Five examples of inclusive culture: from font to comics
Despite the fact that neither the infrastructure nor the society in Ukraine is particularly adapted for people with disabilities, there are successful and vivid examples of inclusion in the country. We just talked about them. Today we decided to continue the theme and collect five more cool inclusive initiatives and developments: from a special font for people with dyslexia and ending with a comic for the blind.
Font for people with dyslexia Well-
known Ukrainian artist and illustrator Oleh Petrenko-Zanevsky has developed a unique Cyrillic font that makes reading easier for people with dyslexia. Recall that dyslexia is a partial disorder of reading skills.
The font, called Inclusion UKR , was the first to be developed exclusively for the Ukrainian alphabet. The author of the font said that it had to be done in such a way that on the one hand it was in a certain pattern , and on the other - that the letters were as different as possible.
In order to make the font easier to understand, children who have difficulty reading and study individually or in inclusive classes were interviewed.
Inclusion UKR facilitates reading and perception of the text not only for people with dyslexia and visual impairments, but also for people with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder.
The creators of the font note that they will be happy to give everyone the opportunity to use this font for free, and in the near future plan to release an electronic version.
An interactive book on inclusion An interactive book, What is It, has
recently been published in Ukraine , which is accessible and beautifully explains what inclusion and tolerance are. The book is freely available and will be of interest to both children and adults.
The authors of the book note that in fact it is a ready-made lesson that can be held in any school, because all the texts are voiced there, and the book also has test tasks, puzzles and mental drawings.
The book was illustrated by the famous Ukrainian artist Nadiya Kushnir, and the co-author of the texts was Yulia Aronova.
"The topic of inclusion and tolerance is important. And it is best to start talking about it with children as soon as possible. So far they have not settled adult prejudices. And inclusion is not just about ramps, Braille or special training programs. It’s about the ability to build friendships based on mutual respect. That’s why I really wanted to use this book to show children that each of us is unique in something, and that’s good. And if you look closely at each Fr.and a person, you can see her or his attractive side and find a friend, "- " Osvitoria " quotes one of the authors of the book Anna Kosareva.
Comic for the blind
Soon Ukraine plans to release the first comic for the blind - "Blindman".
The creators were graphic artist Volodymyr Havrysh and screenwriter Andriy Benytsky, for whom this comic is the first inclusive project created in Braille.
In the comics, one character is Blydman, a man who cannot see but feels the vibrations of sound waves coming from inside the wall, scattering on its surface. According to the plot, the hero through tactile contact perceives harmonious sounds, then disharmonious (when neighbors move furniture in the house on the other side), and eventually comes to experience a complex sound space.
The authors say that the idea of the comic is to move away from superheroes and focus on the lives and problems of real people. That’s why Blydman is a story about meeting oneself and the whole world.
The project exists in three different formats:
comic books for chamber interaction ;
posters for integration into educational and inclusive museum programs throughout Ukraine;
plaster reliefs with audio accompaniment for presentation in the exhibition space.
A film for the blind and people with hearing problems
For the first time in the history of Ukrainian cinema , the blind and I do not hear whether people will be able to attend the screening of the film at a time when it is broadcast in cinemas. This film will be "Price of Truth", which will be released on November 28.
At the initiative of the film’s producers and the Affordable Cinema Agency, a typhlo-commentary (laconic description of an object, space or action that is incomprehensible to a visually impaired person) for blind people and adapted subtitles for people with hearing impairments will be made for the film.
The film is based on real events. He tells the story of reporter Gareth Jones, who interviewed Hitler and came to Moscow to interview Stalin. There he met Ada Brooks, who opened his eyes to the "Soviet utopia", and Gareth, despite the deadly threats of the Soviet secret services, began his own investigation. Thus, he is approaching the revelation of the truth about the greatest tragedy of the Ukrainian people - the Holodomor.
By the way, it was Jones’s discoveries at the time that became the basis for George Orwell’s allegorical novel The Cattle Yard (1945).
Albums for the visually impaired For the first time
in Ukraine , tactile albums for the blind about national and world culture have been created - “Treasures of Culture. Ukraine ” and “ Treasures of Culture. World ", which was presented in mid-October. Art albums contain tactile images of works of art made in the technique of typography and embossing , as well as descriptions in Braille. According to Yulia Sachuk, co-author of the project and head of the Fight for Rights NGO, the art albums will be donated to schools and centers for blind children in different regions of Ukraine.
"This format of art albums is new for Ukraine. And we hope that our experience will promote the development of inclusive art in Ukraine: blind people want to go to the museum, and museums, in turn, will become more accessible to all people, "said Yulia Sachuk.
In the albums you can find a mosaic of "Our Lady of Oranta", sculptures by Pinzel, paintings by Vasilkovsky, Murashko, Bogomazov, Yablonskaya, Petrykivka painting, Hutsul pottery and many other famous objects of cultural heritage of Ukraine.
