Awaiting a New Revolution in the Practice of Physiotherapy by the Visually Challenged Pre Launch Concept Note, March 14, 2011: Physiotherapy has been practiced by the visually challenged since early last century, and they have been acknowledged widely for their contribution in this field. The visually challenged physiotherapists have been practicing physiotherapy using both manual techniques and electrotherapy equipments. In the absence of any accessibility features in the electrotherapy equipments, the visually challenged users always depended on ingenious adaptations and workarounds to use these machines. They had to memorize the different options on the electrotherapy units and had to be very precise whilst using the same. The visually challenged physiotherapists had to rely on the little beeps and clicks in order to set the various parameters of treatment. With the advent of modern technology and increasing complexity of the electrotherapy equipments, the visually challenged physiotherapists were left behind and had to depend on using the older versions, when the rest of the world was adopting newer technology. In this age of right to accessibility it was imperative that the modern electrotherapy equipments were made user friendly for the visually challenged as they were for their sighted physiotherapists. In the year 2010, the Xavier’s Resource Centre for the Visually Challenged (XRCVC) made it possible for students with visual impairment get admission in to mainstream Physiotherapy courses in Mumbai and is currently working on the same being done at other mainstream universities and colleges across the country. With the admission of Ms. Kritika Purohit at Seth G.S. Medical College and KEM Hospital in their Bachelor of Physiotherapy course, new challenges in accessibility were thrown open which the XRCVC took up. The XRCVC began this by creating accessible study material and tactile diagrams that will help Kritika and other visually impaired students learn and understand better. In addition given the need for use of electrotherapy equipments in daily practice, the XRCVC took up this challenge and in partnership with two leading manufacturers of electrotherapy equipments in India is going to launch for the first time in India, a completely accessible range of electrotherapy products. This sort of innovation has never been done before in the field of physiotherapy equipments. The use of audio and visual inputs into main stream electrotherapy equipment shall convert the seemingly inaccessible machine into a perfect user friendly unit, which would transform the way in which the visually challenged physiotherapists treat their patients. Dr. Sam Taraporevala, Director - XRCVC cordially invites you to the launch of the accessible Interferential therapy cum Muscle stimulator cum TENS and Short Wave Diathermy on the 17th of March 2011 at 2:00 p.m at the Seminar Room, St. Xavier’s College, Mumbai. For More Information Contact: XRCVC, St.Xavier’s College, 5 Mahapalika Marg, Mumbai - 400001 022-22623298/22626329; [email protected]; www.xrcvc.org Dr. Sam Taraporevala Director ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Xavier's Resource Centre for the Visually Challenged (XRCVC) St. Xavier's College, 5 Mahapalika Marg Mumbai - 400001 +91 22 22620661-5 (extn: 366) +91 22 22623298 (direct) +91 9967028769 (mobile) [email protected] To unsubscribe send a message to [email protected] with the subject unsubscribe. To change your subscription to digest mode or make any other changes, please visit the list home page at http://accessindia.org.in/mailman/listinfo/accessindia_accessindia.org.in
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