Musings about accessibility and today’s solar eclipse.
Category: Disability Life
Blind Sight: How to practice piano when you can’t see sheet music
How do blind people learn to play piano? Here are some reflections on a few of the methods I have used to thrive as a pianist with low vision.
Blind Sight: How a legally blind guy goes hiking
People who are blind and visually impaired can find freedom and fulfillment in the great outdoors. Here are some strategies I use to make sure my hikes are as enjoyable as possible.
Skiing with my eyes closed: Is blindness intrinsic or irrelevant to who I am?
I wrestle with the paradoxes inherent in blindness and their impact on my identity. How can I hold the ambiguity and opposing forces related to my vision in tension with each other?
Do I see too well to be blind?
I often feel too sighted to be blind, but too blind to function fully and freely in a sighted world. Andrew Leland helps me articulate and make sense of this in his book “The Country of the Blind.”
Blind Sight: How a guy with low vision navigates stairs
Navigating stairs with minimal depth perception can be complicated, but employing creative and sometimes non-visual coping strategies and context clues can be a big help.