Photo+Gallery+and+Class+Activities+about+Disabilities+in+Hong+Kong


 * __Class Excursion:__**

One day, the whole team of legal studies students went on an excursion to find out what sort of problems physically disadvantaged people face. The group of students were split into groups of two, one being the person experiencing a physical disadvantage and the other person acting as an assitant to the person. The objective was to travel to a shopping mall through the train station whilst navigating upwards the shopping mall and arriving at a restaurant to buy some lunch. I was with my partner: Vincent, and my physical disability was un-functionable legs and I was confined to a wheelchair whilst some others were either on crutches or blindfolded to simulate being visually impaired. When we got to the restaurant, we saw a problem right away. There were a whole set of stairs leading up into the restaurant. But luckily, there was a lift specially for physically disadvantaged people. The function of the special lift was quite difficult as it took at least ten to fifteen miniutes to get the lift to function properly. Whereas it would have taken a normal person under a minute to walk up those set of stairs. On returning to school, we swapped roles with our partners. I also experienced that there were no special modification of cups so that people on a wheelchair could operate the wheelchair at the same as carrying the drinks. So, disabled people carrying the take away meals will experience difficulties whilst travelling away from the restaurant.



A video of our excursion: media type="youtube" key="Xr32idUXUC0" width="425" height="350"