Author Anastasia Ishchenko
Read also: Disability is not a sentence: five successful examples of inclusion
Font for people with dyslexia Well-
known Ukrainian artist and illustrator Oleh Petrenko-Zanevsky has developed a unique Cyrillic font that makes reading easier for people with dyslexia. Recall that dyslexia is a partial disorder of reading skills.
The font, called Inclusion UKR , was the first to be developed exclusively for the Ukrainian alphabet. The author of the font said that it had to be done in such a way that on the one hand it was in a certain pattern , and on the other - that the letters were as different as possible.
In order to make the font easier to understand, children who have difficulty reading and study individually or in inclusive classes were interviewed.
Inclusion UKR facilitates reading and perception of the text not only for people with dyslexia and visual impairments, but also for people with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder.
The creators of the font note that they will be happy to give everyone the opportunity to use this font for free, and in the near future plan to release an electronic version.
An interactive book on inclusion An interactive book, What is It, has recently been published in Ukraine , which is accessible and beautifully explains what inclusion and tolerance are. The book is freely available and will be of interest to both children and adults.
The authors of the book note that in fact it is a ready-made lesson that can be held in any school, because all the texts are voiced there, and the book also has test tasks, puzzles and mental drawings.
The book was illustrated by the famous Ukrainian artist Nadiya Kushnir, and the co-author of the texts was Yulia Aronova.
"The topic of inclusion and tolerance is important. And it is best to start talking about it with children as soon as possible. So far they have not settled adult prejudices. And inclusion is not just about ramps, Braille or special training programs. It’s about the ability to build friendships based on mutual respect. That’s why I really wanted to use this book to show children that each of us is unique in something, and that’s good. And if you look closely at each Fr.and a person, you can see her or his attractive side and find a friend, "- " Osvitoria " quotes one of the authors of the book Anna Kosareva. Comic for the blind
Soon Ukraine plans to release the first comic for the blind - "Blindman".
The creators were graphic artist Volodymyr Havrysh and screenwriter Andriy Benytsky, for whom this comic is the first inclusive project created in Braille. In the comics, one character is Blydman, a man who cannot see but feels the vibrations of sound waves coming from inside the wall, scattering on its surface. According to the plot, the hero through tactile contact perceives harmonious sounds, then disharmonious (when neighbors move furniture in the house on the other side), and eventually comes to experience a complex sound space.
The authors say that the idea of the comic is to move away from superheroes and focus on the lives and problems of real people. That’s why Blydman is a story about meeting oneself and the whole world.
The project exists in three different formats:
comic books for chamber interaction ;
posters for integration into educational and inclusive museum programs throughout Ukraine;
plaster reliefs with audio accompaniment for presentation in the exhibition space.
A film for the blind and people with hearing problems
For the first time in the history of Ukrainian cinema , the blind and I do not hear whether people will be able to attend the screening of the film at a time when it is broadcast in cinemas. This film will be "Price of Truth", which will be released on November 28.
At the initiative of the film’s producers and the Affordable Cinema Agency, a typhlo-commentary (laconic description of an object, space or action that is incomprehensible to a visually impaired person) for blind people and adapted subtitles for people with hearing impairments will be made for the film.
The film is based on real events. He tells the story of reporter Gareth Jones, who interviewed Hitler and came to Moscow to interview Stalin. There he met Ada Brooks, who opened his eyes to the "Soviet utopia", and Gareth, despite the deadly threats of the Soviet secret services, began his own investigation. Thus, he is approaching the revelation of the truth about the greatest tragedy of the Ukrainian people - the Holodomor. By the way, it was Jones’s discoveries at the time that became the basis for George Orwell’s allegorical novel The Cattle Yard (1945).
Albums for the visually impaired For the first time
in Ukraine , tactile albums for the blind about national and world culture have been created - “Treasures of Culture. Ukraine ” and “ Treasures of Culture. World ", which was presented in mid-October. Art albums contain tactile images of works of art made in the technique of typography and embossing , as well as descriptions in Braille. According to Yulia Sachuk, co-author of the project and head of the Fight for Rights NGO, the art albums will be donated to schools and centers for blind children in different regions of Ukraine.
"This format of art albums is new for Ukraine. And we hope that our experience will promote the development of inclusive art in Ukraine: blind people want to go to the museum, and museums, in turn, will become more accessible to all people, "said Yulia Sachuk.
In the albums you can find a mosaic of "Our Lady of Oranta", sculptures by Pinzel, paintings by Vasilkovsky, Murashko, Bogomazov, Yablonskaya, Petrykivka painting, Hutsul pottery and many other famous objects of cultural heritage of Ukraine.
Author Anastasia Ishchenko
Read also: Disability is not a sentence: five successful examples of inclusion