The thing I found most interesting that was talked about was the 'test' that someone with low vision and blindness was put through. When she talked about driving them around and around then dropping them off at a random location to see if they could find their way back. She explained that they had been training for it for months. This made me think of how much practice and training and learning children and even adults have to do in order to achieve an independent lifestyle. I always thought that the blind just have an innate sense of spatial awareness and mobility. But in reality (after reading the text and watching the two videos) they have to practice these things with teachers, parents, therapists, and aids.
I also found this interesting. It's cool how they have a way to train people to sense certain things that people who are not blind can't/don't realize they are when walking around. For my movie project I watched Ray which is about Ray Charles and I was fascinated by how he was able to get around places so easily without being able to see. It didn't go into detail on his education in the movie but I assume he did this kind of test as well.
Agreed! I also thought that blind children had stronger senses since they do not have sight, but they have to adapt to overcome the loss of visual representation. It is fascinating how they pick up on things so quickly and how they are able to apply that knowledge to the real world. The training and preparation to accomplish a task such as this takes much practice that people are unaware of, using myself as an example.
I thought the same thing! I thing its amazing how they allow people to train like this, I really believe that this allows these people who go through this training are now able to relate more to the children and can understand the adaptions that have to be made.
Practice makes perfect.
I think this concept could be applied for other things individuals with visual impairments need. We could help in training them how the campus structured, for example.
I think this concept could be applied for other things individuals with visual impairments need. We could help in training them how the campus structured, for example.