#blindawareness

[ecartwright362]

Assistive technology is transforming the lives of individuals who are blind or visually impaired, offering new ways to navigate the world with confidence. From screen readers and braille displays to GPS devices and voice-command apps, these tools provide greater independence and access to information🌟💡.

Discover how assistive technology can break barriers and open up new opportunities for learning, communication, and daily life! 🦯🌟📱.

[oneblindhippie]

Welcome October it is Blind awareness month. Embrace your blindness and enjoy your lifeHas Helen Keller said The only thing worse than being blind is having sight but no vision.#blindawareness #oneblindhippie #Blindadvocacy https://www.instagram.com/p/CFzMlkmgyu3/?igshid=zcbeg7law901

[theblinddad-blog]

Being blind is not the same for everyone. Actually very few people are “Totally Blind”. About 80% of people who are blind have some degree of sight. This can range from only being able to tell the difference between light and dark, to seeing shapes or silhouettes or pieces of vision out of the side of side or through a tunnel. The types of remaining vision vary with the factors causing it. But regardless of the condition “legally blind” is a term most blind people fall under. This means the vision has been severely impaired to the degree that it is disabling. So when you see a blind person caning toward you. They may appear to look at you. It’s possible, they are, but who knows how they see you. The point is that blind people are not oblivious to the world around us. We can hear you and we are just as interesting and human as you. Don’t be afraid to speak up to talk with or help a blind person. We could often use it. It’s sad to know everyone just gets silent and watches you like a circus act. I say all of this because I want to increase awareness and let you know that if you see a blind person, who “looks like they can see” they are not faking. It is very difficult for us and we are just people who are trying our best. If nothing else remember this. We are not BLIND people, we are just PEOPLE who can’t see. So take a chance, talk to a blind person. make a friend. You never know the perspective you might get from someone who “sees” the world differently. . . . . #blindlife #blind #blindawareness #lowvision #lowvisionawareness #rp #stargardts #maculardegeneration #meme #memes #memesdaily #memesdaily😂 #memeoftheday #parents #life #people #change #perspective #changeyourlife #changeyourview #newperspectives #newattitude #goingblind #youneedtoknow #didyouknow #didyouknowfacts #doyouknow #helpingothers #succeed #makeadifference #weareone #lifechanging #newinformation #didyouknowthat #ittakesallkinds #throughmyeyes #seeit #seeforyourself #changeyourmind #helpingothers #bethechange #funfacts #funfact #funfactoftheday https://www.instagram.com/p/B0WcrtAh9zn/?igshid=1473whjpvpoz1

[blindhavok]

#new #blindawareness #logo #milestone https://www.instagram.com/p/Bq6AzilFEoc/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=1d5cfb499wm3n

[farizal]

Give a little time, make a big difference. Help the blind. For more info visit www.mfb.org.my or click @yayasanorangbuta 🙂😎🇲🇾. #yobm #mfb #helptheblind #blindawareness #disability #oku #pmokum #whitecane #campaign #malaysia #disability #blind #vision #social #donate #volunteer #ngo #malaysianfoundationfortheblind #yayasanorangbutamalaysia (at KLSentral station)

[amyryan-vip]

"OK - SO I NEED A WHITE CANE NOW" - Independence & Mobility by Amy Ryan

"OK - SO I NEED A WHITE CANE NOW" - Independence & Mobility

**Please read and share**

It is very tough it's not as simple as "oh I've got to use a white cane now". But it's your own perception of it that's the key not those around you... This will become a necessity for your independence - and when your sight has deteriorated that much to need a white cane the one thing you need to feel is INDEPENDENT - it's something you have to learn to adapt to and put the "people will be staring" to the back of your mind (for me in reality they could stare all they want because I can't SEE them! Lol it doesn't effect me, but it might family and that's something they have to deal with I can't tell them how to do that but they get over it too) it's easy for me to say all this now I know, it's a big step for someone blind or with a vision impairment to take...but trust me it's WORTH IT to have control of independent mobility especially when - if like me - you're sight has deteriorated that much.

I also found that I needed to develop a sense of humor and to see the funny side when using the white cane - you'll get people saying things / asking questions some of them reasonable and some that could be absolutely crazy! 😂

"What are ye doing with the stick?"

Or my personal favourite I heard recently (which my friends who use white canes too have been asked but I never believed til it happened)

"Is that a metal detector?"

All the things I hear are part no awareness and the other ignorance unfortunately but it is important to find the humor in it at times.

For people starting to use a white cane it does take time like most things but stick with it (pun intentional 😉)

Also on a side note - The cane is also great for tripping younger brothers up 😄😄 see it can be useful for other things too! LOL