Project Paint aLive
Members:
Jiang Wensen
Wang Kaiyuan
Wong Qi Han
Yang Yuxin
Zhu Dao Yuan
You Siang Lin
Special Thanks to:
Teacher Mentor
Mr Robert Tan, Wengsoon Private Limited
Mr Anderson Tan, En Community Services
Teacher John, SCAS
Teacher Loo Yean Kwan, SCAS
Zunaidah bte Shahul Hamid, Principal, SCAS
SCAS
Thursday, August 2, 2007
This week, we borrowed 2 wheelchairs from SCAS to school for use in a game during the National Day celebration. Something routine?
Definitely not.
Having tried traveling around in a wheelchair before, we all have a conception of how hard it is to travel in a wheelchair. But when we do get into the streets, we realised that it is even more difficult. (Even if we were just pushing the wheelchairs along.)
Firstly, traveling in a wheelchair over long distances is hard and seldom would we see a wheelchair-bound person on a public transport. Even though the facilities have improved, with lifts being installed in MRT stations and so on, we still do not see disabled people actively using them. This is a sharp contrast from many other countries where disabled person get to travel as freely as any able person.
It may be due to the society's perspective on these people or perhaps the lack of infrastructure for the disabled in some places, or maybe both. But either way, the fact is that the disabled in Singapore do not move around too freely in the public.
With a society that is growingly aware about the situations concerning disabled people or people with special needs, the situation is likely to change in the future. Meanwhile, we too would play a part by creating awareness through our exhibition and hopefully, in a time not so distant from now, the disabled can stand up and assume an equal position in the society.
Penned on:
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