The Importance Of Blindness In America

The society questions why it is so challenging to communicate with foreigners. "The Country of the Blind" is a short story first published in 1904 by H.G. Wells. He is well known for his science fiction novels. This short story is focusing on sight and blindness and brings up the theme of prejudice versus learning. In the novel we follow a traveller, who ends up in an unfamiliar strange place, which set him in learning trail, figuring out who he really is. How does the writer illustrate the difficulties with foreigners in this short story?

In his memoir, Planet of the Blind, Stephen Kuusisto details his experience of living with a disability of sight, including his initial denial of his legally blind status. His tiring work at passing and his parents’ own denial and support of his refusal to be openly blind both stem from and reflect views of society at large. Members of Kuusisto’s life, just like many people today, ignore blindness and the challenges those with visual impairments have and continue to face. It’s not until he’s struggled for years pretending to see that he fully accepts his legal blindness and begins using a cane and a guide dog.

Legislation assisting students with disabilities (SWD) with equal opportunities in education and training has been progressive. Legislative mandates underpinning CTE and inclusion of students with special education needs has occurred in rapid succession since the 1950’s. There are several key legislative directives, which bolster the inclusion of students with disabilities (SWD) in career and technical education (CTE). In 1975, The Education for All Handicapped Children Act, together with the Americans with Disabilities Act (1990), the Rehabilitation Act (1973) and Section 504, prohibit discrimination based on disability, and require equal access for all students in programs that are federally funded. Furthermore, the Perkins Act (1998) requires that individuals with disabilities receive equal access to all vocational education endeavors supported by federal financial assistance and bars discriminatory practices based on ability (Ordover and Annexstein,

“It would have been difficult to find a happier child than I was has I lay in my crib at the close of that eventful day and lived over the joys it had brought me, and for the first time longed for a knew day to come” Most would not be able to live there life without seeing. Well, Helen could not see, and could not hear. Yet, she still managed to be an author, a political activist, and was the very first deaf blind person achieve a bachelor degree of arts. Many would struggle with doing one of those things. Not to mention all 3. She also did without being able to see or hear. Further proving her courageous, and will to succeed. As well as changing the country in showing even with major setbacks, you will accomplish anything you want. Helen Keller was great proof of courage, and helping others with the same setbacks you have. Maybe deafness and blindness were blessings. They gave her to ability to show anyone, (even with setbacks) you can do anything if you really

I read Madaus, Kowitt & Lalor’s (2012) article entitled “The Higher Education Opportunity Act: Impact on Students with Disabilities,” as it directly aligned with my working dissertation surrounding the issue of lack of postsecondary education and programs access for students with disabilities.

Among the blind, 14.9% had a bachelor's degree or higher, 30.6% had some college education attainment, 31.3% had a high school diploma or GED, and 23.2% have less than high school educational attainment (Erickson et al., 2017), whereas on average, 88% of the non-blind had at least a high school diploma or GED and 33% held a bachelor’s or higher degree (Ryan & Bauman, 2016, p. 1). Educational levels are closely tied to employment and income rates. In connection, the employment rate of the visually impaired was 40.4% compared with 73.6% among individuals without disabilities (Erickson, Lee, & von Schrader, 2016), even when the former can capably conduct a wide range of jobs and can be reliable workers, contrary to disability stereotypes. Consequently, the median annual earnings of the blind aged 21 to 64 were $37,600 compared to the real per capita personal income of $46,464 for the whole nation (Erickson et al., 2017; “Real Personal Income for States and Metropolitan Areas, 2015”, 2017, p. 7). In addition, the median annual household income for the blind was $39,700, while it was $56,516 on average, a difference of almost 42% (Erickson et al., 2017; Proctor, Semega, & Kollar, 2016, p. 5). Due to the wide income disparity among other factors, the number of the blind living below the poverty line was 29.0% in 2015, 53% higher than the official

Comparison Paper Blindness is a common metaphor used by writers to show their own perspective of the world. They see everyone as blind and them how the world really is through their stories. One example or way of seeing things is through Daniel Alarcon’s Republica and Grau. In this story the world is something no one wants to truly see as it is horrifying, and tare the sheer innocence from your eyes and bones.

