I'm looking for an outdoor shade/blind to use on my balcony. [more inside]
posted on Jul 21, 2008 - 5 answers

How can I help my sister find housing and transportation in a new town in Texas? My sister and her husband (who both have disabilities) and their small children are considering moving to a town population over 100,000. Which is a big change from the town the were living in (population about 500.) Who can I call to find resources for them? [more inside]
posted on Jul 2, 2008 - 7 answers

Are there general guidelines to helping/assisting a blind person? [more inside]
posted on Jun 5, 2008 - 6 answers

I hope this question doesn't come off as crass, but I've always been curious when I see blind people on campus. [more inside]
posted on Apr 16, 2008 - 25 answers

I am looking for tips on how to move house with a cat (I'm moving tomorrow!). It's going to be a 4 hour journey in a car, with a cat who hates traveling (she breaks out of a her secure cat-box) and gets very stressed (cries and pants). Also, I want to try to address her behaviour issue, if anyone has the time to look inside and read her background info (sorry for the lengthy notes). [more inside]
posted on Apr 15, 2008 - 15 answers

Can you think of any children's books with texture which would be great for the visually impaired? [more inside]
posted on Dec 31, 2007 - 7 answers

What is the name of the man in this photograph? [more inside]
posted on Dec 20, 2007 - 3 answers

Does anyone have any experience with crazyblinddate.com, from the okcupid people? [more inside]
posted on Nov 29, 2007 - 8 answers

What activities can I initiate with my substantially-deaf, substantially-blind grandfather? [more inside]
posted on Oct 16, 2007 - 15 answers

I'm taking a legally blind friend iPod shopping. Any experience with iPod magnification devices needed. [more inside]
posted on Sep 6, 2007 - 8 answers

How can a deaf person communicate with a blind person? [more inside]
posted on Jun 29, 2007 - 15 answers

I've been asked to give music lessons to a young blind boy. He has been blind since birth, and he is a music fanatic. Please help me figure out the best approach to take in teaching him about music. [more inside]
posted on Sep 22, 2006 - 21 answers

For most people, physical attraction is visual. So how do Blind people become attracted to someone in the absence of visual stimuli? [more inside]
posted on Aug 30, 2006 - 13 answers

Does a person born deaf blind experience dreams? My curiousity has always wondered if a person who is born deaf blind has the ability to experience dream? What would dreaming be like if you never have been able to see or hear anything around you. Is a dream a purely visual thing for us sighted ones? Any research sites or personal stories on this topic?
posted on May 30, 2006 - 12 answers

I need recommendations for an mp3 player for a blind user. [more inside]
posted on May 18, 2006 - 12 answers

How is it to have a blind roommate? [more inside]
posted on May 10, 2006 - 12 answers

How do you automate podcast reception with a Dell Pocket DJ. This is probably a bit too specific for askmefi, but I'm desperate enough to give it a shot. I'm trying to make a Dell Pocket DJ work like an ipod, where you plug in the player, run a program and the shows appear on the device. [more inside]
posted on Dec 12, 2005 - 5 answers

How does a blind person know the difference between any american bank notes? For example the difference between $1 bill or a $100 bill? [more inside]
posted on Sep 3, 2005 - 18 answers

My brother-in-law's sister has a beautiful six month old baby that was recently diagnosed as blind. [more inside]
posted on Sep 1, 2005 - 6 answers

What if most people were born blind, and seeing was rare? [more inside]
posted on May 27, 2005 - 43 answers

Questions of the Unverse: Do blind people shave thier legs? [more inside]
posted on May 13, 2005 - 27 answers

Interested in percentage of blind since birth persons who are homosexual. [mi]
posted on Feb 16, 2005 - 8 answers

This has puzzled me for a long time. People who've been blind since birth - how can they dream images? Do they? Without a visual history for reference, how can it happen?
posted on Jan 31, 2005 - 7 answers

I am looking for an article called "The Dreams Of The Blind" from Joseph Jastrow which has been published in the New Princeton Review in 1888. My Google-Fu and my university's database did not help...
posted on Jan 26, 2005 - 7 answers

Deaf-blind question. I ask only out of curiosity, but google turns up academic stuff that's above my head. How are deaf-blind children taught? What level of communication can they attain? Does being mute make a difference? Do we know what life is like inside a mind that has only touch/taste/smell senses of the world?

I'm thinking mainly of those who are born deaf and blind.
posted on Feb 26, 2004 - 4 answers

On Monday I have to cover my seven year old daughters left eye with a patch for eight weeks. The idea is to strengthen her right eye -- currently 20/300 -- in the advent that later in life she should damage her good one. Insurance, so to speak. Any thoughts on making life more palatable for a temporarily blind child ?
posted on Feb 20, 2004 - 20 answers