Tommy Bradburn
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Victoria Zigler:
Hi Victoria, I would assume that being blind could be a huge advantage. I believe that being blind my allow a person to see much clearer than most also with fewer distractions. Do you find that to be true in your case?
Victoria Zigler
Hi Tommy.
Not really, no.
I mean, there are some advantages in that I've learned some skills I otherwise wouldn't have - like learning braille, for example. But beyond that, there are few advantages to it.
As for fewer distractions... Nope. I'm just as likely to fall down the rabbit hole that is research, or be sucked in by social media, etc, as a sighted person is.
Being blind might change the way I do things, and even potentially the way they get my attention. But distractions still exist in many forms, and we're all equally likely to be tempted by those distractions, regardless of the amount of sight we may or may not have. Hey, we're only human, after all. I know plenty of sighted people who are as good at filtering out distractions as I am, and some who are far better at it, so that's nothing to do with my blindness.
Not really, no.
I mean, there are some advantages in that I've learned some skills I otherwise wouldn't have - like learning braille, for example. But beyond that, there are few advantages to it.
As for fewer distractions... Nope. I'm just as likely to fall down the rabbit hole that is research, or be sucked in by social media, etc, as a sighted person is.
Being blind might change the way I do things, and even potentially the way they get my attention. But distractions still exist in many forms, and we're all equally likely to be tempted by those distractions, regardless of the amount of sight we may or may not have. Hey, we're only human, after all. I know plenty of sighted people who are as good at filtering out distractions as I am, and some who are far better at it, so that's nothing to do with my blindness.
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