Children with Dyslexia Take a Virtual Tour with VR and Color Beşiktaş Walls with Graffiti

Children with dyslexia who came together at the 'Dyslexia Awareness' event went for a walk in the forest with VR (Virtual Reality). After the virtual tour, the little ones colored the walls in Beşiktaş with graffiti.

Stating that such programs are necessary for the inclusion of children with dyslexia in society, event coordinator Günışık Kumru said: "This is the second event we have held this year. The children had a very enjoyable day with this event. We held the event a second time following the positive feedback we received from our first event. In our first event, we introduced them to the underwater world. In this event, we wanted our video to be different. In our first event, we also did a painting activity, because the imaginations of our children with dyslexia are very different from ours and very broad. Highlighting this, we carried out this project under the title 'Dyslexia Is Our Advantage'. In this second project, we again held an art activity. This time, to make our voice heard more, we arranged a wall with the support of Beşiktaş Municipality. We created a graffiti work on one part of the wall and set aside another part for them. This way, they will also be able to practice their art. We wanted to create such a visual to make all of Türkiye aware of what dyslexia is."

Stating that they also want children with special needs to take their own responsibility and feel free, Kumru said: "We especially wanted the children's parents not to be with them. We wanted them to take their own responsibility at this age and feel free, because they already feel inadequate due to the learning difficulties they experience. We want to show them 'We can achieve things', 'Someone is supporting us', 'You are not alone'. We want to show them that they too can achieve things. The reason we chose VR is that we are now in the age of technology. We wanted our children to get to know technology and to open the doors of a different world to them. Our goal is in this direction."