He can surf the net, make creative enhancements in Photoshop, work with Inpage and do much more with the computer. What’s so great? So many youngsters are able to do all these things. Hold your breath, Abdul Razzaq is not an ordinary boy but a visually challenged person.
Seeing is believing. Like any other youth, he appears to be working on the computer. But look at his blank stare and you do a double-take. His visual impairment, however, doesn’t come in the way of his handling of the computer. Now he has become a beacon of light for blind boys and girls.
The other day, 24-year old Razzaq baffled everyone with his computer know-how. He gave a demo of his mastery at the Ideal Computer Institute for Blind set up by the Ideal Information Centre for Disabled (IICD) at Mehdipatnam. Sudarshan, Assistant Director, Welfare of Disabled, was quite impressed with his expertise.
For the IICD, an initiative of the Jamate Islami Hind (JIH), Hyderabad, it is a dream come true. It is already running a deaf and dumb school at Azampura and offering vocational training, including computer education. “We always wanted to impart computer training to educated visually challenged boys and girls as it would be an added qualification for them,” says Md. Khalid Mubashir-uz- Zafar, chairman, IICD and president, JIH Greater Hyderabad.
The IICD has requisitioned the services of Mr. Razzaq, who earlier taught at the L.V. Prasad Computer Institute for Blind, to teach the visually challenged boys and girls.
“I take the help of Jaws, the screen reading software, to operate the computer,” says the computer savvy Razzaq.
The IICD plans to offer free training in different job-oriented computer courses like MS Office, Windows XP, Photoshop, DTP, Inpage (Urdu and Arabic).
Regular classes will commence from May 5 at the Ideal Computer Institute for Blind situated at Safa Arcade, Mehdipatnam. More details can be had from Syed Tabrez Bakshi, secretary, IICD, on 9059619641.
The Computer Institute for Blind set up by the Ideal Information Centre for Disabled is imparting computer training to visually impaired boys and girls