how can you be helpful to a blind person?
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Read to them.  Especially any of their favoerite works that are not on tape.  Loal libraries often have programs for this.
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BLind Persons use bumps called Braille. \nDeaf People learn to read by visual cues
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Well, it would be difficult, but the blind man would have to hire someone to be his eyes and ears. Perhaps even hire someone to answer all letters and messages. But if such a man could hire such people and he and they were good at the job, the country might be well off.
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Deaf.  I think I would feel less vulnerable that way.  Plus, if I learned sign language and/or lip reading, I would almost be able to compensate for my handicap.  However, with blindness, there is nothing you can easily do to bring any type of sight back into your life.  If blind, I would miss out on reading books (I don't think braille would be the same), watching the sunset and sunrise, watching the trees change color in fall, watching the new flowers bloom in spring, watching my loved ones grow up... Instead, I would be trapped in my own dark world.  No, deafness is definitely preferential.  Who cares about missing the sound of sirens, beeping traffic, swearing, screams of agony, fingers on a chalkboard...?
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Surely you know the answer to this without asking.  Braille is for blind people and it's the law.
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Blind people? of they can as long as they can still touch smell and talk to a woman
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I would contact the eyeglass corporations in the US.\nMaybe the association for the blind.
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Ask if there is anything you can do for them. Usually, there is. At least let them know you're there. \n\n.
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Be confident. Be yourself. Be nice. Be appreciative. Don't be grumpy or have a chip on your shoulder about the wheelchair. Smiling helps. \n\nGo volunteer somewhere. You'll find nice people there.
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I agree with most of the answers re people who are blind. Also, very well educated drunks can use it.
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Don't really know how I can help.
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I think you need to ask a blind person face to face.  If they are blind, they can't read this question off a computer screen like the rest of us.  And if the only people reading it are people who can see, then they won't know.
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Sadly - the truth may be that you cannot.  But perhaps someone else can - like a priest, psychologist etc.  BUT - the first rule about helping someone is they must WANT to be helped - if they do not - then there is nothing you can do about that.
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Hmmm, that's interesting. Are blind people driving now? I dunno... Maybe so blind passenger's can understand banking mumbo jumbo too! Haha :)
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If he is a religious person he may like the bible, Koran, etc on tape, there are many books and cd's available for sale and at the public library.  The American Federation for the blind (or something like that) will lend easy to use audio players with a huge library of tapes.  An old blind friend of mine loved nothing better than lottery tickets and an assortment of candies and fresh pastries, she also loved soft hats, socks and slippers...You could record his favorite people reading or telling stories, poetry, songs sung together in past, etc. for playback.  This could be enjoyed and shown off, much like a photo album...I just got back from taking my 87 year old father-in law to gamble at Tahoe, it's his very favorite thing and casinos are very wheelchair accessible (even though I'm not sure I approve, so what!).  Think of what interests him and find a way to give him some. I think a recorded"album" of jokes, greetings, memories, etc. from people in his life or even distant relatives from far away would be a really big hit...
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My best friend was born legally blind. When we were 15 we went to a crusade and she was healed. The first thing she ever saw in her entire life was a stadium of thousands of people praising and worshiping God! It was awesome. When she went to the doctor's and specialists in the following days, they could not believe what had happened, one specialist she had been seeing since she was born. Since this, she has been part of lots of research and studies trying to fond how she regained her vision, yet no medical answer has been found. And oh yeah, how is this for you, 10 years later she is still eligible to receive the Blind Pension from the Government because once deemed legally blind.....always blind. They refuse to cancel her pension. So she donates it to different ministries.
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Do this experiment in your own home...wear a blindfold for 24 hours...that's all you need to understand how a blind person "sees" and navigates the world. An ex-girlfriend that was blind had me do this.