tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8557274.post1118316035631720902..comments2021-07-17T06:48:54.033-05:00Comments on yet another never updated blog: Blind acupuncturistyanubhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16216993058216698199noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8557274.post-89689241220691884942008-06-10T20:58:00.000-05:002008-06-10T20:58:00.000-05:00The odd thing is that the practitioners who counte...The odd thing is that the practitioners who countered Juliana’s licensure had no awareness of the some 30,000 visually disabled practitioners in Japan. There are two Universities of Traditional Chinese Medicine in China that are conducting acupuncture programs for the visually disabled. The culture of the visually disabled is different than that of the visually able person. Touch, sound and smell are heightened in a way that is difficult to imagine. Consider attempting to read Braille. The Japanese have used acupuncture as a means of employment for the blind since the Edo Period (1603-1867).Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01928515925762394927noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8557274.post-76343544771158464402008-02-17T06:48:00.000-06:002008-02-17T06:48:00.000-06:00David, not only can fingers serve as eyes, sometim...David, not only can fingers serve as eyes, sometimes they are better than eyes, I think. Even for me, who isn't blind, there are times when my fingers find things that my eyes cannot. And my typing is always worse when I watch it. I have no trouble believing that someone who can't see would have learned how to pay attention to touch much better than I have, and excel at work that relies mostly on touch. And I think that acupuncture is likely one of those things. Those of us who can see tend to not comprehend how much of what we do is based on touch, and how poor eyesight is for a substitute. But just try to do a little embroidery with a bandaged fingertip, and soon you are giving up. It isn't the eyes that know how, but the skin.yanubhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16216993058216698199noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8557274.post-82245327267600817982008-02-14T15:05:00.000-06:002008-02-14T15:05:00.000-06:00Makes perfect sense to me that someone with blindn...Makes perfect sense to me that someone with blindness would make a good accupuncturist. In many situations fingers can serve as eyes.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8557274.post-85449641476597669992008-02-09T17:20:00.000-06:002008-02-09T17:20:00.000-06:00Oh, and geeking out is welcome anytime.Oh, and geeking out is welcome anytime.yanubhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16216993058216698199noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8557274.post-53550418764714475942008-02-09T17:15:00.000-06:002008-02-09T17:15:00.000-06:00I've long been planning on talking about disabilit...I've long been planning on talking about disability and Star Trek myself. I don't really know TNG as well as TOS.<BR/><BR/>OK, less planning and procrastinating. More actually doing it.yanubhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16216993058216698199noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8557274.post-18699405502913621502008-02-09T16:51:00.000-06:002008-02-09T16:51:00.000-06:00Ok, back again. The two episodes I was thinking o...Ok, back again. The two episodes I was thinking of were "Heart of Glory" and "In The Mind's Eye". But going to the star trek wiki it looks like there are more.<BR/><BR/>I might have to write a post about disability and star trek, i'm intrigued now.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8557274.post-64728095108398539292008-02-09T16:47:00.000-06:002008-02-09T16:47:00.000-06:00Of course, go to first season ST:TNG and you've go...Of course, go to first season ST:TNG and you've got your blind man piloting the ship (and then as chief engineer) - and everyone knows that he's blind. By that time, however he's "not blind" so to speak because of the VISOR - the disability isn't a big deal because it is comparatively "cured". In later episodes they go so far as to have his blindness/the visor give them advantages - and of course, show them have difficult "seeing" is for him (wish i could remember what episode that was) How does that compare with the original series in your opinion? I'm not sure what to think of that; but I do find it interesting.<BR/><BR/>Sorry to geek out in your comments,<BR/><BR/>~EmmaAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com