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Wednesday 1 May 2013

Web For Differently Abled : Odisha

Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik launched the official website of the State Commissioner for Persons with Disabilities, Odisha  at State Secretariat. 

 

While inaugurating the website, Chief Minister highlighted that the State Commissioner for Persons with Disabilities is accessible to all users, irrespective of the device and technology in use or ability.

Usha Devi, Minister Women and Child Development, J K Mohapatra, Development Commissioner, U N Behera, Principal Secretary Home, Injeti Srinivas, Principal Secretary Urban  Development, Gagan Kumar dhal, Principal Secretary Higher Education and other and  Secretaries were present.

This innovative facility will provide maximum accessibility and usability to its visitors like Persons with Disabilities (PWD).

 A user with visual disability can access this website using assistive technologies, such as screen readers and screen magnifiers. It will make them able to access information on various developmental programs for PWDs from online. 

Arti Ahuja, Secretary Women and Child Development Department  briefed about various developmental activities and plans for Disable persons and extended all support for this accessible website.

The website is first of its kind in Odisha and one of the unique sites in eastern region is developed by National Informatics Centre with the active initiation of Odisha Disability Commissioner Kasturi Mohapatra.

She  spoke about the website, and explained that medical officers can upload disability certificate through this portal which can be cross verified by the Commissioner.

Now persons with disability can online file complains to commission through this portal.

The web site was demonstrated by Dr. R.N. Behera, Senior Technical Director, NIC,  S. K. Panda, Deputy Director General, NIC explained that  this website can be viewed from a variety of devices such as Desktop / Laptop computers, web-enabled mobile devices, WAP phones, PDAs, etc.

“We have put in our best efforts to ensure that all information on this website is accessible to differently able persons.”, said Dr.Behera.

The website complies to web standards and follow principles of usability and universal design to meet Guidelines for Indian Government Websites. It is also the first website to adheres to level AA of the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) 2.0 laid down by the World Wide Web Consortium (W3C). It satisfies Indian Government Web Guidelines(GIGW) and complies to Cyber Security auditing.

The portal contains vital information on various programs & schemes meant for Person With Disabilities, Acts, Rules, Forms , employment & education, which are the main focus areas of the web information. Apart from these, Person With Disabilities can file a complaint online and can check further status online. 

Medical Officers can upload Disability certificate online to this portal which can be accessible to Disability Commissioner and District Collectors. Any fake certificate issued can be cross checked through this system.
 
 
Source : Tathya , 27th April 2013 

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