Blindness Braille

My doctor told me that my lens prescription is now at a -8.50 in both eyes. Is this the begginings of blindness? If so, are there any approaches I can take to learn braille quickly?

Did the doctor tell you that it's the beginning of blindness? It certainly doesn't have to be. If you can wear glasses or contacts and see 20/30, that's no problem. Has it become worse and worse over the years?

We can't tell you if you're going blind. You have to be examined by an ophthalmologist. That's a real doctor. (MD.) Optometrists know a lot, but they are not MD's. You have to ask your eye doctor all these questions.

You might want to ask this question again under "Optical." It's also under "Health." Keep the question open till you get an answer from a real eye doctor.

Bless you and good luck! I think you're panicking, unless a doctor told you that you're going blind. Then you'd want to go to a book store, and buy the book like "Learning Braille." :)

2009-01-16 21:43:16 by ♫♫♫Jared (Kurt Cobain rocks!)♫♫♫

In this video I show and further explain about the braille stickers that I put on my stove as mentioned before in my "Learning Braille at ...

i am doing a school project and need some solutions to blindness e.g guide dogs, talking clocks and braille. can anyone think of any more thank you

Visually impaired people can use a software programme called Jaws to help them navigate the internet and computers in general.

Here are some sites with some information that might help you. There is a lot of emphasis at TAFE an universities on helping the visually impaired and disabled learners in general now days.

University of Southern Queensland
http://www.usq.edu.au/course/material/TE A3206/data/Visual%20Impairment%20Ros%20n %20co.htm

I hope that this information is of some assistance to you.

Jaws
http://www.gstsdesigns.com/VisuallyImpai red/jaws/jaws.html

Technology for Students with Visual Impairment
http://www.svrc.vic.edu.au/technology.ht ml

Jaws & Windows
http://www.afb.org/Section.asp?SectionID =44&TopicID=108&SubTopicID=32&am p;DocumentID=1936

Assessment writing software
http://www.afb.org/Section.asp?SectionID =44&TopicID=108&SubTopicID=32&am p;DocumentID=1936

Terminology of eye health and assistance
http://www.aihw.gov.au/publications/phe/ agtaehd/agtaehd-c03.pdf

This site has some parts of it on blindness - may help
http://www.aihw.gov.au/publications/dis/ dpt/dpt-c02.pdf

Teaching Support
http://www.adcet.edu.au/Cats/Specific_Im pairments/Vision_Impairment_and_Blindnes s.chpx

Good Luck!!!

2009-08-12 02:16:56 by Edward N

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i am doing a school project and need some solutions to blindness e.g guide dogs, talking clocks and braille. can anyone think of any more thank you

My grandmas going blind, she uses these like tapes that read books out to her, it doesn't help her really, but she loved to read and thats how she reads not is books on tape.

2009-08-12 02:16:01 by Edward N

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Sight is a rare gift that is used everyday from the moment of birth. The truth in the matter is, its never crossed our minds how much it should be appreciated until its gone. Sight is crucial to everyday to day activities, but if the eyes should fail and blindness sets in life would change drastically. If blindness should occur adjusting to a new life would be hard, organization of personal items would have to be made and learning how to read Braille.

I think you have your introduction..your opening statement..your stating some arguments for the difficulties of being blind..however, i didn't cleary recognize your thesis 'Sight is crucial to everyday to day activities, but if the eyes should fail and blindness sets in life would change drastically.' THEREFORE IT IS CRUCIAL TO RECOGNIZE THE IMPORTANCE OF SIGHT... (Dont use if blindness should occur- this causes the confusion & makes your thesis seem too long) For example, adjusting to a new life would be hard, organization of personal items would have to be made and learning how to read Braille.

GOOD LUCK! hope i helped & wasnt confusing..

2008-02-27 20:30:04 by wollacottk

My nephew has been diagnosed with a rare eye condition that will result in blindness one day. He is currently legally blind without glasses and not much better with glasses. The school thinks he doesn't need services yet. Do we have to wait for him to go completly blind before getting him services. He will obviously need to learn braille. It seems stupid to wait until he loses all sight....

If he is going to lose sight later on, then yes, he should be recieving services NOW. He may not need to learn to use a cane yet if he is still able to get around safely with his glasses on, but he NEEDS TO LEARN BRAILL NOW, because if he doesn't and waits until he loses too much vision ot read print, he will be ILLITERATE. He should also start learning how to use accessible technology to help navigate on a computer, and he should especially be learning how to touch type without looking at the keys. If the school is reluctant to provide these services, seek help. Contact the National Federation of the Blind and explain your situation. They fight cases like this all the time because it's farily common for schools to be hell bent on having a partially sighted student use their eyes as much and for as long as possible, even if it will hurt them later or is limiting their abilities now. There are articles on the NFB website for parents about this. Go to NFB.org

I am blind and have gone through all of this while in school. I also have many friends who are blind, and I am an active member of the National Federation of the Blind. Email me if you have any more questions or concerns. BlackByrdFly@gmail.com

2008-10-23 13:24:58 by freeatlast2200