Uyazi ukuthi usizo lokuhamba kwabantu abantu abayimpumputhe noma abangaboni kahle abasebenzisa namuhla owaziwa ngokuthi umhlanga omhlophe omdala wawusetshenziswa kuqala ekuqaleni kwawo-1900?
Ngaphambi kokubheka izinzuzo eziningi zokusebenzisa umhlanga omhlophe nokuthi kungani kungezona nje umuntu onombono ophansi, ngivumele ukuba ngikukhanyise ukuqala kwawo okuthobekile.
Njengamandla amakhulu amakhulu, kuye kwaba khona isidingo somuntu siqu sokuxazulula inkinga.
Ngo-1921, uJames Biggs wase-UK wayekade esebenza njengesithombe sezithombe kuze kube yilapho esengozini eyingozi eyamenza alahlekelwe umbono wakhe. Ngenkathi egcina isifiso sakhe sokuzimela, washaywa yingqikithi yemoto eseduze nomakhelwane wakhe ngakho wafaka induku yakhe yokuhamba emhlophe ukuze ibonakale kubashayeli nabahamba ngezinyawo ngokufanayo.
Khona-ke e-US ngo-1930, ilungu leLions Club, uGeorge A. Bonham, wabona umuntu owayeyimpumputhe ezama ukuwela umgwaqo esebenzisa induku emnyama.
Wabona umhlanga omnyama wawungabonakali kulo mgwaqo futhi ngokushesha nje, i-Lions Clubs International ayizange idwebe kuphela induku yowomuntu kodwa ngonyaka ngemva kwalesi senzakalo, baqala uhlelo lwabantu abangaboniyo nabangaboni kahle ukukhuthaza ukusetshenziswa komhlophe amathane njengethuluzi lokuhamba eliphephile.
Ngakolunye uhlangothi lwe-Atlantic ngesikhathi esifanayo, umFulentshi uGuilly d'Herbemont waqala ukunyakaza kwensimbi emhlophe.
Enkulumweni eyaboniswa abaNgqongqoshe abaningana baseFrance, i-d'Herbemont yanikeza izakhamuzi ezimbili eziyimpumputhe imidwebo emhlophe engokomfanekiso yokuqala.
Ngokushesha ngemva kwalokho, amakhophi amhlophe angama-5 000 akhishwe kwenye iMpi Yezwe I kanye nabantu abayimpumputhe.
Ngo-Okthoba 6th , 1964, uMongameli uLyndon Johnson wenza isimemezelo sokuqala senza u-Oktoba 15 th konyaka ngamunye "Usuku Lokuphepha Lwemigodi Elimhlophe."
Ngokwemvelo, umhlanga omhlophe usuhlelwe kabusha ngezindlela eziningi ukuze uvumelane nendlela yokuphila yethu yanamuhla, ngezindinganiso ezihlukahlukene, njenge:
- Ithiphu yePencil
- I-Ball Race Ngaphezulu kwe-Tip ehambisanayo
- I-Rubber Support Cane Tip
- I-Pear Tip
- Ama-Rural Tip, futhi
- I-Jumbo Roller Tip.
Ubani owayengacabanga ukuthi kunezinketho eziningi kangaka?
Kodwa kungakhathaliseki ukuthi yikuphi okuthandayo, umhlanga omhlophe udlala indima ebalulekile ekugcineni ukuphepha komuntu nesithunzi lapho ehamba ngokuzenzekelayo ngokulahlekelwa kombono .
Yeka ukuthi umgwaqo omhlophe usiza kanjani umuntu onombono ophansi.
Kunconywa ukuthi, ngaphambi kokufunda amasu afanele okusebenzisa umhlanga omude omude, abantu bangathola ukuzethemba okuthuthukisiwe ngokwenza izifundo zokuqeqesha nge- Orientation and Mobility (O & M) .
Uma ubhekene nokukhubazeka futhi ubambezele ubuhlobo bakho nomhlanga omhlophe, nansi ezinye zezinzuzo ozothola uma uhamba wedwa.
Umhlanga omhlophe usiza:
- Gcina umqondo wakho wokuzimela ngokufunda amakhono amasha wokuma
- Thuthukisa ukuzethemba kwakho ngokukwazi ukuphendula ngokushesha izithiyo
- Vumela ukuthi wenze izinqumo njengoba uthola izici ezithile mayelana nokuhamba kwakho kwemvelo
- Qaphela umphakathi ukuthi ikuvumele indlela ecacile ngokusebenzisa ithrafikhi yomuntu
- Qaphela abashayeli ukuba bathathe isikhathi sabo nxazonke ukuze bobabili niqhubeke nokuhamba ngokuphepha emigwaqweni yenu yokuxhumana
- Nika amandla ukuthi uthole izingozi ezingase zibe khona emhlabathini
- Thola izinyathelo, ama-escalators, abahambahamba nezinye izinguquko eziningi ngaphansi kwezinyawo, ukuhambisa imininingwane ebalulekile evumela ukuthi uthathe isinyathelo sakho esilandelayo ngokuzethemba.
- Futhi-ke, Ukuheha okuningi usizo uma ukhetha ukwamukela izinhlinzeko eziningi ngabasizi ababona.
Lezi yizona zonke izici ezisebenzayo zokusebenzisa umhlanga omhlophe.
Esihlokweni esandulele, Shintsha ukuthi i-Stick emhlophe ibe yi-Wand of Power yakho , ungafunda izinzuzo zomzwelo eziza lapho wamukela umhlanga njengamandla hhayi isibonakaliso sobuthakathaka ohambweni lwakho ekulahlekeni kombono.
Yeka indlela umgwaqo omhlophe osiza ngayo ukubuka.
Ukusebenzisa ithuluzi lokuhamba manje elibhekwa kahle njengendlela yokuhamba ngokuzimela kulabo abanombono wokulahleka, kubalulekile ukuqaphela indima edlala kuyo ekuphileni kwabantu.
Umhlanga omhlophe usiza:
- Nciphise ukucindezelwa kwabanye abantu ababona lapho beqondisa umuntu usebenzisa umhlanga omhlophe
- Vula indlela ecacile phambili kokubili
- Khipha ohlangothini lobubele bendalo yabantu
- Khumula ukukhathazeka ngelungu lomndeni elikwazi ukusebenzisa umhlanga omhlophe
- Bheka izici ezinhle njengesibonelo esihle sokuphila nombono ophansi uma kwenzeka umuntu obona ukuthi udinga umhlanga omhlophe ngosuku olulodwa.
Njengoba singakubona, induku ende emhlophe ye-carbon fiber ingaphezu kwenduku encane emhlophe yezimpumputhe. Kungaguqula izimpilo zalabo abanombono ophansi nomphakathi wabo obona.
Ukuze uthole ukuzwa okuncane kokuhlangenwe nakho komunye wesifazane ekuqeqeshweni kwe-O & M, ngincoma kakhulu incwadi yomsindo osanda kukhishwa ngumlobi ongaboni kahle nomfundisi, u-Amy Bovaird, i- Mobility Matters: Ukuphuma ekholweni.