As part of our advocacy, #OneAccessiblity, we will share information about differently able and profile one location with accessible trails. Look out every week for this enlightening post.
"The most Beautiful things in the world Cannot be seen or even touched, they must felt with the heart. "~ Hellen Keller
Visual Disability :
There are various forms of disability and visual impairment/vision loss is one common type. Visually impairment is the inability to see partially or completely. It also includes issues of colour blindness.
Although, the rate of vision impairment has decreased over the years, more than one billion people have visual disability worldwide. Around 160,000 people are blind or visually impaired in Pakistan.
Visual impairment, nevertheless, may occur more among aging population.
It’s therefore imperative that this group of people are enabled to live a normal life through accessibility. This includes assistive devices and provisions such as ramps, step-free entrances, audio descriptions, large prints, Braille, service animals, screen reading software, markings and labels.
Ida Rieu School and College for Deaf and Blind Ida Rieu School,
Is the perfect example of Accessibility & Braille Education for Visually Disabled people with in very limited Resources.
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