Pay attention to arming the mind with knowledge. Books are the ladder of human progress. Blind people should read more healthy books to enrich their knowledge and broaden their horizons. Now there are technical books such as "The Blind Raise Chickens" and "The Blind Raise Rabbits". Even if it is difficult to find a job at present, you can learn a skill and stand on your own feet. Enjoy more relaxed and beautiful music to ease the uneasy mood. Depressed blind people can also listen to some cross talk and small humor to make themselves laugh often. Read more good literary works. Good literary works shape a beautiful mind. There has been a blind novelist Zheng He and a blind poet Zhou Jiadi among China writers. When you pick up the novel How Steel was Tempered, you will find that this brave Soviet hero once sat on a park bench and slowly tried to end his life, but he survived with tenacious perseverance. Although he was paralyzed and blind, he touched with his hands and wrote line by line, and finally miraculously wrote this masterpiece. Blind people should live like Paul. Compared with him, why do you lose confidence in life? Knowledge can bring hope to the blind. Cui Xiaoying, from Fu Shan Village, Xiangyuan County, Shanxi Province, was blind in primary school. Excessive sadness and despair made most of her black hair turn white in half a year, and her parents noticed her suicide several times. Later, she took part in the study of blind children in regular classes. In order to master Braille as soon as possible, she studied hard, and her fingers faded several layers, but she didn't stop bleeding. Two years later, she has published many articles and entered a middle school for the blind, which laid the foundation for realizing her dream of becoming a doctor. Knowledge made Cui Xiaoying get rid of the pain and find the joy of life. Her white hair turned black and brightened again. Knowledge can develop the intelligence of the blind and cultivate a beautiful mind. Reading and thinking is a noble pleasure. Blind people should fully enjoy this cultural wealth and let them get rid of ignorance and become noble. To cultivate a healthy mood, the blind should cultivate an open mind and an optimistic mind, and their mood is greatly influenced by ideology. For a certain thing, don't get into a dead end, don't mope all day, it will make the bad mood last for a lifetime. People should make happiness a psychological habit, look for happiness everywhere and find happiness. When you are unhappy, when you encounter sadness and inevitable difficulties, the blind should learn to treat it with a happy mood, then it may become insignificant. Blind people should learn to analyze their own personality weaknesses, learn to live with a smile, and be the master of emotions, regardless of the external environment.
Blind people are more sensitive to hearing and touch than people with eyes, because they can concentrate on hearing and touch to make up for the lack of vision. In other words, it is easier for them to concentrate.
2. Knowledge about the International Day for the Blind
The World Federation of the Blind is an international non-* * organization, founded in 1984, and formerly known as the International Federation of the Blind and the World Welfare Association for the Blind. The aim of the association is to enable blind people all over the world to participate in social life with equal opportunities and rights. The World Blind Union has 72 member countries and its headquarters is in Paris. China Association for the Blind and Deaf is one of the founding organizations of this organization. The World Blind Union has advisory status in relevant United Nations organizations. Since its establishment, it has played an important role in preventing and treating blindness, promoting countries to formulate laws and policies to protect the legitimate rights and interests of the blind, enhancing the spirit of self-reliance of the blind, developing the potential of the blind and promoting international exchanges and cooperation.
1984, at the inaugural meeting of the World Blind Union held in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, 10 and 15 were designated as "International Day for the Blind" every year, which enabled the blind to have a unified organization and their own festivals for the first time in the world. Before that, there was no fixed day for the Day of the Blind. Blind people in some European countries often hold cultural activities in autumn, and the anniversary of this activity is called "White Cane Day".
1989 September 18, China Disabled Persons' Federation issued a notice, asking all localities to participate in the annual International Day for the Blind with the assistance of business departments, and organize appropriate celebrations in light of local conditions to enliven the life of the blind and show the concern of the state and society for the blind.
Knowledge of International Day for the Blind
The World Health Organization estimates that there are about 40 million to 45 million blind people in the world, and their low vision is three times that of blind people, about 654.38+0.4 billion people, of whom 75%, that is, more than 654.38+0 billion patients, can recover or improve their vision through surgery and refractive correction. There are still 25% patients with low vision who need low vision care. If you need to wear visual AIDS and vision rehabilitation instruments, etc.
In 1980s, China conducted a survey on visual disability. The results show that there are nearly130,000 people with visual disabilities in China, including about 5.5 million blind people and about 7.5 million low vision. /kloc-The main diseases that cause blindness and low vision in children under 0/4 years old are congenital hereditary eye diseases, such as congenital cataract, congenital microphthalmia, retinitis pigmentosa, albinism and optic atrophy. Cataract is the main disease that causes blindness or low vision in the elderly over 60 years old.
