THINGS YOU MAY NOT KNOW ABOUT BLINDNESS
Added on: 31st Jul 2016
MONKEYS HAVE ACTUALLY HAD THEIR
COLOUR-BLINDNESS CURED WHEN DOCTORS
INJECTED CONES INTO THEIR EYES. ONE DAY,
THIS COULD POTENTIALLY BE DONE IN
HUMANS AS WELL
DURING ONE OF THE FIRST NUCLEAR WEAPON TESTS
IN NEW MEXICO (TRINITY) A BLIND WOMAN NAMED
GEORGIA GREEN SAW A BRIGHT FLASH…FROM 50 MILES AWAY.
SINCE JD SALINGER DIED WITHOUT GIVING UP THE RIGHTS
TO AUDIOBOOK VERSION OF THE CATCHER IN THE RYE,
THE ONLY WAY TO GET A LEGAL AUDIOBOOK VERSION
IS TO RECEIVE CONFIRMATION FROM A DOCTOR SAYING
THAT YOU ARE VISUALLY IMPAIRED AND THEN TAKING
THAT TO THE LIBRARY OF CONGRESS. THIS IS BECAUSE
US COPYRIGHT LAW ALLOWS THE LIBRARY OF
CONGRESS TO MAKE COPIES OF ANY WORK
AVAILABLE FOR THE VISUALLY IMPAIRED
IT WAS ONLY AFTER HAVING MADE NEARLY 2 BILLION
CRAYONS THAT THE CHIEF CRAYON MAKER AT
CRAYOLA, EMERSON MOSER, ADMITTED TO BEING
COLOUR-BLIND
BLIND PEOPLE HAVE MORE NIGHT MARES THAN
PEOPLE WITH REGULAR VISION…UP TO 4 TIMES MORE!
IF A BLIND PERSON IS AFRAID OF DOGS, OR
ALLERGIC TO THEM, THEN HE OR SHE CAN
BE ISSUED A GUIDE HORSE!
GUIDE DOGS CAN'T ACTUALLY TELL IF THE WALK
SIGNAL IS RED OR GREEN SO VISUALLY IMPAIRED
PEOPLE HAVE TO RELY ON AUDITORY CUES TO
CROSS THE ROAD. IF A CAR IS COMING, HOWEVER,
THEIR GUIDE DOG WILL REFUSE TO MOVE
SALTY AND ROSELLE WERE TWO GUIDE DOGS THAT
RECEIVED MEDALS FOR LEADING THEIR BLIND
OWNERS OUT OF THE WORLD TRADE CENTRES ON 9/11
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