KATHMANDU, Oct 28: Project Wings to Dreams held an indoor navigation workshop on Monday at St Xavier’s College, Kathmandu, where students with visual disabilities participated in testing accessible signboards, Braille labels in elevators, podotactile flooring, and educational 3D models.
According to a press statement, Project Wings to Dreams has installed accessible signboards and Braille labels in certain areas of the college, while podotactile flooring was previously installed by the college, and educational 3D models were created by the project members. Five students with visual disabilities from Laboratory School, Kirtipur, participated in the workshop.
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Sanjiya Shrestha, the workshop facilitator and an alumna of the college, emphasized the importance of the testing process: “The feedback received from students with visual disabilities is crucial for making the college environment more accessible and inclusive.”
All participants found the accessible features effective. Sankalpa Acharya, one of the students, shared, “This was my first time at St Xavier’s College, and I wouldn’t have been able to navigate the building without the accessible signboards. It made navigating the college much smoother. This type of indoor navigation should be expanded to all public spaces.”
Yuniska Rawal, another participant, suggested, “Accessible sign boards along with podotactile flooring should be implemented across the college area.”
Shrestha added, “The workshop was essential not only to improve accessibility within the college but also to support future plans for installing accessibility features in other public areas.”
