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Visual Deficit - Essays

Visual Deficit

The impairment I received to do my disability awareness activity was a . To simulate this disability, so that I could get a deeper understanding of the handicaps that follow, I wore a pair of safety glasses that were covered in vaseline for two days. During these two days I tried to go on with my normal activities of daily living.
I started this activity on Saturday afternoon just as it was time for me to do my workout. Once I put the glasses on I couldn�t identify objects just by looking at them. All I saw were blurred images and some differences in colors. I usually stretch, use my cardioglide, stretch, then do sit-ups with my ab-master, and then stretch again. My cardioglide was ...

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Within the first ten minutes of having the glasses on I felt sad. I already missed seeing my surroundings with unimpaired vision. There is nothing to interesting to look at in our exercise room but I actually missed reading the same old posters that I read over and over almost unconsciously. One poster says, �Stone Cold 3:16,� with a picture of Steve Austin in a wrestling rink, and the other is a brunette in a skimpy red bikini. I actually missed seeing both of these, although not as much as one of my dogs who I heard come into the room, but could only see a moving dark image. I could tell it was Axle because he is much smaller and more energetic than Duel; who is thirty pounds over weight, at 130 pounds, and three years older. I usually only have to look at Axle�s adorable face and I get a warm feeling. This made me realize what a great sense of loss a person would feel if they were to lose their visual capacity unexpectedly. It was hard for me and I knew that in ...

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Added: 7/27/2006 10:05:20 PM
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