Before long, there will be a complete change in my lifestyle as I am going to move in to a new place. That is Abimansala-3 which is now under construction at Ibbagamuwa. It is the 3rd of its kind of army wellness resorts that are built for totally dependent soldiers of SL army who got injured & disabled during the thirty ...
Last Saturday (8th) morning Major Suranga, one of my dearest friend informed me that he and Abimansala team were going to visit a unique hotel in Anuradhapura and if I wish I could join them. That suggestion instantaneously made me happy as I had not been able to go out from Abimansala last couple of months due to a surgery that ...
Last Saturday (8th) morning Major Suranga, one of my dearest friends informed me that the Abimansala team and he were going to visit a unique hotel in Anuradhapura and if I wished I could join them. That suggestion instantaneously made me happy as I had not been able to go out from Abimansala for the last couple of months due to ...
As we know the 4th Jan. 2014 is 205th birth day of mr. Louis Braille, I wish you all the people who is using, teaching and trying to learn braille “happy Louis Braille day”. The place that had been given to BRAIL in the past has been reduced to some extent due to technological development such as screen readers for ...
As we know the 4th Jan. 2014 is 205th birth day of mr. Louis Braille, I wish you all the people who is using, teaching and trying to learn braille “happy Louis Braille day”. The place that had been given to BRAIL in the past has been reduced to some extent due to technological development such as screen readers for ...
A few days ago I have got an opportunity to visit Mannar Island & its surrounding. The journey was organized by the Abimansala-Anuradhapura with the view of entertaining its residential war heroes as a part of their rehabilitation program. The journey had helped me to recollect some of old memories that I had of that area by being a member ...
A few days ago I have got an opportunity to visit Mannar Island & its surrounding. The journey was organized by the Abimansala-Anuradhapura with the view of entertaining its residential war heroes as a part of their rehabilitation program. The journey had helped me to recollect some of old memories that I had of that area by being a member ...
Following article was published in “The Island” newspaper on 12th October 2008 and it was written by Sujeeva Nivunhella. The writer interviewed me during my last visit to London in year 2008. Having published this article he introduced me to Mr. Dhammika Syripala, A key member of Ranaviru Fund (UK). There after, the Ranaviru fund helped me to establish a resource center at Ranaviru Sevana Ragama ...
Following article was published in “The Island” newspaper on 12th October 2008 and it was written by Sujeeva Nivunhella. The writer interviewed me during my last visit to London in year 2008. Having published this article he introduced me to Mr. Dhammika Syripala, A key member of Ranaviru Fund (UK). There after, the Ranaviru fund helped me to establish a resource center at Ranaviru Sevana Ragama ...
In this article I am trying to prove the fact that sounds that are soothing for some are irritating to another and to what extent it affects blind life. As we all know, Sound waves play a significant role in a blind person’s life. That is to provide much required information through sense of hearing but yet it can have ...
Doramadalawa is one of the TV programmes that I’ve regularly been listening to over the years. It is telecast by ITN on Monday evenings. One of those programmes recently telecast was on “orderliness”. Having listened to it, I felt that I should post an article on that topic as it has something in it to improve the independence of a blind ...
Lieutenant General Daya Ratnayake, Commander of the Army, minutes after religious observances at Anuradhapura Jaya Sri Maha Bodhiya to coincide with the 64th Army Anniversary and Army Day (Oct 10), paid a visit to the ‘Abimansala – I’ (wellness resort) to inquire into the well-being of dependent War Heroes, residing there for the rest of their lives. Lieutenant General Ratnayake, ...
By the time I was injured at age 24 I had a very active & healthy lifestyle. I was then very slim and had no health issues at all. Obviously 20s are the most agile and exuberant time of any human being, so it had been the same for me. However, things had drastically changed since my injury. When looking ...
Due to the nature of my disability, I’ve often been deprived from enjoying most of the games that I used to play when I was sited. In that back drop, I’ve usually been looking for newer or adaptive games that both sited and blind can play on equal grounds. About 5 years ago, in 2008 on my last visit to ...
About few months back, I was asked to conduct a training program for blind soldiers in Abimansala- Kamburupitiya by its commandant Lt. Col Kumar Wannasingha. His call instinctively made me happy as I had never been to that place before. So, having thought of the extended distance that I had to travel I chose the train as the mode of ...
By the time I was looking for a new place to take my wife and daughter during their last visit to Abimansala, I’ve got an exciting clue from our commandant. That was to visit a zoo managed by Gajaba Regiment at Saliyapura Anuradhapura. It was so peculiar that I haven’t heard of it before though I’ve been working in Anuradhapura ...
I’ve recently got an opportunity to attend a research symposium organized by KDU Rathmalana. I was invited to it by a friend of mine Mrs. Nirosha Wedisingha, a lecturer in KDU who presented a research paper at the symposium. The title of that particular paper was on “Eliminating Disability Digital Divide”. When the paper was prepared, my ideas and experiences ...
It’s been a while since I posted an article last, that is because I was seriously engaged with initiating the construction work of own house at Kurunegala. Mean time my wife had some issue at her family front so I felt I should write about it, sensing that it could be a new trend that would develop in Sri Lankan ...
