This article was first published back in February which was a different world. Now group meetings are online or on the phone, but role-playing is still a great way to practice speaking without visual cues. Here’s an update: Why does speech without visual cues have to be different? Without good sight non-verbal communication, which begins […]
Read more "ROLE PLAYING ASSERTIVENESS Update for Phone or Online Meetings"Referred to in my new book When You Can’t Believe Your Eyes, Chapter 6 “Practicing Assertiveness with Sight Loss.” People practice what to say and how to say it before important occasions, and also for everyday life., But young adults with vision impairment or blindness, and working and senior adults who lose sight don’t get […]
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Speaking into the Void When you lose sight, you lose a big part of ordinary conversation. This is hard to recognize when your loss is new. There is so much confusion and change: But there’s a void in ordinary communication. Talking seems weirdly hollowed out! Of course it’s due to […]
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It can be hard to grasp how different speech is for someone who has always been blind compared with someone who has always been sighted, when both are referred to simply as speech. The vast majority of people who live with low vision or blindness lose sight in middle or later life. The great change […]
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Now the pandemic is mostly in the past I am updating and re-posting a few posts with good information that you may have missed . Reading how other people have battled to regain skills and confidence after losing a lot of sight can be really comforting and helpful. So can guides to living with blindness […]
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When you are close to someone losing sight, especially if you live together, the shock and grief for you at first can be almost as great as for the person losing vision…And you aren’t getting the special attention or professional care that may be offered to your partner, (parent, brother, or best friend.) You will […]
Read more "Resources for Partners, Family and Close Friends of Someone Losing Sight"Help spread the word about recognizing the signs of elder abuse. This is the festive season, but for some people it will bring more stress and more fear. Here is a guest post laying out what can happen and what to do about it. by Audrey Demmitt RN. Audrey is married with 3 wonderful adult […]
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This is the third How To video for anyone who has lost vision. The videos are short and there are no ads. There will often be a link to a post on the same topic. Today there are more details from my book, When You Can’t Believe Your Eyes. Here’s a section from Chapter 3, […]
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(Referred to in Chapter 7: “Get the Guessing Out of Medications” Linda miller RN, is the nurse at the Carroll Center for the Blind. Some clients there have diabetic retinopathy, and others have a complex regimen of pills. Diabetic Retinopathy Linda: For people dealing with diabetic retinopathy who have to take and test their blood […]
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Guest post by Jennifer Harnish. Dr. Harnish is the Director of Rehabilitation services at the Carroll Center for the Blind with a doctorate in clinical psychology. She is an advocate for policy, training, and therapeutic support for those with visual impairments. Jennifer has been legally blind since 1997 from Retinitis Pigmentosa. She is the mother […]
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