In Madeira the beach for the visually challenged people is opened
As the spokesperson of city executive hall of the autonomy capital Funchal claimed, the dene known by those who love having a rest in this paradise called «Formosa beach», since this Monday may provide severely disabled people with all the conditions indispensable for sea rest.
The employer of mayor’s office of Funchal Domingush Rodriguez who has been responsible for the implementation of the stated project marked that preliminary works have been held nearly for half a year. The various situations were tested in order to understand in which cases blind or partially sighted people could appear as well as in the water and on the bank. The creators of safety system implies the response for every case among them, as the authority proves.
He has underlined that one of the greatest problems which invalids encounter going to the sea is bewilderment, i.e. inability to define where the coast and distance are situated. It makes sea-water baths extremely dangerous and nobody decides to tackle such adventures alone.
Before coming to the water a human should wear a special bracelet equipped with the sound and vibration detector. At the moment there are five copies of facility. The representative of the mayor’s office explained the scheme of their work.
On the bank a transmission network which controls the location of the bracelet user and give necessary information to the appliance with the help of the definite sound and tactual signals. The user will be revised by the flow mark situated at the definite distance from the bank.
It appears that disabled people are in the peculiar perimeter of the safety that makes his presence in water, on the one side, controlled, on the other side, gives a desirable feeling of discretion. In case of panics or another problem which may occur in the water a human is always able to use the button of trepidation which is also put on the bracelet and then one of the beach-rescue will help – they check the total condition with the displays units and location of each of the bracelet users.
Domingush Rodriguez also shares why it is verily Madeira has been chosen as the first platform for testing and implementation of this program. According to the statistics, archipelago is visited by many aged tourists and not only from Portugal. The possibility to use natural beaches not paying heed to the sight problems makes islands of the autonomy more attractive in the way of travel destination and outlines the social significance of any representative of the society.
