Federation of the Blind on Saturday organised a symposium on "Disability and the Law'' in the Capital. Inaugurating the two-day seminar, a book "Disability and the Law'', a compendium of over a hundred judgments in the matter of access, employment, education and other issues pertaining to the disability sector, was also released on the occasion by Justice Y. Bhaskar Rao of the National Human Rights Commission. Issues that were discussed during the symposium on Saturday included the use of Braille in Electronic Voting Machines, information about government schemes, access to information, Braille markings on currency notes, the lack of facilities and schemes for the mentally ill, use of computers for the visually challenged during examinations, the availability of sign language interpreters for the speech and hearing impaired, reservation and identification of posts for persons with disability, delay in court cases and the costs of litigation. Giving an insight into the landmark judgements of positive use of law and the judicial process to facilitate and enable a non-discriminatory approach based on equal opportunities, Justice A.K. Sikri of the Delhi High Court lauded the efforts of the non-governmental organisations in bringing about the attitudinal shift in the sector from welfare and charity to a rights perspective. He also spoke about the three per cent reservation in Delhi University colleges for the differently-abled. The participants were mainly human rights lawyers, visually impaired activists.
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