strategy
Caring for the blind
Synonyms:
Improving welfare services for the blindProviding welfare services for the blind
Assisting visually handicapped
Implementation:
The Braille League of Belgium has opened a Museum of Birds to give blind people a better idea of what birds look and sound like. The 31 species on display are sculpted from wood and placed in five miniature habitats: a garden, a wood, a cliff, open plain and near water. Visitors receive a cassette with commentary about the birds displayed, together with their sounds. Narrower:
Using guide dogsRehabilitating the blindCorrecting eye disordersCorrecting eye disordersOrganizing blind chess playersServicing deaf blind individualsProviding services for blind children Constrained by:
Denying the right to welfare services for the blind Facilitates:
Being blind Problems:
Blind childrenBlind workers
Inadequate rehabilitation methods for the blind
Inadequate welfare services for the blind
Organizations:
International Federation of the Blind World Council for the Welfare of the Blind Bibles for the Blind and Visually Handicapped International References:
Freeman, Peggy MBE: The Deaf / Blind Baby: a programme for careWilson, John and International Agency for the Prevention of Blindness: World Blindness and its PreventionScholl, Geraldine: Foundations of Education for Blind and Visually Handicapped Children and Youth: theory and practice Subjects:
Social Activity → WelfareSocial Activity → Services
Health Care → Handicapped
Health Care → Blind, visually impaired
Development → Reform
Type Classification:
D: Detailed strategies Related UN Sustainable Development Goals:
