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Have you ever wondered about the experiences of someone who has been blind since birth? This week, Tim Schwartz and Maria Johnson will be exploring many things about being blind since birth with Holly Anderson and Darcy Bernard from the Maccessibility Roundtable Podcast.
A Blind Point of View is a new roundtable podcast where people who are blind or visually impaired come together to have a deep dive conversation about all things related to blindness.
In this roundtable, Holly and Darcy describe a variety of situations related to being blind since birth. They both talk about their childhood experiences and how things they “lost out on” are similar to the “loss” someone might feel from losing vision later in life.
They also describe whether they can see or not in their dreams as well as what colors really mean to them.
A lot of fruit analagies are brought up here.
Tim, Maria, Holly and Darcy discuss some of the more politically correct (or not) words and phrases associated to people who are considered blind or visually impaired and whether these terms really matter or not.
The conversation gets really deep as everyone speculates that no matter when you became blind, we are all in it together.
If you would like to be a part of the conversation or have an idea for a future roundtable, please get in touch with either Tim or Maria. Thank you so much for listening to A Blind Point of View!
My mom recently lost all her site battling cancer. She doesn’t use a cell phone or computer but she has got to love Alexa. I’ve set up some podcasts for her on it. I think she would really get alot from this and imo could use the support of someone that’ understands completely what it’s like to be in her shoes. I try the best I can, it’s just really difficult. .. If there’s any way I could play your podcast on Alexa please let me know. Ty.
You should be able to just ask Alexa, “play the Life After Blindness podcast“. if it doesn’t play automatically, you may have to ask to have it play on Tune In.
I’m sure that these are frustrating times for your mother as well as you and the rest of your family. Hopefully all of you can gain something from the podcast that can be helpful.