Inattentional blindness

Molly Burke Introduction Molly Burke is a teen activist who speaks against bullying. She became blind from a disease that is rare and only 1 in 4,000 people get, but no matter what, she still had the courage to keep going and accomplish all her dreams. She never gave up no matter how mean the bully, or how hard the challenge was. Molly has inspired many people to try their best to follow their dreams no matter how many bumps are in the road on the way. Her Childhood On February 8…

Living blind of the truth can have a significant damage of people life that make totally change their life, even that the truth is right there in front of their eyes, they still can not see it. Traditionally blind people are known for see thing the people with sight can’t even see, they have a kind of vision that show the future. In Sophocles’ Oedipus the King, Teiresias, the blind prophet, show the truth to King Oedipus and Jocasta that his is the killer of his father and who is married to his…

When a person has low vision or a visual impairment they often need a support network that is composed of their family and friends. Most people instinctively agree to support their loved ones, but they may not truly understand the level of support that might be required. The article, Family Functioning and Low Vision: a systematic review, by Jennifer K. Bambara examines the issues faced by individuals with low vision and the family members that choose to support them. People with low vision are…

Change can happen anywhere, in Cathedral change happens in one single night. It happened in the most beautiful and unexpected way so by the end of the tale, all characters will experience a dramatic change. When Narrator, at the beginning of the story when he learns that Robert is coming to visit, he gets jealous and angry. Even though he isn’t literally blind, he shows a lack of insight and self-awareness, in many ways, that make him blinder than Robert. He can see perfectly fine with his…

All in all, unrequited love has caused many characters in the play to not think rationally. Antonio, Sir Andrew, and Malvolio’s actions were all caused by unrequited love and its ability to blind. In the end, it’s not unrequited love but the blindness that it brings that is the true…

loss and balance problems at birth. Vision problems usually develop before age 10, and vision loss quickly progress to total blindness. Type 2. Children with this type have moderate to severe hearing loss at birth. They do not have balance problems. Vision problems usually develop during the teenage years. The problems develop slowly and do not result in total blindness. Type 3. Children with this type have gradual hearing loss that starts later in childhood. They may also have some…

“What does a blind man want with a shotgun?” the clerk asks. “How is it any of your damn business?” I say tapping my white cane against the cold, glass display. Lemon-lime nacho chipped bad breath, oiled metal, and day old socks waft in the air. The crinkling of a tin can adds a dissonant overtone to the man’s gurgling belch. “What you gonna shoot?” “You going to sell me the thing or what?” I imagine a squishy face with French-fry pores lubricating double chins. “Of course. No law against a…

to persons at risk of developing the disease hence, the health and economic burden of glaucoma is continuously increasing. The Nigerian National Blindness and Visual impairment Survey has shown that glaucoma is the most prevalent cause of blindness and has emphasized the need for increasing glaucoma awareness and patient education in reducing blindness from this disease (Abdu 2013). In addition, (Prior et al. 2013) suggested that it is appropriate to design targeted interventions to change…

Sight and Blindness in Oedipus Rex It is easy for a person that has great vision and can see clearly to be blinded by the truth. The Greek play, Oedipus the King by Sophocles is the story of Oedipus, a man who becomes the king of Thebes, while unwittingly fulfilling the prophecy of killing his father and marrying his own mother. One of the main themes in this play is blindness: physical blindness, which is lacking the sense of sight; and intellectual blindness, which is the refusal to accept…

smell, taste, sight, and hearing. What if you were born without one of those senses, or maybe multiple of them? How do people adapt to the world if they are born blind, and is it the same way people that have an accident or disease that caused their blindness later on in life adapt? We know that people have overcome their disabilities to do great things for instance Hellen Keller who was born a deaf/blind/mute went on to become famous and Ray Charles who went blind due to Glaucoma went on to…