Q1.
Find out about the nearest resource centre for people with blindness.
Answer
This is a find-out task. The answer is different for every town, so you must look it up near your home. Here is how.
Where to ask:
- Your class teacher and the school office — they often already know one.
- The District Education Office, or the special-education teacher of your block.
- The public library in your town.
- An elder at home, with the help of a phone or the internet.
What kinds of places to look for:
- A school for the blind, which usually has a Braille library.
- A Braille press or Braille book library.
- A District Disability Rehabilitation Centre (DDRC) — most districts have one.
- A centre of the National Institute for the Empowerment of Persons with Visual Disabilities, whose main campus is at Dehradun, in Uttarakhand.
What to write down when you find one:
| What to note | What it means |
|---|---|
| Name of the centre | Write it exactly as it is on the board outside. |
| Where it is | The road, the town and the district. |
| What it gives | Braille books, talking books, white canes, training, help with school work. |
| Who may go there | Children, grown-ups, or both. |
| How you found out | Teacher, library, office or elder at home. |
Sample answer (the shape your answer should take): The nearest centre near my home is a school for the blind in my district town. It has a Braille library where students can borrow Braille books. It also gives white canes and teaches children to read and write Braille. My class teacher told me about it. — Fill in the real name and place that you find. Do not copy this sample.
Why a resource centre matters: Braille books are big and costly to make. One centre keeps them for a whole district, so anybody can borrow them — just as our school library keeps books for the whole school.