[Ohio-talk] sensory impairments

[Marianne Denning]

Kaity, that is an interesting thought.  I am just trying to get people
to understand that we have different accessibility needs than people
with physical disabilities.  We don't need ramps, wheelchairs and
other similar things.  My concern about putting deaf and blind into
sensory impairments is that many people think blind people need sign
language and tdeaf people need braille.  Again, our accessibility
needs are different.

I think paralysis causes a physical limitation but blindness does not
cause that.

On 11/24/15, Kaiti Shelton via Ohio-talk <ohio-talk at nfbnet.org> wrote:
> As a clinician I completely agree with this. Some of my music therapy
> textbooks categorize visual impairment as sensory rather than physical, but
> they are in the minority. One could argue that it is physical in the sense
> that it hinders mobility, but deafness can have effects on mobility as well.
>
>
> I'm just curious, though. If paralysis is a disorder where you can't feel
> and do not have a sense of touch in a particular part of your body, would
> paralysis be more of a sensory impairment than a physical one as well? Great
> stuff to think about.
>
> Sent from my iPhone
>
>> On Nov 24, 2015, at 1:01 PM, Robert Spangler via Ohio-talk
>> <ohio-talk at nfbnet.org> wrote:
>>
>> 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/
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: Ohio-talk [mailto:ohio-talk-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of
>> Marianne
>> Denning via Ohio-talk
>> Sent: Tuesday, November 24, 2015 10:35 AM
>> To: NFB of Ohio Announcement and Discussion List <ohio-talk at nfbnet.org>
>> 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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-- 
Marianne Denning, TVI, MA
Teacher of students who are blind or visually impaired
(513) 607-6053