{"id":62223,"date":"2020-03-20T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2020-03-19T16:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/tcmonthly.tzuchiculture.org.tw\/?p=62223"},"modified":"2024-09-11T13:36:10","modified_gmt":"2024-09-11T05:36:10","slug":"serving-the-visually-impaired","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tcmonthly.tzuchiculture.org.tw\/?p=62223","title":{"rendered":"Serving the Visually Impaired"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"62223\" class=\"elementor elementor-62223\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-5fb3864 elementor-section-full_width elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"5fb3864\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-no\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-1eb4d5bf\" 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.elementor-drop-cap{float:left;text-align:center;line-height:1;font-size:50px}.elementor-widget-text-editor .elementor-drop-cap-letter{display:inline-block}<\/style>\t\t\t\t<p><strong>By Chen Li-an<\/strong><br \/>Translated by Wu Hsiao-ting <br \/>Photos by Hsiao Yiu-hwa<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-70585215 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"70585215\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-2b996a45\" data-id=\"2b996a45\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div 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data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-146435f\" data-id=\"146435f\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-41c8e266 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"41c8e266\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;_animation_mobile&quot;:&quot;fadeIn&quot;}\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><em><strong>I hope more people learn about the Institute for the Blind of Taiwan so that more visually impaired people can receive help sooner. It\u2019s important to pass on experience and expertise. I\u2019ll do my best to contribute as long as I still can.\u00a0<\/strong><\/em><\/p><p style=\"text-align: right;\"><em><strong>\u2014Zhang Zi, head of the Institute for the Blind of Taiwan<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-10298d93 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"10298d93\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-e89907f\" data-id=\"e89907f\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3e5b777a elementor-widget-divider--view-line elementor-widget elementor-widget-divider\" data-id=\"3e5b777a\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"divider.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-divider\">\n\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-divider-separator\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-26f9c6a5 elementor-section-full_width elementor-section-stretched elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"26f9c6a5\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;stretch_section&quot;:&quot;section-stretched&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-no\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-7e8f773e\" data-id=\"7e8f773e\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-141d96e0 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"141d96e0\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<style>\/*! elementor - v3.8.1 - 13-11-2022 *\/\n.elementor-widget-image{text-align:center}.elementor-widget-image a{display:inline-block}.elementor-widget-image a img[src$=\".svg\"]{width:48px}.elementor-widget-image img{vertical-align:middle;display:inline-block}<\/style>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1440\" height=\"992\" src=\"https:\/\/tcmonthly.tzuchiculture.org.tw\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2024\/09\/110-43.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"https:\/\/tcmonthly.tzuchiculture.org.tw\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2024\/09\/110-43.jpg 1440w, https:\/\/tcmonthly.tzuchiculture.org.tw\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2024\/09\/110-43-300x207.jpg 300w, https:\/\/tcmonthly.tzuchiculture.org.tw\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2024\/09\/110-43-1024x705.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/tcmonthly.tzuchiculture.org.tw\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2024\/09\/110-43-768x529.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1440px) 100vw, 1440px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2a97f1bc elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"2a97f1bc\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Zhang Zi (first from right) has served the visually impaired for over four decades. She is a proponent of assessing the needs of each non-sighted person to offer assistance that best suits them.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-489dbfc6 elementor-widget-divider--view-line elementor-widget elementor-widget-divider\" data-id=\"489dbfc6\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"divider.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-divider\">\n\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-divider-separator\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-46cb5e77 elementor-section-full_width elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"46cb5e77\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-no\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-1260a5b4\" data-id=\"1260a5b4\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-63d88ae6 elementor-drop-cap-yes elementor-drop-cap-view-default elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"63d88ae6\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;drop_cap&quot;:&quot;yes&quot;}\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Once the principal of the Taipei School for the Visually Impaired, and now at the helm of the Institute for the Blind of Taiwan (IBT), Zhang Zi has served the non-sighted for 45 years. A major part of her life\u2014her prime years actually\u2014has been dedicated to the education of the visually impaired.<\/p><p>Zhang graduated from a teachers\u2019 university in 1975, the same year the Taipei School for the Visually Impaired was established. Because she had intern experience in the field of special education, Zhang was offered a teaching spot at the Taipei school. Back then, non-sighted people rarely ventured out of their homes, and Zhang had never even met a blind person before she joined the school. Although she was nervous about teaching there, she accepted the challenge, and thus began her career in special education.<\/p><p>Zhang explained that almost all the school\u2019s students had been born blind. With no visual experience to guide them, they built their worlds based on their imaginations. Though they couldn\u2019t see, Zhang believed in their right to receive a quality education. Whether the students were learning good habits, good character, or the methodology of going about a task, she believed the standards shouldn\u2019t be lowered because of their visual impairments. On the contrary, even more care should be applied to their education, starting with the teaching materials selected for them.<\/p><p>Special education is different from general education. Zhang emphasized the need to care for not just the students but their families as well. She remembered a student\u2019s mother who had tried to take her own life several times. The woman\u2019s husband had walked out on her and their child because the latter was blind. She felt hopeless as a result, which had led to her suicide attempts. Zhang was in the late stages of her own pregnancy when she learned about the family\u2019s situation, but, giving no thought to herself, she said to the mother, \u201cYou can\u2019t die! I\u2019ll help you!