Coping with Blindness

Losing your sight at a later stage in life can create acceptance difficulties and the need to learn a new method of communication.

The United States has many minority groups that face oppression. In the media today, most of the minority issues that are highlighted involve the LGBTQ community, women, and racial minorities. Differently-abled people are rarely given the space to share with the world how they see it. This literature review will discuss terms related to visual impairment, legislative measures taken in the United States to assist those with severe visual impairments, and the oppression and discrimination those who are visually impaired face.

As vital organ of vision, the eye, allows us to learn more about the world around us more than any other organ or senses. Sight, the physical sensory experience and vision, the metaphysical concept of how our brain interprets images both work harmoniously and play a huge role in our everyday lives. However, almost a billion people are either blind or visually impaired simply due to not having a pair of glasses. Being able to lead people in the direction of good vision is what developed my interests.

If humans can restore the full sight to a blind person what can they do to a person who is not blind and is capable of normal sight. The possibilities are endless as many things can be done and many doctors are foreshadowing them as possibilities. A future where having bionic eyes would make you superhuman? How? Well, light comes in different wavelengths and humans can only see the visible spectrum made of colored light. If a bionic eye could let us see the entire electromagnetic spectrum, from radio waves to gamma waves we’d be able to “see” heat, identify types of gases by sight, and even look through walls. In a future of humans with a computer in their eyes bionic eyes will be an ongoing topic of the future. With a camera as an eye, humans will be able to do things like: zoom in and out like a camera lens, have UV vision, record what we see, and even automatically be able to sync it to the net with our Wi-Fi connected eyes. This is all just speculation but there’s no denying that this type of technology as innovative as it is, is going to turn science fiction into reality one day. Having bionic eyes will open up a broad array of applications in multiple fields such as studying microbes without having to carry all the equipment needed to see under the microscope, soldiers will be able to detect mines in a field, airports will be able to make their security stronger and more secure as

Most people depend on their sight to guide their path, but what if they lose their sense of sight? What would they do? Emily Dickinson’s vision grew poorer and poorer as she aged due to writing poems in the dim light of the night. She wrote two poems related to sight, but there was a much deeper meaning to the both of them. Sometimes people with the ability of sight are blinded as to someone who is blind can see clearly. People can not always depend on their eyes to lead their path in life.They have to open their soul to lead the way.

According to the Oxford Dictionary, the definition of blind is “unable to see; sightless” (Definition of Blind in English, 2015). However, I do not like to be put in such a box. I define blindness as merely a heightening of other senses. What do you think of when you hear the word sight? More than likely you think of shapes, colors, and objects. My idea of sight consists of many senses; smell, touch, sounds, those are the things that I “see” with. How about the word blind; what do you think of then? The most common relation to the word blind is disabled; however, we are a very abled people. Even though I carry a cane among my person I get through my daily life just as any other able-bodied human being (Question 1).

It doesn’t matter if someone is blind or deaf for one to see what is all around they have to use other senses no one knows exist until the time is needed for one rely on it. One learns to rely on other senses to survive once one sense fails. However, teaching someone who can see and hear how to use their other senses can be complicated if they are not receptive to the teacher, or in other cases teach a person to see beyond their normal sight to open up their senses.

Ray Charles, Life of Being Blind “My worst fear is not being able to hear.” This is a famous quote from Ray Charles Who is a musician who played piano even with his disability. He grew up in a home with one brother who died at the age of four. He was also poor growing up (Janet 45).

List at least three resources you should use to determine the visual and academic ability of a student with a visual impairment.

Low vision is the loss of eye sight. Even with regular glasses, contact lenses, or surgery it might be challenging to perform every day tasks. There are many different diseases and conditions associated with visual impairments.

Sometimes their optic nerves will heal themselves, other times doctors can give medicine or surgery to correct someone’s eyesight. According to Discover Magazine, there are eight ways you can regain your eyesight. A few them include using technology such as using a miniature telescope or biological contact lens.

Bob has been missing, but he is probably just outside getting some air. Sasha thinks otherwise, Tyrese and Rick tell her not to worry, but minutes later when they are distracted, I catch her sneaking out. I inform them, so they go after her, then I go looking for Daryl. I wanna know his opinion on this whole D.C. thing. "Carl, have you seen Daryl?" I ask as he lowers Judith into her crib, that is just a woven basket with a blanket and pillow inside. "He and Carol left right after we finished eating, haven't seen them return yet." I sigh and sit back on the bench. "Why the wanly face?" He asks, fixing his hair. "I really wanted to talk to him, that's all." "I'm sure he'll be back soon." I nod.

Throughout history, noble kings and powerful leaders have fallen from power due to their blindness towards people they trusted. Novels, such as William Shakespeare’s King Lear convey a similar message. Although blindness is conceived as the lack of sight by many, metaphorically speaking, blindness is the inability to see and interpret the truth due to one’s deceptiveness and lies. In King Lear, Lear’s blindness towards Goneril and Regan, and his arrogance, results in his downfall. Similarly, Gloucester’s blind-eye towards Edmund results in his downfall and ironically, his loss of eye-sight. Shakespeare conveys, through the life and dialogue of Lear and Gloucester,

Vision challenge or impairment is when a person’s degree of seeing is very low and the affected person requires assistance in order to carry out daily routine. Significantly, for one to qualify as visually impaired there must be prove that a person cannot undertake duties by himself without necessary assistance. For a person to qualify as a visually challenged, there must be a prove that the affected eyes cannot be conventionally treated. Visual challenge cannot be corrected by surgery, refractive measures neither by medication and that is why it is termed as visual impairment. The most rampart causes of visual challenge are trauma, degenerative or congenital means and a variety of diseases. In the society,

1.1 There are many different facts that can have an impact on people with sensory loss. Communication and awarness can play big roles in the impact. They may find it difficult to feed themselves,dressing and mobility. Hobbies and interests can have a negative impact on their lives. They may also feel scared and alone due to this. There can be positive factors that can help out the person such as,increased help,aids for support and a good support team could give them a brighter outlook on life. Organisations may help the deaf and blind with many different aspects of their life to support or to helping them get the right kind of support.