Excellent example! Reading Braille fascinates me. I know that we can learn pretty much anything if we put enough time and effort into it, but I doubt I could ever read Braille. I am curious… How much time did it take you to learn it?
Well for those born blind, it takes about as much as it would take a sighted child to learn to read print. However, since I started out by reading print (even though I was already legally blind), it took me much longer. This was also due to my not accepting my sight loss and the fact that I could no longer read print. I wasn’t proficient at Braille until I started using a computer at age eleven or twelve, when I got annoyed with the text-to-speech voice.
I am not sure there is anything I can do with my eyes closed 🙂
My memory is not what it was since my head injuries. I like to have a checklist, or a recipe to follow so I don’t forget anything.
I do remember some things I have read very well though. My brain seems to pick and choose what it wants to remember in precise detail, and what it decides it does not need to save.
Memory is a tricky thing, and I am sorry that yours have been affected by your injury 😦 Mine is rather selective… It will remember tiny details that seem completely useless while refusing to record important stuff. Crazy brains 😉
I could pick out my horses hooves with my eyes closed and find my way round his legs to pick up each of the four hooves. But I doubt it would take years for anyone to learn how to do that.
I kinda disagree… It must take a mutual trust between a human and a horse to be able to do that easily. And some people will never establish that kind of trust with an animal. You have something very special there, Anne 🙂
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Read Braille. Really, most “ordinary” things that people usually take a long time to learn, since I am blind.
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Excellent example! Reading Braille fascinates me. I know that we can learn pretty much anything if we put enough time and effort into it, but I doubt I could ever read Braille. I am curious… How much time did it take you to learn it?
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Well for those born blind, it takes about as much as it would take a sighted child to learn to read print. However, since I started out by reading print (even though I was already legally blind), it took me much longer. This was also due to my not accepting my sight loss and the fact that I could no longer read print. I wasn’t proficient at Braille until I started using a computer at age eleven or twelve, when I got annoyed with the text-to-speech voice.
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I am not sure there is anything I can do with my eyes closed 🙂
My memory is not what it was since my head injuries. I like to have a checklist, or a recipe to follow so I don’t forget anything.
I do remember some things I have read very well though. My brain seems to pick and choose what it wants to remember in precise detail, and what it decides it does not need to save.
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Memory is a tricky thing, and I am sorry that yours have been affected by your injury 😦 Mine is rather selective… It will remember tiny details that seem completely useless while refusing to record important stuff. Crazy brains 😉
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I could pick out my horses hooves with my eyes closed and find my way round his legs to pick up each of the four hooves. But I doubt it would take years for anyone to learn how to do that.
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I kinda disagree… It must take a mutual trust between a human and a horse to be able to do that easily. And some people will never establish that kind of trust with an animal. You have something very special there, Anne 🙂
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Thank you C.
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I can touch type! I learned how to touch type when I was 9 years old!
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