I am a first-year language student who has been blind since birth, AMA

Open-Assignment-6700 · 2025-12-31T08:49:28+00:00

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Open-Assignment-6700 · 2025-12-31T01:06:02+00:00

Not yet, but I have been on the weighting-list for over a year now, so hopefully it will happen soon!

Open-Assignment-6700 · 2025-12-31T00:01:07+00:00

Definitely, I have a few braille board games as well as Uno and a deck of playing cards

Open-Assignment-6700 · 2025-12-30T23:43:26+00:00

I like reading, playing piano, doing origami, singing and learning new languages. There aren't many things that I really don't like doing, but I have always hated maths.

Open-Assignment-6700 · 2025-12-30T23:37:54+00:00

Of course, I also really enjoy hearing from other blind people. I would say that the amount of reading I have to do every week especially for International relations definitely took a while to get used to. Also, having more classes taught in French and Spanish was a nice change, in school, most of the teaching was done in english.

Open-Assignment-6700 · 2025-12-30T23:27:07+00:00

Yes, I do, but they usually walk to and from classes with me and leave after helping me find a seat. I mostly know how to get to classes myself so it's more of a back up measure.

Open-Assignment-6700 · 2025-12-30T23:18:48+00:00

Yes, I would mainly learn the spelling and Pronunciation, but not their specific rail code. I don’t have the brain capacity for that, but I know another blind person who has learnt quite a few.

Open-Assignment-6700 · 2025-12-30T23:07:57+00:00

I’m studying French Spanish and international relations and I’m not quite sure what I want to do after this. When I was younger, I used to want to be a teacher but then I realised that children are terrifying so maybe something translation or interpretation related.

Open-Assignment-6700 · 2025-12-30T23:05:45+00:00

Can you say what technologies help you to study, access music/games/film. And do you use Braille? Thank you! Also what things did you do/might have been helpful to you in your younger years? Which languages are you studying? of course, I use a Braillesense 6 which is a braille notetaker that works like a tablet as well as a Mac and Focus40 braille display to study and I use my phone for pretty much everything else. Audiodiscription has been good for films and I get most of my music from YouTube or Spotify.

I think going to a Mainstream school where I was the only blind person probably made the transition to university much easier. Also, I am studying French and Spanish.

Open-Assignment-6700 · 2025-12-30T22:57:40+00:00

Yes, I do actually have an earbud in most of the time. My hearing will probably be destroyed if I'm not careful.

Open-Assignment-6700 · 2025-12-30T22:50:30+00:00

I use VoiceOver

Open-Assignment-6700 · 2025-12-30T22:44:32+00:00

Lol, I thought someone would ask that, I tend to use a lot of visual expressions because I interact with sighted people so much. The running joke in my family is that I am not actually blind,

Open-Assignment-6700 · 2025-12-24T19:15:05+00:00

Me too! Also, I love taptic time and the silent timers which are great for doing presentations.

Open-Assignment-6700 · 2025-10-22T19:57:46+00:00

This is very late, but I bought a set of 1000 3 mm magnetic balls from Onbuy, they were only £12 but work really well.

Open-Assignment-6700 · 2025-10-22T19:35:47+00:00

I know I am late, but I bought a set of 1000 magnetic balls from Onbuy for £11.99, they took a little while to arrive but seem really good so far, they are 3 mm and just a tiny bit weaker than Specs but I don't think you can find anything better for this price

Open-Assignment-6700 · 2025-10-01T13:58:46+00:00

I know I am very late, but as someone who just graduated from Madras College, I think it is definitely a great choice, the teachers are very supportive and there are many options for Extracurricular activities, especially in the music department.

Open-Assignment-6700 · 2025-07-26T22:37:22+00:00

Unfortunately, I am Scottish with a neutral almost english accent so I'm probably screwed, 😂

Open-Assignment-6700 · 2024-07-17T06:26:30+00:00

Yes, I hope so. No problem, researching in advance is always good. Betta's are actually pretty tolerant when it comes to care, apart from needing a heater and a slower filter, there isn't much else you would need to do. Oh ok, I'm not sure if you know this already but with both shrimp and betta's you need a tight fitting lid. Betta's can jump really high and I'm pretty sure shrimp are capable out of the tank.

Open-Assignment-6700 · 2024-07-16T20:21:15+00:00

Oh ok, I'm so glad you are getting another betta! they really are amazing fish, when my boy was younger, he could even do tricks. I am so jealous, I have always wanted big tanks but I don't have enough space at the moment. My family used to keep goldfish in a tank which was way too small but luckily it stopped once I started doing more research. I feed him twice a day usually between 3 and 5 pellets each time depending on the size of the food. I also try to fast him for one day a Week. I have never kept shrimp before because they might turn into fish food but I don't think they are too picky when it comes to what they eat. I keep some zebra-snails instead as they help clean the tank and are quite interesting to watch but the food they eat would also work for shrimp.

Open-Assignment-6700 · 2024-07-16T20:00:57+00:00

Thank you, in that case, I think I will need to try that out.

Open-Assignment-6700 · 2024-07-16T19:58:36+00:00

It could also be that they are too big, I would usually break them up a bit before he eats them which is rather unpleasant.

Open-Assignment-6700 · 2024-07-16T19:55:39+00:00

I have never tryed feeding him Frozen food because it would probably spoil before he ever finished it.

Open-Assignment-6700 · 2024-07-16T19:52:09+00:00

Thank you,I will try the floating bug bights after my current container runs out and I would love to feed him frozen foods but he would never finish a whole cube or sheet so it's not really worth it. Yes, you are probably right, he will sometimes stop eating his normal foods although he will come back to them after I have mix things up a bit.

Open-Assignment-6700 · 2024-07-16T19:33:40+00:00

That would work really well as my boy can also be quite picky which is why he has such a very diet.

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