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Employment > Awards > N.C.P.E.D.P. - Shell Helen Keller Awards 2000
Jayshree Raveendram: Woman power
Jayashree
Raveendram, a severely hearing impaired person with perfect speech, holds a
research degree in English Literature, and has held varied jobs as an academician,
advertising writer and as a senior corporate executive.
She started the Ability Foundation at Chennai five years ago, with the objective of contributing to the betterment and understanding of disabled people. What began with the publishing of India’s first cross disability magazine, Success and Ability, has flourished into myriad activities.
In 1997, the Foundation initiated classes for hearing impaired people in computer application skills, personality development and speech reading, the first package of its kind in the country. It is a matter of great pride that every single student has found employment. This encouraged the Foundation to initiate a Placement Wing.
In 1998, the Ability Foundation Sub Study Centre was accredited as the first ever study centre for people with disability by the Indra Gandhi National Open University.
SHARE, a pioneering integrated club to promote community activities, is a platform for people, both disabled and non-disabled.
The Ability Foundation also conducts public awareness programmes as and when possible. Sangram, a dance programme where two visually impaired boys performed with non-disabled professional dancers, motivated the Tamil Nadu government to review a few of its disability policies!
A lot of achievements in just five years? We are sure Jayshree would disagree. Here’s wishing her all the best for much, much more.
Phone:044-491 5478
Fax: 044-441 3013
E-mail: abilityindia@vsnl.net
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