It has been a fruitful day today since we had the golden opportunity to visit Direction Association for Handicapped and Psychiatric Rehabilitation Association in the morning and afternoon respectively.
In the morning session, we had the chance to act as a disabled person and ride on a wheelchair. We had to visit the mall, go to restaurants and even to ride the mass transit railway (MTR)! Through these experiences, we have already spotted out the difficulties the disabled person have in their daily life, and we hope that the government could improve the facilities.
Moreover, we were lucky that the disabled people were willing to share their experiences to us and how their attitude changed before and after their unfortunate incidents.
In the afternoon session, we had visited the association's 2 floor workshops, which was for those who are in recovery to know and learn more skills such as knitting and key chain skills, and in the same time producing these products to sell in different shops around Hong Kong. In addition, two people who recovered from mental illness shared their past and answered our questions.
In conclusion, we had a fruitful day and we hoped that there are more similar workshops to provide us to participate.
Fong