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do you have to be really organized ? (self.Blind)
submitted by Mister-SplashyPants
KillerLag 4 points 6y ago
You don't have to be really organized, but it certainly does help. Imagine you have have 10 pieces of blank paper on your desk.... Except one of those pieces of paper is actually a phone bill (or some other important piece of paper) and the rest is junk. If you have no method of identifying it, then it becomes a problem.
Or imagine two similiar sized bottles of prescription drugs, but one needs to be taken twice a day and the other once a day. If you get them mixed up, then that can negatively impact your health.
Or imagine two similiar sized bottles of prescription drugs, but one needs to be taken twice a day and the other once a day. If you get them mixed up, then that can negatively impact your health.
-shacklebolt- 2 points 6y ago
> Or imagine two similiar sized bottles of prescription drugs, but one needs to be taken twice a day and the other once a day. If you get them mixed up, then that can negatively impact your health.
You should now be getting these drugs from a pharmacy that provides them in an accessible label format (or labeling the containers yourself, with over the counter medications etc.) Good organization alone will not prevent 100% of mix ups, verifying every single time will.
> Imagine you have have 10 pieces of blank paper on your desk
Then I pop out my phone, snap a picture to OCR it, and get it sorted.
Not saying that organization isn't useful for these scenarios, but sometimes "just organization" of materials with print on them can result in mistakes like sending back the wrong letter or taking the wrong pill. Figuring out how to get the information in a format that is accessible to you is the real challenge, and in that regard we live in the best time to be a blind or visually impaired person there ever has been (in developed countries, at least) so far.
You should now be getting these drugs from a pharmacy that provides them in an accessible label format (or labeling the containers yourself, with over the counter medications etc.) Good organization alone will not prevent 100% of mix ups, verifying every single time will.
> Imagine you have have 10 pieces of blank paper on your desk
Then I pop out my phone, snap a picture to OCR it, and get it sorted.
Not saying that organization isn't useful for these scenarios, but sometimes "just organization" of materials with print on them can result in mistakes like sending back the wrong letter or taking the wrong pill. Figuring out how to get the information in a format that is accessible to you is the real challenge, and in that regard we live in the best time to be a blind or visually impaired person there ever has been (in developed countries, at least) so far.
KillerLag 2 points 6y ago
True, technology helps, but some people can't access that technology for some reason. I have some clients who are 80 or 90 who can't/refuse to learn how to use a smartphone, and I've had people where buying a smartphone was not possible. An elastic band for the prescription bottle is cheaper than a phone.
lost_file 1 points 6y ago
And energy-less (always "on"), and always available, and more robust.
It's sad in this day and age people think "smartphone" is the solution to everything.
It's sad in this day and age people think "smartphone" is the solution to everything.
Vaelian 1 points 6y ago
I'm certainly a lot more organized now than I was before losing my vision. Part of it is because I have a lot of free time to spend organizing things now, and part of it is due to necessity.
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