We need more of such reports documented. This man is very indebted to his other sighted classmates. And amidst breaks he keeps on sitting and the rest go on hangouts. Can we know more of such experiences? social life in universities? http://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/Delhi/i-am-worried-about-the-future/article7802412.ece
A day in the life of Ashish Kumar, a student of Delhi University, is pretty much like any other college student — going to college in the morning, spending time with friends, visiting the library and then going back to the hostel. The only difference is that Ashish is visually impaired. So, while his other classmates living in the hostel with him wake up at 8-30 a.m. for an 8-40 a.m. class and rush to their classes, Ashish wakes up much earlier. “I take more time to get ready, so I get up before everyone else does,” he says. At college, he has friends to help him climb stairs and get him to his classroom. After each lecture, there is a 10-minute break. Everyone else goes down to the hang-out area to grab a cup of coffee or catch up with friends while Ashish sits in the classroom alone. Occasionally, some friends give him company and they discuss books and course topics. “My classmates have been really nice to me. I couldn’t have asked for more,” he says. After the lectures end, a group of boys and girls usually head towards the canteen. They take Ashish along with them and the youngsters spend about an hour discussing random topics from movies to books to teachers. If he has an assignment, Ashish heads to the Braille section of the library. By evening, he is usually done with his study schedule for the day and just wants to relax and talk to his parents in Patna. To do that, he picks up his phone and uses the voice command to dial home. With his phone on the voice command option, he says – “dial home”. That is how he usually wraps up his day, chatting with his mother, who keeps worrying about him. On a concluding note, Ashish says that as long as he is a student he is not worried, because he still finds people who are ready to help him. But, he adds, “I am worried about the future when I get into the professional world, it’s really difficult to find good people in the practical world, out there.” -- Avinash Shahi Doctoral student at Centre for Law and Governance JNU Register at the dedicated AccessIndia list for discussing accessibility of mobile phones / Tabs on: http://mail.accessindia.org.in/mailman/listinfo/mobile.accessindia_accessindia.org.in Search for old postings at: http://www.mail-archive.com/accessindia@accessindia.org.in/ To unsubscribe send a message to accessindia-requ...@accessindia.org.in with the subject unsubscribe. To change your subscription to digest mode or make any other changes, please visit the list home page at http://accessindia.org.in/mailman/listinfo/accessindia_accessindia.org.in Disclaimer: 1. Contents of the mails, factual, or otherwise, reflect the thinking of the person sending the mail and AI in no way relates itself to its veracity; 2. AI cannot be held liable for any commission/omission based on the mails sent through this mailing list..
