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Australia FIT/IP in Action for Accessibility: Sri Lanka

August 8, 2018

Our series on Australia Funds-In-Trust for Intellectual Property (Australia FIT/IP) in action for accessibility focuses on the end beneficiaries of our funding that supports accessibility initiatives in the Asia-Pacific region. 

Ridmi

Ridmi Handapangoda is a 21 year old second-year university student. She has benefited from the Accessible Books Consortium (ABC) through the Daisy Lanka Foundation (DLF), a non-profit organization in Colombo, Sri Lanka that works with print disabled persons.

Before the ABC project, Ridmi read braille books or with the help of a sighted person. Unfortunately braille books are very limited in the region, making it hard for her to achieve her academic goals. Since receiving help from ABC, Ridmi has been able to read a wider range of books and has improved her study performance.

Ridmi also benefited by receiving an A5 Daisy Player, as well as training on how to use the device. She looks forward to using the device to get hold of books which are difficult to obtain.

“I would especially like to read more rare and priceless books through this project.”

In the future, Ridmi hopes to finish her undergraduate degree with an improved GPA.

Photo of Ridmi
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