WHAT YOU MIGHT NOT KNOW ABOUT BLINDNESS
Added on: 18th Oct 2016
MATTHEW WEIGMAN WAS A BLIND 19 YEAR OLD
WHO WAS ARRESTED FOR HACKING. HE HAD
USED HIS ULTRA-SENSITIVE HEARING TO HACK
PHONES AND MAKE CALLS TO THE SWAT TEAM
WHOM HE WOULD DIRECT TO THE HOUSES OF
PEOPLE HE DIDN'T LIKE
ALL PENS BOUGHT BY THE US GOVERNMENT ARE
SKILCRAFT PENS ASSEMBLED BY BLIND PEOPLE
STATISTICALLY SPEAKING, BLIND PEOPLE ARE
MORE LIKELY TO FIND LOVE THAN PEOPLE WITH
NORMAL VISION. 65% OF BLIND AMERICANS
ARE MARRIED OR LIVE WITH A PARTNER AND
THEIR DIVORCE RATE IS ONLY 16.5 PERCENT
MR ROGERS ONCE RECEIVED A LETTER FROM A
BLIND GIRL ASKING HIM TO SAY OUT LOUD ON
HIS SHOW WHENEVER HE WAS FEEDING HIS FISH.
SO HE DID!
PEOPLE WHO ARE BORN BLIND DO NOT DEVELOP
SCHIZOPHRENIA BUT THEY ARE AT RISK FOR AUTISM
IN SOME COUNTRIES THERE ARE SPECIFIC TEXTURES
(TACTILE PAVEMENTS) IN THE SIDEWALKS THAT
BLIND PEOPLE CAN SENSE WITH THEIR CANES
AND USE FOR GUIDANCE. THESE ARE ESPECIALLY
USEFUL NEAR CROSSWALKS AND METROS.
WHEN THEY TAKE LSD, BLIND PEOPLE CAN
STILL EXPERIENCE HALLUCINATIONS
THE FACT THAT BLIND PEOPLE DISPLAY THE SAME
FACIAL EXPRESSIONS AS PEOPLE WITH SIGHT
(SMILING, FROWNING, ETC.), IMPLIES THAT FACIAL
EXPRESSIONS ARE INNATE. THAT IS TO SAY, WE
DON'T LEARN THEM, WE'RE BORN JUST KNOWING THEM
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