[Blindtlk] Encouraging Medical Students To Be Retina Doctors

[Mike Freeman]

The reality is that you probably wouldn't even experience visual sensations
were your eyesight to be enabled because the brain is extremely plastic and
the visual centers would have been taken over for some other use.

Mike


-----Original Message-----
From: blindtlk-bounces at nfbnet.org [mailto:blindtlk-bounces at nfbnet.org] On
Behalf Of Sheila Leigland
Sent: Monday, February 20, 2012 6:53 PM
To: Blind Talk Mailing List
Subject: Re: [Blindtlk] Encouraging Medical Students To Be Retina Doctors

Hi I'm 57 years old and have never seen. Because I have never had any
vision, I can't even comprehend what It would be like to see. Six years ago
however I lost half of my hearing and while waiting for my aides to arrive I
found it very stressful to try to hear what was going on around me. It
literally made my shoulders neck and head hurt. I realize that this isn't
the same thing but to try to handle all of the visual input would be
extremely stressful for me. For me. I know that I would know what nothing
wasbecause my brain has never experienced anything like that. If i could see
though I would like to see my son's face and red hair and see my husband's
face but on the other hand I don't know If I would even know if it was a
face.

Sheila Leigland

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