ALT Webinar - Enhancing Community Engagement and Involvement through Storytelling 28 February 2025, 12-1pm

ALT The first meeting of our new CEI Virtual Advisory Panel

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.