[Social-Sciences-List] Psychology

[dandrews920 at comcast.net]

Arielle and others:

 

I heard a news story, the other day, which may yield some interesting blindness research. Sorry I don’6 remember where I read it.

 

The gist of the story is that they did a study and found that taxi drivers, and ambulance drivers – people who navigated a lot with non-GPS methods, had a lower incidence of Alzheimer’s.

 

I wonder if this might also be true for blind people. We navigate and hold maps in our head etc.

 

Dave

 

 

 

From: Social-Sciences-List <social-sciences-list-bounces at nfbnet.org> On Behalf Of Arielle Silverman via Social-Sciences-List
Sent: Monday, December 30, 2024 2:02 PM
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Cc: Arielle Silverman <arielle71 at gmail.com>
Subject: Re: [Social-Sciences-List] Psychology

 

Hi Mike,

I'm the director of research at the American Foundation for the Blind (AFB) and I have a doctorate in social psychology. You can read about our past research by visiting

www.afb.org/research <http://www.afb.org/research> 

I have done some research in the past on the psychological impacts of stereotyping on blind people, and on resilience for people with physical disabilities.

BTW I am also blind since birth.

Feel free to write me off list at

arielle71 at gmail.com <mailto:arielle71 at gmail.com> 

if you have more specific questions.

Best, Arielle

 

On Mon, Dec 30, 2024 at 1:36 PM Michael Walker via Social-Sciences-List <social-sciences-list at nfbnet.org <mailto:social-sciences-list at nfbnet.org> > wrote:

Hi,

Does this group do psychological research associated with mental health and blindness? I’ll start off by introducing myself.

I’ve been blind since birth. I earned my bachelors degree in information systems from the university of Missouri St. Louis. After college, I worked as a programmer analyst for Boeing for six years. I’m now working as an assistive technology analyst for Citibank. These experiences have taught me a lot about the implications of Accessibility.

One of my favorite mental health topics is the psychological effects of inaccessible systems. What types of research is being conducted on this? I know I feel overwhelmed when things aren’t accessible.

Thanks,
Mike
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