Journal of Engineering Education Transformations

Journal of Engineering Education Transformations

Year: 2024, Volume: 37, Issue: Special Issue 2, Pages: 574-579

Original Article

Awareness of Divyanga Seva Kendra among physically impaired in Hubli-Dharwad region

Abstract

The current research outlines the social challenge of raising mindfulness about Divyanga Seva Kendra (DSK), a platform that offers benefits and support services to impaired individuals, aiming to ameliorate their quality of life and independence. For our social challenge, our team visited Divyanga seva Kendra (DSK). Team got information on Divyanga seva Kendra (DSK), it was lately organized and is particularly for impaired people, but numerous people aren't apprehensive of this. The point of view (POV) statement emphasizes the significance of creating mindfulness about Divyanga Seva Kendra to ease access to information and reduce burdens faced by impaired individuals. The lack of sanctioned recognition frequently hinders them from serving specific benefits and lodgments designed for their requirements. The prototype developed to address this challenge is a 3-minute and 10-second animated videotape teaser. The videotape incorporates a content strategy fastening on the simplicity of language and limpidness, icing availability for all observers. Its responsive design aims to engage the target followership effectively. The videotape aims to make people apprehensive of the instructions handed by Divyanga Seva Kendra, enabling them to save time. The abstract highlights the successful dispersion of the prototype through hospitals and social media, garnering positive responses and feedback. In simple terms, the prototype is designed to help people with disabilities feel included and have access to things easily. It also wants to make society more aware and understanding of these individuals. By telling people about Divyanga Seva Kendra which makes disabled people feel better overall. By learning the Design Thinking for Social Innovation course, we empathetically connected to a society who were facing lot many problems, We identified a solution through a process and developed a prototype which was tested in the community itself and the results were greatly appreciated and we understood the teamwork and the empathy clearly through the Design Thinking for Social Innovation course.

Keywords—Disability awareness campaigns, Disability organizations, physically impaired individuals, Healthcare for the disabled, Disability awareness surveys.

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