Hoʻomaʻo pinepine nā hui aupuni i kaʻimi pinepine i ka lehulehu i nā pilikiaʻeha o ka manawa. I waena o ka poʻe i kaulana i kā lākou mauʻoihana koʻikoʻi ma ka'enepekema, kaʻenehana, ka palapala moʻokalaleo a me nāʻoihana'ē aʻe, nui nā makapō. Ua hala nā makahiki he nui, i loko o nā'āina i kūkuluʻia e hoʻomakaʻia e mālamaʻia e like me ka mea maʻamau, me ka hoʻoneleʻole,ʻaʻole like me ka mea pōʻino. Akā, i ka nui o nā'āina'ē aʻe, he koʻikoʻi kēia. A aneane aneane aneane kokoke i 124 miliona mau kanaka ma ka honua nei na pilikia nui o ka hihio, a ua ulu ikaika ko lakou helu. ʻO ka International Day of the Blind and Visually Affiliated is another reminder that among us there are people who do not see all the colors of the world around and need attention and understanding.
Ka moolelo o ka Lahui Ao o ka makapo
Hoʻomakaʻia kēia lā i kahi makahiki wale nō i hala aku nei i ka makahiki 1984, e like me ka lā hānau o Valentin Gayuy. ʻO wai kēia kanaka, ua loaʻa iā ia ka hanohano nui? Ua hānauʻiaʻo ia i loko o kaʻohana o kahi kiʻi ulana pumehana, akā ua loaʻa iā ia kahi hoʻonaʻauao ma Paris. ʻOiaiʻo ia i kona wā'ōpiopio, ua uluʻo ia me nā pilikia o nā makapō a me nā kuli, e hana ana i nā hana aloha. ʻO ia ka mea i manaʻoʻiaʻo ka mea nāna i hoʻokumu i ka Royal Institute for the Blind,ʻo ia kahiʻoihana hoʻonaʻauao kūikawā.
I ka manawa i kapaʻiaʻo "The Workshop of the Blind Workers", akā, ua liloʻo Louis XIV i mea hopohopo nui loa i kēlā poʻe kānaka a ua hoʻokumuʻo ia i nā haʻawina kūikawā kūikawā no kāna mau haumāna mua. ʻO kēia kahi i hoʻomaka ai ka hoʻohanaʻana i nā puke mua, kahi i hoʻonuiʻia ai nā leka. He paʻakikī kēia aʻaʻole hiki i nā mea kūpono loa,ʻoi aku ka nui o nā makahiki'ē aʻe ma mua o ka hikiʻana o Louis Braille me kāna hana kaulana. Akā,ʻo Gauja ka mea nāna i lawe i nā kaupae mua i ka hanaʻana, e koi ana i nā makapō e kākau, e hana mua i kēia mau wahi.
Ua mālamaʻia kēia kanaka koʻikoʻi i Rusia. Ma ke noi a ka Emperor Alexander I iaʻu, i ka makahiki 1806, ua hanaʻia kekahi hale kūikawā no nā makapō maka. He mea kupaianaha nā luna i alakaʻi i ka nānāʻana i kānaʻoihana. Uaʻike lākou he hiki i nā haumāna a Guyai ke heluhelu, kākau,ʻike i ka moʻaukala, ka honua, ua aʻoʻia i ka hīmeni a me nā hana likeʻole. ʻOiai ua mahalo nui ka mō'ī i kāna mau hana, me ka hāʻawiʻana i ka Order of St. Vladimir. I kēia manawa ua hoʻomaopopoʻoeʻaʻole ia he meaʻole wale ka lā 13 o Nowemapa, ka lā hānau o Valentine Gaius, i hoʻomaka ai e hoʻolauleʻa i ka lā o nā makapō a me nā maka'āinana maka'āinana.
Aia ma waena o nā makapō nā kānaka nui o nā mea hoʻokipa, nā hīmeni, nā mea hoʻokani pila. I kēia manawa, mālamaʻia nā hoʻokūkū haʻuki, kahi e hiki ai iā lākou ke hoʻonani i ko lākou'āina a hōʻike i kā lākou mau hana. Ua makapōʻo John Bramlitt a me Esref Armanan, akā naʻe, ua hiki iā lākou ke hoʻoikaika i nā kiʻi pena, i kēia manawa i ka hapanui o mākou e mahalo i nā hōʻike. Aia kekahi moʻolelo o Lina Po, he mea kālaiʻa a me ka makapō makapō i hana i nā hana nani. ʻO kāna mau hiʻohiʻona ke kumu o ka mahalo a mahalo maoli lākou a like hoʻi me nā kumu. ʻO nā makapō mai ka hānauʻana,ʻo Stevie Wonder a me Diana Gurtskaya he mau miliona mau.
Hōʻike kēia mau hiʻohiʻona i ka paʻakikī a iʻole ka paʻakikī o ka hihiʻo he mea weliweli nui ia, akāʻaʻole ponoʻoe e hopohopo loa. Hiki iāʻoe ke hana ma kēiaʻano i ka noi, e huli i kāu niche a loaʻa i kahi pōmaikaʻi . ʻO ka lā o ka makapō,ʻaʻole ia ka lā, a mahaloʻia me ka nani. Akā nō naʻe ma nā'āina he nui nā mea hoʻokipa e hoʻokūkū i nā hanana, nā'ahamele, nā seminars. He pahuhopu lākou e huki i ka manaʻo o nā poʻe'ē aʻe i nā pilikia o nā makapō makapō a me nā maka'āinana, e kōkua i ka hoʻomaikaʻiʻana i ko lākou ala.