China will add about 450,000 blind people and 6.5438+0.35 million people with low vision every year, that is, there are about 654.38+0 blind people and 3 patients with low vision every minute. If effective measures are not taken, by 2020, the number of people with visual disabilities in China will be four times that of now, and will soon reach more than 50 million.
The World Federation of the Blind is an international non-* * organization, founded in 1984, formerly known as the International Federation of the Blind and the World Welfare Association for the Blind, with 72 member countries (as of June 2004 10). The aim of the association is to enable blind people all over the world to participate in social life with equal opportunities and rights. The World Blind Union is headquartered in Paris. China Association for the Blind and Deaf is one of the founding organizations of this organization. The World Blind Union has advisory status in relevant United Nations organizations. Since its establishment, it has played an important role in preventing and treating blindness, promoting countries to formulate laws and policies to protect the legitimate rights and interests of the blind, enhancing the spirit of self-reliance of the blind, developing the potential of the blind and promoting international exchanges and cooperation.
3. Are there any facilities around to help the blind?
With the help of special facilities, the blind can participate in various activities, such as learning and walking.
I. Facilities for the Blind
1, Braille: designed for the blind, tactile perception of words by hand;
2. Blind road: a road paved with protruding square bricks, which blind people feel with their feet and will not go astray;
3. Guide dogs: dogs specially trained to guide the blind;
4. Keyboard and voice software for the blind: Help the blind to use mobile phones and computers. ;
Second, improve facilities for the blind.
With the development and application of information technology, there are more and more facilities for the blind with more powerful functions, especially the popularization and application of smart devices and the research and development of wearable smart devices, which can help the blind perceive the surrounding environment.
Third, matters needing attention
1, blind roads are often interrupted by illegally parked cars, bicycles and other facilities on the sidewalk;
2. There are still most blind people who have not received systematic study and cannot read Braille books.
The research and development of new products for the blind should not only consider the function, but also consider the price, so that most blind people can afford it.
4. What public measures can help the blind?
China's first computer for the blind came out in Heilongjiang.
For most blind people, it is unthinkable to operate and use computers. Heilongjiang Province has developed the first blind computer in China-Tongchuang Blue Sky Blind Computer, which enables the blind to complete online study, work and entertainment through computer operation.
This computer for the blind is jointly developed by Daqing Tongchuang Information Industry Group and Harbin Dai Yi Company, and is specially used for the blind and the visually impaired. According to Chen Weigang, manager of Harbin Dai Yi Company, in the past, blind people used keyboards to operate computers, only simple text input was possible, and other operations were basically impossible. Moreover, this kind of keyboard for the blind is rarely seen in the market, and the difficulty of operation is still the main problem that restricts the blind to use the computer.
The remarkable features of Tongchuang Blue Sky Computer for the Blind are that the keyboard marked with 6-point Braille can help the blind feel the key position intuitively through touch, and the shortcut keys set at the top of the Braille keyboard also simplify the operation. At the same time, this blind computer is pre-installed with a clear voice screen reading system that can "read the computer" and adopts advanced voice synthesis technology to accurately "read" the computer screen information; Accurate mouse position voice judgment function, you can read the mouse position, click the name of the icon and the text on the web page.
Hou Qingyou, the inventor of the keyboard for the blind and a teacher of Harbin School for the Blind and Deaf, told reporters that the blind are no different from those with vision in intelligence, but their access to knowledge and skills is not as good as that of others, so their actions are greatly restricted and it is difficult to get normal job opportunities. He himself is visually impaired, and he can fully consider the actual needs of the blind in the design of the keyboard. Through the operation of keyboard and special software for the blind, blind friends can complete computer operations such as typing, surfing the Internet, sending and receiving emails and reading in about two days' study. The emergence of computers for the blind makes it possible for the blind to read books and newspapers and learn about the outside world through the Internet, which provides a brand-new lifestyle and job opportunities for the blind.
5. Help the blind to write words on the subject.
"Help the Blind" I want to tell you a story about "the blind man holding a lamp".
Maybe everyone will find it funny, blind people carry lanterns? Isn't it unnecessary? I used to think like everyone else, but a recent incident changed my mind. It was a dark night, with no moon and no stars.
I was in a hurry to go to a colleague's house in the suburbs, so I took a shortcut into a remote alley in a hurry. My heart is pounding with fear.
