Here are more researches about our subculture.
Video
Sorry;; we accidently didn't noticed you to see this clip until 29:40. Please watch this clip until 29:40
Oceanographer and Professor Lee Sang-mook, Overcoming adversity to find new hope
Article
In South Korea, people with hearing disability live in a different world
This article shows that how lack of interpretation may cause severe harm in disabled people's life.
Blogs
Living with a disability in Korea
This article says that people with disability are rarely seen in society because there are unconscious and general discriminations toward disabled.
Seoul, South Korea
It's too long to read, but very impressive. Its's about complete review of accessibility in Seoul available from any resource by John's wheelchair. You may not read all of these. We recommend you to read 'Public Transportation' and 'Wheelchair Taxis'..
I enjoyed exploring your group's additional research, especially the first video, an interview with a Professor Lee Sang-mook. To be honest, he is one of professors in my major, and I had an opportunity to take his class. His enthusiasm toward oceanography is well known among students. He always evaluates every pieces of term papers in person by scanning them. In addition, one of his activities is active participation in the campaigns or social movements for disabled people. He is a respectable and passionate professor for me.
답글삭제On the other hand, in terms of blogs your group posted, I want to point out that they show two sides of the same coin. Blog #1 said that most people with disabilities are rarely seen in the Korean society, mainly due to people's hidden bias or stereotypes. In contrast Blog #2 shed light on the well prepared facilities in Seoul for disabled people. It stated, "Seoul is a city all world travelers should visit at least once" and "The wheelchair accessibility score of the Seoul is Excellent". This is a fairly paradoxical situation for me. I can't help myself keep thinking that we should open our mind more and let disabled people use the faciliites for them without any hesitation.
The interview from the professor Lee was impressive. The part that impressed me the most was the technological devices that helped professor Lee doing his jobs. The role of technology which lessens the gap between disabled and ordinary people looked really crucial for me.
답글삭제However, I couldn't enjoy the first blog. Even though it is true that there is a huge difference between mental and physical disabilities, I didn't like the arrogant attitude of the blogger who claims that they are different from the disabled with mental disabilities. I thought this distinction could lead to another type of discrimination. People with no disabilities, people with mental disabilities and people with physical disabilities should be treated equally.
Because my grandfather is also a disabled person in a wheelchair, all your materials were interesting for me to read. Although I agree with most of the things stated in the article and the blogs, I just want to share a different opinion on the Seoul city’s public transportation system. The writer describes Seoul as a nearly perfect city for people with wheelchair, and I agree with him that Seoul is well equipped with facilities for people in a wheelchair compared to other cities around the world. However there also some challenges. For example, the mechanical lifts that help the person in a wheelchair at stations without elevators, have a lot of safety issues, thus should be replaced with real elevators. Also, although the city buses are equipped to take in disable people, many disabled people in Korea are dissatisfied with the bus system, because in most cases, the bus driver does not stop for a person in a wheelchair. In order get the wheelchair on board, a lift has to be activated and it can take up to 5 minutes. Bus drivers do not like wasting time on this, so they ignore the disabled people and just leave.
답글삭제It's HyeJin!
삭제So glad to see a face of the very famous professor in my university! I am very impressed with his very positive attitude toward his life. Even though I have physically very healthy, full of mobility, having the ability what I want to do, I feel like I am not very content about my life and something makes me staggering... His very positive, acceptive attitude is something I should learn. (This video made me want to be a strong person like him.)
답글삭제The second material which is an article about the hearing impaired reminds me of an commercial ad from Samsung. It's a bit out of track... but I want to share that with you - here it is (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zlGVxRnKv1k). What the article is saying is contrast to what the commercial ad I pasted tries to signify, I think both imply that we should dream of a world in which effective interact is possible between the disabled and the non-disabled.
I was surprised with your video clip with professor Lee because he was so positive when he knew that he was paralyzed. I am not sure I would be like him if I had an accident. Furthermore, even though he can use computer and smartphone with adaptive technology, it seemed uncomfortable still. I respect his positive mind sincerely. Also, I was surprised because of the blog post #2 about the Seoul's convenience for disabled people. However, I cannot agree that idea because we are not unfamiliar with disabled people still. Many people 'see' disabled person on the road and I think this is the hidden bias that we have to overcome.
답글삭제I thought it was interesting to learn about services available for the disabled in Korea. Personally I believed that Korea lacked resources and effort to help the disabled. However it was surprising to learn that such wheelchair taxis and subways provided services for the disabled.
답글삭제However there were things that I didn't understand. I thought that the reason for the disabled to live in countryside was because there were too many people living in city which lead to shortages of facility available for the disabled. I couldn't find the part where they refrain from going outside because of discrimination.
I thought it was interesting to learn about services available for the disabled in Korea. Personally I believed that Korea lacked resources and effort to help the disabled. However it was surprising to learn that such wheelchair taxis and subways provided services for the disabled.
답글삭제However there were things that I didn't understand. I thought that the reason for the disabled to live in countryside was because there were too many people living in city which lead to shortages of facility available for the disabled. I couldn't find the part where they refrain from going outside because of discrimination.