101. A Philosophy Of Blindness A Blind Net. A Philosophy Of blindness. The reason is simple, how you view blindness will determine your reaction to being blind or to those of us who are blind. http://www.blind.net/bphiloso.htm

A Blind Net A Philosophy Of Blindness At first glance it might seem strange to have a section about a philosophy of blindness, however I think it is an extremely important topic to cover. The reason is simple, how you view blindness will determine your reaction to being blind or to those of us who are blind. There are as many ":philosophies" of blindness as there are people so obviously I won't be trying to cover EVERY point here. What I want to do is present you with some ideas about what blindness is, a positive outlook if you will, and thereby let you know what blindness DOES NOT NEED TO BE. Whether we think about it or not we all have a philosophy of blindness. It determines how we treat blind people and how we think about ourselves if we are or become blind. Of course one question to answer is who is blind ? Then there's the ":sensitive": question of what do you call someone who is blind ? My short answer would be blind, but God help us some people are offended by that "nasty five letter word." So here are some discussions about different aspects of blindness, incidents that have happened to blind people and the affects of different philosophies of blindness.

102. Fight For Sight A nonprofit organization funding fellowships and grants for vision research and children's eye clinics in the U.S. and internationally to prevent blindness and find cures for all eye diseases. http://fightforsight.com

103. The Courtesy Rules Of Blindness A Blind Net. The Courtesy Rules Of blindness. I m always glad to see you. I don t want pity, but don t talk about the wonderful compensations of blindness. http://www.blind.net/bg000001.htm

A Blind Net The Courtesy Rules Of Blindness When you meet me don't be ill at ease. It will help both of us if you remember these simple points of courtesy: I'm an ordinary person, just blind. You don't need to raise your voice or address me as if I were a child. Don't ask my spouse what I want"Cream in the coffee?"ask me. I may use a long white cane or a guide dog to walk independently; or I may ask to take your arm. Let me decide, and please don't grab my arm; let me take yours. I'll keep a half-step behind to anticipate curbs and steps. I want to know who's in the room with me. Speak when you enter. Introduce me to the others including children, and tell me if there's a cat or dog. The door to a room or cabinet or to a car that is left partially open is a hazard to me. At dinner I will not have trouble with ordinary table skills. Don't avoid words like "see." I use them too. I'm always glad to see you. I don't want pity, but don't talk about the "wonderful compensations" of blindness. My sense of smell, taste, touch or hearing did not improve when I became blind, I rely on them more and, therefore, may get more information through those senses than you dothat's all. If I'm your houseguest, show me the bathroom, closet, dresser, windowthe light switch too. I like to know whether the lights are on or off.

104. 318. On His Blindness. John Milton. The Oxford Book Of English Verse John Milton. 1608–1674. 318. On His blindness. WHEN I consider how my light is spent, E re half my days, in this dark world and wide,, http://www.bartleby.com/101/318.html

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105. Duke University Eye Center > ENVISION A World Without Blindness! Flash presentation on the research at the Duke University Eye Center to eliminate blindness. http://www.dukeeye.org/envision/index.html

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106. Banner Blindness, Human Cognition And Web Design ( Jnd.org ) Banner blindness, human cognition, and web design by Don Norman of the Nielsen Norman Group. Banner blindness, Human Cognition and Web Design. http://www.jnd.org/dn.mss/Banner_Blindness.html

Books Essays Interviews Recommended Readings Press Kit home ... essays Banner Blindness, Human Cognition and Web Design ORIGINALLY PUBLISHED IN INTERNETWORKING, MARCH 1999 Benway and Lane have studied "Banner Blindness" (ITG Newsletter, Dec. 1998: 1.3) – the fact that people tend to ignore those big, flashy, colorful banners at the top of web pages. This is pretty interesting stuff, for the entire reason they are so big and obnoxious is to attract attention, yet they fail. Evidently nobody ever studied real users before – they simply assumed that big, colorful items were visible. This paper, shows once again the importance of observations over logic when it comes to predicting human behavior. People behave the way they behave, not the way our logical analyses and wishes would have them behave. People follow their interests, their needs, their customs. They are driven by curiosity, boredom, emotion. And the "they" refers to "we": us. Benway and Lane showed that if something is too obvious, too big, too powerful, it is overlooked (a point well known to Sherlock Holmes, by the way – or perhaps more precisely, known to Conan Doyle). What Benway and Lane found was this. Suppose a designer wants to make sure that people browsing a site can find "important-information." The designer carefully makes the link to "important-information" big, bold, colorful. Nobody could possibly miss it. Lo and behold, Benway and Lane showed, it was the rare individual who noticed that this bold and salient banner contained the information being sought.

