Technology

With anyone with that has any type of visual impairment, they always use tools. (Glasses are a type of "Tool") I use a lot of them in my daily life.

As a Little Girl

I used to not want to be different, and because of that I did not want to use my tools to make seeing and reading easier for me. I had these huge large print books in my classrooms, which did not help at all, but that's because I did not know my vision well enough. a kid with Peter's has to know their vision well enough to start telling people what they can see and what cannot, and to tell if they are having a good vision day, or not. Also, teachers tended to jump the gun with getting me those large printed books, simply because they thought they would help. Just because I am visually impaired, does not mean that things that you think would help, actually helps. sometimes it is trial and error. If something does not work, do not get stressed just keep trying different things till it works out. Also, I had learned braille, just in case if something happened to my vision in the future. In high school, I had re-learned it, with the same reasons. I still remember the Grade 1 stuff, the contractions are very hard to remember. If you understand anything about braille, it is very much like learning another language and is said if you don't use, you lose it. I still remember it.

Technology in the Classroom

My classes never had a CCTV in the classroom. I have a CCTV for reading smaller print. another thing about me... I actually like reading actual books, like that concrete versions. I do not like reading things online. what I will do is actually print things off in a larger print, so I can read it. I feel like i will get more out of the concrete version of books instead of the ones online. that is just me though. I had started using hand held devices in the classroom in about 6th grade. I had started out with something simple, like a monocular. Picture binoculars, with only one arm. that is a monocular. I still use one today, it is literally my best friend, I use it all the time in class. One thing that people tend to think when they hear "visually impaired" is "Magnification" and people also tend to think a simple magnifier will solve all the worlds problems. In most cases, it does not, I am far sited, so a simple magnifier does not help, I actually need something stronger than that. So I had just requested to get a "Ruby" which is a hand held device that is very similar to a CCTV, but it is small enough to hold and scan over pages and stuff. this is a fairly new product.

Where do I use these things?

I bring them out anywhere I need to. Honestly, I take out my monocular at parks, movies, and shows. I take out my glasses when I am out at a restaurant, or menus are involved, or anything that is written in small print. It had taken a while to get here though, A LOT of courage and not being able to truly care about what others will say after I leave the area. I break more social norms for bringing out these things to read better. If it works, than I tend to use it, if it doesn't work for me, or if it is too bulky I will never use it.

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