Questions and debates about blindness:

dreama said:
I was just wondering. It just seemed odd. It seemed more then a routine check up and I was surprised that they would use it for someone who was obviously totally blind from birth.

I hope I haven't caused any offense.
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no offense was taken. everything is cool. don't mind the tone of my posts. i'm starting to feel tired and a little confused since my doctor just gave me my sleep med.
 
thanks, dreama. i'm doing so much better today because my thinking is clearer -- and still no voices. smile.

sorry for the off-topic post, everyone.

back on topic...
 
I thought I'd share this. I just received it from my work to post it on my work's website. It's a scholarship for blind people

National Federation of the Blind 2009 Scholarship Program
Each year at its national convention in July, the NFB gives a broad array of thirty scholarships to recognize achievement by blind scholars. All applicants for these scholarships:

1. must be legally blind (PDF document) in both eyes, and
2. must be residing in the United States, the District of Columbia, or Puerto Rico, and
3. must be pursuing or planning to pursue a full-time, postsecondary course of study in a degree program at a United States' institution in the 2009 scholastic year, except that one scholarship may be given to a person employed full-time while attending school part-time, and
4. must participate in the entire NFB national convention and in all scheduled scholarship program activities. (Read "More Than Just Money for School" by Anil Lewis [available November 15th])

In addition to a scholarship, each winner will be brought to the 2009 National Federation of the Blind Annual Convention in July at Federation expense, providing an excellent opportunity for high level networking with active blind persons in many, many different professions and occupations.

The scholarship application deadline is March 31, 2009, 5:00 p.m. Eastern Daylight Time.
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the nfb scholarships are usually released in january. i only know because my advisor in the blind/vi program at my university tells me this every year and always tries to convince me to apply.
 
Hear Again said:
the nfb scholarships are usually released in january. i only know because my advisor in the blind/vi program at my university tells me this every year and always tries to convince me to apply.
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why not?
 
Hear Again said:
to be honest, i don't think i compare to those who have won scholarships. they're quite intelligent -- far more intelligent than i.
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Hear Again, you're quite intelligent. I think you do compare. Honestly, I am not just saying this for the flatter value.
 
Does anyone here use grade 2 braille shortcuts to take notes in print? For those who don't know what I mean, the following:

d y ,u/& brl?

is the contracted form of the phrase

do you understand braille?

d - do
y - you
,u - under
/ - st
& - and
brl - braille
 
typeingtornado19 said:
Hear again, sorry, but another stupid tactile brl question... Are the signs school, or paper modified?
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no. this is because the sign for "school" is made by hitting the palm of the dominant hand directly against the rightside up palm of the non-dominant hand.

conversely, the sign for "paper" is made off-center meaning that the palm of the dominant hand hits against the wrist of the non-dominant hand in an up and out motion.

you can recognize the difference between each sign tactually by feeling the motion that is made as well as the location of the palm as it relates to the non-dominant hand.

does that make sense?
 
Hear Again said:
to be honest, i don't think i compare to those who have won scholarships. they're quite intelligent -- far more intelligent than i.
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nonsense! :mad2: you never know unless you try!
 
Nika said:
Does anyone here use grade 2 braille shortcuts to take notes in print? For those who don't know what I mean, the following:

d y ,u/& brl?

is the contracted form of the phrase

do you understand braille?

d - do
y - you
,u - under
/ - st
& - and
brl - braille
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yes.
 
Hear Again said:
no. this is because the sign for "school" is made by hitting the palm of the dominant hand directly against the rightside up palm of the non-dominant hand.

conversely, the sign for "paper" is made off-center meaning that the palm of the dominant hand hits against the wrist of the non-dominant hand in an up and out motion.

you can recognize the difference between each sign tactually by feeling the motion that is made as well as the location of the palm as it relates to the non-dominant hand.

does that make sense?
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Yup, thank you a ton.
 
for example, you can't write the braille contraction for the word "understand" since there is no dot 5, "st" sign or "and" sign in print.
 
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