break down the different components of blindness and vision impaired highlighting the components of the two. Blindness: When a person is legally blind their visual acuity is 20/200 or worse in the better eye with corrective lenses (20/200 means that a person at 20 feet from an eye chart can see what a person with normal vision could see at 200 feet). Visual field restriction to 20 degrees or less (tunnel vision) in the better is another component to blindness. An individual who suffers from advanced
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dissimilar advice‚ he overcame all in discovering his identity‚ discovering himself‚ but the seeming success is followed by an overwhelming action of self-mutilation. Prophesy becomes truth: he is his father’s murderer and his mother’s husband. Physical blindness keeps Oedipus from having to see the looks of other people’s faces who know the truth about him. He felt just to hurt himself for unknowingly being with his mother and killing his father and punishing himself for the terrible thinks he did. ”For
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Aravind eye care hospital in India Framework/description of the situation In 1992‚ over 30 million cases of blindness existed all over the world‚ with more than 90% in Asia and Africa. Of this‚ India had ~20mn cases of blindness with additional 2mn cases added every year‚ of which upto 80% were cataract related. With an infrastructure that could handle only 1.2 million cataract cases annually‚ the situation is expected to get worse. The rural areas of the country were particularly exposed as
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example it’s difficult to make out colors in poorly lit situations yet you can see the shape of the object. The inability to see is called blindness. Multiple things cause blindness: damage to the eyeball‚ especially the retina‚ the optic nerve and strokes. Temporary blindness can be caused by medications. There are two classifications of blindness: Congenital Blindness where you’re born blind or became blind before you were five and adventitiously blind are for people who went blind later in life‚ so
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To See or Not To See Blindness can be interpreted in many different ways. We can speak about blindness in the sense of physical blindness or emotionally blind‚ even so we can speak about being spiritually blind. In the end‚ it all comes to one thing‚ which is that blindness causes you to miss out or not see certain things depending on the subject. A blind man might say he has been blind all his life and has never seen the beauty of a rose but has only smelt the sweet fragrance of it‚ a devoted Christian
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Blinded by the Truth Blindness can be defined as lacking sight or a simple impairment of vision. In opposition‚ sight is defined as the faculty or power of seeing. While these are literal definitions‚ the concepts of sight and blindness can have metaphorical connotations as well. The importance of sight and blindness in “Oedipus” create the intriguing plot and progression of the play. When Oedipus is born‚ his parents are told by an oracle that their child will kill his father and marry his mother
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Sullivan for her intelligence and similar life scenarios. Throughout her life‚ Keller overcame many obstacles to gain success‚ helped others‚ and learned how to communicate with them. Her perseverance allowed her to prevail over the hardships of blindness and deafness. She proved people that determination‚ hope‚ and commitment can fulfill their goals. The most powerful acts that we support seem small‚ but important because they make everyone more
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Coast‚ Ghana Email: oveseriogbomo@yahoo.com Tel: +233 243 462 912. ABSTRACT Background Visual impairment imposes a significant burden on the individual‚ family and the society. Increasingly‚ cataract has been identified as the leading cause of blindness globally. No data on the causes of visual impairment in Central Region is available. Objectives The objective of the study is to examine the causes of visual impairment in Central Region of Ghana and to provide baseline information for planning
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retinopathy. Diabetes affects the tiny blood vessels of the eye and if they become blocked or leak then the retina and possibly your vision will be affected. Measles: Measles blindness is the single leading cause of blindness among children in low income countries‚ accounting for an estimated 15‚000 to 60‚000 cases of blindness per year. There is a close synergism between measles and vitamin A deficiency that can result in xerophthalmia‚ with corneal ulceration‚ keratomalacia‚ and subsequent corneal
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sonnet‚ "When I consider how my light is spent"‚ and “How Soon Hath Time”‚ the poet refers to his blindness and the use of time. From the death of his infant son‚ to the death of his wife‚ down to Milton becoming blind‚ surprisingly‚ he had yet to let these obstacles stop him from being the amazing writer/Poet we was. “When I considered how my light is spent”‚ is a sonnet referring to his blindness and his secret obsession with time. Towards the end of this sonnet he questions his God as to why
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