[Nfbc-info] some advantages of being blind

[Lauren Merryfield]

Hi,

Most people think that there couldn't possibly be any advantages to being
totally blind. However, from my experience being totally blind since birth,
I think there are some advantages:

Here are some I have thought of, not in any order of importance:

1:One can read whether in the light or the dark.

2:One can tell time in the light or the dark

3:The list above could become long, but the gist of it is that we are not
light-dependent about getting around or doing everything else  so we do just
as well in the middle of the night with the lights off as in broad daylight.

4:One can feel/hear objects at facial level in the light or dark (posts,
trees, etc.)

5:We can tell our pets apart by sound and shape, which sighted people could
do, but many do not.  Most go by sight only.

6:We cannot see some things out there that we really would not want to see,
such as road kill, strewn garbage, the details at a terrible accident, etc. 

 

That is a good start.  If we think of any more, we can add them.

Thanks,

Lauren 

 

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