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I’m not blind. I am VISUALLY IMPAIRED. How long will I still see for?

  Let’s say it, this time we were better. We Italians I mean. In our language there is the word IPOVISIONE, which defines a state of visual impairment that is not comparable to blindness.

Tuesday April 26th, 2011

Synesthesia, a word for many senses

When I heard for the first time the word synesthesia, I never imagined it would be so deeply rooted in…

Thursday April 21st, 2011

Who was Helen Keller? An extraordinary example of revenge on deafblindness

Helen Adams Keller was an American writer, activist and teacher, deaf-blind since the age of 19 months. Her story and…

Monday April 18th, 2011

Describe photos with words so the blind and visually impaired can see them

I recently described a photo taken by a photographer who is blind, with the aim of providing information readable by a screen redader so that other blind people can ‘see’ the picture and eventually the photographer may have feedback on what is…

Saturday April 9th, 2011

What is the shape of deafblindness?

What is this strange white thing? A stone? A shell? A bone? A sculpture? As you try to guess, I…

Monday April 4th, 2011

The island of the deaf and the valley fo the blind

Have you ever wondered how life would be if most people were blind? Or, ironically, if by some remote chance,…

Wednesday March 30th, 2011

Learning a foreign language. Is it possible with hearing impairment?

My mother tongue (Muttersprache, I learned today) is Italian, I speak English quite well because I began to study it…

Saturday March 26th, 2011

It doesn’t exist what I don’t perceive. For Ernst Mach sensations create reality

Ernst Mach is one of the most important exponents dell’empioriocriticism (aaaah!). His study sought to provide an epistemological (aaaah!) approach…

Monday March 21st, 2011

Kevin Frost: when a deafblind is the fastest

Kevin Frost is a world class speed skater – he is ranked as the third top speed skater in the…

Monday March 14th, 2011