In completing this task, I realized the importance of assessment and instruction. Because I was blindfolded, I was mimicking what it would have been like had I been completely blind. However, if I had some light perception then I would have completed the task a little more differently. If I had limited visual acuity or visual field, then the manner by which I would need to adapt the task would also differ. Therefore, I believe that a functional vision assessment performed by a teacher of the visually impaired would be greatly beneficial. After the assessment, the teacher could provide some recommendations in terms of what adaptations the student would need. Whether the student will benefit from high contrast objects or magnification aids will

Blindness is where you can’t see what's going on around you.Almost everyone in this world have been in the dark before.In Emily Dickinson’s poem, it experienced of the darkness. The darkness that changed her. It didn't change her from the outside but within her.With her losing her sight had a physical affect on her. In Emily Dickinson's two poem “We grow accustomed to the dark” and “Before i got my eye pull out, She wrote about how people is ignorant and makes people incapable knowing knowing what to do when facing with challenges throughout life.

Upon earning my master’s degree and licensure in occupational therapy, I want to work with the geriatric population. Prior to starting the occupational therapy school, I served the geriatric population as a certified nursing assistant for six years and my experience working with this population has prompted me to work with the geriatric population. However, as I am aware of the baby boomer population gradually increasing; it is imperative that I acquire the knowledge and skills needed to provide low vision services in order to facilitate independence through training with the use of adaptive devices to complete ADLs and IADLs. Therefore earning a certificate in low vision will be a good asset for me.

We read an essay that was made by Helen Keller. She was a woman in the 1800’s, who at a young age lost her sight and hearing. The essay she made was about what she would do if she was to get her sight back for 3 days. Helen Keller did what any person who truly appreciated their sight would do, she indulged in the beauties of life. I couldn’t imagine being born blind or deaf let alone it happening all of a sudden when she had already been alive and well. If I had 3 days left to see like Helen Keller in this essay, I too would try to indulge in the beauties of life. The first thing I would do if i had 3 days left with my sight would be to spend as much time with close friends as I could. With it not being the 1800’s either it would be much

When an individual is born blind, their coping skills begin at an early age because they have never seen the world around them. However, losing one’s eyesight is probably one of the most devastating things that could happen to an individual. I believe that some individuals could deal with cancer better than they could with going blind. Rapid progress is being made in finding a cure for cancer, but our eyes are the windows to the world and to be thrust into total darkness is indescribable and scary if you are not prepared. However, there are ways to overcome blindness in a positive way and live a normal and healthy life. Technology has helped to give the blind person a sense of independence by improving on the braille

Kenneth, when I chose to be blind in this practice session, I did not brush my teeth. I cannot imagine how hard that would have been. You are right when you stated that being organized would have helped you. I find myself being a very organized person; however, in this practice I am not organized enough. When you mentioned that you sat outside listening the sounds passing through, If I were blind, I could see myself being more appreciative of nature’s sounds and the way everything would feel.

Research findings suggest that those who suffer damage to their visual cortex following a stroke or accident and lose some or all visual capacity might be able to unconsciously locate and recognize certain stimuli. Weiskrantz, Warrington, Sanders, and Marshall (1974) were one of the first researchers to examine blindsight with a human subject. The original study conducted by Weiskrantz et al. demonstrated that the patient could correctly guess the location of stimuli via eye fixation or finger pointing, depending on the size or location, in areas of blindness. While Weiskrantz’s research set the foundation to understanding blindsight in humans, more research was needed to understand what areas of the brain process stimuli on an unconscious

Overall, the American themes in this speech are undeniable. For one thing, Morrison’s most important character, a blind old woman, is stated outright to be American. Not only that, she is the widely respected child of slaves, so she is very deeply tied into both the good and bad of America’s past (Morrison). She also alludes numerous times to American history and culture, especially in the conclusion of her speech, which comes in the form of a rapid succession of powerful images. The last of these is of a wagonload of slaves three years before the Civil War, whose lives are saved from a frigid winter (however momentarily) by the kindness of two youths (Morrison). Not only is this clearly tied into American history, it also contains the distinctly American values of hope in the face of death, like the colonists had against the crushing odds of the Revolutionary War, and unity in spire of differences— after all, the children are most likely white considering they had just exited an inn the slaves wouldn’t have been allowed into— that would eventually lead to the passage of every Civil Rights law in the nation’s history (Morrison). Morrison uses an allegory to the Tower of Babel, saying that if the builders of the Tower had simply learned to communicate with one another, they would not have had to seek heaven because they would have already reached it (Morrison). This interpretation of the Tower of Babel is especially meaningful in the context of America, which lives up to its