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By: Celina Abud

Twenty years ago, a Braille teacher and guidance techniques discovered
white cane? Was not all black? for some people who had a? certificate of
legal blindness?. It was when one of his students noted that although the
view was obstructed in the central area of the eye, could see sideways.

Since then, Pearl's life changed in May, and was dedicated to fighting for
individuals with low vision, a problem that, although it reaches 135
million people worldwide, is still unknown to society. He pledged,
traveled, presented a thesis in New York, and through his efforts, there is
a discipline of rehabilitation for sufferers to read, handled and, to even
study in public schools.

Mayo, who chairs the American Association of Low Vision • the right to
see?, Was the creator of green cane, which serves as a badge of suffering
the problem. After the first official release of hundred of these elements,
Mayo DocSalud.com spoke with the fruits of their struggle and what remains
to be done.

Reporter: How did the idea of the white cane?

Prof. Perla May: 20 years ago, in one of the schools where I taught
orientation and mobility techniques with white cane and Braille, one of my
students, Frederick, looked at me and said,? Miss, today you have not put
the earring? . Then I asked? Fede, do you you can see? And he answered? If
I look at the ceiling, I can see by bit under eye?. He had been diagnosed
with ROP but your certificate say? Legal blindness?, Which meant that the
child should go to a school for the blind, use a white cane and learn to
read and write Braille. Between 1996 and 1997, many people who were in the
same situation Federico told me,? Ma'am, I do not want to use white cane
because I'm blind, I see something on the street and discriminate me
because if I read the white cane in the collectively, they tell me that I'm
not down blind?. So I noticed that people with low vision did not have a
membership group with which to identify. I then painted a white cane with a
green spray, green color of hope, green see-otherwise, see-again and from
there we started this race until today, with the sanction of the law, with
10 000 using canes and the first official release of this element
nationally.

Q. What did you learn during the time that has been fighting for the
dissemination of low vision?

PM: In the 22 years that I am dedicated to researching the topic, I can say
that thanks to God, to advances in technology and the constant struggle,
there is the discipline of low vision and visual rehabilitation. What's
this? Determine how you see and how you see the person. Federico, I saw
underneath the eye, today could have been stimulated with a special
electronic system to amplify the visual field and thus, a common school
studying, reading, watching the face of his mother ... Federico
Unfortunately today is blind, because if the eye does not work, you lose.
He was denied the right to see. Therefore, the foundation which I chair, is
called • the right to see? and its mission is to cover all schools in the
country and Latin America, looking for people with a certificate? legal
blindness? this remainder of vision.

Q: What other achievements obtained in these 22 years?

PM: First, the penalty in 2002 of Law 25,682, which determines the use of
green cane for people with low vision. Today 10,000 Argentines lead. Also
be making the first official release helps spread this, to share what it
means, why it was created and what green cane diseases lead people to have
low vision without being totally blind. In particular I am very excited and
grateful for the support of John Carr, Solidarity Network. With the spread
we say that it is time to stop looking the other way.

Q: What is the impact of low vision in the world?

PM: There are 135 million people who suffer from it, but people are not
aware of this problem. You know you see and not see, but there are no low
vision. The figures are alarming and the number will grow further because
macular degeneration, disease of the elderly, causing this problem, and
life expectancy is increasing.

Q: In addition to macular degeneration, what other diseases can cause low
vision?

PM: Glaucoma, cataracts inoperable and retinitis pigmentosa. In children, a
major cause is retinopathy of prematurity, very small at birth.

Q. What is the importance of early diagnosis of these diseases?

PM: It is essential because there are many avoidable blindness. Glaucoma
can be prevented. Macular degeneration, taken in time, too. Finally,
children born before term and remain in an incubator, they must handle well
the retina to prevent its occurrence. Early diagnosis and treatment can
make those people with low vision never become blind.

Q: What do you look with today's event?

PM: That this problem is more widespread and more not to confuse those who
suffer with the blind, because there are many people who fall prey to a
blindness that is not. I always say that the right to see is a right for
all. But we see, many times we see nothing; many who see little, for lack
of resources, end up not see, and those who see nothing, if society were a
little less selfish, you might see a little more of the blue they see.

