tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5738271681889070369.post1392560733695823161..comments2023-10-09T04:35:50.979-05:00Comments on Slate & Stylish: At least you have some vision... Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5738271681889070369.post-48914123247388563312013-10-16T05:49:20.447-05:002013-10-16T05:49:20.447-05:00Hey, I know those folks. NFBT, I miss you. Hey, I know those folks. NFBT, I miss you. SallyThttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02000359980418114669noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5738271681889070369.post-51148970886103480322013-10-16T05:49:17.740-05:002013-10-16T05:49:17.740-05:00Hey, I know those folks. NFBT, I miss you. Hey, I know those folks. NFBT, I miss you. SallyThttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02000359980418114669noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5738271681889070369.post-54497404018773181332013-10-16T00:30:28.288-05:002013-10-16T00:30:28.288-05:00Something else that's really important to thin...Something else that's really important to think about too is the identity confusion that blind people with residual vision face. By society's standards, they're not blind, and yet by medical standards and legal definition, they are.<br /><br />Sometimes the hardest thing is picking a label that fits--blind? visually impaired? partially sighted?--and learning to understand that the vision one has WON'T always be there.<br /><br />I was lucky in that I had cane travel and some braille literacy as a child and an adolescent, but I'll wholeheartedly admit that I wouldn't have fought for them the way my sister fought for me to have them. Mostly because I didn't identify as blind, simply because I had a fair amount of residual vision.<br /><br />Now? If you come into my kitchen, you'll find tactile dots on my microwave so that I can easily heat things up without having to read the (still legible) display, and my stove is also marked up in tactile dots so that I can use it more easily. When I cook on my gas range, I listen REALLY hard for the telltale whoosh to know the burner's lit, just the way Marilyn taught me. And I do most of my school reading using Kurzweil, because I can follow along with the text if I feel like it, or just listen if I'm tired.<br /><br />For me, once I started identifying as a blind person in spite of what society said, it was easier to start learning the skills I needed to be successful.<br /><br />That self-identification is an important first step, and one worth addressing, I think.Zainub C.https://www.blogger.com/profile/05543243672045379446noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5738271681889070369.post-25494159138025739712013-10-15T23:45:31.508-05:002013-10-15T23:45:31.508-05:00Preach it sister!Preach it sister!Marla Palmernoreply@blogger.com