Thread: A blind man I saw

My mother works for a mob who manages/carries out care programs for people with disabilities and as such is involved in the NDIS.

She told me of a new "customer" who had sort her out to get their 18/19 funding together. They were blind and had all the aids, including a carer. They WANTED an amount so high, my mother had to laugh, as no one she had ever dealt with in their state had gotten that much.

Day of assessment with the NDIS rep; they walked into the room, the rep talked the customer through the room as obviously they could not see and got them into a chair. During the conversation it was asked what medical documentation they had to prove their disability. The carer, sitting across the other side of the room pawed through some pages on their lap, finally holding up a letter from a professional AND then proceeded to ask the customer if it was the right one.

After a brief pause and not moving from either seat, the customer confirmed it was the correct document.

Needless to say my mother had to leave the room not to embarass herself and the customer received less than a quarter of their wanted funding!

Probably this bloke

Maybe he was trying to blend in and look normal.

I remember years ago seeing something similar when a blind person was in a shop next to me and got given his change , I watched him put the notes and coins very close to his face and count the change received.

Either way , just be thankfull you have your sight , its a very precious thing that many take for granted.


Cheers Ean

A local bloke who is studying law and works in a bookshop gets around with a white stick. His vision is classed as 6/6. His problem is EXTREME tunnel vision such that he can only see one or two letters at a time on a printed page. He reckons his biggest problems are dogs small children - they’re trip hazards.

The best example of overcoming a disability I have seen is that there used to be a petrol station in AFAIR Windorah where the owner was completely blind.
He relied on the honesty of customers to tell him how much fuel they had taken, while he sat at a desk with a credit card reader with marks on the keys. I don't know if he had a way of telling the amount taken by time or what but it seemed to me to be admirable.

Regards Philip A

Originally Posted by PhilipA

The best example of overcoming a disability I have seen is that there used to be a petrol station in AFAIR Windorah where the owner was completely blind.
He relied on the honesty of customers to tell him how much fuel they had taken, while he sat at a desk with a credit card reader with marks on the keys. I don't know if he had a way of telling the amount taken by time or what but it seemed to me to be admirable.

Regards Philip A

I wonder if he is still there......??

I didn’t realise he was blind and he asked me how many liters after I said the price.....he reply that one of my figures was wrong. He is good with maths. He said you sure it’s not x liters.....I walked out and checked and he was right. I worked he blind when I handed over the money.

I think there is difference between totally and legally blind.

I think people who are legally blind still have very limited vision ,but not enough to function properly in day to day life , so rely on the cane and even a carer.

totally blind is pretty self explanatory.


Cheers Ean

Originally Posted by Ean Austral

I think there is difference between totally and legally blind.

I think people who are legally blind still have very limited vision ,but not enough to function properly in day to day life , so rely on the cane and even a carer.

totally blind is pretty self explanatory.


Cheers Ean

Yep, I had a IT lecturer at uni that was legally blind. He used a machine similar to a microfiche reader that he could put printed stuff in and it would put letters on to the screen about 5 - 6 inches in size.

Tom.