Colourful prosthetics with different patterns for children, a matchmaking app for the disabled from the age of 25 and smart watches as well as walking sticks equipped with geo-fencing and voice recognition to help the blind — these were among the many products and equipment on display at ‘VaccesS’ , an initiative by Vidyasagar to promote accessibility.
“When people talk about accessibility, it is recognised more as a need rather than a right which is where the focus should be. There are many who want to improve their lives through such assisted devices as well as adapted technology and the thought behind this two day initiative was to connect people creating accessible designs, equipment and assisted devices to the end users,” said Dipti Bhatia, Deputy Director, Vidyasagar.
Among the vendors who had set up stalls as a part of the VaccesS Expo, Kare Prosthetics and Orthotics had equipment in a number of colours.
“We got requests from many parents for prosthetics in pink and yellow which their children seem to prefer,” noted Dinesh Rajan, from the company.
Speaking about the mobile app ‘Inclov’, a matchmaking app for people with disability and health disorders, Shankar Srinivasan, co-founder from Gurgaon told people interested that there were more than 2,200 members till date on the app, launched in January.
As a part of the VaccesS initiative, an awareness run has also been scheduled for April 10.
“We hope to take the expo to a national level in the coming years which will bring together more such persons involved in such equipment and products as well as initiatives which promote accessibility to reach more people who can benefit from it,” said Kavitha Yeshwin, Coordinator of the Resources committee.