\u201d<\/p><p>Zhang bent over backwards to help the family. She visited a masseur she knew well and implored him to take on the student as an apprentice to help lighten the family\u2019s financial burden. Happily, everything turned out well in the end, and a possible tragedy was averted.<\/p><p>Zhang expended a lot of effort on cases like this one, and she helped a lot of students\u2019 families. She learned from her experience that educators can do more than just impart knowledge to students\u2014they can make more of an impact in their students\u2019 lives.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-68f3f7a0 elementor-section-full_width elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"68f3f7a0\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-no\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-26f055f5\" data-id=\"26f055f5\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-203fbc25 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"203fbc25\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h5><strong>Community outreach<\/strong><\/h5>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-19bcddb9 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"19bcddb9\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>In 2004, after serving for nearly 30 years, Zhang retired from the Taipei School for the Visually Impaired. Four years later, she was offered the position to lead the Institute for the Blind of Taiwan. She accepted and thus began the next phase of her career serving the visually impaired.<\/p><p>It\u2019s not easy to keep the institute in operation, but Zhang does her best to maintain the institute and its staff. She knows that if professional support for the visually impaired runs short, the quality of education and counseling for this group of people is bound to suffer. She also understands the importance of passing on experience and expertise. She lives by her words when she says, \u201cI\u2019ll do my best to contribute as long as I still can.\u201d<\/p><p>Zhang declared that even though she has served the visually impaired for nearly half a century and has accumulated a lot of experience, she still has to relearn a lot of stuff every time she encounters a new case. Every individual is different and has different needs; adjustments need to be made in the process of tailoring help for them so that their needs can be effectively served. Despite the efforts it takes to serve the non-sighted, Zhang said, \u201cWhen you see them smile, you feel you\u2019re doing a very meaningful thing.\u201d<\/p><p>It has been more than 60 years since the IBT came into existence. Over a major part of that history the institute \u201csilently\u201d helped the visually impaired\u2014until a few incidents happened that prompted the IBT to make changes. In a ceremony marking the completion of a massage course one year, Zhang heard a student say, \u201cIf I\u2019d known that my life would become so much fun after I received vocational and life skills training at the IBT, I\u2019d never have let those ten years before I joined the institute go to waste.\u201d<\/p><p>Zhang declared that those words were a huge blow to her. She thought to herself at that time, \u201cIs it due to insufficient publicity about our institute that people like that student stay cooped up in their homes for that long?\u201d<\/p><p>Another time, a resident of Xinzhuang, where the IBT is located, said that when he first came to the institute to volunteer, he had had no idea what the institute did\u2014despite having lived in the district for more than 40 years!<\/p><p>These incidents prompted the administrators of the IBT to survey the surrounding areas to find out how many visually impaired people lived locally. They were surprised to find that in Xinzhuang alone\u2014about 20 square kilometers (7.7 square miles) in area with a population of about 420,000\u2014there were over 400 visually impaired people. What\u2019s more, the IBT had not even encountered these people. Many of them couldn\u2019t take care of themselves, nor had they ever received orientation and mobility training. Because they couldn\u2019t see, they assumed they\u2019d never be able to work again. As a result, their sphere of activity was limited to their homes.<\/p><p>To make the services of the IBT known to more people and also to give back to the local community, the institute began organizing community activities and classes to entice the local non-sighted population to step out of their homes and live a more enriched life. Their intentions were good and the activities and classes were free for participants, but things didn\u2019t go well in the beginning. \u201cMost people thought we were a gang of swindlers,\u201d Zhang said with a wry smile.<\/p><p>To make breakthroughs, she decided to enlist the help of neighborhood chiefs, who knew the situations of families in their neighborhoods better than most other people. At Zhang\u2019s request, local neighborhood chiefs accompanied IBT personnel on their visits to families with non-sighted members to encourage participation in the institute\u2019s events and classes. Zhang\u2019s strategy was quite successful and participation grew. With increased participation, classes organized by the IBT also grew more diverse, including ballroom dancing, singing, cooking, balloon modeling, etc. Today, the number of course enrollments has reached nearly 4,000 every year\u2014although some people participate in multiple class offerings each year.<\/p><p>The institute also holds workshops for the families of the visually impaired and for the general public which allow participants to experience what it would be like if they couldn\u2019t see. This is to foster people\u2019s understanding of what it would be like to be blind, and to help them become more empathetic. In addition, workshops are offered for children to help them understand the importance of protecting their vision. These are provided to help lower the instances of acquired blindness.<\/p><p>The IBT does not charge any fees for its vocational and life skills training, nor for the community classes it offers. Zhang once asked Zeng Wen-xiong (\u66fe\u6587\u96c4), the founder of the IBT, why they didn\u2019t charge anything, especially as the institute found itself in the red every year. Zeng replied that when people lose their vision, it is a serious blow to their families\u2019 finances. If the institute charged people who were already struggling financially for taking part in IBT courses, it might further deter them from stepping out of their isolation. \u201cWe can make life easier for them if we work harder to raise money,\u201d said the founder. \u201cOnce they get back on their feet, they\u2019ll be able to turn their lives around.\u201d<\/p><p>Following in their founder\u2019s footsteps, the IBT staff has done their best to solicit donations or seek help from other charitable resources to keep the institute in operation. They want to ease the financial burdens of non-sighted people and their families. Zhang sincerely hopes that organizations like the IBT can always stay in operation. \u201cNo one can guarantee that vision loss will never happen to themselves or others. We must keep our services going and keep on improving them.\u201d<\/p><p>As the IBT continues to serve the visually impaired, Zhang hopes that more people will learn about the institute so that more visually impaired people can receive help sooner. In addition to serving the needs of the non-sighted, the institute can also play a role in nurturing the public\u2019s understanding of the visually impaired and help them realize what help they can offer them. Perhaps everyone can start by not shying away from this group of people. 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