[optacon-l] Re: Sight Versus Blindness
- From: Jyrki Voutilainen <jykke.voutilainen@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: Optacon User List <optacon-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Wed, 18 Mar 2015 15:00:26 +0200
Right. I do sometimes say that replacing a leg is easier than replacing an
eye. Perhaps you even don't notice that someone has an artificial leg,
because his/her own leg has been amputated. I would rather have my leg(s)
amputated than being without sight, if such a comprehension is allowed!
There are also almost perfectly working artificial hands available
nowadays, but we are going towards working artificial eyes or partially
artificial ones. But such a sophisticated instrument as an eye is hard but
not impossible to replace partially or even completely if necessary.
On Wed, 18 Mar 2015, Tore Johnny Bråtveit wrote:
> Agree. Of course blindness has some consequences, especially as
> everything is planned and designed with people with their eyesight in
> mind. Being able to make use of the common solutions intended for
> "everyone" is definitely something to miss - sometimes more, sometimes less.
>
> Tore Johnny
>
>
> Den 18.03.2015 06:11, skrev Jyrki Voutilainen:
>> This is a good point, and I would ask exactly the same as you.
>>
>> On Wed, 18 Mar 2015, Evan Reese wrote:
>>
>>> I admit, it's hard for me to comprehend how anyone without sight could claim
>>> that they aren't missing anything. When I think of my own situation, I only
>>> have to ask myself: "If I'm not missing anything, then why do I need an
>>> Optacon?"
>>> Evan
>>>
>>>
>>> -----Original Message-----
>>> From: Debbra Piening
>>> Sent: Tuesday, March 17, 2015 6:07 PM
>>> To: optacon-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>>> Subject: [optacon-l] Re: Sight Versus Blindness
>>>
>>> Skewed or not, Carrie, your view matches mine. I've always had a much
>>> harder time with the attitudes of sighted people than with the loss of
>>> vision. I, too, have little contact with blind people.
>>>
>>> -----Original Message-----
>>> From: optacon-l-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:optacon-l-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx]
>>> On Behalf Of Carrie Green
>>> Sent: Tuesday, March 17, 2015 2:51 PM
>>> To: Optacon List
>>> Subject: [optacon-l] Sight Versus Blindness
>>>
>>> To throw my two cents in, I am perfectly content being totally blind. I did
>>> have sight for about three and a half years of my life, and lost my sight
>>> due to cancer. I don't miss it. What I'd really like to see change, is
>>> people's attitudes towards blindness. The oh mighty sighted try and make us
>>> feel as though we are missing something, but in actuality we aren't. Just
>>> think of all the experiences we have, they don't know anything about. Most
>>> sighted folks don't hear birdsong, smell amazing smells, never feel items
>>> for tactile pleasure, and if they can't see it, well, then it's just not
>>> that important, and they just can't comprehend how we can manage without
>>> vision. My question for them is, "How do you manage with sight?" I have
>>> little contact with other blind people in my daily life, so perhaps my view
>>> is skewed.
>>> Cheers,
>>>
>>> Carrie
>>>
>>>
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