Reading is a very important aspect in human life. Some do this as a hobby while others do this as a way to gain knowledge& information. It has always been a problem to a blind or visually impaired person to read a book in its original form due to the fact that books are basically printed on a plain ...
I am posting this article to my little daughter who is still 1 year and 9 months old, knowing the fact that she is still not able to read this or understand any of these things. Yet I am certain one fine day she will read this and realise how she was brought up by her parents. Most of these ...
Following the medical treatment I had from India and also the other treatment from indigenous medicine to religious practices during the period from April 1999 to March 2000, it dawned to me that the possibility of seeing this world yet again through eyes was bare minimum unless a spectacular technological finding immerges or miracle takes place. When I was at ...
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 ...
For many people, the mobile phone is an essential communication tool, but their complexity and requirement of visual interaction has often made them difficult for blind and partially sighted people to use. Therefore, several screen reader software’s and applications have been developed to aid blind & visually impaired persons to get the full use of the mobile phone just as ...
Due to no or limited eye sight, blind or visually impaired persons have always been deprived from fully enjoying visual events such as a movie, tell drama, documentary, stage drama and sports event. On the other hand one might think that what the heck that blinded person could gain from a movie or visual medium, but one should not forget ...
More often than not, when I’ve been introduced to somebody who visits Abimansala-Anuradhapura, the following chunk of words is often used by the commandant- Lt. Col. Kanishka Bandara. “This is Major Dushyantha Yapa, our special education officer; he is totally blind but uses the computer very well”. Subsequent to that, a query is regularly raised by most of them asking ...
I assumed that adding a video at the beginning of this posting would be more sensible than putting it at the end. One day I was invited to a party which was organised to share the joy of the 2002 FESPIC Games (Far-East and South Pacific Games) that were held in Busan, South Korea. There was an army officer, ...
Even for me, it is hard to believe that 15 years have gone by since my injury and surprisingly I haven’t felt it as that long as since it’s been filled with lots of excitement. By looking at me now, I am sure that nobody would most likely think that I have had such a tormenting passage of life and ...
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 ...
The National Sportsmeet for the Disabled The same year the National meet was held at the Sugathadasa stadium with the participation of many civil athletes. In the national meet my performance was further improved and I was able to set-up three national records for the 100m, 200m and the long jump events for which I was presented with the award for ...
Since most of my previous articles were based on blindness, I just felt that posting something relevant to my personal life would be appropriate to have a bit of variety. This posting is about how I met my wife and got married. One day in the year 2007, one of my batch mates happened to stay at Ranaviru Sevana after ...
The playing of chess has become a favorite passion and hobby of many blind persons around the world. For me, it has helped to deal with not only with my blind friends but also with sighted companions on equal grounds. By and large, loss of vision has not affected me to learn and play chess but adoptive chess set is ...
One second is all it takes to know what time it is. That is, if you can see your watch or clock. On the other hand, if you are blind or have low vision, it would be a very different situation. You may even think of resorting to the help of others in doing this vital task due to the ...
The long jump When I was schooling, the long jump was my strongest event and since I was doing fairly well in running, we decided to give it a try. First we practice the run-up; it began with 2 steps then 4 steps. Particularly in the long jump event of totally blind athletes, running in a straight line is the ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
If you have a goal in your life, it is very easy to plan and put into practice. I being a person who always does thing with a plan have succeeded my life to a great extent. I feel it is because I set the goals within my limits and plan them well before put them into action. There is ...
