Category: blindness
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I don’t think I’ll fall in love with this iPhone.
I was out doing things that needed doing, that will eventually warrant their own entry if I ever get around to doing something that doesn’t involve news article mockery, and I got to where I needed to do the mobile version of multitasking. Which, for those who don’t do it … Read the rest
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Attention 1310 news: there is nothing “special” about Victoria’s stolen iPhone.
Sometime last week, a University of Ottawa student wound up needing to replace her iPhone. Someone decided she didn’t really need the one she had, so offered–rather forcefully–to take it off her hands. Two things make it headline worthy, according to 1310 news–one of which is untrue. The girl in … Read the rest
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Note to american Airlines: It’s a cane, not an explosive.
I don’t think Bill diamond will be flying American Airlines any time in the near future. Particularly not after a flight attendant on his trip from Pittsburgh to Chicago decided his cane was, in fact, some kind of threat to airline security and promptly asked him to surrender it.… Read the rest
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There’s a special place in hell reserved for you, sir. Right this way.
Further proof that blind does not, in fact, mean an easy target, just in case folks are keeping track of things like this. A guy in Windsor, Ontario, walked into apartments belonging to two blind people while they were occupied–one was in the bathroom, for crying out loud–and proceeded to … Read the rest
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Introducing KNFB’s new fail in a box.
Warning: this is a blindness tech related entry. You may read if you wish, or you may not. It’s here either way. KNFB is usually pretty well known within the blindness community for software, usually for your cell phone, that’s actually useable by folks who can’t see. So you’d think, … Read the rest
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On blindness, faith, and blind faith.
Disclaimer: This entry may be offensive to the religiously sensative. I only wrote it; you chose to read it. You have been warned. I used to see it only on rare occasions, but the more time I spend watching and interacting with the community, the more a patern sticks out … Read the rest
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Braille is dead. Long live braille.
If you’re one of the few blind people on this side of the border that still actually uses braille, you may be looking to learn the inner workings of a new standard. Until recently, Canada’s been relying on the rules of braille as published by the Braille Authority of North … Read the rest
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Braille display technology, meet the mainstream.
As a blind person, I tend to associate with a fair few others in similar situations. Among them, one of the things that crops up every now and again is, “I’d get a braille display, if it would read more than one line of bloody text.”. Which is, rightfully, a … Read the rest
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In which I learn my body may or may not be broken.
Since birth, I’ve had glaucoma, which has resulted in, among other things, my retinas being detached–a significant contributing factor to my not having sight. When I was younger, the resulting fluctuations in eye pressure glaucoma triggers made for some very insane headaches. It was discovered that those headaches were … Read the rest