How To Deal With Blindness
While one obvious challenge of vision loss is restoring mobility and function.
How to deal with blindness. Using their name. Ideally instead of saying this is john or whoever have those who are with you introduce themselves one at a time to the blind person when conversing in a group remember to identify the person to whom you are speaking to if there may be doubt as to who the comment is directed to i e. What advice can you give me of how i can ask the teachers for ways to help my child.
According to national eye institute 5 million americans will be suffering from low vision by 2030 with 2 2 million expected to be afflicted with blindness just to give you an idea of how severe eye problems are becoming in the u s. Don t say do you know who this is do speak directly to the individual. Through smartphones the blind person shows the sighted helper the scene so the two can work together to solve the problem the blind person is coping with at the moment.
Do give specific directions like the desk is five feet to your right as opposed to saying the desk is. See all previous comments. My son is now in sixth grade and is struggling he is blind in the right eye and partial vision in the left eye.
When speaking with a person who is blind. Advice for teachers of colour blind students living with colour vision deficiency dress and makeup the workplace itunes app store. Over 10 million americans are coping with blindness either totally or through some extent of visual impairment according to the american foundation for the blind.
Fine details of the reactions of people being diagnosed with vision loss might vary to a certain degree but the overall sentiment remains almost the same. Giving yourself time to experience these emotions is crucial for being able to accept and deal with your new situation. Unfortunately some eye conditions cannot be treated resulting in low vision or blindness.
Unless they are hard of hearing they can speak for themselves. There s no set amount of time that it takes a person to grieve the loss of their vision. Identify yourself and others who may be with you when meeting someone who is blind.
A danish furniture craftsman named hans jorgen wiberg who began losing his vision at age 25 came up with the idea of be my eyes.
