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Upskilling people with complete blindness
with professional coding skills for the digital economy to reduce the

Disability Opportunity Gap 

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[2] Gross National Income (India) loss due to Blindness

Rs. 4.9Bn (1997) to 7.6Bn (2020)

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[3] Economic cost in India due to lost productive years from blindness

(40 working years) USD 158 Billion

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[1] 70% of the blind people in the employable

age group, globally are unemployed

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But, What if they can code? 
The possibilities and opportunities are limitless

For Blind users

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Access fastest growing digital economy jobs

(AI, Cybersecurity, IoT, BDA, Blockchain) [4]

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Access to mainstream 

STEM Education and other further opportunities

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Overcome accessibility challenges during commute, work from home

For Employers

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Lower turnover rate 

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Edge in business performance

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Access to traditionally marginalized talent pool

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Higher ROI in training and development [6]

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What is stopping them?

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The only computer accessibility technology available to people with visual impairments are screen readers and refreshable braille displays. While they are great to read an e-book, write a document or browse the internet, but it is really frustrating to code 

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They read content linearly

Comprehending code is like reviewing a book. Sighted people can skim through a book to understand its content. With screen readers and braille displays this is nearly impossible. One has to read through word by word, line by line. 

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Imagine having to read through thousands of lines of code at a time, to first understand the contents of the code and then debug it !

References

[1] WHO, 2019

[2] Right  to Sight, Vision, 2020

[3] Cost Benefit of Eye Health, 2020

[4] Future Skilling Report, NASSCOM, 2020

[5] Forbes, 2021

[6] Nature, 2021

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