[Blindtlk] Visually Impaired/ Living in the middle?

[justin williams]

You may want to blend the sighted and blindness methods together.

-----Original Message-----
From: blindtlk [mailto:blindtlk-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Arielle
Silverman
Sent: Saturday, February 08, 2014 1:28 PM
To: Blind Talk Mailing List
Subject: Re: [Blindtlk] Visually Impaired/ Living in the middle?

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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