Accessibility Without Boundaries (AWB)

The ARC Webinar Series on Inclusive Practices

Why This Webinar Series?

  • Fosters Accessibility Awareness: the webinar series raises critical awareness about accessibility and inclusion across learning environments
  • Encourages Cross-Disciplinary Learning: The series invites experts and stakeholders from diverse fields of knowledge so that one can share ideas and approaches concerning wholesome inclusion
  • Extends Beyond Academia: Unlike many initiatives confined to university environments, this series is firmly rooted in the belief that inclusion is a societal issue, and therefore we are truly invested in extramural dialogues.

In sum, The ARC Webinar Series on Inclusive Practices aims to build awareness, share cross-disciplinary strategies, and brings together real-life experiences and grassroots innovations in accessibility.

Who Is This For?

  • Educators and learners
  • Parents and caregivers
  • Disabled individuals and their co-travellers
  • Civil society organizations
  • Accessibility advocates and practitioners

What Makes AWB Different?

  • Recognizes accessibility as everyone's responsibility and entitlement
  • It hopes to learn from stakeholders across care arrangements
  • Holds in highest respect trial and error approaches, and folk wisdom concerning accessibility
  • Humbly subscribes to the perspective that path to accessibility lies in community building

Convenors

Dr. Hemachandran Karah

Principal Investigator & Co-founder, The ARC

Associate Professor, Dept of Humanities & Social Sciences, IIT Madras

Dr. Saji K Mathew

Co-founder, The ARC

Professor, Dept of Management Studies, IIT Madras

Dr. Nilesh J. Vasa

Co-founder, The ARC

Professor, Dept of Engineering Design, IIT Madras

Dr. Karthika J

Senior Research Fellow, The ARC

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