[Blindtlk] Visually Impaired/ Living in the middle?

[Lauren Merryfield]

Hi,
I think that it would be hard to identify as sighted sometimes and blind
others and nothing in between, where you are probably the real you. That's
like putting flour in one side of a bowl and shortening in the other side;
the two don't get blended together. 

I know blind people who ride bikes, who know braille by seeing it and by
feeling it, learning and using a CCTV and jaws, etc, so that they can
choose, at any given moment, which way they want to do something. They have
more options that way.

 Personally I think more sighted people need to learn braille. I've even
sent braille/print cards to sighted people. 
Thanks
Lauren
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-----Original Message-----
From: blindtlk [mailto:blindtlk-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Mari
Hunziker
Sent: Saturday, February 08, 2014 10:12 AM
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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