Access for all
We are all persons with disabilities at some time in our lives. A child, a person with a broken leg, a parent with a pram, pregnant mother, an elderly person, etc. are all disabled in one way or another. Those who remain healthy and able-bodied all their lives are few. As far as the built-up environment is concerned, it is important that it should be barrier-free and adapted to fulfill the needs of all people equally. As a matter of fact, the needs of the persons with disabilities coincide with the needs of the majority, and all
People are at ease with them. As such, planning for the majority implies planning for people with varying abilities and disabilities.
The Disability Organisations Joint Front organized a workshop for its member organisations at Help Age Sri Lanka in November 2015. The technical aim of this programme was to provide a barrier-free Environment for the independence, convenience and safety of all people with disabilities and persons with not yet with a disability.
Mr. Cyril Siriwardane and Ms. Maniquegunaratne conducted this workshop. Ms. ManiqueGunaratne from The Employers’ Federation of Ceylon Network on Disability conducted the session on “Access to build environment for vision impaired persons”.
Picture descriptions:
1 Manique explaining about accessibility.
2 Manique making a presentation.
3 Participants at the workshop.
ManiqueGunaratne
CISCO International Trainer for I T E (Information Technology Essentials)
