- Improving welfare services for the blind
- Providing welfare services for the blind
- Assisting visually handicapped
Description
Caring for the blind involves providing practical support, accessible resources, and adaptive technologies to enable independent living and social inclusion. Essential actions include ensuring access to education, mobility training, employment opportunities, and healthcare tailored to visual impairment. The strategy addresses barriers by promoting physical accessibility, information in alternative formats, and community awareness, thereby remedying isolation, dependency, and discrimination faced by blind individuals, and fostering their full participation in society.
Implementation
The Braille League of Belgium has opened a Museum of Birds to give blind people a better idea of what birds look and sound like. The 31 species on display are sculpted from wood and placed in five miniature habitats: a garden, a wood, a cliff, open plain and near water. Visitors receive a cassette with commentary about the birds displayed, together with their sounds.
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Reference
SDG
Metadata
Database
Global strategies
Type
(D) Detailed strategies
Subject
- Social activity » Welfare
- Social activity » Services
- Health care » Handicapped
- Health care » Blind, visually impaired
- Development » Reform
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Language
English
1A4N
J0371
DOCID
12003710
D7NID
196240
Editing link
Official link
Last update
Dec 15, 2022