107. Division Of Parasitic Diseases - River Blindness Factsheet and press releases concerning the disease. http://www.cdc.gov/ncidod/dpd/parasites/riverblindness/

Alphabetical Listing Travel River Blindness Filariasis Onchocerciasis Other Links The Carter Center Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report (MMWR) Implementation of Health Initiatives During a Cease-Fire-Sudan, 1995 (June 16, 1995/Vol. 44/No. 23) Global Disease Elimination and Eradication as Public Health Strategies (December 31, 1999 / Vol. 48 / Supplement) Emerging Infectious Diseases (EID) Resurgent Vector-Borne Diseases as a Global Health Problem (Vol. 4/No. 3 July-September 1998) Top Home Professional Info Public Info ... CDC Health Topics A-Z This page last reviewed December 9, 2003 Centers for Disease Control and Prevention National Center for Infectious Diseases Division of Parasitic Diseases

108. Sight Savers International - Saving Sight - Saving Sight In The Developing World UK's leading charity working to prevent and cure blindness in developing countries and bring hope to people who will never see again. http://www.sightsavers.org.uk/html/savingsight/default.htm?treatments/glaucoma.h

109. Inattentional Blindness: An Overview By Arien Mack & Irvin Rock attention. 8. Inattentional blindness. A perceived? These and other questions set our research agenda. 10. Inattention blindness at Fixation. The http://psyche.cs.monash.edu.au/v5/psyche-5-03-mack.html

Inattentional Blindness may be purchased from Amazon.Com Inattentional Blindness Arien Mack Department of Psychology New School for Social Research USA mackarie@newschool.edu and Irvin Rock Department of Psychology University of California, Berkeley USA PSYCHE, 5(3), May, 1999 http://psyche.cs.monash.edu.au/v5/psyche-5-03-mack.html KEYWORDS: vision, attention, perception, consciousness, inattentional blindness. CHAPTER ONE of Arien Mack and Irvin Rock (1998) Inattentional Blindness. Cambridge, MA: MIT Press. 1. Motivation for the Research What is the relationship between attention and perception? How much, if anything, of our visual world do we perceive when we are not attending to it? Are there only some kinds of things we see when we are not attending? If there are, do they fall into particular categories? Do we see them because they have captured our attention or because our perception of them is independent of our attention? Most people have the impression that they simply see what is there and do so merely by opening their eyes and looking. Of course, we may look more closely at some things than at others, which is what we ordinarily mean by "paying attention," but it probably seems to many people as if we see nearly everything in our field of view. There is an opposite experience that also raises questions about the relation between perception and attention. When we are intently awaiting something, we often see and hear things that are not there. For example, many people have had the experience of hearing footsteps or seeing someone who is anxiously awaited even though theperson is not there, and there are no footsteps. On these occasions, it is as if our intense expectation and riveted attention create or at least distort a perceptual object. Here, instead of not seeing (or hearing) what is there when we are distracted, we are seeing (or hearing) what is not there, or perhaps more accurately, misperceiving what may actually be there, but which we are anxiously awaiting. Both experiences appear to implicate attention in the act of perceiving. This kind of experience was eloquently described by William James.

110. Vision International Eye Missions, A Public Nonprofit Charity, Combats Unncessar Nonprofit organization dedicated to find blindness via building and improving eye centers and providing training to eye doctors in underserved areas and the developing world. http://www.vision-international.org

e-mail to a friend: Vision International Eye Missions is a non-profit Foundation based in Santa Rosa, California that is dedicated to the preservation of sight at home and abroad. It is a public charity with IRS status of a non-profit 501 (c) (3) organization. Madagascar Eye Clinic The Sambava Lions completed building and equipping the Madagascar Eye Clinic. This Clinic is now functional. Vision International Eye Missions is providing all the surgical and medical supplies. See How You Can Help! Laser Treatment in Madagascar Mr. Eckert will be flying to Madagascar on January 19th to setup the newly arrived Treatment Lasers. Following the next month, on February 28th, Dr. Tamara Suslov will fly out to inaugurate the laser setup and train the ophthalmologists to use them. See Accomplishments! New Vision International Fellows are training in India.