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On Thu, Nov 8, 2012 at 9:43 AM, Deb Mendelsohn <deb.mendelsohn at gmail.com>wrote:

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> GMAIL TRANSLATED THE WHOLE THING,SO I AM RESENDING IT IN ENGLISH.
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> [nabs-l] Resending was [tiflo-recursos] "Muchas personas son presas de una
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> prey to a blindness that is not so")
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> Any of you know enough Spanish to take advantage of this article and maybe
> help others see what's about?
> Let me explain: it's about this lady in Spain who has a foundation for
> letting low vision people to see via electrical estimulation, And They give
> out green canes. Any of you guys know of this in the U.S.? Here's the
> article in case any of you know enough Spanish to take advantage.
> -------- Original Message -------- Gerardo
> Subject: [tiflo-resources] "Many people fall prey to a blindness that is
> not so"
> Date: Thu, 8 November 2012 14:23:50 +0100
> From: Maria Jesus < majecamu at yahoo.es >
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> To <tiflo-recursos at eListas.net>
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>
> November
>
> 7
>
> First official release of these distinctive
>
> ? Many people fall prey to a blindness that is not one?
>
> Send by mail Print Share Text Size
>
> By: Celina Abud
>
> Twenty years ago, a Braille teacher and guidance techniques discovered
> white cane? Was not all black? for some people who had a? certificate of
> legal blindness?. It was when one of his students noted that although the
> view was obstructed in the central area of the eye, could see sideways.
>
> Since then, Pearl's life changed in May, and was dedicated to fighting for
> individuals with low vision, a problem that, although it reaches 135
> million people worldwide, is still unknown to society. He pledged,
> traveled, presented a thesis in New York, and through his efforts, there is
> a discipline of rehabilitation for sufferers to read, handled and, to even
> study in public schools.
>
> Mayo, who chairs the American Association of Low Vision • the right to
> see?, Was the creator of green cane, which serves as a badge of suffering
> the problem. After the first official release of hundred of these elements,
> Mayo DocSalud.com spoke with the fruits of their struggle and what remains
> to be done.
>
> Reporter: How did the idea of the white cane?
>
> Prof. Perla May: 20 years ago, in one of the schools where I taught
> orientation and mobility techniques with white cane and Braille, one of my
> students, Frederick, looked at me and said,? Miss, today you have not put
> the earring? . Then I asked? Fede, do you you can see? And he answered? If
> I look at the ceiling, I can see by bit under eye?. He had been diagnosed
> with ROP but your certificate say? Legal blindness?, Which meant that the
> child should go to a school for the blind, use a white cane and learn to
> read and write Braille. Between 1996 and 1997, many people who were in the
> same situation Federico told me,? Ma'am, I do not want to use white cane
> because I'm blind, I see something on the street and discriminate me
> because if I read the white cane in the collectively, they tell me that I'm
> not down blind?. So I noticed that people with low vision did not have a
> membership group with which to identify. I then painted a white cane with a
> green spray, green color of hope, green see-otherwise, see-again and from
> there we started this race until today, with the sanction of the law, with
> 10 000 using canes and the first official release of this element
> nationally.
>
> Q. What did you learn during the time that has been fighting for the
> dissemination of low vision?
>
> PM: In the 22 years that I am dedicated to researching the topic, I can
> say that thanks to God, to advances in technology and the constant
> struggle, there is the discipline of low vision and visual rehabilitation.
> What's this? Determine how you see and how you see the person. Federico, I
> saw underneath the eye, today could have been stimulated with a special
> electronic system to amplify the visual field and thus, a common school
> studying, reading, watching the face of his mother ... Federico
> Unfortunately today is blind, because if the eye does not work, you lose.
> He was denied the right to see. Therefore, the foundation which I chair, is
> called • the right to see? and its mission is to cover all schools in the
> country and Latin America, looking for people with a certificate? legal
> blindness? this remainder of vision.
>
> Q: What other achievements obtained in these 22 years?
>
