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Britt Rabenheimer Research Paper

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We as humans are constantly adjusting to new things like changing schools, driving a different car, or maybe people losing their vision. Britt Raubenheimer has faced many challenges, including losing her vision. People may think that this has changed her whole lifestyle, but not as much as one might think. She still does a lot of the activities now that she did before she lost her vision, but she had to find new ways to do the activities that she loves. Britt was born in New Jersey, she was a shy person who liked the outdoors. She did many activities outside like hiking, biking, and skiing when she had her vision. Then one night she lost nearly all of her vision in her right eye, and lost most of the peripheral vision in her left eye over the next 9 months. Over the years the vision in her left eye continued to diminish. Now she is completely blind, but that didn’t stop her from skiing. At first it was hard for her to adjust. For a while it was trial and error till she found a system that works. She goes down the hill by following the sound of her husband’s voice and board. She said that skiing is more fun now because the stress of skiing is now off of her shoulders. Skiing is not the only thing that she does. She is also an oceanographer. …show more content…

She specifically studies the height and speed of waves by scuba diving, so she can place specialised instruments. After that she does many calculations on the computer. She said that it is easy for people with visual impairments to do the calculation because the computer reads it aloud. She wasn’t able to do her job the same way that she used to, that didn’t stop her from doing her

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