conkIin
14th August 2012 - 11:13 PM
JAMES T. CONKLIN...
UNDERSTANDING WET MACULAR DEGENERATION (WMD)
UNLIKE AN INFECTION OR DISEASE, WMD HAS EFFECTS
AND TREATMENT WHICH ARE UNIQUE TO EVERY CASE.
WET MACULAR DEGENERATION (WMD) IS NOT CURED...
WMD IS TREATED TO STABILIZE IT.
MY WMD HISTORY IS COMPLICATED. IT INCLUDES
CATARACTS, LENS REPLACEMENTS, AN OPERATION,
INJECTIONS INTO EYES, AND DRAINING EYE LIQUID.
AFTER THE EYE LIQUID WAS DRAINED, I COULD SEE THE
UP-SIDE-DOWN LIQUID SLOSHING AROUND AT THE TOP.
AS THE LIQUID WAS REPLACED, IT APPEARED TO FILL
THE EYE-BALL FROM TOP TO BOTTOM. THAT'S OPTICS.
LEFT EYE SEES A TILTED BLACK SQUARE SURROUNDED
BY A GRAY CIRCLE AT THE CENTER OF FOCUS.
RIGHT EYE SEES A BLACK CIRCLE AT THE CENTER OF FOCUS.
LEFT EYE VISION IS SHARP ON THE PERIPHERY,
BUT THINGS ARE DISTORTED LIKE IN A FUN-HOUSE MIRROR.
THE DISTORTION IS BOTH HORIZONTAL AND VERTICAL.
RIGHT EYE VISION IS MOSTLY A GRAY BLUR
BECAUSE OF THE CENTRAL BLACK SPOT.
MAGNIFICATION IS NECESSARY, BUT IS NOT SUFFICIENT
TO READ DUE TO THE DISTORTION AND DARKENING.
WORDS LIKE 'STOP' CAN BE READ BECAUSE THE WORD IS
'RECOGNIZED'. LOWER-CASE WORDS LIKE "Iterativity"
ARE NOT DISCERNABLE AS TO MEANING AND SPELLING.
LIFE IMPACTS:
NO DRIVING = NO INDEPENDENCE.
LABELS, INSTRUCTIONS, NEWSPAPERS, BOOKS, LETTERS,
PILL BOTTLES, BALLOTS, AND CHECKBOOKS CAN'T BE READ.
CONTROLS ON RADIOS, ELECTRONICS, CELL PHONES
WASHERS, DRYERS, MICROWAVES, ETC. CAN'T BE SEEN.
THE BRAIN FOCUSES ON WHAT THE EYES ARE FOCUSED UPON.
WITH WMD, YOU CAN'T SEE WHAT THE EYES ARE FOCUSED ON.
THIS REDUCES COMPREHENSION AND DEPTH PERCEPTION.
NUMERIC KEY PAD NUMBERS CAN'T BE SEEN.
TELEPHONE KEYS ARE UP-SIDE-DOWN FROM COMPUTER KEYS.
KEY PADS ON CALCULATORS, REMOTES, AND MICROWAVES
ARE ALL DIFFERENT. TOUCH SCREENS ARE IMPOSSIBLE.
THE PHONE NUMBER ON MY EYE DOCTOR'S CARD
CAN'T BE READ BY HIS PATIENTS. HE IS OBLIVIOUS.
THE CARD PHONE NUMBER IS ~1/2-INCH LONG.
WHY NOT USE THE ENTIRE WIDTH OF THE CARD?
THE EYE DOCTOR TESTS MY VISION. I CAN DEDUCE
THE FIRST FEW LETTERS... BUT ONLY BECAUSE OF
THE HIGH CONTRAST OF BLACK ON BRIGHT WHITE.
IF THE CHART IS OFF, I CAN'T SEE BOX ON THE WALL.
I CAN LISTEN TO BOOKS ON AN AMAZON KINDLE, BUT
I CAN'T ORDER BOOKS BECAUSE THE DESCRIPTIONS
AND ORDERING INFO ARE TOO SMALL ON THE SCREEN.
I WAS GIVEN AN I-PAD. I GAVE IT BACK.
THE NEW CELL PHONES ARE USELESS. I MUST USE AN OLD
MODEL WITH VOICE DIALING. I CAN'T READ THE SCREEN.
ACCESSIBILITY FEATURES ARE OFTEN USELESS
BECAUSE THE CONTROLS USE KEYS WHICH CAN'T
BE SEEN... LIKE "ALT-PGUP" & "CTRL-SHIFT-PGDN".
IT TAKES A BLIND PERSON TO DESIGN THINGS FOR BLIND PEOPLE.
I HAVE A 'HIGH VISIBILITY' BLACK ON YELLOW KEYBOARD.
THE FULL HEIGHT OF THE KEYS IS NOT USED BY THE LETTERS.
THE UPPER-CASE SYMBOLS ON THE TOP-ROW NUMBER KEYS
CANNOT BE SEEN. THE TOP NUMBER KEYS ARE NEVER USED.
THINK: ELIMINATE THE NUMBERS AND ENLARGE THE SYMBOLS?
I AM IN RECOVERY ROOM AFTER EMERGENCY SURGERY.
THE NAMES OF MY 5 DOCTORS ARE ON THE WHITE BOARD.
I AM TOLD TO PUSH A BUTTON IN 6+ MINUTE INTERVALS
FOR A MORPHINE HIT. NURSES THINK I AM STUPID BECAUSE
I DON'T KNOW MY DOCTOR'S NAMES OR WHAT TIME IT IS.
THINGS LIKE STUBBING A TOE, TRIPPING ON A SIDEWALK,
BUMPING A CORNER, SPILLING IN THE REFRIGERATOR, AND
TIPPING OVER MY BEER GLASS ARE NOT MAJOR PROBLEMS.
THE BIG PROBLEM IS NOT BEING ABLE TO DRIVE.
TRY IT FOR A YEAR. YOU NEED A GOOD FRIEND OR NO FOOD.
A PERSON WOULD THINK THAT THE USE OF CAPS WOULD NOT
GET SOMEONE'S PANTIES IN A WAD. I WROTE THIS IN A POST:
SORRY; I MUST USE LARGE BOLD CAPS DUE TO BLINDNESS.
[Moderator: That claim makes no sense.]
[Moderator: You are ignorant as all get out. Your computer has options about how it presents items to you. Proper software can read web pages to you and let you compose in a single line as tall as your display screen. None of that requires imposing on us your font choices.]
Mekigal
14th August 2012 - 11:22 PM
it is pretty easy to read