China improves accessible facilities for visually impaired individuals: think tank report
1 month, 1 week ago

China improves accessible facilities for visually impaired individuals: think tank report

China Daily  

BEIJING -- China has prominently improved its standards for accessible facilities as the society's awareness of the interests of visually impaired individuals continues to rise, according to a think tank report released on the International Day of Persons with Disabilities, which falls on Dec 3. The report, titled "China's Efforts to Safeguard Cultural Rights for the Visually Impaired: Insights from the 'Cinema of Light' Public Welfare Initiative", was released in Chinese and English by the China Foundation for Human Rights Development and the National High-level Think Tank of Xinhua News Agency. According to the report, China has introduced several national standards to safeguard the cultural rights of visually impaired individuals in recent years. Since 2021, 2,726 websites and apps have been upgraded, creating better conditions for visually impaired individuals to access information and obtain public services online, according to the report.

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Think tank report highlights China's efforts to secure cultural access for visually impaired
1 month, 1 week ago

Think tank report highlights China's efforts to secure cultural access for visually impaired

China Daily  

Xinhua Updated: 2024-12-04 A student from the Beijing School for the Blind touches a sand table model of the Palace Museum at Sensory Experience Gallery of the Palace Museum in Beijing, capital of China, Dec. 1, 2024. BEIJING -- A Chinese think tank report released on Tuesday highlighted China's continuous efforts to secure cultural access for individuals with visual impairment …

Chinese students with disabilities have new digital learning platform
1 month, 1 week ago

Chinese students with disabilities have new digital learning platform

China Daily  

BEIJING -- China's national smart education platform for primary and secondary schooling opened a special education section on Tuesday, the International Day of Persons with Disabilities. The section provides tailored digital resources for schools, teachers, students and parents, with the aim of creating a high-quality, inclusive and personalized digital learning environment for students with disabilities, according to a press release …

Chinese students with disabilities have new digital learning platform
1 month, 1 week ago

Chinese students with disabilities have new digital learning platform

China Daily  

BEIJING -- China's national smart education platform for primary and secondary schooling opened a special education section on Tuesday, the International Day of Persons with Disabilities. The section provides tailored digital resources for schools, teachers, students and parents, with the aim of creating a high-quality, inclusive and personalized digital learning environment for students with disabilities, according to a press release …

Visual impairment culture museum rallies more attention
7 months, 3 weeks ago

Visual impairment culture museum rallies more attention

China Daily  

chinadaily.com.cn Updated: 2024-05-20 Large | Medium | Small The unveiling ceremony of the Cultural Museum for the Visually Impaired was held on Saturday at the China Braille Library. On Saturday, or the 48th International Museum Day as well as preceding the 34th National Day for Helping those with Disabilities that falls on Sunday, the unveiling ceremony of the Cultural Museum …

Breaking down barriers
7 months, 3 weeks ago

Breaking down barriers

China Daily  

Wearing headphones and tapping swiftly on keyboards, the programmers fill a room just like any common information technology office. The professionals are mostly visually impaired, yet their condition does not hinder their talent to understand the world through the binary language of zeros and ones. Being visually impaired should not mean we must confine ourselves to two commonly perceived paths, …

Student entrepreneur revolutionizes Braille display
9 months, 4 weeks ago

Student entrepreneur revolutionizes Braille display

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Left: Li Cheng, a student at Chongqing University, is doing research with a microscope. Leveraging his knowledge, insights, and empathy, Li has invented a groundbreaking Braille dot display tailored for the visually impaired community. While sighted people use screens, such as those on iPads or Kindles, for reading, the visually impaired rely on "dot displays" to read through touch. Li …

Student entrepreneur revolutionizes Braille display
9 months, 4 weeks ago

Student entrepreneur revolutionizes Braille display

China Daily  

Left: Li Cheng, a student at Chongqing University, is doing research with a microscope. Leveraging his knowledge, insights, and empathy, Li has invented a groundbreaking Braille dot display tailored for the visually impaired community. While sighted people use screens, such as those on iPads or Kindles, for reading, the visually impaired rely on "dot displays" to read through touch. Li …

Improving communication
10 months, 2 weeks ago

Improving communication

China Daily  

Blind people in China have been struggling in guessing the meaning of Braille due to its lack of tones. For instance, Mandarin Braille does not have the ability to differentiate between the Chinese words "time" and "practice" due to identical pronunciations despite the differing tones. After seven years of research, Zhong Jinghua, a professor at the Special Education College of …

Music to the eyes that see not
1 year, 8 months ago

Music to the eyes that see not

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Teachers hold an activity among visually impaired children at the China Braille Library in Beijing. Fulfilling for the teachers Every weekend, the China Braille Library organizes a music training class for children who are visually impaired. Weekend Interest Groups For Visually Impaired Children has been holding classes since 2013, constantly increasing the number of children they can take in and …

Music to the eyes that see not
1 year, 8 months ago

Music to the eyes that see not

China Daily  

Teachers hold an activity among visually impaired children at the China Braille Library in Beijing. Fulfilling for the teachers Every weekend, the China Braille Library organizes a music training class for children who are visually impaired. Weekend Interest Groups For Visually Impaired Children has been holding classes since 2013, constantly increasing the number of children they can take in and …

Visually impaired delegate has inclusive vision for country
1 year, 9 months ago

Visually impaired delegate has inclusive vision for country

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Wang Yongcheng during an interview with the media as a deputy to the National People's Congress in Beijing on March 7. A newly elected deputy to the National People's Congress, China's top legislature, Wang is working to represent China's 85 million people with disabilities during the country's most important legislative and democratic event. "My mission is to amplify the voices …

Visually impaired delegate has inclusive vision for country
1 year, 9 months ago

Visually impaired delegate has inclusive vision for country

China Daily  

Wang Yongcheng during an interview with the media as a deputy to the National People's Congress in Beijing on March 7. A newly elected deputy to the National People's Congress, China's top legislature, Wang is working to represent China's 85 million people with disabilities during the country's most important legislative and democratic event. "My mission is to amplify the voices …

China continues steady development of braille materials
6 years ago

China continues steady development of braille materials

China Daily  

Updated: 2019-01-05 A visually impaired child reads a Braille book in a library in Mianyang, Southwest China's Sichuan province, March 29, 2017. BEIJING -- China has sped up efforts concerning braille and continued braille standardization, said an official with the China Disabled Persons' Federation on Friday. President of the China Braille Press Zhang Wei said the press has published 1,827 …

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