My wife "Joyce" who has been visually impaired for years has been surprised at the comments from the public, which comes out of plain ignorance. They ask how do blind or visually impaired people eat or go upstairs and many other comments that Isn't beyond the stigma that the public create about a visual disability. I have talked to other people who are in the blind and visually impaired community; they also unfortunately have the same stories. People say to me how can she get around they tell me how frightened they would be, but if you are the one that is visually impaired you have to do what you can to get around. The Canadian Institute for the Blind and other service dog schools, one can gain their mobility with help. But people who are ignorant cannot see beyond this so the judge from what they think how they would feel if they were blind.
I am getting handle on what visual impairment is like, for I have cataracts and on Thursday I will be going in for surgery on my right eye. Fortunately blindness isn't something that I have to live with, but there is life after losing your sight. My wife has adaptive technology for her computer, and she has audio books that come from the CNIB daily. Though the reading material isn't the amount as text available for the sighted community, it is available to the blind community.
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