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    Shanghai University Opens Study Center for the Visually Impaired

    May 17, 2019

    Shanghai Normal University has become the city’s first higher education institution to introduce a barrier-free study center for its visually impaired students, Sixth Tone’s sister publication The Paper reported Thursday.

    The specialized study room at the school’s Fengxian Campus computer lab is equipped with accessible materials such as Braille textbooks, a refreshable Braille display, and a Braille embosser — all of which allow visually impaired students to read text output and print documents in Braille, according to the report. The university has also added tactile sidewalk paths, Braille buttons on elevators, and Braille signs outside rooms to make its facilities more accessible to all.

    Shanghai Normal is one of the few universities in China that accommodates the visually impaired, having admitted 61 such students since 2002. The school inaugurated its accessible study center ahead of China’s National Day for Helping the Disabled, which this year falls on May 19. Earlier this week, Shanghai also launched a sign language video hotline for people with impaired hearing. (Image: IC)