Set aside a clear road
According to the statistics of relevant departments, 84 kilometers of blind roads have been laid in XX District. However, when the reporter visited a number of blind roads in XX District a few days ago, he saw that many blind roads were occupied by cars, bicycles and some shops and vendors, and some blind roads still had uneven roads, sunken roads and damaged manhole covers. Ms. Huang of the massage clinic said: "In fact, even if there is a blind road, we dare not go out alone. Once those blind roads reach the intersection, they are broken. At this time, we completely lost our direction and didn't know where to go. "
In the interview, the reporter found that many places lack barrier-free facilities. Although hospitals and some shopping malls have ramps and elevators for the disabled, most of them are difficult to find because of lack of signs, and laying blind roads and establishing toilets for the blind with voice prompts and Braille signs are not taken into account. "It is impossible to go shopping alone. We don't know where to buy it, even it is difficult to go to the toilet! " Ms. Huang said helplessly.
More care.
Bus is the basic tool for many people to travel. Ms. Yang, a blind person who lives in Xiangjiang River, works in a massage parlor for the blind. She said that it is absolutely impossible for the visually impaired to go out by car alone without the company of their families. Ms. Yang said that although there is a voice prompt system on the bus now, I don't know which car is coming. Many buses don't report when they arrive at the station. Now I have to ask my family to pick me up for work. Ms. Yang also said that the Disabled Persons' Federation gave them a bus card and they could take the bus for free, but many blind people were refused to take the bus, which is one of the reasons why many blind people dare not take the bus.
Going out shopping is a great challenge for the blind. Ms Fu Xie said that it is too difficult for the blind to "identify" money. Generally, only brand-new money can find blind spots, while worn-out old money is hard to find, so shopping can only be accompanied by family members or family members.
More learning opportunities
In modern society, the blind want to keep up with the times and stand on their own feet. It is understood that there are 560 blind people with disability certificates in XX District. Among these special groups, few people receive higher education. During the interview, Ms. Fu, who has received secondary education, told the reporter that families with better living conditions in Tanggu will send children with visual disabilities to a special education school in XX. Although the conditions are good and the tuition fees are low, it would be nice to have more such schools. Ms. Fu has a technical secondary school degree in acupuncture and massage and is very eager to go to college. "But there are too few universities for the blind in China. I only know that there are Beijing Union University and Changchun University, but the number of students enrolled each year is very small. "
More employment channels
When people hear the word "employment for the blind", most people think of massage. Ms. Wang of the Blind Association told reporters that massage is the best way for blind people to find jobs now. Although some educated blind people are now engaged in other industries, most of them are still engaged in massage. Ms. Yang, who works in a massage clinic for the blind, said, "I have the income of 300 yuan every month, which is very satisfying, because I can finally get out of my house. But now many businesses have opened health massage shops, and the number of people who come to us for massage has decreased. " Ms. Fu from the Association for the Blind said that in fact, almost all the blind majors in society are acupuncture and massage. If she had a choice, she would definitely not choose this major because she likes literature very much. She thinks that blind people's hearing and touch are much better than normal people, so there are many places suitable for them to work. One of her friends was rejected several times because of blindness. Finally, she became the Piano tuner of a musical instrument store with her excellent listening and professional knowledge, and now she earns a high income. In foreign countries, blind people can be librarians (with voice prompt system), simple hand knitting, music and so on. But in China, such opportunities are too few for the blind.
If you are blindfolded,
If you blindfold yourself and let you walk alone in the street 100 meters, do you dare to try? A blind man asked me this. Frankly speaking, I dare not. I tried to close my eyes and stand on Shanghai Road. I only took five steps before I began to resist the impulse to open my eyes. Such an attempt made me very afraid of losing my eyes.
When interviewing Ms. Yang, who suffered from amblyopia due to the failure of congenital cataract surgery, I was deeply moved by one detail: when we asked her for the phone number of the president of the blind association, she took out a handwritten phone book and put it on her nose, but this phone book only wrote a phone number and a name on each page.
Ms. Fu interviewed by the Association for the Blind made me think for a long time. She said that what the blind need most is not.
Compassion and compassion are not the help of material and money, but need to be treated fairly, receive education and employment equally with people with sound vision, and let everyone affirm their value. Indeed, material and money can only solve the temporary needs of the blind, but not fundamentally solve the problem. Only by helping them create more learning opportunities can they have more ability to accept the challenge of employment and be truly independent and self-reliant. Similarly, paying attention to the blind should not stop at the Day for the Blind, but should give them more tolerance and help anytime and anywhere.