[nabs-l] perceptual awareness

[Jedi]

Well, in your situation, it's hard to say what's causing your feelings 
of disorientation. But if it is your dyslexia or some other thing that 
could equally happen to a sighted person, you might be at a greater 
disadvantage just because there are more visual cues and patterns to 
work with in most spaces than tactile/auditory ones. So, in an area 
where it makes sense, you could simply create something very 
distinctive to reorient with such as a radio in your kitchen or 
something. That way, you won't need to depend on patterns so much and 
you can reorient based on the distinctive sound. Or, worse case 
scenario, you walk to the radio just to have a point of reference. On 
the streets, you could use a GPS or compas to get you back on track. A 
guide dog might be a useful tool for you if you're interested in 
animals since guide dogs take care of some of that for you.

Respectfully,
Jedi
Original message:
> I am wondering if any one has experienced this or something like it and 
> if you have any ideas as to what causes it or how to fix the problem.  
> At the risk of sounding silly, I sometimes have some sort of perceptual 
> problem.  It may be because of blindness, but I believe it has 
> something to do with my dyslexia.  I am not really sure what to call 
> it, but it is similar to vertigo, though I am positive it is not the 
> right word.  I sort of lose my sense of direction.  It is especially 
> terrifying when I am in a place I already don't know, but it even 
> happens when I am in a familiar area.  When it happens in a familiar 
> place I can adjust after a moment or to but it is still frustrating.  
> Basically what happens is everything around me is different from the 
> way it was a second ago.  I am fully aware that the room didn't 
> actually change, but my brain no longer recognizes the pattern.  I mean 
> I could be in my kitchen, and I know my kitchen-I cook in and clean it 
> every day with no proble
>  ms except those random moments when all of a sudden I suddenly don't 
> know which way I am facing or what the proximity of matter around me 
> is.  When this happens I feel like a crazy person because I know my 
> house, and it doesn't happen all the time and it never lasts long, but 
> I feel so lost when it does.  I know it has nothing to do with 
> orientation because it has nothing to do with  learning an area.  I use 
> to think it did as it happens allot more when I am in a big open area 
> but it happens in places I am very familiar with as well.  I started 
> thinking it might be a blindness thing, but I don't know many other 
> people it happens to if any.  I was diagnosed with dyslexia, and that 
> is your brains inability to recognize patterns.  It shows up mostly in 
> reading and righting, and it defanatly does that for me, but I am 
> wondering if it extends farther to spatial and directional perceptions. 
> If anyone has any thoughts on this  please let me know as I am curious 
> as to  it's relatio
>  nship to dyslexia or if it is something else entirely and any thoughts 
> on how to remedy it.

> Thanks so much.


> Andi
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