"Shedding Light on the Challenges Faced by Blind Individuals"
Introduction
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Physical Challenges
The first accessible concern that blind people experience relates to mobility, and, in particular, to the mobility in space. For someone who is blind, one cannot just walk down the street directly or pick up items from a room randomly or at times safely. Blind individuals may trip on uneven surfaces and fail to identify well demarcated cross points though Other factors like furniture and construction debris may cause serious effects on blind people and may expose them to high risks of being involved in an accident.
Furthermore, physical accessibility of transport can be challenging for blind persons, because they have to rely on sound or help of other people to find bus stops, subway stations, kiosks to buy tickets. Given the fact that for the physically challenged especially those with impaired visions there are very few accommodation to common establishments and basic facilities, they are likely to lack quality and equal chance for gainful employment, education and basic social interactions.
Social Challenges
Society typically presents barriers to those with impaired vision due to prejudice and prejudice towards such people. Blindness is a phenomenon that has negative implications within society because it insulates people from employment and other opportunities for self-improvement. For instance, there may be barriers in employment of blind persons owing to the fact that employers have concerns on productivity issues of such people and therefore, such people are likely to be unemployed or underemployed.
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Emotional Challenges
With blind people, what one has to endure is not only physical disability but also psychological effects resembling frustration, helplessness, and dependence. Hearing and speaking, or learning of physical impairment is easy to deal with than losing sight especially when one was formerly independent and could move around on his or her own.
Still, in relation to psychosis there are feelings of grief or mourning of the loss of vision and, perhaps, further ongoing issues of accepting and adapting to the new bleak state of life. Some patients, experiencing the social implications of blindness, suffer from depression, anxiety and post- traumatic stress disorder, making it significant to invest in support and proper care centers for such patient populations.
Economic Challenges
Education: A problem that a blind person considerably experiences is problems in employment and education because they are socially seen as incapable of being employed or educated effectively. To the general population, the World Health Organization indicates that people with blindness or low vision experience a high employment rate compared to other people, and they struggle to find meaningful, well-paying employment opportunities that are relevant to their education and experience levels.
Also, they are unable to pursue banking services in banks and ATMs because of the lack of suitable and accessible interfaces and lack of compliance with using non text means such as Braille or audibly. For the barbarically born blind, they are unable to access adequate financial environments that will help them manage their own financial affairs and plan for their future, which only keeps them trapped in a cycle of poverty and reliance on their family members.
Conclusion
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