111. Hysterical Blindness (2002) (TV) Hysterical blindness (2002) (TV)Hysterical blindness (2002) (TV) Cast, Crew, Reviews, Plot Summary, Comments, Discussion, Taglines, Trailers, Posters, Photos, Showtimes, Link to Official http://www.imdb.com/Title?0290664

112. Disability Advice Centre Fact Sheet - Colour Blindness 4page Royal Mail (UK) pdf about the disability. Includes useful URLs. http://www.consignia.com/dac/factsheets/colour_blindness.pdf

113. The Blind Readers' Page A source of information about books and reading, blindness and other disabilities and library services for the blind and physically handicapped. http://blindreaders.info/

THE BLIND READERS' PAGE This site is a guide to sources of information in alternative formats (braille, recorded cassettes, large print, e-texts, web audio) accessible by people with print disabilitiesthose with visual and physical handicaps as well as dyslexia. It is also a guide to information about blindness, visual handicaps and other physical handicaps, with a special collection of Wisconsin resources. There are about 2,300 individual links, all evaluated, annotated and organized by subject. INFORMATION SOURCES IN ACCESSIBLE FORMATS BRAILLE BOOKS AND MUSIC BRAILLE AND OTHER WRITING SYSTEMS BRAILLE INSTRUCTION FOR SIGHTED PEOPLE/BRAILLE LITERACY TACTILE MAPS AND GRAPHICS ... WISCONSIN REGIONAL LIBRARY FOR THE BLIND AND PHYSICALLY HANDICAPPED : downloadable application form and brochure, reading lists, newsletters, Newsline application. ADAPTIVE COMPUTERS ADAPTIVE COMPUTER TECHNOLOGY INSTRUCTION/TUTORIALS FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE INDEX TO ADAPTIVE COMPUTER HARDWARE AND SOFTWARE ... MAILING LISTS AND E-MAIL ABOUT BLINDNESS AND VISUAL HANDICAPS EYE DISEASES AND CONDITIONS STATISTICS ON BLINDNESS AND VISUAL IMPAIRMENTS DEAF-BLINDNESS DYSLEXIA ... MEGASITES ORGANIZATIONS NATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS WISCONSIN ORGANIZATIONS INTERNATIONAL LIBRARIES AND ORGANIZATIONS FOR THE BLIND ACTIVITIES FOR PARENTS OF BLIND AND VISUALLY HANDICAPPED CHILDREN BOOKS AND WEB SITES ORGANIZATIONS EDUCATIONAL ISSUES ... RELIGION: CHURCHES, SERVICES, SCRIPTURES, DEVOTIONS

114. General Information - Blindness blindness. independence. Pets, however, compensate very well and are free of the psychic trauma we associate with blindness. Their http://mesavet.com/library/blindness.htm

Blindness General Information Because we, as people, place such great value on eyesight, we are deeply concerned and saddened when we discover a pet is blind. In people, loss of vision brings a loss of a certain amount of independence. Pets, however, compensate very well and are free of the psychic trauma we associate with blindness. Their senses of smell, hearing and touch allow them to perceive their surroundings much better than a blind person. Special Concerns Working or hunting dogs should be retired to a more restricted life. You must decide whether the dog will be acceptable as a pet. Pets that were nippy or anxious when they could see may present problems after they have become blind. Such individuals generally remain nervous, and the risk of biting may increase, especially when small children are involved. As long as your pet remains in a familiar environment, it can navigate very well. Also, pets can generally adapt to changes in their environment if necessary. Whatever the circumstances, please feel free to discuss any concerns you might have with your veterinarian. They understand your feelings, and will respect your final decision on whether or not you wish to keep your pet as a family member.

115. Home Page Features disease information, contacts, programs, and history of the disease. http://www.worldbank.org/gper/

Riverblindness , or Onchocerciasis , is a disease widespread in Africa. It causes blindness, disfigurement, and unbearable itching in its victims, and has rendered large tracts of farmland in Africa uninhabitable. The Onchocerciasis Control Programme ( OCP ) was created in 1974 with two primary objectives. The first is the elimination of onchocerciasis as a public health problem and as an obstacle to socioeconomic development throughout an eleven-country area: Benin, Burkina Faso, Cote d'Ivoire, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Mali, Niger, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Togo. The second is to leave participating countries in a position to maintain this achievement by enhancing national capacity to maintain control of the disease. The Programme is sponsored by four agencies: the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO), the World Bank, and the World Health Organization (WHO). OCP is widely recognized as one of the most successful multi-donor programsin the short history of development assistance. It has now halted transmission and virtually eliminated prevalence of the disease, onchocerciasis (Riverblindness), throughout the 11-country subregion containing 35 million people. Through donations of Mectizan by its manufacturer, Merck and Co, Inc., as well as financial support from a large pool of donors, OCP is fully funded through its conclusion in 2002.

