Tuan Rushdi

The most awaited event of the year for all vision impaired youth community; “Awurudu Uthsawaya 2015” was organized by Sri Lanka Federation for the Visually Handicapped Youth Forum and Sri Lanka Federation for the Visually Handicapped Kaluthara branch was held on the 3 rd of May at Kaluthara Ashakara temple grounds. The event started at 10.30 a.m. The first event was “Breaking the Lucky Pot”, where eyes were closed of all the participants who had to break the pot which had milk in it. Pots were hanged, with a help of a rope. Here’s a short video of the event. “Feeding Yogurt” competition was really fun for the spectators. Yogurts were flying all over the place because the eyes were closed of the person who fed yogurt. Our team won the “Kaba Adima”, a team game with six players per side. The game to find the Hidden Stranger was really fun. Most of the people guessed the wrong person and in one case all people surrounded one of my friends and tried to carry...

Essay Topics 1. Diversity within society or nation, is it reason for conflict or for advancement? 2. A blind figure at national, regional or international level, from present or past era, introduce and identify learned lessons. 3. Graduated from inclusive high school, what is your personal experience? 4. Social media means, is it for social life or for social isolation? Instructions for Writers  - Each visually impaired participant has to write on one topic only, - Number of words of the essay ranges from 500 to 1100 words, - Participant can write the essay in local language since the selection committee has to translate into English, however, it is advisable to encourage participants to write in English, Closing date :  25th May 2015 Braille and electronic copies of the essay should be submitted on or before the closing date to Sri Lanka Council for the Blind, 50 B, Sarana Mawatha, Rajagiriya.

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By Sajitha Prematunge 3rd May 2015. He experienced vision problems and color blindness at an early age. But it was probably normal, he figured. But things took a turn for the worst during the 3 rd year of his degree in Management Information Systems at NIBM. During the 3 rd he experienced extreme vision loss. Tuan Mohammed Rushdi Cassim, 28, from Enderamulla, Wattala has visual impairment. He has low vision. “At first couldn’t see some of the colored segments of the slides, during lectures,” says Tuan. But I thought this was normal. By the time he completed his degree, he could hardly read. He was diagnose with Retinitis Pigmentosa in 2009, a condition that causes damage to the retina, resulting in sever vision impairment and even blindness. There is no cure. So, it came as a surprise when Tuan landed a job at a Wedding decoration firm, after a series of interviews. But it was even more disheartening when his handicapped force him to leave only a we...