[Blindtlk] Visually Impaired/ Living in the middle?

[Arielle Silverman]

I think your decision whether or not to learn blindness skills depends
on whether you feel like you are struggling to perform everyday tasks
or reaching your professional goals. If you can get around without
difficulty, don't experience eyestrain from reading with your CCTV,
etc. then the way you are doing things may be the best way for you.
However, being visually impaired shouldn't entail having a lot of
difficulty doing things, or fearing for your safety, or even taking
much longer to do things than a sighted person does. If you are having
these kinds of subjective experiences then it might make sense to find
out what you can gain from going to a training center and learning to
do at least some activities using blindness skills. Ultimately, I know
a lot of visually impaired people who have blindness skills training
and they choose to do some things visually and other things
nonvisually.

Best,
Arielle

On 2/8/14, justin williams <justin.williams2 at gmail.com> wrote:
> Though I am blind, with onlya little light perception, what you said is
> accurage. I have read about it in books, and seen it in research.  Where I
> used to work, there was sighted staff, and blind staff.  My friend who was
> visually impaired didn't count, and was not considered a part of the blind
> staff.  He and I both felt as if he was disrespected, because he was not
> really considered among the sighted staff either.
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: blindtlk [mailto:blindtlk-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Mari
> Hunziker
> Sent: Saturday, February 08, 2014 1:12 PM
> To: Blind Talk Mailing List
> Subject: [Blindtlk] Visually Impaired/ Living in the middle?
>
> Do any of you visual impaired folks out there ever feel like your living a
> life ~ half in the sighted world and half in the blind world?
>
> I don't mean to offend anyone with this question. I merely want to know how
> to understand what I am feeling. I am visually impaired and I function like
> a sighted person except for a few exceptions. I can ride a bike, not on a
> main road but I do enjoy riding with my children in our neighborhood and
> around the lake. I read with a CCTV and use a magnifier when I am shopping
> to look at price tags, labels, and ingredients. I don't use a cane unless I
> am in an unfamiliar place or by myself. I did not learn braille as a youth
> but am trying to learn it now. I want to see it instead of feel it (I'm
> working on it). In my situation do you think it is necessary to attend a
> program that will improve my blindness skills? I don't even know what they
> would be?
>
> What would you do?
>
> Thanks,
> Mari Hunziker
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