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“They will not be able to restore my sight, but they can prepare the way for me.” With this sentence, the blind Nasser Al-Hashboul summarized his suffering with the abusers, and revealed to “Okaz” many obstacles and barriers that face the blind, hoping that there would be listening ears and thinking minds that do not deal with people with disabilities as a matter of Compassion and compassion, but they are dealt with as citizens, productive and successful in their lives when the appropriate conditions are available to them.
Nasser says, without the tools, man would not be able to progress and build civilization. Since the birth of a child, he needs the ingredients for success from the family, society, homeland, and the provision of food, medicine, culture, and science. These elements are the ladder through which one ascends to success and making the future.
And when appropriate tools are available for the blind, they will not need help from anyone. In our current reality, there is a disregard for the tools for success. “For example, I will mention some obstacles that it is very easy for the competent authorities to develop solutions for, similar to the developed world in which the blind became sighted because of the services provided to him ».
And he adds, “You will live with me in a virtual world. All I ask of you is to close your eyes and use your other senses first. Suppose you have a headache and you have a number of medicines at home, and no one is there to help you. How do you distinguish headache medicines from other medicines? If the Ministry of Health must impose on pharmacies that Her medicines are written in Braille, knowing that most countries in the world provide this service.
Let's go now to food stores. There is no information on food products in Braille that helps me choose what I want to buy. Even the prices are not clear to me. At that time, I will have to ask for help, and I pray to God that I choose the person who will help me. For information, I was robbed because of someone who claimed Help me and the fact that he is a thief».
Nasser said, we are now moving to hospitals, government departments and service facilities, so we ask where are the guiding signs through which I find my way, where are the pointed paths that help me know my steps, there is no doubt that there are offices dedicated to helping people with disabilities, but also they are human sometimes you find someone to help you from the door Compassion, sometimes out of encouragement, and sometimes just an action he does without feeling. Why do I always have to ask for help when I can do all my needs on my own?
And he goes on, some time ago, I heard that the traffic tightened the punishment for vehicles that do not respect the pedestrian road, and my message to the traffic is where is your respect for pedestrians with disabilities, where are the audio signals that have become used even by third world countries.
It is necessary to provide the appropriate tools for the blind so that he can carry out his tasks by himself and serve his family by himself and not resort to a person for help. How will my children trust me if I am not able to rely on myself, and how will I trust people in personal matters such as knowing my bank operations record or entertaining my children, even buying my personal needs .
Amr Salam (Jeddah)
