This Thursday, June 27, 2024, the Rare Disabilities Relay Team (ERHR) Réunion-Mayotte is organizing the first World Deafblind Day on the esplanade of the Saint-Denis town hall. During this event dedicated to people with visual and hearing impairments, street furniture will be covered with knitted wool confections of all colors (yarn bombing) to raise public awareness of this rare disability (Photo: sly/www .imazpress.com)
The ERHR calls for the mobilization of Reunion Islanders to participate in yarn bombing. On this occasion, everyone can make pompoms, knitted or crocheted squares of wool in order to install them on Thursday, June 27.
Several creative workshops are organized:
– Wednesday June 5, at the Parc boisé du Port, with families and children accompanied by IRSAM La Ressource,
– Wednesday June 12, at the Jardin des Sables in Saint-Leu, organized by the ERHR,
– Saturday June 22, at Parc des Palmiers in Le Tampon, supported by the Handicap solidaire association.
Between 9:30 a.m. and 12:30 p.m., the public will be able to attend a conference, a round table and various workshops on the theme of deafblindness. Finally, from 1:30 p.m., the atmosphere will be ensured by a concert by the artist and sponsor of the event, Davy Sicard, followed by “otherwise capable” artists.
Entrance to the event is free and free.
– What is deafblindness? –
Deafblindness is a specific sensory disability that severely isolates the person and results from the combination of loss or impairment of both hearing and vision. It significantly affects communication, socialization, mobility and daily life.
“The consequences and impact on each person vary considerably, particularly between those who are born with a double sensory deficiency and those who acquire it during their life,” explains the Réunion-Mayotte Rare Disabilities Relay Team.
June 27 is World Deafblind Day, in honor of the day of birth of Helen Keller, famous author and American activist who became deaf and blind when she was still a baby.
“It’s a fun way to raise awareness about deafblindness, in the form of street art where knitted, crocheted or wrapped yarn adorns an object in a public space. This makes visible, in a creative and colorful way, an often invisible disability while offering an exploratory and tactile activity for people experiencing deafblindness”, underlines the ERHR.
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