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When this doesn't work the way it should, a person may be visually impaired, or blind. The problem may affect one eye or both eyes. When you think of being blind, you might imagine ... Other eye diseases, such as cataracts (say: kah-tuh-rakts), can cause vision problems or blindness, but they usually affect older people.
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We had a discussion around the subject and he said that he would be very sorry when he was blind, but that it wasn’t the end of the world. As his vision worsened, he noticed that his other senses improved. ... You can discover so much through your other senses and being in the “zone”--that feeling of calm that comes...
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Even today, they pervade our everyday thinking and affect how we interact with people who are blind or visually impaired. Listed below are just a few of these myths and the facts** ... Being blind means having no vision at all. ... A person’s other senses become more acute after the onset of blindness or visual impairment.
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www.dsb.wa.gov/resourcesForParticipants/jobSeekersHandbook/dispellingMyths.htm
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Finally, have them walk to a designated area with the help of another student. Discuss what they’ve learned about the activity. How will being blind affect learning? ... Ask students how blind people learn? What other senses do they need in order to learn? Explain to students that blind people read with their fingers,
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The other half were only blindfolded for testing, but spent the rest of the day seeing normally. During their stays, both sets of study participants underwent intensive Braille instruction for four to six hours a day from a professional instructor from the Carroll Center for the Blind.";
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www.scientificblogging.com/news_releases/brain_study_a_...
www.scientificblogging.com/news_releases/brain_study_a_clue_in_how_daredevils_other_senses_improved_after_he_went_blind
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Ten years of living with me, of discussing issues with me, of watching race affect my career, ... In that regard, being "color blind" also means being blind to a host of inequities, perspectives and realities that you would be able to see if you chose to acknowledge color and to see how much ... THE OTHER LANDS is available Now!
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www.davidanthonydurham.com/blog/2007/08/on-being-color-...
www.davidanthonydurham.com/blog/2007/08/on-being-color-blind-reader.html
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The senses are multiply related; we rarely if ever apprehend the world through one sense alone. Indeed, under conditions in which any one sense predominates, closer inspection may disclose that the predominating sense is in fact being shadowed and interpreted by other, apparently dormant senses.
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By definition, a person who is blinded or loses their hearing is disabled. A person who has been blind or deaf from birth is not, however, since that is their normal condition and their other senses have developed to compensate. ... I think it is important to label being blind/deaf as a dissability, because it keeps...
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worldhaveyoursay.wordpress.com/2008/03/12/is-being-deaf...
worldhaveyoursay.wordpress.com/2008/03/12/is-being-deaf-or-blind-a-disability/
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2. Does being blind (or visually impaired) affect your daily life? If yes, how? If no, why not? ... 5. What are the positive aspects of being visually impaired? Are any of your other senses heightened as a result of your impairment?
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