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Raymond Carver wrote “Cathedral,” the cathedral represents true sight, the ability to see beyond the surface to the true meaning that lies within. In “Cathedral” we encounter the narrator who thinks of his wife’s friend as nothing but a blind man. For he is a petty, jealous man… he does not care to meet any man whom his wife has connected with in the past. Although he is staying with him and his wife, he will speak to him anyhow. Robert will change the narrator’s way of thinking and seeing…

“Disabled people are absent in culture, when they are present they are represented in wholly stereotypical ways.” – Barnes and Mercer (2003) The above picture is taken at the entrance of a popular food court in Auckland City. This is popular amongst everyday Aucklander’s as well as tourists. There is no ramp nearby or an entrance that allows access for a wheelchair. However, despite being a popular spot it is fairly impossible for a person with a wheelchair to get inside. As Erving Goffman…

Communication is the sending and receiving information between a selective amount of people within a health care setting. The person sending the message is known as the sender, while the person interpreting the information is named the receiver or recipient. The information may be facts, ideas for specific treatments and opinions and emotions regarding patients and their conditions. Interpersonal interaction is a communication process that involves the exchange of information and emotions…

The swift fluidity with which Doerr moves between the stories of Werner and Marie-Laure and the parallels he creates between them emphasizes their shared humanity. As children, both Werner and Marie-Laure are depicted as innocent, with an element of ‘light’ within them, for they focus on the good in their lives- family, ambitions and dreams- despite the war. The fact that Marie-Laure is blind and motherless and Werner is an “undersized” (Doerr 24) orphan creates sympathy in the reader,…

for people who have disability such as hearing impairment or visual impairments. INTERNATIONAL COMMUNITY CENTRE Nowadays, disabled people have started to use technology such as mobile phone to support them. Alternative forms of communication Braille: people with impairments often use this their sense to read a documents Lip reading is…

The study examined the accessibility of the physical college environment by all learners. The findings from interviews with teachers, focus group discussion with students and access audit of buildings indicated that the physical college environment was not accessible by all learners. Some of the physical facilities were not accessible by a particular group of students, for example, students with visual impairments and those who use wheel chairs. Some offices at the administration and nearly all…

“Helen Keller is fellow to Caesar, Alexander, Napoleon, Homer, Shakespeare and of the rest of the immortals . . . She will be as famous a thousand years from now as she is today” (Dorothy Herman 1998). What I think this quote is saying is that along with the other remarkable people she will be remembered for thousands of years. Helen was very important in American History for the changes she made in the world. Joseph P. Lash wrote “While the Keller’s raised almost everything they needed on…

Island of the Colorblind is written by neurologist Oliver Sacks in which he demonstrates his passion for islands and reveals his experience during an expedition to an isolate colorblind community on the Micronesian islands of Pingelap and Pohnpei. Sacks is so intrigued about an islands ability to cause isolation, extinction and new forms of life that he considered Pingelap an ideal location to explore a civilization where colorblindness known as achromatopsia, is the standard. He views these…

He called some local real estate agents, but they had prices that were as despicable as The Eye Doctor when offering their services. Luckily he ran into a telephone pole that had a flier with offered a tree-house to rent, was written in braille, and was just two blocks away from the doctor’s office. The two blocks was easily within speed-walking distance. He visited the old couple that was renting out the tree-house. The price started out at 5$ a week, but after some vigorous negotiations…

Napoleon made his troop go from Northern Italy into Austria. John Adams is the first president to live in the White House. 1803 Louisiana Purchase was made. Tsar Paul I is assassinated. The Cumberland Road was made to improve western transportation. Johnny Appleseed start teaching pioneers how to plant apple trees. In 1800 Lewis and William Clark expedition began in 1804. Robert E. Lee attends the first West Point Academy with Ulysses S. Grant. Charles Willson Peale establishes…