'34th Disability Day' event held to change perceptions on the disabled
Education and quiz on understanding the disabled, experiencing disabilities, and consulting for disabled students and assistants,
[April 30, 2014]
YU (President Noh Seok-kyun) held the Disability Day event to change the perception on the disabled.
This event, which was held on the 34th Disability Day (April 20), was held at the 1st floor lobby of the YU Student Support Center and outdoors from 10:30 a.m. on the 30th.
This event was comprised of education for understanding disabilities among those who are not disabled under the theme of 'Our campus together - understanding the disabled and changing our perception', followed by a quiz contest on understanding disabilities and an event to experience disabilities. In addition, they listened to the difficulties of students with disabilities and student aids who live together with the disabled students for their overall life at school, and had consultations with experts to resolve the issues.
During a special program to experience disabilities, 20 non-disabled students went on wheelchairs or were blindfolded to travel around the buildings and enter offices in the buildings to experience the activities and difficulties of the disabled.
Kim Yoo-jin (23, senior at the Department of Information and Communication Engineering) who experienced disabilities by riding a wheelchair said, "I saw how much of a big obstacle stairs, unpaved roads, and doors, which I never really thought much of in the past, could be to people with disabilities," and added, "I learned that their aids for disabled students through this event, and if I have the opportunity, I would like to serve as an aid too." Seo Min-ho (25, senior at the Department of Electrical Engineering) who experienced having visual disabilities said, "I think this event made me a bit more interested in those with disabilities around me. I should step up first to make a campus where we can live together and help them not to be inconvenienced."
YU Student Affairs Office Director Park Chu-hwan, who prepared for this event, said, "We are all members of the society and should not be differentiated as people with or without disabilities," adding, "I hope that through this event, our understanding and perception on the disabled will change and a desirable college culture can be created."
Meanwhile, on the 25th at the YU Student Support Center Room 201, YU Cyber University Department of Social Welfare Professor Lim Eun-ja held a special lecture for understanding disabilities to students and faculty under the topic, 'Human rights and discrimination against the disabled'.
