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5:08pm
November 30, 2013
➸ Wow I must just use vision as a backup sense when my other senses fail.
I just got a bit visually overloaded and so I did all this stuff around the house without opening my eyes even a little bit:
Getting out of bed, walking to the bathroom, hanging up my feeding backpack on the shoe rack, using the toilet, using the bidet, getting the toilet paper, throwing out the…
If there are things that you enjoy (or need access to) outside aside from the visual input part, could it help any to close your eyes or even use a blindfold when going out? To eliminate or minimize visual input so you can focus on other senses instead? Sorry I know you weren’t asking advice.
I’ve thought of it, but since I use a big giant wheelchair I do need the visual input to avoid bashing into stuff. Either that or use a cane or something, and I get enough crap for the assistive tech I do use that I’d rather not add “she can see but she travels like a blind person” to the list of crap people say about me at the moment.
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withasmoothroundstone reblogged this from andreashettle and added:I’ve thought of it, but since I use a big giant wheelchair I do need the visual input to avoid bashing into stuff....
andreashettle reblogged this from withasmoothroundstone and added:If there are things that you enjoy (or need access to) outside aside from the visual input part, could it help any to...
plures reblogged this from withasmoothroundstone and added:OS X has the VoiceOver facility if you’re interested in using that… ~K.
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