blind guy from oswego, ny

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I'm a blind individual living in Oswego, NY. I have never been officially diagnosed with Aspergers, however I feel I have some of the issues it describes such as:

- long term obsessions, I am obsessed with radio and at times don't understand why other people aren't.

- alot of difficulty with socialization especially so with sighted individuals, at times I don't understand how they socialize and they very easily frustrate me.

- I have a huge collection of radios and other things that have in a very specific order or it makes me unhappy

- my sighted friends observe a number of apparently compulsive motions and gestures, often repeated at high frequency. However I'm largely unaware of them most of the time.

As I said I enjoy radios greatly, I will talk anybodys ear off when it comes to the radio industry including formats, schedulings, ownership, FCC rulings, etc, etc, etc. People need to sell their tvs and get rid of the ipods and buy radios again because nothing beats a really good radio announcer, dj, host, etc.

hiya
can you be so kind, as to tell me how does a blind person post online? IOW, how does it work for you? thank you for your time.

I can answer that one easily, as I have a very good friend who's blind. The simple answer is: the same way as us sighted people, pretty much. Keyboards have a fixed layout. If you know where the keys are in relation to each other (thanks to the J and F keys having bumps to denote them) you don't even need to be able to see them to type properly. If a blind person wants extra insurance, though, there are always braille keyboards or braille stickers to label keys and other things with.

On topic with OP's post, though. You're not the only blind person with compulsive and repetitive motions and gestures. My blind friend has quite a few himself. I think it's just an alternate way of expression emotions, as blind people (at least the ones who have been blind most of, or all of their life, like my friend) never got to learn to read and emulate facial expressions from other people. My friend, when he's excited, used to bounce on the balls of his feet (something he's since learned to tone down and control, but still does from time to time) and often shakes out his hands and wrists during an engaging conversation.

My friend also has a fixation with audio media, but I think that's because that's the format that's most accessible to him at any given time. He loves audio dramas, audio games, podcasts, radio shows, and the like. That didn't stop us from going to movies together or watching TV every now and then, though.

how does he know what is displaying on the lcd monitor? do they have braille monitors?

A screen reading program. Like the text-to-speech programs that are built into Windows and Mac, but lot more complete and customizable.

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i'm ashamed i didn't think of that. being blind is a tough row to hoe, i'm afraid to think of how poorly i'd do.

^ Me too

Welcome to WrongPlanet, theradiokid!

Hope you enjoy your stay here

Actually I relayed it for him because I was still working on his computer at the time, but yes with an accessible site he can navigate through text to speech, I'm currently setting up his new computer in stages and hope he'll be able to post directly soon.

The words were his, I just typed them for him.

god bless you

Greetings from a fellow radio aficionado. I like listening to games on this little transistor I just got, plus other talk shows and music. Sometimes I sleep with the radio on low. I don't follow things like FFC rulings etc but can't live without such a device. Comes in handy during power outages too.

And what a small world it can be..you're the second person this week I've seen introduce themselves who are from Oswego, NY. I attended the SUNY school there! Fond memories I have...including the epic lake effect snow

Welcome to WP