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Blind people and their Perception of Time (self.Blind)
submitted by HippiePete
Hi guys, i might not be in the correct subreddit... but i figured id post this here anyways. I'm doing a paper for school for a course regarding Science & Time. I've decided to write about how Blind people perceive time around them. Different then people who can see, we rely on sunlight or watches or what others are doing to understand what time it is. I needed some info regarding how blind people perceive time go by without having someone shout out the time to them every now and then.
Has anyone ever read anything about this? Id love some links/references!
Thank you!
Has anyone ever read anything about this? Id love some links/references!
Thank you!
iLarsNL 2 points
Hi, I'll ask my brother about this when I get home, interesting question!
HippiePete [OP] 1 points
Awesome! thank you very much
iLarsNL 3 points
I asked him, and he said that he is really just guessing, just like people who can see would do when they don't have access to a clock/watch. I think he is a bit better at keeping track of time than I am, and that is probably because he doesn't really notice when the sun goes up/down
HippiePete [OP] 2 points
What's his level of blindness if you don't mind me asking? Great answer and if you wouldn't mind asking him a couple more questions....
1) How old is he? I see how he says he's just guessing, But in a professional situation where he would need to be on time somewhere, is there anything that helps him define it without the help of a special watch, phone or someone to assist him?
2) Whats his perception of time in the long run, like in a decade. How does he relate to time in that sense? Are his thoughts from 10 years ago as vivid today?
3)Does he worry about time like non blind people do? for example" oh man im already 45 years old....with no wife or children and a bad job". I imagine he would, but what im trying to say is, that i think people with sight relate more to these situations for the fact being that we actually see the 45 year old without a family and a bad job. He doesn't have that image of a person in this situation.
4) In regards to perception over a long period. Would he say hes created ways to manage with time?
Thank you so much for your help
1) How old is he? I see how he says he's just guessing, But in a professional situation where he would need to be on time somewhere, is there anything that helps him define it without the help of a special watch, phone or someone to assist him?
2) Whats his perception of time in the long run, like in a decade. How does he relate to time in that sense? Are his thoughts from 10 years ago as vivid today?
3)Does he worry about time like non blind people do? for example" oh man im already 45 years old....with no wife or children and a bad job". I imagine he would, but what im trying to say is, that i think people with sight relate more to these situations for the fact being that we actually see the 45 year old without a family and a bad job. He doesn't have that image of a person in this situation.
4) In regards to perception over a long period. Would he say hes created ways to manage with time?
Thank you so much for your help
iLarsNL 4 points
He was *almost completely* blind at birth, and he has almost completely lost the ability to distinguish any bright colors (he used to be able to see bright colors like yellow as a child) now.
1) He is 16, which means he still goes to high school. He gets picked up with a cab as part of a special program in our municipality, which he shares with several other schoolgoers that aren't able to go to school on their own. If he is late, it's most likely not his fault. My mom or dad usually brings him to other activities such as horse riding and judo, so they tell him when to be ready.
2) This is really hard to say, as he is only 16.
3) I guess this doesn't apply to him because of his age.
4) He has developed a better sense of time than me, which is probably because he has learnt to be more dependent on this sense, than on natural give-aways about the time such as the sun. He is able to distinguish day (only when the sun is bright) and night by natural light though.
1) He is 16, which means he still goes to high school. He gets picked up with a cab as part of a special program in our municipality, which he shares with several other schoolgoers that aren't able to go to school on their own. If he is late, it's most likely not his fault. My mom or dad usually brings him to other activities such as horse riding and judo, so they tell him when to be ready.
2) This is really hard to say, as he is only 16.
3) I guess this doesn't apply to him because of his age.
4) He has developed a better sense of time than me, which is probably because he has learnt to be more dependent on this sense, than on natural give-aways about the time such as the sun. He is able to distinguish day (only when the sun is bright) and night by natural light though.
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