[nabs-l] Spacial Awareness as a Totally Blind Person

[Rania]

That's interesting. I get lost my self and was also blind sinse birth.
I remember being on a travel lesson in BISM and I crossed one street 
thinking it was the one I wanted to but didn't realize it was not the one I 
wanted until someone told me.
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Kolby Garrison" <kolbygarrison at triad.rr.com>
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Sent: Tuesday, October 13, 2009 7:23 AM
Subject: Re: [nabs-l] Spacial Awareness as a Totally Blind Person


> This is something that I am very interested in as well. I have been 
> totally
> blind since birth, and I literally cannot understand the different facial
> expressions when people try explaining them to me. I am told that I am 
> very
> expressive, but I cannot capture facial expressions when I am showing them
> or produce them on command. When someone is photographing me, they have to
> make me laugh for me to smile correctly. It is rather frustrating when I 
> am
> trying to communicate something nonverbally to someone, and the expression
> that I think I am giving is not what I am actually portraying on my face. 
> As
> a communication studies major, nonverbal communication is something that I
> am interested in and especially because nonverbal communication happens so
> rarely for those of us who are blind. I remember the first day that I had 
> a
> voice lesson with my vocal professor she asked me to breathe for her. I 
> did,
> and she asked me who taught me how to breathe. I thought that she was 
> trying
> to be funny, but she was very serious. I told her that no one had taught 
> me
> how to correctly breathe, and then she asked me if I had been born blind.
> When I answered yes, she exclaimed that I knew how to correctly breathe
> because I had not ever seen someone breathing incorrectly. The way that
> visual information is communicated is fascinating to me even though I will
> probably not ever fully understand.
> Kolby
>
>
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