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What's it like to slowly go blind?

2023/7/28
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一位公众广播和播客领域的知名主持人,曾主持《Reply All》和《Search Engine》等播客。
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PJ Vogt: 本期节目探讨了逐渐失明带来的情感体验和应对方法,以及盲人在科技时代如何使用互联网获取信息。访谈中,主持人与失明作家Andrew Leland讨论了失明带来的焦虑、接受过程、以及盲人社群内部对失明认知的差异。 Andrew Leland: 作者分享了自己二十年来逐渐失明的经历,从最初的轻微症状到确诊视网膜色素变性,以及随之而来的焦虑和恐惧。他谈到自己如何通过学习和理解失明来克服恐惧,并认为将知识学习和情感处理结合起来是应对焦虑的有效方法。他还分享了在逐渐失明过程中,如何应对焦虑和恐惧,以及如何通过冥想等方式来平静身心,让自己回到当下,关注呼吸。作者还谈到了互联网在盲人生活中的重要性,以及盲人社群内部对失明认知的差异,有人主张强调失明是一种差异而非缺陷,也有人认为强调失明的困境在政治上更有利于争取权益。 Andrew Leland: 作者详细描述了逐渐失明给他带来的挑战,包括持续不断的细微变化,需要不断适应和调整。他比较了缓慢失明和突然失明带来的不同挑战,认为缓慢失明更具有其独特的挑战性。他还分享了在逐渐失明过程中,如何应对焦虑和恐惧,以及如何通过冥想等方式来平静身心,让自己回到当下,关注呼吸。作者还谈到了互联网在盲人生活中的重要性,以及盲人社群内部对失明认知的差异,有人主张强调失明是一种差异而非缺陷,也有人认为强调失明的困境在政治上更有利于争取权益。作者还分享了在专门为盲人提供的训练中心学习的经历,该中心旨在帮助盲人提升独立生活能力,并认为这种训练能够帮助人们更好地应对失明带来的挑战。

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The podcast introduces the topic of slowly becoming blind and sets the stage for an interview with Andrew Leland, who has been losing his vision due to retinitis pigmentosa.

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We interview writer Andrew Leland, who has been gradually losing his sight for two decades. Andrew takes us inside the blind internet, and teaches us how you deal with anxiety about the things you can't control that aren't going away.

Check out Andrew's new book, The Country of the Blind). If you have questions or comments about this episode, or if you'd like to support the show, head here).

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