[Blindtlk] {Disarmed} Re: [acb-l] To Visualize or not to Visualize: That is the question:)!

[Kendra Schafer]

Yes, I know. I have a friend who is totally blind and she has a very amazing emagination! I have a second totally blind friend who never had sight. She has an emagination that is awesome too! I use her as a springboard whenever we discuss accessibility which is one of our favorite things to talk about. We often play with emagination every time we hang out. 


I hope you have a good day! 
Blessed be!!! 
Kendra  
Here is a  little about myself. 
I am a graduate of both  the Oregon School for the Blind and Oregon City High School. I am a blind Pagan. I have work experience in gardening. I also am a crafter and painter.  I like to read, write and do anything on an iPhone.  
I am a die hard fan of the following: 
J. k. Rowling's Harry Potter Books, 
 J. R. R. Tolkien's Middle Earth books, 
C. S. Lewis's  Kronicals of Narnia books, 
L. Frank Baum's  Oz books,  
Pittsburgh, Penguins,  
 Detroit, Red Wings,  
Baltimore, Ravens,  
 Seattle, Sea Hawks,  
 Oregon State Beavers,  
 Portland, Winter Hawks, 
And anything to do with bald eagles.   
"When the student is ready, the teacher will appear", Author Unknown. 
The best roads are some where out there. 
My job is to discover them. 
Blindness has often tested me. 
Love allows me to fly higher than I have ever flown before. 
Love has also shown me that I can see the long awaited  stars. 
Salem, Oregon showed me the way home. 
Baltimore, Maryland showed me the way to the stars. 
Seattle, Washington showed me that I still can fly like I have always flown. 
Paganism set me free and also showed me the magic all around me. 
As I move through life, I notice the many ways where my beliefs not only ring true, but also proven to be true by others. 
I am soaring like a bald eagle as I set out to live the life I want. 
I believe that everything is interconnected and full of magic. 
I am happily living with my wonderful boyfriend in Salem, Oregon. 
Blessed be!!! 
Kendra Schaber, 
National Federation of the Blind, 
Capitol Chapter, 
Salem, Oregon, 
Live the Life You Want. 
 
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Sent from my iPhone 5, 
Totally accessable to blind users.  


> On Jan 13, 2016, at 20:25, Karen Rose <rosekm at earthlink.net> wrote:
> 
> Is a person born totally blind I use visualization/imagination all the time. One need not have seen in the past to be able to do this. Karen
> 
> Sent from my iPhone
> 
>> On Jan 13, 2016, at 7:21 PM, Kendra Schafer via acb-l <acb-l at acblists.org> wrote:
>> 
>> Hi all! 
>> Yes for visualization. Another way is to use emagination which is the same thing. Since they need that skill in daily life, getting started is the key. If they ask what Jupiter looks like as is in the night sky for example, you can use emagination, not science to best answer it. The same goes for if a student asked you how best to clean a house or get from point A to point B. I use emagination all the time. It's the best way to see whenever you can't touch it under the fingers. 
>> 
>> 
>> I hope you have a good day! 
>> Blessed be!!! 
>> Kendra  
>> Here is a  little about myself. 
>> I am a graduate of both  the Oregon School for the Blind and Oregon City High School. I am a blind Pagan. I have work experience in gardening. I also am a crafter and painter.  I like to read, write and do anything on an iPhone.  
>> I am a die hard fan of the following: 
>> J. k. Rowling's Harry Potter Books, 
>>  J. R. R. Tolkien's Middle Earth books, 
>> C. S. Lewis's  Kronicals of Narnia books, 
>> L. Frank Baum's  Oz books,  
>> Pittsburgh, Penguins,  
>>  Detroit, Red Wings,  
>> Baltimore, Ravens,  
>>  Seattle, Sea Hawks,  
>>  Oregon State Beavers,  
>>  Portland, Winter Hawks, 
>> And anything to do with bald eagles.   
>> "When the student is ready, the teacher will appear", Author Unknown. 
>> The best roads are some where out there. 
>> My job is to discover them. 
>> Blindness has often tested me. 
>> Love allows me to fly higher than I have ever flown before. 
>> Love has also shown me that I can see the long awaited  stars. 
>> Salem, Oregon showed me the way home. 
>> Baltimore, Maryland showed me the way to the stars. 
>> Seattle, Washington showed me that I still can fly like I have always flown. 
>> Paganism set me free and also showed me the magic all around me. 
>> As I move through life, I notice the many ways where my beliefs not only ring true, but also proven to be true by others. 
>> I am soaring like a bald eagle as I set out to live the life I want. 
>> I believe that everything is interconnected and full of magic. 
>> I am happily living with my wonderful boyfriend in Salem, Oregon. 
>> Blessed be!!! 
>> Kendra Schaber, 
>> National Federation of the Blind, 
>> Capitol Chapter, 
>> Salem, Oregon, 
>> Live the Life You Want. 
>>  
>> Sent from my E Mail Inbox,  
>> Sent from my iPhone 5, 
>> Totally accessable to blind users.  
>> 
>> 
>>> On Jan 13, 2016, at 15:40, Szostak, Christine via blindtlk <blindtlk at nfbnet.org> wrote:
>>> 
>>> Hi All,
>>>  I have a question I would love to pose to the list. This comes from a discussion that I was having with the students in one of the classes I am teaching this morning.
>>> 
>>> We were talking about whether the students  believed that if they were to lose all of their vision as adults, would they visualize their surroundings (i.e., having visual spatial maps of locations in your head, picturing  what others look like, picturing what you are physically doing...). This lead to a really engaging and actually quite positive and eye-opening so-to-speak discussion that was really encouraging to see. The discussion was part of an upper-level course in psychology.
>>> 
>>>  Thus, based on their discussion, I was curious what others here  who lost all or at least all usable vision during adulthood do? In other words, do you visualize or not and why?
>>> 
>>>  I have to say that I was really  pleasantly surprised about how open and professional they acted about the question when having to discuss it in front of me as this is exactly my situation (lost total vision as a young adult).
>>> Have a wonderful almost weekend all!
>>> Chris
>>> Dr. Christine M. Szostak
>>> Assistant Professor of Psychology
>>> Department of Social Sciences
>>> Shorter University
>>> Rome, Georgia
>>> szostak.1 at osu.edu<mailto:szostak.1 at osu.edu>
>>> cszostak at shorter.edu
>>> 
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