[Ohio-talk] sensory impairments

[Robert Spangler]

Sense - any system that consists of a group of sensory cell types that
respond to a specific physical phenomenon and that corresponds to a
particular group of regions within the brain where the signals are received
and interpreted.
-- Sounds a lot like sight to me!

The source from which I obtained this information argues that there are at
least nine senses and maybe even more.  So, since sight is one of the senses
(in fact, possibly two senses), it then follows that we have a sensory
disability.

Source:
http://www.todayifoundout.com/index.php/2010/07/humans-have-a-lot-more-than-
five-senses/

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From: Ohio-talk [mailto:ohio-talk-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Marianne
Denning via Ohio-talk
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Cc: Marianne Denning <marianne at denningweb.com>
Subject: [Ohio-talk] sensory impairments

I have been thinking about this for awhile and wanted to discuss it on this
list.  Blind people are grouped in with people who have physical
disabilities.  Many blind people can have a physical disability but
blindness itself is not a physical disability.  It is a sensory disability.
The 2 main groups who have sensory impairments are the deaf and the blind.
I know the NFB uses the term blind and that is great but could we also
categorize it as a sensory impairment?  I would like to hear other people's
thoughts.

--
Marianne Denning, TVI, MA
Teacher of students who are blind or visually impaired
(513) 607-6053

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