[BlindResearch] Help with a question

Roanna Bacchus rbacchus228 at gmail.com
Sat Jun 2 15:08:21 UTC 2018


Hi Danielle thanks for your message. For me it is best to use the term totally blind. I feel that this is the term that best describes me.

On Jun 1, 2018 5:56 PM, Daniella Briotto Faustino via BlindResearch <blindresearch at nfbnet.org> wrote:
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> Hello,
>
> I am Daniella and I am currently studying for my Master of Applied Sciences in Human-Computer Interaction, at Carleton University, in Canada. 
> Currently, I am researching how people who are blind or have low vision perceive user authentication methods and exploring new methods for password input.
>
> I was reading previous messages about terminologies and I want to ask your opinion, as different organizations seems to use different terms to refer to the blind and low vision community. 
> In your experience, is it more appropriate to say visually impaired people, people with visual impairment, vision impaired people, people with vision impairment or people with vision loss?
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> Thank you very much,
>
> Daniella Briotto Faustino
> Master’s student in Human-Computer Interaction
> cil.csit.carleton.ca
> daniellabriotto.com
>


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