Seminar talk at Shiu Pong College – Neither hearing nor not-hearing: Living with a not-so-visible disability
On September 18, 2019, Professor Cheung Shu Fai of the Faulty of Social Sciences was invited to deliver a seminar talk on “Neither hearing nor not-hearing: Living with a not-so-visible disability”. Around 50 students participated in this seminar.
Professor Cheung shared his personal story with the students. He has been hard of hearing since he was a child. As a former student with disability, and now a teacher and a father with disability, he has difficulties in communicating verbally, enjoying music, hearing fire alarm, hearing baby cries, etc.. However, there are also something good. That is, he can remain calm in a noisy environment and is good to take care of crying babies. He then summed up that having a disability is a normal thing. Normal in the sense that all people, either themselves or people close to them, could have disabilities. It is normal to face the disabilities and live with it, adapt to it.
The accessible infrastructure on the UM campus was also introduced in the seminar. Elevators have audio announcement systems and braille signs on buttons. Residential colleges have rooms designed specifically for students with disabilities. Like what Professor Cheung mentioned, he did not give an inspirational talk, but a talk that can raise our awareness of those invisible or not-so-visible disability-related issues around us.
紹邦書院舉行 “聽不見的世界﹕與隱形的障礙生活” 專題講座
2019年9月18日，澳門大學社會科學學院張樹輝教授為紹邦書院主持 “聽不見的世界﹕與隱形的障礙生活” 專題講座，吸引了約50名師生參與。
張教授在講座中與同學們分享了他的成長經歷。他自小開始已經是弱聽。過去，他是一位身心障礙的學生；現在，他是一位身心障礙的老師及父親。他坦言不論是與別人口頭溝通，以致是聆聽各種聲音，如音樂、火警鐘聲、嬰兒哭聲等等，弱聽均為他的日常生活帶來一些不便。然而，弱聽也有好處。他可以在嘈吵的環境下保持心境平靜，面對哭鬧不休的小孩也可處之泰然。他指出，任何人自己或身邊人皆有機會有身心障礙，與身心障礙相處是正常的，關鍵在於我們如何面對及適應這障礙。
張教授也介紹了澳大校園內各種無障礙設施。升降機設有語音提示及點字功能，書院亦設有無障礙房間等。正如張教授在講座中所述，這並非一場勵志講座，他期望能通過這場講座，引起大眾對身心障礙服務的認識及關注。
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