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Full History - 2018 - 02 - 23 - ID#7zucmo
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Just a lady with low vision (self.Blind)
submitted by bmbenger
Hey guys I’m pretty new to Reddit. I’m 44 years old and I have optic nerve hypoplasia. I have very little vision in my left die and 20/400 in my right in just to pinpoint. I’m a mama and a wife and even a Girl Scout leader. I keep getting told I can’t post because I’m too new to Reddit. Let’s see how this goes.
LarryWren 3 points 5y ago
Well... welcome to Reddit! 😊

No matter what you find interesting, there's almost guaranteed to be a subreddit or ten dedicated to it. I hope you have fun here.
bmbenger [OP] 2 points 5y ago
Thank you! 😄
Super-WeinyHutJunioR 2 points 5y ago
My daughter has Optic Nerve Hypoplasia and she is going to be 5 in one week. She says that she does not see anything out of her left eye but her right eye she does see to an extent.

Are you able to explain what 20/400 looks like? My daughter sees a specialist at Wills Eye Hospital in Philadelphia and he has never said what her vision is (I always thought because he wasn’t able to put a number on it.)

Do glasses improve your vision with your 20/400 eye? My daughter was prescribed a pair but she never wants to wear them and doesn’t indicate if the glasses help or not.
bmbenger [OP] 2 points 5y ago
Glasses do not help with ONH. I had glasses prescribed for astigmatism and I rarely wear those because they get in the way of me using magnification tools such as I’m in ocular and magnifier to read with. The 20/400 in my right eye the only IOUs is in just to pinpoint of My eye. It means that what you see at 400 feet I have to be 20 feet away from. Everyone situation is different though because the peripheral vision and other factors. I cannot drive and there is no way to correct vision. Magnification helps tremendously. Some people can drive with 20/400 vision depending on their peripheral vision. Hang in there Mom. Things will be OK.
Super-WeinyHutJunioR 2 points 5y ago
I’m actually dad! But mom is just as interested so I will pass this information on to her. Thanks for getting back to me.
96tears 2 points 5y ago
Welcome!
KillerLag 2 points 5y ago
Welcome to Reddit! If you have any questions, feel free to ask away.
bmbenger [OP] 1 points 5y ago
Thank you!
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estj136 1 points 5y ago
Yeah, ask if you need help.

I am 25, and totally blind, blind since birth totally blind since 8. Pretty decorated out there blind person. I do a lot, tend to be a go getter, very vocal and assert. If you know MBTI I am ESTJ, Te subtype. So yeah.

Work on staff for the newspaper, get interviews by myself, find people go places on my own. I traveled around 3 counties completely alone, I know three of them pretty well, 2 of them fairly large counties, Orange county, Los Angeles county, and the city of san francisco. Served on my high school paper and had the same independence. Traveled over seas twice. Once really independently, the other semi but the semi-independent when I was 13. Another example, is tomorrow I go on business for the paper downtown and helping with advertising and securing lunch. Iam going to a restaurant to secure a deal. I want to either pr for a political thank tank, person, or party. We’ll see what happens or be a political correspondent. Being a journalist fully is a goal, or in religion. I am on a paper but it’s for a university. So, basically still work, it’s seen either at most school as slub or class, but honestly, all those meetings are are, work meetings. You just don’t get paid! You write on a paper, work your own events story, basically no difference than a real job. So... What else have I done. I’ve lead a few writing critique groups, online. I’ve ran a few forums. I’ve also been the flyer girl for a blind organization, because the staff liked me so much for being so independent and a go getter! I’ve always just jumped out there and done things. I also won the ASB presidency in fifth grade and there continues to be a contest at the school to beat my record. So. Heh! Blind people can do anything is the moral of the lesson!
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