> PM: First, the penalty in 2002 of Law 25,682, which determines the use of
> green cane for people with low vision. Today 10,000 Argentines lead. Also
> be making the first official release helps spread this, to share what it
> means, why it was created and what green cane diseases lead people to have
> low vision without being totally blind. In particular I am very excited and
> grateful for the support of John Carr, Solidarity Network. With the spread
> we say that it is time to stop looking the other way.
>
> Q: What is the impact of low vision in the world?
>
> PM: There are 135 million people who suffer from it, but people are not
> aware of this problem. You know you see and not see, but there are no low
> vision. The figures are alarming and the number will grow further because
> macular degeneration, disease of the elderly, causing this problem, and
> life expectancy is increasing.
>
> Q: In addition to macular degeneration, what other diseases can cause low
> vision?
>
> PM: Glaucoma, cataracts inoperable and retinitis pigmentosa. In children,
> a major cause is retinopathy of prematurity, very small at birth.
>
> Q. What is the importance of early diagnosis of these diseases?
>
> PM: It is essential because there are many avoidable blindness. Glaucoma
> can be prevented. Macular degeneration, taken in time, too. Finally,
> children born before term and remain in an incubator, they must handle well
> the retina to prevent its occurrence. Early diagnosis and treatment can
> make those people with low vision never become blind.
>
> Q: What do you look with today's event?
>
> PM: That this problem is more widespread and more not to confuse those who
> suffer with the blind, because there are many people who fall prey to a
> blindness that is not. I always say that the right to see is a right for
> all. But we see, many times we see nothing; many who see little, for lack
> of resources, end up not see, and those who see nothing, if society were a
> little less selfish, you might see a little more of the blue they see.
>
> Tags: green canes American Association Low Vision Pearl May For the right
> to see
>
> Go to File
>
> Latest in News
>
> ? Many people fall prey to a blindness that is not one?
>
> Preventing heatstroke
>
> Green canes delivered one hundred people with low vision
>
> Severe complications describe the use of cosmetic facial fillers
>
> Galletti:? Back in ten days to train?
>
> Copyright © 2009 DocSalud.com - All rights reserved. - Terms and
> conditions of use
>
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> 2012/11/8 Gerardo Corripio <gera1027 at gmail.com>
>
>>  Any of you know enough Spanish to take advantage of this article and
>> maybe help others see what's about?
>> Let me explain: it's about this lady in Spain who has a foundation for
>> letting low vision people to see via electrical estimulation, and they give
>> out green canes. Any of you guys know of this in the US? Here's the article
>> in case any of you know enough Spanish to take advantage.
>> -------- Mensaje original --------Gerardo
>> Asunto:         [tiflo-recursos] "Muchas personas son presas de una
>> ceguera que no es tal"
>> Fecha:  Thu, 8 Nov 2012 14:23:50 +0100
>> De:     María Jesús <majecamu at yahoo.es>
>> Responder a:    tiflo-recursos at eListas.net
>> Para:   <tiflo-recursos at eListas.net>
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>> Por: Celina Abud
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>> Veinte años atrás, una maestra de braile y de técnicas de orientación con
>> bastón blanco descubrió que ?no todo era negro? para ciertas personas que
>> poseían un ?certificado de ceguera legal?. Fue cuando uno de sus alumnos le
>> hizo notar que, si bien tenía la vista obstruida en la zona central del
>> ojo, podía ver hacia los costados.
>>
>> Desde entonces, la vida de Perla Mayo cambió, ya que se dedicó a luchar
>> por los individuos con baja visión, un problema que, aunque alcanza a 135
>> millones de personas en el mundo, es aún desconocido por la sociedad.  Se
>> comprometió, viajó, presentó una tesis en Nueva York, y gracias a sus
>> esfuerzos, existe una disciplina de rehabilitación para que quienes la
>> sufren puedan leer, manejarse y, hasta incluso, estudiar en escuelas
>> comunes.
>>
>> Mayo, quien preside la Asociación Latinoamericana de Baja Visión ?El
>> derecho a ver?, fue la creadora del bastón verde, que sirve como distintivo
>> de los que sufren el problema. Tras la primera entrega oficial de cien de
>> estos elementos, Mayo dialogó con DocSalud.com sobre los frutos de su lucha
>> y de lo que aún queda por hacer.
>>
>> Periodista: ¿Cómo surgió la idea de crear el bastón blanco?
>>
>> Prof. Perla Mayo: Hace 20 años, en una de las escuelas donde yo enseñaba
>> técnicas de orientación y movilidad con bastón blanco y braile, uno de mis
