Ngaba uyayazi ukuba uncedo oluhambayo abantu abangaboniyo okanye abangabonakaliyo abakwaziyo ukusebenzisa namhlanje abaziwa ngokuba yimiba emhlophe emhlophe yayisetyenziswa kuqala ekuqaleni kwee-1900?
Ngaphambi kokuba sijonge iintlobo ezininzi zokusebenzisa umbala omhlophe kwaye kutheni kungekhona kuphela umntu onombono ophantsi, vumela ukuba ndikhanyise ukuqala kwawo okuthobekileyo.
Njengamanyathelo amakhulu amakhulu, kwavela ngokusweleka komntu siqu ukulungisa ingxaki.
Ngowe-1921, uJames Biggs wase-UK wayesebenza njengomfoto wezithombe aze afumane ingozi embi eyabangela ukuba alahlekelwe nguye. Nangona wayegcina umnqweno wokuzimela, wayexatyiswa ngumlinganiselo weendlela ezakhelene nommandla wakhe ukuze apepule intonga yakhe yokuhamba emhlophe ukuba ibonakale kubakho abaqhubi nabahamba ngeenyawo.
Emva koko e-US ngo-1930, ilungu leQela leNgonyama, uGeorge A. Bonham, labonela umntu owayeyimfama ezama ukuwela indlela usebenzisa intonga emnyama.
Wabona umkhwa omnyama wawungabonakali kwizithuthi kwaye kungekudala emva koko, iiNgonyama zeClub zaMazwe azizange zifake kuphela umbala wendoda yomhlophe kodwa unyaka emva kwalesi siganeko, baqala inkqubo yezinye abantu abaziimfama nabangaboniyo ukukhuthaza ukusetyenziswa kwamhlophe iinqununu njengethuluzi lokuhamba ngokukhuselekileyo.
Ngakolunye uhlangothi lwe-Atlantic ngexesha elinye, uMfokazi waseFransi uGuilly d'Herbemont uqalise ukunyakaza kwentimba emhlophe.
Kwintetho eyayiboniswa ngabaPhathiswa beeFransi abaningana, u-Herbemont wanikela iimboli zokuqala ezimhlophe ezibonakalisa abantu abamboni ababoni.
Ngokukhawuleza emva, ama-5,000 amatshini amhlophe akhutshwe kwenye iMfazwe Yehlabathi I kunye nabantu abayimfama.
Ngo-Oktobha 6, 1964, uMongameli uLyndon Johnson wenza isimemezelo sokuqala senza u-Oktobha 15 wonyaka ngamnye "Usuku loKhuseleko lweMigodi.
Ngokwemvelo, umjebo omhlophe uphinde wahlengahlengiswa ngeendlela ezininzi ukuhambelana nendlela yokuphila yethu yanamhlanje, ngeengcebiso ezahlukeneyo ezifana noku:
- Iphulo lePencil
- I-Ball Race Ngaphezulu kweTip efanelekileyo
- I-Rubber Support Cane Tip
- I-Pear Tip
- I-Tip yaseRural, kunye
- I-Jumbo Roller Tip.
Ngubani na ocinga ukuba kukho iindlela ezininzi kangaka?
Kodwa kungakhathaliseki ukuba yiyiphi into ekhethiweyo, umdaka omhlophe udlala indima ebalulekileyo ekugcineni ukhuseleko nomntu xa ehamba ngokuzimeleyo kunye nokulahleka kombono .
Yeka indlela i-White Cane inceda ngayo umntu onombono ophantsi.
Kuyacetyiswa ukuba, ngaphambi kokufunda iindlela ezichanekileyo zokusebenzisa umgama omhlophe omhlophe, abantu banokufumana ukuzithemba okuphuculweyo ngokwenza izifundo zoqeqesho lwezoBomi kunye nokuHamba (O & M) .
Ukuba unobungozi obungabonakaliyo kwaye ubalekele ubudlelwane bakho nomkhenkco omhlophe, nakhu ezinye zeenzuzo ozifumanayo xa ujikeleza wena.
Umbala omhlophe unceda:
- Gcina ingqondo yakho yokuzimela ngokufunda izakhono ezintsha zokufunda
- Khusela ukuzithemba kwakho ngokukwazi ukuphendula ngokukhawuleza kwimingcipheko
- Ukuvumela ukuba wenze izigqibo njengoko ufumanisa iinkcazo ezithile malunga nokuhamba kwakho kwendawo
- Nika uluntu uluntu ukukuvumela indlela ecacileyo ngokusebenzisa i-traffic traffic
- Xelela abaqhubi ukuba bathathe ixesha labo malunga nawe ukuze nonke niqhubeke nihamba ngokukhuselekileyo kwiindlela zenu
- Nika amandla ukuba ufumane izingozi ezinobungozi emhlabeni
- Ukuchonga amanyathelo, ama-escalator, abahambahamba kunye nezinye iinguqulelo phantsi kweenyawo, ukuhambisa ulwazi olubalulekileyo oluvumela ukuba uthathe isinyathelo esilandelayo ngokuzithemba.
- Kwaye, ke, Khawukhange uncedo oluninzi xa ukhetha ukwamkela amaninzi amancedo ngababoneleli abanokubona.
Leyo yonke into ebonakalayo yokusebenzisa umbala omhlophe.
Kwinqaku elidlulileyo, Tshintshela ukuba umgca omhlophe ungene kwi-Wand yakho yamandla , unokufunda iintlobo zengqondo xa uvuma umkhamo njengamandla kwaye kungekhona uphawu lobuthathaka ekuhambeni kwakho ekulahlekeni kombono.
Yeka indlela i-White Cane inceda ngayo.
Ukusebenzisa ithuluzi lokuhamba eliye laqondwa kakuhle njengendlela yokwenza uhambo oluzimeleyo kulabo abanombono wokulahleka, kubalulekile ukuqaphela indima edlala kuyo kwimpilo yabonwayo.
Umbala omhlophe unceda:
- Ukunciphisa uxinzelelo lwabanye abantu ababonayo xa kukhokela umntu usebenzisa umbala omhlophe
- Khangela indlela ecacileyo phambili kokubili
- Ukuvelisa ulwalamano lwendalo yabantu
- Hlaziya uxhalaba kulungu lentsapho elisebenzisayo ekusebenziseni umkhwa omhlophe
- Bona izinto ezintle njengomzekelo okhuthazayo wokuphila nombono ophantsi xa umntu obonakalayo efuna umqolo omhlophe ngolunye usuku.
Njengoko sikwazi ukubona, intonga emhlophe ye-carbon fiber intonga ingaphezulu kwincinci emhlophe emhlophe. Iyakwazi ukuguqula ubomi balabo abanombono ophantsi kunye noluntu lwabo.
Ukuze ufumane ithuba elifutshane malunga namava omfazi omnye kwi-O & M yoqeqesho, ndincoma kakhulu incwadi entsha yomsindo ngumlobi ongabonakaliyo kunye nootitshala, u-Amy Bovaird, i-Matbility Matters: Ukuphuma kwi-Faith.