Becoming a teacher is a tough process, but it’s twice as hard when you’re visually impaired

[snoop1130]

 

Thai PBS World spoke to Boonprasert Sattanusorn, a blind educator, about the hardships and difficulties faced by blind teachers in the education system.

 

Boonprasert said that “External factors, which blind people cannot control as a teacher, plus the system or the structure inside the school do not support them. That’s the first thing they have to overcome by themselves. Like the school infrastructure, they don’t have any lifts, accessible libraries or other accessible facilities. They don’t have them in general schools in Thailand I would say.”

 

Other than the lack of infrastructure for the blind, the school’s attitude towards these educators is also somewhat problematic.

 

Full Story: https://www.thaipbsworld.com/becoming-a-teacher-is-a-tough-process-but-its-twice-as-hard-when-youre-visually-impaired/

 

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[alyx]

Twice? That is an understatement !!!

[South]

How can a visually impaired person be a teacher?

[RandiRona]

I can write 20 different professions which are challenging for visually impaired peoples. Flash news....everything is challenging due to their unfortunate limitation not the profession in itself. 

Absolutely more needs to be done to get them more help but hard to do it in a country which see them as second class citizen.

Edited January 17, 2022 by RandiRona

[jerrymahoney]

Well here's one Thai who, despite being 100% visually impaired almost since birth, has pulled it off:

 

http://www.pol.ubu.ac.th/person/profile.aspx?ymemid=149

 

Edited January 17, 2022 by jerrymahoney

[Pique Dard]

5 hours ago, South said:

How can a visually impaired person be a teacher?

take a blind pianist, do you mean he (she) can't provide piano lessons?