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Documentary On Being Blind-By Victoria Gonzales

Added Mar 04, 2015 •

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many people don't know much about blindness or how to activate account someone blind most people will stare or apologize which is very unnecessary and unwanted there are plenty of misconceptions going around Linus is well the most common misconception being other senses sharpen when a person becomes blind unfortunately this is fun they're just able to focus more on other senses since they aren't able to rely on site of them  another conception is that everyone that's blind can read Braille and use the equipment that comes with learning it only about 10% of the blind population can read and not all of them can use the equipment where was played by a French man named Louie Brea is a system of raised dots on special paper to form letters words numbers end signs all the just your fingertips one question people might have about rail is why don't we just raise regular letters to be read the reason for that is because it is a very expensive process and it takes a lot of room on paper also it was very time-consuming for someone reading it some other big Quest people have include white canes and how blind people are able to function in everyday life white canes are used to help blind people navigate it's a way to around the surroundings so they don't run into anything with the cane the blind can tell where their proximity to an object is blind people will feel around subjects and determine the shapes there's also equipment made to help make life easier such as the braillenote Apex color readers Perkins trailer and Screen readers like Jaws the brown note Apex is used to do many activities it can play text Adventures one line be used as a dictionary and calculator and so much more color I just what they sound like they are able to tell the exact color of any object you place them with the Perkins brailler works just like a typewriter 3 meters say what's on a computer screen depending on what is highlighted smartphones also have this ability and it's a preference to blind people Money Talks system is loading please wait $1  many people aren't aware that there are two types of blind a person can be visually impaired or totally blind visual impairment is a term used to describe any kind of vision loss whether it's someone who cannot see at all or someone who has a partial vision loss some people are completely blind but many others how was called Legal blindness they haven't lost their sight completely lost enough Vision that they have to stand 20 feet from an object to see it as well as someone with perfect vision could from 200 ft away people are no different anyone else they can be shy and quiet anyways really loud and outgoing don't be afraid to say hello or ask if they need a sister if they do need help let them hold on to you never grabbed them or pool and when walking make sure you navigate them just like you would know make yourself even putting them behind you if need be some other etiquette includes laying their hand on the back of a chair to show them where it is rather trying to seat them yourself telling them where steps are coming up or if there is a curb or rat new 5 but also be polite  however if how did Cain then they will already be aware don't worry about cuddling a bathing them they're very capable on their own just be yourself

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