>> alumnos, Federico, me miró y dijo, ?seño, hoy no tenés puesto el arito?.
>> Entonces le pregunté: ?Fede, ¿me podés ver? Y me contestó ?Si miro al
>> techo, yo te puedo ver por el pedacito inferior del ojo?. Él había sido
>> diagnosticado con una retinopatía del prematuro pero su certificado decía
>> ?ceguera legal?, lo que significaba que ese niño debía ir a una escuela de
>> ciegos, usar un bastón blanco y aprender braile para leer y escribir. Entre
>> 1996 y 1997, muchas personas que estaban en la misma situación de Federico
>> me dijeron, ?seño, no quiero usar bastón blanco porque no soy ciego, yo veo
>> algo y en la calle me discriminan, porque si leo con el bastón blanco en el
>> colectivo, me dicen que me baje por que no soy ciego?. Así noté que las
>> personas con baja visión  no tenían un grupo de pertenencia con el cual
>> identificarse. Entonces pinté un bastón blanco con un spray verde, verde de
>> color esperanza, verde de ver-de otra manera, ver-de nuevo y a partir de
>> ahí comenzamos esta carrera hasta el día de hoy, con la sanción de la ley,
>> con 10 mil usuarios de bastones y con la primera entrega oficial de este
>> elemento a nivel nacional.
>>
>> P.: ¿Qué aprendió durante el tiempo que viene luchando por la difusión de
>> la baja visión?
>>
>> P. M.: En estos 22 años en los que me dedico a investigar sobre el tema,
>> hoy puedo decir que gracias a Dios, a los avances de la tecnología y a la
>> lucha constante, existe la disciplina de la baja visión y  la
>> rehabilitación visual. ¿Qué es esto? Determinar cómo ve y cuánto ve la
>> persona. Federico, que veía por debajo del ojo, hoy podría haber sido
>> estimulado con un sistema especial electrónico para amplificar su campo
>> visual y de esa forma, estudiar una escuela común, leer, ver la cara de su
>> mamá... Lamentablemente Federico hoy es ciego, porque si el ojo no se
>> trabaja, se pierde. Se le negó el derecho a ver. Por eso, la fundación que
>> yo presido, se llama ?El derecho a ver? y su misión, es recorrer todas las
>> escuelas del país y Latinoamérica, buscando en las personas con un
>> certificado de ?ceguera legal? ese remanente de visión.
>>
>> P.: ¿Qué otros logros obtuvo en estos 22 años?
>>
>> P.M.: En primer lugar, la sanción en 2002 de la Ley 25.682, que determina
>> el uso de bastón verde a las personas de baja visión. Hoy 10 mil argentinos
>> lo llevan. También estar haciendo la primera entrega oficial ayuda a
>> difundir este tema, a compartir qué significa, por qué se creó el bastón
>> verde y qué enfermedades llevan a las personas a tener baja visión sin ser
>> totalmente ciegos. En especial estoy muy emocionada y agradecida por el
>> apoyo de Juan Carr, de Red Solidaria. Con la difusión buscamos decir que es
>> el momento de dejar de mirar para otro lado.
>>
>> P.: ¿Qué impacto tiene la baja visión en el mundo?
>>
>> P.M.: Existen 135 millones de personas que la sufren, pero la gente no
>> conoce la existencia de este problema. Uno sabe que ve y que no ve, pero no
>> que hay baja visión. Las cifras son alarmantes y el número crecerá aún más
>> porque la degeneración macular, enfermedad típica de la tercera edad, causa
>> este problema, y la expectativa de vida es cada vez mayor.
>>
>> P.: Además de la degeneración macular, ¿qué otras enfermedades pueden
>> causar baja visión?
>>
>> P.M.: El glaucoma, las cataratas no operables y la retinosis pigmentaria.
>> En niños, una causa importante es la retinopatía del prematuro, cuando
>> nacen muy pequeños.
>>
>> P.: ¿Cuál es la importancia del diagnóstico precoz de estas enfermedades?
>>
>> P.M.: Es fundamental porque hay muchas cegueras evitables. El glaucoma se
>> puede prevenir. La degeneración macular, tomada a tiempo, también. Por
>> último, a los niños que nacen antes de término y permanecen en incubadora,
>> se les debe controlar bien la retina para impedir su aparición. Un
>> diagnóstico y tratamiento a tiempo puede lograr que esas personas con baja
>> visión nunca lleguen a ser ciegas.
>>
>> P.: ¿Qué buscan con el evento de hoy?
>>
>> P.M.: Que este problema se difunda y que no se confunda más a quiénes lo
>> sufren con los ciegos, porque existen muchas personas que son presas de una
>> ceguera que no es tal. Yo siempre digo que el derecho a ver es un derecho
>> de todos. Pero los que vemos, muchas veces no vemos nada; muchos que ven
>> poco, por falta de recursos, terminan por no ver; y los que no ven nada, si
>> la sociedad fuera un poco menos egoísta, podría ver un poco más de la nada
>> que ven.
>>
>> Tags:  bastones verdes  Asociación Latinoamericana de Baja Visión  Perla
>> Mayo  Por el derecho a ver
>>
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>>
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>>
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