THE HISTORY OF BRAILLE A Requirement in SPED 503 INSTRUCTIONAL PROCEDURES for VISUALLY IMPAIRED SATURDAYS 10AM-12NN Submitted on: JULY 20‚ 2013 "It has been a long hard struggle by the blind to obtain an education. It has been filled with pit falls and stumbling blocks‚ often placed there by well meaning sighted persons whom did not fully understand the needs of the blind. Yet we will show that there were and continues to a growing number who did and
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friend. The man‚ who is also the narrator‚ is wary of this rendezvous‚ having known no blind people in his own life up to that point. His ignorance is apparent as he thinks of blind people only from a cinematic perspective. He tells us “My idea of blindness came from the movies. In the movies the blind moved slowly and never laughed” (28). From his cynical and insecure tone‚ we can tell that the main character is a complacent man full of self-doubt with an inability to think outside of world that he
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The Blindness of the Non-Blind The short story "Cathedral" by Raymond Carver displays one man’s new found understanding and acceptance of a blind man over a relatively short period of time. The narrator represents the story’s dominant theme of overcoming fear and prejudice of the blind through personal experience as well as mutual respect. The narrator who remains nameless throughout the play holds deeply unfounded beliefs and stereotypes of what a blind person should be‚ yet through various stages
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Assessing the ability of blind and partially sighted people: are psychometric tests fair? 1. Introduction Psychometric or standardised tests are assessments that measure knowledge‚ abilities‚ attitudes and personality traits. They are used in education and recruitment and can consist of written‚ online or oral tests. Blind and partially sighted individuals are potentially disadvantaged by the use of these tests. RNIB is often approached by teachers and parents concerned about the
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Bibliography: Online Sources Blindness in the Philippines.Resources for the blind.Retrieved August 4‚2012. Light for the World. Retrieved September 8‚ 2012. Blind Adults in America: Their Lives and Challenges. The National Research Center for Women & Families.Retrieved August 4‚2012
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Outcome1. 1. describes how a range of factors have a negative and positive impact on individuals with sensory loss. There are a number of factors that can impact individuals with sensory loss. People with sensory loss can miss out on important information that people without sensory loss take in day to day without even realising. Communication is an area in which people with sensory loss have many issues. they may also find it difficult to feed themselves‚ dressing‚ mobility‚ hobbies and interests
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through sight‚ but how you imagine it. The narrator is very skeptical of Robert the blind man because he doesn’t understand how someone would want to continue to live even though you can’t see. He states “And his being blind bothered me. My idea of blindness came from the movies.” The narrator is making prejudgments of the blind man based off what he has seen in movies. This leads me to believe that he is a closed minded man and doesn’t want to try to understand Roberts’s life because he thinks he already
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"On his Blindness" by John Milton John Milton was a great writer and one of the few who was recognized in his own time. His name stands out in the history of English literature mainly for his two works‚ Paradise Lost and Paradise regained. In 1651 Milton became blind‚ yet he continued to write and his daughters would take dictation. The poem On his Blindness‚ by John Milton is an Italian sonnet which addresses the Christian perspective of how to accept ones disabilities. The
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to form an opinion of the blind man even though he has not yet arrived. This is plainly evident in the first paragraph when he states‚ I wasn ’t enthusiastic about his visit. He was no one I knew. And his being blind bothered me. My idea of blindness came from the movies. In the movies‚ the blind moved slowly and never laughed. Sometimes they were led by seeing-eye dogs. A blind man in my house was not something I looked forward to(184). He believes that since blind individuals in the movies
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man made quite obvious to the reader by saying “his being blind bothered me” (Carver pg. 20) and “A blind man in my house was not something I was looking forward to” (pg. 21). The narrator had never known a blind person before‚ and his “idea of blindness came from the movies” (pg. 20)‚ where they are normally portrayed as weak‚ slow and a burden. So the narrator’s views of a blind person are how society and the media has depicted them‚ and so this is how most people who haven’t met a blind person
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