August 6, 2013, DHNS: It was a moment of pure joy for the physically disabled students of Delhi University when they got an opportunity to go all the way to London for more than a week. Selected on the basis of their marks, visually and hearing impaired and those with orthopaedic problems covered miles to visit a foreign land and to understand how disabled friendly that city is.
As a part of the international educational excellence programme organised by DU in collaboration with the British Council, a team of 10 students went on a trip to King’s College, London. “It was exciting to visit new places every day,” says visually-impaired Vaibhav Shukla, a student of Sanskrit (Hons), St Stephen’s College. “We went to summer school. There we learnt the theory of paradox. We also attended the lecture of medical humanities where we were apprised about diseases and also visited Maughan library, the main research library of King’s College where we saw the latest technology for disabled,” he shares. Along with him was Nitika Gulati, English (Hons) student of Lady Shri Ram College. “The experience was amazing. Overall it was a good exposure as we attended lectures on different topics and gave our presentations on the last day. It was not an academic visit completely because we visited various popular destination like Buckingham Palace, St Paul’s Cathedral, Madame Tussauds, Hunterian Museum and Art Gallery and Hampton Court Palace. They were particularly happy about the fact that the country boasts of a lot of facilities for the disabled. “We saw tactile material on staircases that indicates the steps to be taken. In lifts there was a talking system and instructions written in Braille. It made our movement very easy,” Vaibhav recalled. On the other hand, Nitika says that the trip was an amalgamation of fun and learning because disabled students of King’s College were along with them throughout the week. “I made friends there. Students whom I met were very supportive. We shared our thoughts and talked about the facilities available to us. The journey was beautiful because the public transport that we took was also disabled-friendly,” says Nitika. Vipin Tiwari, Deputy Dean of student’s welfare at the university, in-charge of Equal Opportunity Cell (EOC) says, “There were many students, who for the first time boarded on airplane. Their excitement was visible and they prepared a video to keep the memory alive.” source: August 6, 2013, DHNS: It was a moment of pure joy for the physically disabled students of Delhi University when they got an opportunity to go all the way to London for more than a week. Selected on the basis of their marks, visually and hearing impaired and those with orthopaedic problems covered miles to visit a foreign land and to understand how disabled friendly that city is. As a part of the international educational excellence programme organised by DU in collaboration with the British Council, a team of 10 students went on a trip to King’s College, London. “It was exciting to visit new places every day,” says visually-impaired Vaibhav Shukla, a student of Sanskrit (Hons), St Stephen’s College. “We went to summer school. There we learnt the theory of paradox. We also attended the lecture of medical humanities where we were apprised about diseases and also visited Maughan library, the main research library of King’s College where we saw the latest technology for disabled,” he shares. Along with him was Nitika Gulati, English (Hons) student of Lady Shri Ram College. “The experience was amazing. Overall it was a good exposure as we attended lectures on different topics and gave our presentations on the last day. It was not an academic visit completely because we visited various popular destination like Buckingham Palace, St Paul’s Cathedral, Madame Tussauds, Hunterian Museum and Art Gallery and Hampton Court Palace. They were particularly happy about the fact that the country boasts of a lot of facilities for the disabled. “We saw tactile material on staircases that indicates the steps to be taken. In lifts there was a talking system and instructions written in Braille. It made our movement very easy,” Vaibhav recalled. On the other hand, Nitika says that the trip was an amalgamation of fun and learning because disabled students of King’s College were along with them throughout the week. “I made friends there. Students whom I met were very supportive. We shared our thoughts and talked about the facilities available to us. The journey was beautiful because the public transport that we took was also disabled-friendly,” says Nitika. Vipin Tiwari, Deputy Dean of student’s welfare at the university, in-charge of Equal Opportunity Cell (EOC) says, “There were many students, who for the first time boarded on airplane. Their excitement was visible and they prepared a video to keep the memory alive.” source: http://www.deccanherald.com/content/349367/a-memorable-trip-london.html -- With best regards, Sanchit Katiyar. E-Mail: [email protected] Skype ID: sanchit.katiyar11 facebook: http://www.facebook.com/sanchit.katiyar.5 Mobile: +919013816320. +919456616244. 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/[email protected]/ To unsubscribe send a message to [email protected] with the subject unsubscribe. 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