going to want to do everything for you. the who’s They’re ones that when trying to explain to them and keep you’re your independence, I really can pick up the glass of “Oh, They get it. And that can happen water myself.” don’t anywhere. Sometimes people think if you cannot see, you walk, can’t you talk, you certainly can’t can’t think. You’re definitely hard of hearing so they better shout in order for you to hear them. You do sign language because of course, you know, you speak so you use sign language. And you can’t have to go back and you have to go, you know, explain to them, I can walk, I can talk, I can hear, you “Yes, don’t need to shout. I use sign language because I don’t can’t see sign language in order to use it, but if you hand me a piece of paper with print on it going to have trouble I’m seeing it. And if I walk into a room full of people going I’m to have trouble telling who is who until you talk to me. But okay. You need to feel sorry for I it’s don’t me. It’s okay. can do everything I need to do.” And taking a very direct approach, a very practical approach. Talking about the daily skills, talking about what you can do, talking about how your vision still allows you to fix your own meals or pick out your own clothes or whatever it is that worried about really will help they’re them know that you are able to do things on a day-in, basis and that your vision your loss hasn’t impacted ability to take care of life. It your ability to hasn’t impacted keep going, to keep working.
who’s going to want to do everything for you. They’re the ones that when you’re trying to explain to them and keep your independence, “Oh, I really can pick up the glass of water myself.” They don’t get it. And that can happen anywhere. Sometimes people think if you cannot see, you can’t walk, you can’t talk, you certainly can’t think. You’re definitely hard of hearing so they better shout in order for you to hear them. You do sign language because of course, you know, you can’t speak so you use sign language. And you have to go back and you have to go, you know, explain to them, “Yes, I can walk, I can talk, I can hear, you don’t need to shout. I don’t use sign language because I can’t see sign language in order to use it, but if you hand me a piece of paper with print on it I’m going to have trouble seeing it. And if I walk into a room full of people I’m going to have trouble telling who is who until you talk to me. But it’s okay. You don’t need to feel sorry for me. It’s okay. I can do everything I need to do.” And taking a very direct approach, a very practical approach. Talking about the daily skills, talking about what you can do, talking about how your vision still allows you to fix your own meals or pick out your own clothes or whatever it is that they’re worried about really will help them know that you are able to do things on a day-in, basis and that your vision loss hasn’t impacted your ability to take care of life. It hasn’t impacted your ability to keep going, to keep working.
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