It is the Heritage Fund that has granted SEK 3.6 million for the three-year project "The Road Guide". The aim of the project is to develop strategies and tools for children, young people and adults with visual impairments to be able to practice orientation in school and in their leisure time.

- It can be about how to make a compass accessible to a person with visual impairment and produce tactile mapmaterials to locate both in the immediate environment, but also in forest and land, says Torsten Undemar, chairman of Örebro County Parasportforbund.

Basis for grading

One of the intentions is to create the conditions for students in the school to achieve an approved grade in the subject of sport and health by passing the orientation part and showing how to find and discover their neighborhood / school district.

- A good start can be about developing aids for urban orientation for this group. It can then spill over and create the conditions for better orientation in everyday life. Helping people with severe visual impairment form an idea of ​​what it looks like in the local environment, Torsten says.

Led by Örebro

The project, which is three years old, is headed by Örebro, but collaboration is being done with the Visually Impaired National Association in Stockholm and Gothenburg.

In the past, there have been projects that included other groups with disabilities, but the project "The Guide" will focus on people with visual impairments.

- We were pleasantly surprised even though we understood that leaning towards project grants. Since we applied for money, we have received follow-up questions about the intentions of the project and further questions about the financial, says Torsten Undemar.