It never ends: Household duties

I don't think that anyone would readily say that they enjoy household duties so I am not going to use my vision impairment as an excuse here. Suffice it to say that I don't really mind this activity in the least but my main concern is to be sure that when I am finished that I have been able to accomplish a good old cleaning job.

For the most part, my friends and family tell me that my condo is clean so I'll take that as a good sign. However, there have been times when I have come across some sort of crud after checking over my work.

Having had some functional vision previously helps me to do my work more easily. I am quickly able to visualize my condo and to make sure that I reach all of the crannies and corners. However, on the other hand there are things that have changed since I lost most of my vision and so I need to use the explore-with-my hands and feet technique in order to help me visualize.

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Looking into the glass

When I was at university, my friend Connie and I used to play this little game very often.  We would each fill a glass with water and then there we would sit for a while, just gazing into our glasses of water.

For better or for worse we would each claim that we could see various images and for me I believe that I could indeed do so.  I could see faces, images, and nature scenes.  We both loved it so much and it sure made us smile more often than not.

Unfortunately I can no longer do it, or I should be asking myself: could I still do it?  It would be a different way of doing it if I were indeed able to do so.

Maybe what I ought to do is just try it and see what happens.  Who knows? I may just be pleasantly surprised!

I'm Donna J. Jodhan, your friendly accessibility advocate, wishing you a terrific day.

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My piano keys

In the majority of responses, a pianist or keyboard player would tell you that more often than not they rarely need to use their vision to play their piano or keyboard. This has always been the case for me, but somehow I still remember what they look like and I have a mental visualization of what is going on.

I can still picture in my mind where and how those black keys are placed. I can also picture the placing of the white keys and I can even assign sounds to each key. I can even picture each octave!

I keep promising to return to my musical passion, that being to compose and create my own music, and hopefully I'll be able to do this soon. Music is what makes me think better, write better, and on the whole be a better person. Music is my Soul and my piano keys are my stability.

I'm Donna J. Jodhan, your friendly accessibility consultant, wishing you a terrific day and urging you to go out there and share my thoughts with others. Visit me at www.sterlingcreations.ca anytime to catch up with me.

Visualizing what someone looks like

For most blind persons, this is a very difficult chore.  However, if you were born with vision and then you have lost it later on in life, this is not too hard to do.  Why?  Because for someone who was born with vision, they have had the opportunity to see and it is easy to transform this into visualization after losing vision.

 

As for me, I was born with very little and when I was a teen I got quite a bit of vision that enabled me to see faces.  What a shock it was for me.  Before I received my new vision, I had imagined certain things about specific persons; specifically what they would or could look like and when I got to see the real person, then I had to learn. 

 

In a few cases, I was halfway there but for the most part I had to learn about looks, faces, body structures, and so much more.  I had to learn that everyone in their own way was unique in look.  Each person had a unique walk and set of mannerisms.  Each person had a unique combination of facial structure, skin color, mannerisms and gestures, and so on.

 

Now that I have lost most of my vision, I can still visualize and it helps me to characterize persons.  Lots of fun for me.  If you would like to learn more about visualization, then visit www.acb.org.

 

I'm Donna J. Jodhan your friendly accessibility advocate wishing you a terrific day and encouraging you to go out there and share my experiences with the rest of the world.