Questions and debates about blindness:

Hear Again said:
as you can imagine, being unable to see or hear anything can be quite a shock especially when you've been used to having ci "hearing" for the past 4 years.
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I don't have to imagine that. I have t that experience sometimes when I need to use my sleepshades outside. It can be very difficult at times. One does sort of get used to it though.

i read braille with both hands, but ever since experiencing problems with my severe cts, i now only read with my right hand. since the cts in my right hand is only mild, reading is not a problem.

if the cts in my right hand ever does become problematic, i can always connect my 32-cell braillenote bt to my computer and use that instead which would create less wrist movement since i would be moving from left to right by reading 32 braille characters per line instead of 40 as i presently do on my braille star 40.
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So the cts affects movement mostly? Does it affect sensitivity at all? When I was ill I had problem with tingling in my fingers which made braille hard to read.
 
Hear Again said:
what kind of braille display do you use and how many braille characters does it have? i use a braille star 40 with 40 braille characters. i used to have a powerbraille 40 until i foolishly sold it to someone on a buy/sell/trade list for the blind.
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I have a focus 40. Only I found the manual hard to understand which made the machine hard to use online. That's how come I still prefere using Zoom. Plus I'm afraid my braille reading speed isn't as fast as yours.
 
dreama said:
So the cts affects movement mostly? Does it affect sensitivity at all? When I was ill I had problem with tingling in my fingers which made braille hard to read.
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it depends. for some people, their primary cts symptoms involve burning and tingling sensations. for others like myself, they involve pain as well. then again, my physical therapist told me i have some joint damage in my left hand, so that could also be responsible for my pain. one of these days i plan to see my gp and ask her to do an x-ray so we can determine whether or not i have arthritis.
 
naisho said:
I'll probably state this question on behalf of anyone else who were to suddenly need info if they/their child was blind one day.

I'd like separate responses from each one of you guys, so maybe it can kind of be open to more suggestions overall for the person to grasp.

From where you are now, what is it that you wish you had learned/received/gotten while you realized you were blind? Name 5 things you would do if you could start over again.
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Braille
Braille note
perkins brailler


braille in general.
 
Deafteen90 said:
i think all public schools should be taught and made aware of most disabilities and special needs like deafness,blindness etc..
Because more and more children are born or develop these problems and I dont see why the world still struggles to meet the needs of these children/people, many children and people have been struggling all these years, i guess it is a new thing but i hope in the future the school system improves so many children can benefit from being in public school and enjoy it and doesnt have to worry about their disability/ special needs. It is easy for schools to provide equipment for "normal" children, they should do it for others, its only fair. i would like to see a lot of schools actually providing equipment without fight.


Did you all have a good experience at school? Or was it hard? did you have to fight to get the braille or other equipment you might have needed?
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What braille? Ha, i had to learn that after school, It really depended on what school district i was in though, some are better than others.
 
many legally blind students are denied the use of braille unless they are totally blind like i am. it's sad, but true...
 
dreama,

no, i didn't. i sucked at the slate. i remember how my braille teacher had to bribe me by telling me i could use the perkins if i used the slate and stylus for 30 minutes first. that seemed to be the only way to get me to use the slate. if she didn't allow me to use the perkins, i refused to use the slate. now i have no choice whether i like it or not. because of my bilateral cts, i don't have enough strength in my hands to use a slate.
 
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