Inattentional blindness

Glaucoma is a physical aspect of increased pressure on the optic nerve, which transfers to the brain, identifies it. The pressure could cause the damage for a foundation of vision loss. There is no exact know cause of the increased pressure other than genetics, rather than a combination of factors that could lead to early onset or risk for aggressive progression of the disease (Cascella, Strafella, Germani, Novelli, Ricci, Zampatti and Giardina, 2015). There are theories of risk factors that can…

Having the mentality of an optimistic individual can lead to a productive lifestyle because something valuable can rise from hopeless circumstances. Oliver Sacks, a neurologist and the author of “The Mind’s Eye”, takes an unfortunate situation, like blindness, and shows how people from all over the world embrace being blind through the use of memoirs. From “When I Woke up Tuesday Morning, It Was Friday”, by clinical psychologist Martha Stout, the author shares illustrations from her clinical…

In the story of “Cathedral” written by Raymond Carver, there are three main characters: The protagonist, his wife, and wife’s blind friend, Robert. The story tells about that the protagonist, who has only tunnel vision, has been living in loneliness everyday that he cannot even notice himself before he meets his wife’s blind friend, Robert. After the protagonist meets Robert, he learns naturally how to communicate with other people through the conversation between him and Robert. At the end of…

someone can construct it. In the chapter “Son”, Andrew Solomon talks about understanding his sexuality, which allowed him to accept and even feel pride in his identity. While, Oliver Sacks combines the experiences of blind people and expresses how blindness affects people to adjust to their new states of being in his article, “The Mind’s Eye”. Both authors show how humans are capable of redefining their identities, but to what extent?…

privilege as “something that puts others at a disadvantage”(Sehgal 2) rather than giving themselves an advantage. Also, as previously stated, privilege involves a state of mind, so it can no truly disappear. Therefore, one can not erase privilege’s blindness or privilege itself. In addition, many also believe America helps third world countries, so this must mean the privileged help the unprivileged, so equality seems closer. In contrast to their opinions, these programs help third world…

One of the most feared injuries a person can experience is permanent vision loss or blindness. This injury is often associated with medical errors; Medical Malpractice. To awaken from a long but otherwise successful surgery for something unrelated to vision entirely, and feel an indescribable scorching, burning, shooting, extreme pain deep within your eye and realize that your vision in that eye is completely gone, is tremendously frightening and devastating. The first thing I remember when…

Ignorance is the lack of knowledge towards a certain subject and it can cause great conflict. This idea is presented often in the play Romeo and Juliet. Shakespeare wrote Romeo and Juliet, a play about a pair of star crossed lovers who fall in love and secretly get married. As problems come their way, they decide to take hasty actions. This is all due to their lack of knowledge. Ignorance caused love, violence, and poor decisions that ultimately led to Romeo and Juliet’s deaths. Ignorance…

An article taken from moviepilot.com, “Mental Illness In ‘Moana’ & ‘Finding Dory’: Are Disney Done Celebrating Difference?” criticize recent Disney movies regarding to differences. The author Trevor Norkey states his disappointment when several characters in Moana and Finding Dory were mocked by other characters from the movie due to their disabilities. The characters do not developed into better ones that snapped off animated movie stigmas. Differ from the former movies when the stories tell…

Metamorphosis is an act of change or transformation from one thing to another. While metamorphosis is most commonly associated with bugs, it can occur in humans as well. In both short stories, “Metamorphosis” and “Cathedral” the characters are detached from reality. Gregor possesses anti social characteristics and Bub is ignorant and insensitive. Throughout each story, both characters undergo metamorphosis which inevitably alters their lives. The protagonist of “Metamorphosis”, Gregor Samsa…

vessels in the eye, causing leakage and overgrowth. According to AJN, this leads to scarred tissue in the eyes. The range of age for diabetic retinopathy is twenty to seventy-four years old. Retinopathy is one of the most frequent newer causes of blindness(AJN). Retinopathy is much similar to macular degeneration. In diabetic retinopathy there is also a sub retinal hemorrhage. However, there are abnormal vessels on the surface of the retina; as well as exudates. Exudates are yellow flecks caused…