### people:

Blind
* also block sunlight, which is often a source of glare on computer monitors.
* are more effective in the summer, because they can block direct sunlight
  - protective covering
  - screens
* can come down to reduce glare but still allow the light to penetrate in
  - gather dust
* filter damaging sunlight and provide privacy while allowing in a view of the world outside.
* reflect some heat if they are light in color, however.

### people:

Blind people
* All blind people have good hearing.
* Most blind people are elderly and most have an additional disability or illness
  - quite capable and lead full lives
  - can sign their own names
  - have a little sight of some sort or can sense light
  - prefer low-tech devices
  - use a long white cane for independent travel
* Some blind people are frail
  - young, but most are elderly because sight loss is most common in later life
  - like to put tape on their machines as guides
  - prefer to wear primarily one color of socks, all black, all white, all blue
  - sew tags on in different places to indicate colour
  - use guide dogs when they are traveling
* acquire a sixth sense.
* are able to detect objects only by touch, sound and smell
  - capable of being active and athletic
  - individuals
  - lawyers, teachers, counselors, parents, students
  - more sensitive in hearing and touch
  - unable to use windows technology because icons are hard to read
  - very aware of their disability and can usually joke about it
* can be very independent when given half the chance
  - do packing jobs
  - get sight and finally see loved ones
  - learn and read and become incredible forces for change
  - obtain information they can read
* come in all shapes, sizes and colors.
* depend on organization and knowing where things are.
* do dream.
* enjoy the same range of leisure activities as their sighted counterparts.
* get up everyday, make money, spend money, raise their kids and deal with their parents.
* have a better sense of touch and hearing than sighted people
  - exceptional hearing
  - great difficulty in making swell paper materials without sighted assistance
  - more trouble sleeping than sighted people
* identify coins by touch.
* move through society and live happy lives.
* own at least fifty canes.
* read through their sense of touch.
* receive training to travel independently.
* ride bikes.
* succeed at using convergence to show objects receding and changing direction.
* understand a lot about the directions of objects in the world.
* use text synthesizers to convert visual text on the screen into spoken words
  - the web

### people | blind:

Blind obedience
* can be a gross and wicked evil.
* is instilled as a positive virtue.

Vertical blind
* are effective when slightly opened to let in light but angled to block the view.
* feature vertical louvers that hang from a headrail.
* offer a high degree of heat and light control.

Boat people
* make up a tiny proportion of people who enter Australia each year.
* represent amongst the most desperate people in the world.

British people
* are ethnic groups
  - nations
  - of Latin, Viking, Germanic and French origin
* aspire to a socially, spiritually and environmentally cohesive future.
* consider whiskey part of their national character.
* spend more on chocolate than they do on meat.