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HKU Unites Students and Visually Impaired Elderly as Fitness Buddies to Promote Disability Inclusion and Inspire Future Leaders

HKU Unites Students and Visually Impaired Elderly as Fitness Buddies to Promote Disability Inclusion and Inspire Future Leaders
After the first stage of training, HKU students guided visually impaired individuals to use resistance bands for exercise.
Apart from fitness exercise, participants engaged in various activities such as interaction with guide dogs and human library session to encourage HKU students to break barriers with visually impaired individuals, share and support each other, thus promoting disability inclusion.
Ms. Linda LAM, SBS, Chairperson of the Equal Opportunities Commission delivered a keynote speech as Guest of Honour at the Closing Ceremony.
HKU has designed a set of tactile fitness cards which includes braille and tactile graphics to facilitate visually impaired individuals’ understanding of movements.
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After the first stage of training, HKU students guided visually impaired individuals to use resistance bands for exercise.
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