116. BUBL LINK / 5:15 Internet Resources: Blindness Author William Graczyk Subjects blindness DeweyClass 362.4 ResourceType index Location usa Last checked 20001110 blindness Resource Centre Documents and http://bubl.ac.uk/link/b/blindness.htm

BUBL LINK / 5:15 Catalogue of Internet Resources Home Search Subject Menus A-Z ... About Blindness See also: eyes A-Z Index Titles Descriptions Betsie: BBC Education Text to Speech Internet Enhancer Blind Readers Page Blindness Resource Centre Braille It ... Topica: Health Page last updated: 17 March 2003 Comments: bubl@bubl.ac.uk Betsie: BBC Education Text to Speech Internet Enhancer Betsie is software (a Perl script) which is intended to make it easier for people using text to speech systems for Web browsing. It rearranges the content of Web pages, renders text in a large, clear font, makes all frames horizontal, removes all table related tags, removes Javascript, and carries out numerous other operations. Most BBC pages are accessible via Betsie, but results from other pages are less reliable. Author: BBC Subjects: blindness, speech processing DeweyClass: ResourceType: service, software Location: uk Last checked: Blind Readers Page Listing of information sources for the blind which offer material in a range of formats such as Braille, recorded cassettes, large print, and electronic texts. Also features links to national organisations, adaptive computer technology suppliers, government agencies, information on guide dogs and mobility, audio books, tactile maps and graphics, and greeting cards. Author: William Graczyk Subjects: blindness DeweyClass: ResourceType: index Location: usa Last checked: Blindness Resource Centre Documents and links to Internet blindness resources. Headings include Braille history, literacy, translators and advocacy, deaf-blind, other disabilities, eye conditions, organisations and research news.

117. The Church And Blindness News and information on the groups work to make religious materials available to the blind. Based in the UK. http://www.church4blind.org.uk

The Church and Blindness Registered Charity No. 1078425 - campaigning for large-print books in pews recognition for the charity's work from The Prince of Wales - read more inside read the words of support from the Archbishop inside WHO WOULD LIKE TO SPONSOR A WELSH TRANSLATION? - THERE BEING NO AUTOMATIC TRANSLATION ON THE WORLDWIDE WEB Please contact vip@church4blind.org.uk With our gratitude to: Chivers; Talking Books; Nielsen Book Data; The RNIB; National Library for the Blind; Book Marketing Ltd; National Blind Children's Society; Bookseller's Association; Ottakers; Cambridge University Press; HM Prison; Braille Transcription Unit, Wakefield. Normal Sight Macular Degeneration Cataracts Glaucoma Diabetes With the kind permission of the Civil Aviation Authority, and the Air Traffic Control Agencies. More balloon release details on our 'NewsFlash' page Our new unframed site can be heard in English by blind people or displayed via a Braillepad. For text to voice software, try IBM's Home Page Reader, or Window Eyes

118. Trachoma Brief, technical clinical definition. Leading cause of blindness worldwide, and afflicts over 400 million people; preventable with adequate diet, proper sanitation, and education. http://www.spedex.com/resource/documents/veb/trachoma.html

TRACHOMA DESCRIPTION: A form of bilateral keratoconjunctivitis which causes corneal scarring; at its onset, it resembles conjunctivitis with symptoms of tearing, photophobia, pain, swelling of the eyelids, and superior keratitis; as it passes through four stages, the conjunctival tissues become follicular, heal, and finally scar. Lacrimal glands and ducts are often affected as well; the upper lid may turn inward and the lashes then abrade the cornea; corneal ulceration results, becomes infected, and ultimately scars. When scarring is extensive, blindness results. The disease is spread by contact; flies and gnats may also transmit it. TREATMENT: If treated early (with antibiotics, usually tetracycline drugs or sulfonamides), the prognosis is excellent. Untreated, it can cause blindness. IMPLICATIONS: This disease is one the earliest recorded eye diseases; it was identified as early as the 27th century B.C. It is the leading cause of blindness worldwide, and afflicts over 400 million people (primarily in underdeveloped countries in Africa, the Middle East, and Asia). It is preventable with adequate diet, proper sanitation, and education. It is rare in the United States. Back to Contents or Back to SpEdEx Home

119. This Page Has Moved !!! www.sandia.gov/itg/newsletter/mar99/commentary.html bbc.co.uk Health - Men s Health - Colour blindness Men s Health - Physical health. Colour blindness by Dr Rob Hicks What is it? Colour blindness is the reduced ability to distinguish between certain colours. http://www.sandia.gov/itg/newsletter/dec98/banner_blindness.html

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120. Retinitis Pigmentosa Overview Information on night blindness, including the relationship between retinal degenerative diseases and the retina as well as basics on genetics and heredity. http://www.geocities.com/retinitis_pigmentosa_rp

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