I really regret that I shouldn't have taken this road, but at this point, I can only bite the bullet and move on. Walking, suddenly, I found a lamp in front of me. It seems that a man is walking with a lantern. I hurried forward to say hello, only to find that he was blind, with a bamboo pole in one hand and a lantern in the other.
I was puzzled and couldn't help asking him, "Why are you carrying a lantern when you can't see it yourself?" The blind man said slowly, "more than one person has asked this question." In fact, the reason is very simple. I don't hold the lantern to light the road for myself, but to make others see me easily, so as to protect my own safety. Moreover, over the years, because my lanterns have brought light and guided others, people have often helped me enthusiastically and led me through one ditch after another, saving me from many dangers.
Look, didn't I help others and myself? Therefore, I always carry lanterns when I go out at night. The blind man finished and continued to click forward. I followed him and didn't say a word now, but I helped him carefully every time I met a roadblock.
It's time to turn the corner. I want to say thank you to the blind, but I don't know how to express it. Finally, I just said, "Hello?" At this time, I found that the sky seemed to be much brighter.
In the future, whenever I walk at night, I will think of that lantern.
Young friends, how do you feel about this? Do you still think it is unnecessary for blind people to bring lanterns? For the blind, lanterns are really unnecessary, but for others, lanterns are useful. It is the lanterns of the blind that bring light, which makes people stop wrestling in the dark, and at the same time, the blind themselves get help.
Isn't this the best portrayal of helping others is helping yourself? Illuminate others, how touching! A blind person can think of bringing light to others. What about us normal people? If only we could learn from the blind man holding a lantern, light the way for others and illuminate ourselves! In this world, a person's strength is always weak, and a person can't solve all the problems in life. Moreover, how lonely and dangerous it is for a person to walk this long road of life. No one can do without the help of others.
As the saying goes, "a fence has three piles, and a hero has three gangs." It is precisely because everyone helps and cares about each other that the world is so warm and beautiful.
As we all know, interpersonal communication is an equal and mutually beneficial relationship, that is, what you do to others will be done to you. You help me, and I will help you.
As the saying goes, "Return a peach to a plum", only when one helps and cares for others generously and enthusiastically will others help you. So if you want to get help from others, you must first help others yourself.
We should always extend a warm hand and help and care for others, because our help can not only help others, but also bring strength and confidence to each other and give them greater courage to overcome difficulties. Especially when a person encounters setbacks and is in adversity, if we can help each other enthusiastically, it will be like giving charcoal in the snow, and others will certainly have the gratitude of "dripping water, when the spring pours back".
"Seeing the truth in a crisis", many people can always repay others with more sincere gratitude after receiving sincere help from others. I have had such a story around me.
I remember when I was a child, there lived an uncle riding a tricycle next door to my house. His family is very poor. His wife is sick in bed all the year round, and his two children go to school, relying on him to pedal a tricycle to make a living. But he never complains. What is even more touching is that he always lends a helping hand to people who are more difficult than him.
For example, for those old and frail people, the old lady always avoids the money for pulling her feet. If anyone is sick in the yard, his tricycle is often an ambulance. Even in the middle of the night, he has to get out of bed and take the patient to the hospital.
He often said, "Being good to others means being good to yourself, and love can infect people." Later it turned out that his kindness was rewarded.
The two children lived up to expectations and were admitted to the university at the same time, but he was worried about their tuition. The family really can't afford that much money. At this time, everyone extended a helping hand.
Neighbors, children's teachers, classmates' parents, and people who have been helped by him donated money to help each other. They not only made up the tuition fees, but also sent quilts, mosquito nets, water bottles and other daily necessities to the children, so that the two children entered the university happily. When dealing with people, you can't just think about yourself. Think of others more, and others will give you a friendly return.
Helping others is the traditional virtue of the Chinese nation, but many of our young friends are seldom willing to help others, and our neighbors refuse to borrow erasers from him. The classmate wanted to drown his reference books. He said that he had left them at home. It's none of my business to see a child fall down on the road and not help him, nor is it * * *; On the bus, an aunt with a baby came over. She closed her eyes and pretended not to see it. Why did she give her seat? I spent money.
In their eyes, no one is more important than themselves. They always proceed from their own interests, never care about others, and go to Sanbaotang when something happens. When they don't ask others, they have no enthusiasm for people. It seems that everyone lives and serves him. This kind of person will only isolate himself in the end and others will stay away from him.
Who would want to help a selfish person? Of course, most of our classmates have a warm heart to help others. Some students are ill and take the initiative to make up their homework for him; Some students have difficulties in life and do not hesitate to help generously; Some students ask them questions about their studies, and they always take pains.