It is that time of the year when our homes and roads are decorated
with beautiful lights and flowers. Diwali is here! People from across India
are gearing up to celebrate this festival by wearing new clothes, shopping
and of course, cooking lots of food! No festival is complete without having a
lovely meal with family and friends. If you are a wheelchair user and is
wondering how to help your family cook a delicious feast this Diwali, we have
some tips for you.
Sarath PS is a wheelchair user and entrepreneur from Kerala.
Since he used to live alone for a long time, Sarath cooks well. He has some
great tips for other wheelchair users who love cooking.
Safety and accessibility are the most important factors to keep in mind
when you work inside a kitchen. Accessibility begins from entering the
kitchen. There are many homes where there are steps to enter the kitchen.
This creates accessibility problems for wheelchair users. All the
ingredients and even water for cooking must be available at your fingertip.
Most people with spinal cord injuries cannot feel any sense when they touch
things. Hence, even if hot boiling water falls on them, they are unable to
feel it. Later, this causes a lot of infection in the area. Hence, you must
be extremely careful- Sarath PS, Wheelchair user and
Entrepreneur
Check out these tips to make sure that cooking this Diwali is fun and safe
In the case of Dhanya Gopinath, who is a wheelchair user,
accessibility is her main concern. Dhanya who is from Kerala,
cooks food and sells it to students who live in her neighbourhood!
“I started developing an interest in cooking by watching my mother cook. I
used to help her chop vegetables and sort things out. I love cooking the
traditional Kerala fish curry, and it comes out well. I love making Kerala
snacks as well. They are quite easy. I ensure that my mom keep everything at
a place that is accessible to me”, says Dhanya Gopinath, wheelchair
user
So what delicious dishes are you going to make this festive season? Try out
some new dishes. Spread happiness and joy to your family and friends this
Diwali.
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Source: https://newzhook.com/story/20467
