Here are the tips for setting up a kitchen if you have low vision or no functional vision. If the kitchen is yours you can make changes whenever you are ready. Sighted family and roommates will need plenty of reminders to put things back. So it’s a good idea to take over a shelf or […]
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Anchoring important items including charging cords, phone, eye glasses, clothes and more means you put your hand right on what you need. It pairs with another Video How to Manage your Own Stuff posted in December about storing in baskets and drawers. Put the two together and you have your hand on what you need […]
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People just say “Hi” when they meet. They recognize each other’s faces, and connect with their eyes, smile and maybe nod too. All things you probably can’t see. It’s socially awkward when you can’t respond; can’t do the conventional thing. Some people can recognize close friends by the way they hold themselves or how they […]
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National public service awaren The TimeToBeBold campaign is designed to educate, engage and empower people who are 55+ with low vision to maintain/regain their independence by utilizing the free or low-cost services provided by the RSA-funded OIB programs. Over 3 million Americans 55 and older have difficulty seeing even when wearing glasses. Almost 1 in […]
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It’s important to become aware that appliances now have one of two types of control panel. If possible test any appliance before you buy it because most manufacturers and dealers don’t know how this difference impacts visually impaired users. Resistive touch flat panel controls are the familiar ones. A resistive touch panel means that the […]
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On February 25 I walked home from a dental appointment. I was out alone, enjoying the feeling of independence after a year of too much staying home. Ten minutes into my walk I tripped on a concrete parking block and broke my right arm. I had not requested mobility training in my new home town, […]
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Repost from Wall Street Journal: Bank of England Textured Bills Help Blind People Tell them Apart “Bank notes with tactile markers for accessibility circulate around the world—but a similar plan in the U.S. is years away.” EyeNote and Ideal are both currency identifier apps for use on smartphones. There is also a free talking money […]
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Last week’s interview was about people who live with blindness finding vastly expanded possibilities in their other senses. Here is an example in this guest post on touch and sound used for business and pleasure by Doug Rose. My sighted wife and I have been water gardening as a hobby and as a business for […]
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Profiles of 46 people who live with blindness or low vision. An Interview with Michael Nye, the Author Michael: “There is more misunderstanding about the nature of blindness than of any other group I have studied. It’s almost criminal!” Michael Nye took nearly seven years to record long interviews with visually impaired and blind […]
Read more "My Heart is Not Blind: On Blindness and Perception,"“Time-blindness” was recently targeted on TikTok as “ablest,” and I agree! Blindness is a physical and sensory condition related to the eyes and sometimes the brain. To use the term in this way objectivizes blindness and blind people. There are contexts where “blind” means an object or set-up which blocks vision such as “window blind,” […]
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