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WE ARE POSITIVILY DISABLED

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Hard to view surrounding. Have to strain neck or turn at certain angles in order to see objects and prevent running into others.

Signs that are high up such AS THE TOILET signs are hard to see

Brighter colours are more visible/ eye catching compared to others. Eg. yellow signboards

Have to always be alert while walking.

Might be hard for people to notice people who are partially blind

Have to familiarize themselves to the surroundings to avoid accidents.

Walk at a slower pace which can be time consuming

May not be aware to unforeseen circumstances.  Eg. ball flying towards them

Rely on past experience to navigate around the area.

Have to feel the way while being anxious and rely on people if can't really see, adding on to the problem there is change in surroundings.

Buttons are hard to press and find because it doesn't have braille on it

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Unable to see (cataract by pasting cut out post-its to place at the center of the glasses)

1. only able to rely on the sides of the vision such as the walls, ceiling, and floor
2. Sudden sounds are shocking, causing us to stop
3. Pressing the buttons of the lift is hard as our fingers are not sensitive enough to tell the difference hence, we had to rely on memory [there is no braille]
4. Narrow spaces (the toilet) are difficult to navigate and we easily hit the walls

Sensory/Mobility difference between a long-term disabled person VS someone who was just disabled.

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https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1hcwdFM05ZZpJ8Ahg805wWRSnFwLGBXBk69dlp0Q1nIY/edit?usp=sharing

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https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1AJSORnH1bIm7MRisi1jttF1xlT2-tkiB/edit?usp=sharing&ouid=112222657512374585064&rtpof=true&sd=true

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we tend to rely on our other senses when we lose any one of them

alertness heightens

kept seeking guidance throughout the experience

started to recollect similar past experiences to prepare our next step

trust is key

scared of hitting things or being misunderstood

felt stressful to ‘fit in’, afraid of being marginalised

found it difficult to adapt

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https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/13Dvk0zNWDpBq_fE8vPJMLG-Z5-KOnDNKBwRPmP-a66Y/edit?usp=sharing

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Slower to react to movements

Always have to be on high alert

Smaller range of sight (e.g. tunnel vision) > higher risk of being in danger

Rely on other senses (touch)

High reliance on others

Anxiety and fear

Glare caused from light

hard to see things that are small or far

may trip over things lying on the floor

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https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/14H9gQ1ARwWpZR9oFtyXUvYxADpIogd0Uv9RScFDuY9Q/edit?usp=sharing

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Task: personal hygiene, bathroom
Observations:
- heightened use of hearing, touch, smell
- Identify and locate items by tapping with fingers
- no railings to lead/guide, rises sense of worry that I may be walking aimlessly
- Items that stick out are easier to identify
- Faced difficulties differentiating between soaps if they are not in the same spot (unless they were of a different texture)
-Automatic sinks/ sensors in general make life easier

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https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1Zf8GRdEdZCW2Y6XdjU9xW2UuIkUkll3uJ1a9ebNa5pg/edit?usp=sharing

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Task: Personal Hygiene @ Bathroom

Visually impaired: Blurred vision (Vision both near and far will appear to be out of focus)

Observation in the bathroom
- it is hard to tell the different soaps such as condition, body soap, shampoo, etc. because the words on the bottles are quite small
- Some bathrooms also have glass to separate the shower area, so it can be dangerous if they bang into it
- It is also difficult for them to find items on the top shelf

Ideas:
Creating a soap bottle that is easy to press the soap and easy to detect the different type of soap

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https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1FpVEP9iDYhSanEQqJNdi5wpcDAsbTMQ3VsxjXm3ARHA/edit?usp=sharing

Implementing braille signs & interacting with their surrounding environment

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some challenges visually impacted individuals faced:
- loneliness (they often isolate themselves and doesn't go out often due to their conditions)
- lack of leisure (due to their condition, they will not be able to see the beauty and nature of the world)
- inaccessibility of information (some public information like sign board, mrt map, messages cant be seen by them which inhibits hteir independence)

observations:
- it is often challenging for them to do most daily activities as most thing they see are completely blurry. they are also at a risk of hurting themselves by tripping or stepping onto something sharp.
- daily activities like using the bathroom and eating is difficult as they aren't able to see where their things are placed.
- it is extremely difficult for people with visual impact to live alone

task: food preparation @ kitchen
- cant find food
- difficult to cut food (inconsistent sizes, dangerous)
- cooking food is difficult as we need to see whether the food is ready visually (if we have no timer)
- transferring food to plate can be dangerous as well

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Other Common Problems as Visually Impaired:

Knocking into things that are lower than your eye level

Short sighted view

Walking into false walls

Hard to see what is in the refrigerator

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First of all time to address some pointers

- I am not completely blind
- My blindness is basically i cannot see fat distance
- I can see colors, the light and no details.

My experience :

- ererything that requires reading is insanely hard, i need to close up the distance to literally point blank range to read

- How i see is to use he colors to indicate the different zonings, for example, bathroom is blue, kitchen is brown and gray, bedroom is yellow.

- It is very frustrating to do work like doing journals, and typing is insanely hard to do

- Showering is not easy as i cannot gauge the temperature of the water