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    This document discusses blindness and visual impairments. It notes that blindness is not a disease and that blind people come from all parts of society. Most people who lose their vision were originally sighted. The document states that 80% of blindness is preventable or treatable. It also mentions that thousands of people in the country become blind each year, but that it does not have to be a tragedy if one is informed and knows how to care for themselves. Being blind may be challenging but with technology and support, blind people can succeed in many professions.

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    This document discusses blindness and visual impairments. It notes that blindness is not a disease and that blind people come from all parts of society. Most people who lose their vision were originally sighted. The document states that 80% of blindness is preventable or treatable. It also mentions that thousands of people in the country become blind each year, but that it does not have to be a tragedy if one is informed and knows how to care for themselves. Being blind may be challenging but with technology and support, blind people can succeed in many professions.

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    Behind The Blind

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    This document discusses blindness and visual impairments. It notes that blindness is not a disease and that blind people come from all parts of society. Most people who lose their vision were originally sighted. The document states that 80% of blindness is preventable or treatable. It also mentions that thousands of people in the country become blind each year, but that it does not have to be a tragedy if one is informed and knows how to care for themselves. Being blind may be challenging but with technology and support, blind people can succeed in many professions.

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    2/19/10 Behind the Blind


    Special points of interest:

    > Diseases

    > Visual Impairments

    > Independent

    > Brave

    Blindness isn’t a Diseases


    Blind people aren’t from a where in the world, someone
    separate plant, they come goes blind ever five seconds.
    Editor : Chasity Meadows from the general society, from People come to thing that
    all races, religions, and social being blind is such a bad
    economic groups. In fact, thing, but come to think of it, it
    most of us grew up sighted. could happen to you. Eighty
    Most of use come from fami- percent of all the blindness is
    lies who never had a blind preventable or curable. People
    member before. The means in developing countries repre-
    that creating a society which sents 90 percent of the
    has a positive attitude and a world’s blind population and
    can-do approach to blindness are 10 times more likely to go
    is the best way to prepare the blind then those in developed
    not-yet-blind to have success- countries.
    ful, independent and happy
    lives. Our eyes are very com-
    plex organs we have to take
    care of them or they will get
    damaged. Every minute in the
    world a child goes blind, did
    you know that? It’s estimated
    that at leas 7 million people
    go blind every year. Some-

    Blindness Every Year


    Thousands of people in this not all that scary as long as thinking of others because
    country become blind every you know how to take care of everyone is equal. Ultimately
    year. It need not be a tragedy, yourself. Fear of blindness face it, because were all just
    but it can be. Being informed now that technology and the as unique as the other, we all
    about blindness can make the promise of the American have difficulties, and we all
    difference. By exploring you dream are catapulting blind have to live with them.
    can gain an understanding people into professions like
    and acceptance of blindness law, engineering, and chemis-
    and the possibilities that await try, is unfoundd and hurts the
    you or someone you know. It’s entire society. Be brace try

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