10 INTERESTING FACTS ABOUT BLINDNESS!
FACTS ABOUT BLINDNESS 1. Blindness affects many people in many ways. Blindness can be experienced in one or both eyes. Sometimes people are born blind and others develop blindness as a result of illness or injury. Globally, there are currently an estimated 2.2 billion people registered blind or visually impaired. 2. More people suffer from blindness than you may imagine. Approximately 10 to 15% of people classified as blind see nothing at all. Approximately can 85 to 90% of people classed as blind may see some shades of color, some shapes and detect movement or shadows. 3. Other senses may improve with blindness. Visually impaired people often have heightened degrees of their other senses. These can assist in spatial awareness and directional indications, such as where sound is coming from. 4. Guide dogs have been around for over a century. Joseph W Jones was motivated to start his own guide dog school for blind people in 1916. Paul Feyen, a b...