The issue of the relationship between how I present my blindness and the extent to which I am or seem adjusted to it, has been very important for me for a long time, and has gotten more importance in 2004, when at once I lost significant amounts of vision (for me) and started experiencing greater [...]
Archive for October, 2005
More Thoughts on Adjustment and Presenting My Blindness
Posted in Blindness, Personal on October 30, 2005 | Leave a Comment »
Thoughts on Today’s CPH Training
Posted in Blindness, Personal, Rehab on October 28, 2005 | Leave a Comment »
CPH was once again very interesting. Kira, a sight trainer, attended our training and we each had to explain our eye condition to her. The first student that explained his condition had a very clear and consistent story. Then another girl talked about her eye condition and she had some very interesting questions that got [...]
General Thoughts about Today
Posted in Personal, Rehab on October 27, 2005 | Leave a Comment »
In advance, I wondered if my parents would find anything interesting about today. After all, I’ve been blind/visually impaired all my life and I assume my parents have had this information stuff many times already. Afterwards, they said they didn’t really learn anything new but it was good to see what rehab is like and [...]
Feelings about Rehab and Independence Training
Posted in Blindness, Independent Living, Personal, Rehab, Training Home on October 27, 2005 | Leave a Comment »
I’m home for the evening, going to return to rehab tomorrow morning. We held our open house today and so my parents came. That gave me the feeling of a “visiting time” and as to not perpetuate my institution feeling, I decided to go home with them. Rehab is nothing like the blind institutions I’m [...]
Confused Rants on Table Manners
Posted in Blindness, Personal, Rehab on October 23, 2005 | Leave a Comment »
On Wednesday, I had dinner with Ellen and Thony, the occupational therapist and her trainee. It was meant so they could give me some tips on better table manners. At first, I looked up to it, cause it reminded me of the school for the blind lucnh groups even more than the table for four [...]
More on Adjusting to Blindness and Explainign Residual Vision
Posted in Blindness, Personal, Rehab on October 22, 2005 | Leave a Comment »
I did some deep thinking about what it actually is that makes me feel afraid about not being ready for CPH training, and what changes I will have to make to be successful there. I talked about separating my poor adjustment from my communication/presentation abilities. That worked for a very long time, when, after the [...]
Happy News for Charlotte Wyatt
Posted in End-of-Life on October 22, 2005 | Leave a Comment »
Yesterday, Charlotte Wyatt had her second birthday, and there’s good news for her: her Do Not Resuscitate order was lifted after her parents fighting in court against doctors who wanted her to have the DNR. Happy belated birthday, Charlotte! I’m so happy that the judge at least listened to the parents and not just to [...]
Rants on the Jimmy Chambers Case
Posted in End-of-Life on October 21, 2005 | Leave a Comment »
So, we have yet another Terri Schiavo look-alike, only this person, Jimmy Chambers, seems healthier. He had his accident on August 20 and recovered so well that on September 26 he was able to state his will to live, in an aware enough state of mind according to the treating physician. And still his wife [...]
Thoughts on CPH (Communication Presentation Handicap) Training and My Adjustment to Blindness
Posted in Blindness, Rehab on October 21, 2005 | Leave a Comment »
I had CPH (Communication Presentation Handicap) training this morning. It was very interesting but also seems like a very difficult subject. At first, we did some sort of introduction, although we mostly knew each other informally. The trainer had read the reports written about us before we started rehab and from there had drawn some [...]
Rants on Christian Denominations, the Essentials of Religion, and Moral Standards
Posted in Religion on October 16, 2005 | Leave a Comment »
I once again did some reading on Christianity and religion in general. I read over the United Methodist Church webpage and was astonished at the many rituals and doctrines it imposes, even being a relatively liberal church. I just can’t understand that God would impose so many laws upon us. There are, of course, certain [...]
