Blindness

Literature not only reflects culture, which decides what is the norms and expectations but produces these cultural messages of “normal” and “abnormal.” This paper examines the portrayal of disabled characters that have been riddled with stereotypes and used to elicit sympathy from other characters or the readers. This will be done by exploring disabled characters with a range of physical disabilities and cultures associated with those characters. (Albrecht, 724) The ideal of the nuclear’…

Diabetic retinopathy (DR), which affects approximately one-third of the 29 million Americans with diabetes mellitus (DM), is the leading cause of new cases of blindness in US working-age adults. Our lab has previously shown a link between specific European mitochondrial haplogroups and DR severity, but not the presence of DR. A follow-up study by the lab showed that higher glycosylated hemoglobin is a proliferative diabetic retinopathy (PDR) risk factor only in DR patients from mitochondrial…

address the mission to provide service for poor, blind people (Velayudhan et al, 2011). The task set by the founder was to eliminate needless blindness. Through the Aravind approach, the services offered were originally focused on cataract surgery (Velayudhan et al, 2011). However, after a considerable decision, service was not limited to curable blindness (Velayudhan et al, 2011). Aravind Eye Care decided to offer numerous specialty eye care services. The services include treatment for…

for human behavior to remain intact despite our knowledge relating to neuroscience. Both the brain and the mind play a critical role in defining who we are as a person. Oliver Sack’s essay The Mind’s Eye: What the Blind See examined the impact of blindness in certain individuals and how they adapted and compensated for their lack of vision. The individuals discussed being able to “see” despite no longer having their sight. The most logical answer as to why they were still…

In the story the “Cathedral,” by Raymond Carver this is a story of a blind man named Robert gets invited to the narrator’s house. The narrator didn’t like that Robert was coming to his house, but he didn’t have a choice. The narrator didn’t want Robert in his house because he was blind. The narrator’s wife helped Robert in the summertime by reading reports. She is particularly kind toward Robert, more so than she is to her husband, which makes the narrator jealous. One night, Robert went to the…

open-angle glaucoma with less common types including closed-angle glaucoma and normal-tension glaucoma. Open-angle glaucoma develops slowly over time and there is no pain. Side vision may begin to decrease followed by central vision resulting in blindness if not treated. Closed-angle glaucoma can present gradually or suddenly. The sudden presentation may involve severe eye pain, blurred vision, mid-dilated pupil, redness of the eye, and nausea. Vision loss from glaucoma, once it has occurred, is…

Rotterdam Study", Open-Angle Glaucoma is a progressive neurodegenerative disease that leads to glaucomatous optic neuropathy and eventually, through glaucomatous visual field loss, to the loss of sight. It is also the most common cause of irreversible blindness worldwide. Increased intraocular pressure, oxidative stress, and an impaired ocular blood flow are all contributors to Open-Angle Glaucoma. Their study tested whether the dietary intake of nutrients that either has anti-oxidative…

only character that throughout the play who actually sees what is occurring around himself. Oedipus only achieves this level of insight once he has physically blinded himself with his wife’s/mother’s broach. Light and darkness, as well as sight and blindness, is expressed using three different themes; knowledge, physical light and the truth. Sophocles uses them interchangeably to impress upon hiss audience that the truth isn’t always easy to see. Sophocles uses knowledge…

He believes that Robert’s blindness hinders his ability to live a normal life. Only being able focusing on Robert’s disability, we see that the narrator lacks the capability to see who Robert really is as a person. In the story, the narrator’s wife makes a huge dinner for her husband…

discoveries by just looking into the eyes, and therefore the work of an optometrist is somewhat similar to a detective’s investigation. Additionally the work of optometrists has resulted in shaping the lives of numerous individuals. However, unfortunately blindness still affects 90% of humans within developing countries despite the constant advancing technology within the healthcare in the developed world. This has fuelled my urge to study optometry so that one day I can bring about a change as…