ALT Slide 1: On a dark background, The MHI logo is at the top right corner. The heading text at top left reads: World Braille Day Below, the sub-text reads: The gaps between policies on disability accommodation & available infrastructure call for more efforts to address the accessibility barriers faced by people living with blindness/low vision. Swipe >> There is a vector of a person with visual impairment touching letters printed in Braille format from a spiral-bound book.

ALT Slide 2: On a dark background, The MHI logo is at the top right corner. The heading text at top left reads: Areas of Intervention Below, the 1st vector at left shows a person being targeted from multiple sides. Below, the text reads: Social stigma & prejudices around disabilities add mental health burden At right, the 2nd vector shows an eyeglass with dots indicating the Braille system. Below, the text reads: Lack of Braille system-equipped workplaces cause difficulties in finding employment Below, the 3rd vector at right shows a person sitting at the desk and appearing to be stressed by available study materials. Below, the text reads: Insufficient efforts to ensure accessibility across educational & vocational platforms for the visually challenged At bottom left, there is a vector of hands touching a pad with dots printed on it following the Braille format.

ALT Slide 3: On a dark background, The MHI logo is at the top right corner. The heading text at top left reads: Braille & Inclusivity Below, the 1st paragraph text reads: The Rights of Persons with Disabilities Act, 2016, mandates making environments in public buildings, transportation, and communication systems accessible — including tactile signage and guides, audio announcements. Below, the 2nd paragraph text reads: However, policy implementations in real life in both public and private sectors leave much to be desired. At bottom right, there is a vector of a person wearing dark eyeglasses, holding a walking cane in left hand and a book in Braille format in right hand. The person is shown standing against a background in shape of a book with dots indicating Braille cells.

ALT Slide 4: On a dark background, The MHI logo is at the top right corner. The heading text at top left reads: Making a Difference: Below, the 1st paragraph text reads: White Print, a lifestyle magazine formatted in Braille, features pieces on politics, culture, & entertainment providing relevant resources to people with blindness/low vision since 2013. Below, the 2nd paragraph text reads: Barrierbreak, a disability accessibility testing platform active since 2004, offers services that help clients to maintain disability inclusion principles in their products, e.g. labeling, visiting cards, etc. At bottom right, there is a photographic visual of a magazine published by White Print on top and another visual showing the Barrierbreak logo at the bottom against an organic shaped background.

ALT On a black background, IDHA logo is at top left side. Below, heading text reads: mad studies symposium Below, the text: december 8 - 12-6 pm EST Below, at extreme right side, the text reads: Daring Activists Below, at left, there is a photograph image of Raj Mariwala. At right, the text reads: Raj Mariwala Below, paragraph text: Raj is Director of Mariwala Health Initiative, an advocacy, capacity building and grant making organisation focusing on mental health for historically marginalised communities. Currently, Raj serves on the board of the National Centre for Promotion of Employment for Disabled People. Next paragraph text: Philanthropy in mental health too often ends up supporting normative perspectives that are part of the problem in mental health care in the first place. Raj will engage with ways of reimagining philanthropy as usual in mental health. Text at bottom: register: idha-nyc.org/mad-studies-symposium An artwork by Jacks McNamara is at top right corner.