Blind – SANGHA KOMMUNE (SSR)

Disability History Month: British Museum – Eight Histories of Disabled People in Ancient Egypt! (18.12.2024)

18/12/2024 Adrian (釋大道)

Disabled people have always been present and active in society. Many specialists and experts around the world have started to investigate representations and lived experiences of disability and care in the past through archaeology and museum collections. The objects and remains highlighted here demonstrate some of the stories we are uncovering and hint at the discoveries that might be made in the future. We hope that these stories will demonstrate to everyone that disabled people have always existed and been part of the story of humanity, and empower disabled people to see themselves in history, and to continue making it, thousands of years into the future.

Tibet: Special Education Provides Love for Disabled Children!

10/09/2023 Adrian (釋大道)

Founded in 2013, Nagqu Special Education School is the first comprehensive special education school in Nagqu City for children and teenagers with various types of disabilities — visually impaired, deaf, dumb and mental disabilities. In May 2022, a second special education school was established in Nagqu. It focuses on hearing, speaking and visually impaired students, while the first one has become a school for students with mental disabilities. 　

China: New Law Assists Visually Impaired Citizens! (2.9.2023)

02/09/2023 Adrian (釋大道)

In Beijing, Liao Juan, an associate professor at Capital Normal University’s School of Management, said the law closely addresses the demands and expectations of the elderly and the disabled in terms of system design, establishing standards, and construction requirements.

She said the process of formulating the law is the best example of how the nation’s top legislature responds to public needs.

To implement the law and make it work effectively, the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology said it will give stronger support to technological innovation in constructing accessible services.

The use of new technologies to guide the blind, along with voice control and speech recognition, will be encouraged, the ministry said, adding that it will also require enterprises to “bridge the digital gap” to ensure the elderly and disabled enjoy technological convenience.

The China Disabled Persons’ Federation has promised to organize visits to accessible facilities and provide feedback to relevant departments.

The federation also said it will compile and publish more books in Braille and provide versions for those with poor vision.

Deconstructing Anatole A. Klyosov – A Good Soviet Mind Regressed by Predatory Capitalism! (10.6.2023)

10/06/2023 Adrian (釋大道)

Anatole A. Klyosov (Анато́лий Алексе́евич Клёсов) was born on November 20th, 1946 – just over a year after the mighty Soviet victory over Adolf Hitler in the war mentioned above! He would have been 7-years old when Joseph Stalin died (in 1953) – and 10-years old When Khrushchev manoeuvred his way into power in 1956. Anatole A. Klyosov, however, would grow-up in the Socialist (Soviet) System and become a renowned biochemist. All his work up to 1991 was outstanding, remarkable and praiseworthy. Following the collapse of the USSR in 1991, the US flooded the post-Soviet space with far-right ideology and the most intense (and stupid) religiosity. This was designed to break up the Soviet notions of class unity, solidarity and internationalism! These attributes had to be replaced with individualism, selfishness, racism and nationalism! After 1991, Anatole A. Klyosov travelled to the US and was acquainted with ‘White’ racist notions that privilege the European ethnicity. His ‘White’ American friends introduced him to the chaos and injustice of US society and explained to him that the reason non-White people behave the way they do is NOT because of the historical, cultural or political injustices they have been subjected to over centuries – but rather because of their deficient genetic heritage (pseudo-science)! This observation is important for what is to come next.

Blind Chinese Footballer Brings Hope to Children in the Dark! (14.9.2022)

14/09/2022 Adrian (釋大道)

Zou sewed a bell to the inside of a football to produce sound, dismantled a bed board to use as fence, and coached his blind students on cement, resulting in many injuries.

Zou repeatedly encouraged Wang, saying “Try again, don’t be afraid”.

Wang had two front teeth broken and his mouth filled with blood during fierce competition at the 9th National Paralympic Games held in Chengdu in 2015. But he finally secured success thanks to excellent skills, winning overwhelming applause for his team, an excited Wu recalled.

In China, today, more and more visually impaired people enjoy increasing career options. Now, they can work as piano tuners, stenographers, visually impaired, internet service testers, coaches, and even lawyers, among others.