On the Blindschools list, a list for people who attended schools for the blind, there’s a discussion going on about the positives and negatives of our education there. I’ve been thinking about some issues related to this lately. My parents and I have radically different opinions on some issues related to it, but when I [...]
Archive for October, 2004
Blindness and Appearance
Posted in Blindness on October 29, 2004 | Leave a Comment »
I went to the hairdresser yesterday and that made me think about the influence my blindness has on my appearance.
I could discuss that on two levels. The first is the very literal one – how I look different as a direct consequence of my blindness. That would only be an issue if my eyes appeared [...]
Memories of Sight
Posted in Blindness on October 26, 2004 | Leave a Comment »
This morning I went into the kitchen. I sat down and asked Dad if there was coffee. I felt over the table for I don’t remember what, and my hand hit the coffee can. I felt weird, cause our coffee can is dark blue and the table’s light brown. Plus, it’s so large and it [...]
Political Thoughts
Posted in Politics and Current Events on October 23, 2004 | Leave a Comment »
I had an interesting discussion with my parents yesterday. It was about politics, religion and the left-right spectrum. I think that it isn’t really all related. A person may be progressive on some topics, but conservative on others. I myself say I’m a liberal on some topics (like gay rights, immigration and freedom of religion), [...]
Thoughts on Using and Appreciating Vision
Posted in Blindness on October 21, 2004 | Leave a Comment »
Last Monday, I walked to the shopping centre with Dad. He had to discard garbage, and so we visited the place where the garbage containers are. “I see lots of containers here,” I said to confirm that I knew that we were in that place. (I cannot remember the exact context of my comment.) “If [...]
More Thoughts on Independence and Vision Loss
Posted in Blindness on October 13, 2004 | Leave a Comment »
I wrote on Friday (well, Saturday night) about amount of residual vision and its relation (or lack thereof) to independence. I realize that there’s no relation – often, it’s more about the right balance between visual and non-visual techniques -, and that using one’s residual vision too much and not relying on alternative techniques may [...]
A Conversation with a Cab Driver
Posted in Blindness on October 9, 2004 | Leave a Comment »
On Tuesday, I went to the shopping centre, and at some point I got a bit lost. Not really so that it was a problem to me, but it was to passers-by. One of these was a cab driver, but I didn’t recognise him. He called my name seveal times, but I didn’t respond. Pretty [...]
