Visually Impaired/Blind Yo-Yo Beginner, advice wanted please

[yoyofoot]

I would try both 1a and 2a- while I think you could probably pick up looping much easier, 1a is probably fairly possible too, even if more difficult. Try each for awhile and see what feels best.

[s1mp13m4n]

@Njstringer

Hey, welcome!

In my daytime life I work as a therapist and often that means working with patients with visual impairments. I’ve seen some patients do so many amazing things that I would have thought impossible. I even have patients who are so adept that you can’t tell they are nearly blind…they function that well! This is surely one of those things that can be learned with some compensatory strategies…many of which you have already either learned or have just begun using because they work for you. One of those things that you already have done is recognizing that bright colors help you out a great deal. All things considered a bright yoyo, probably nothing undersized for obvious reasons is going to help out as is brightly colored, thick string such as Toxic BG’s. Bright lighting is going to help you out as well. Practice outside when the weather is nice and when indoors use the same room with good lighting and in front of a wall that helps the yoyo and string standout…so wallpapered walls with patterns are definitely not going to help you here.

In learning any sort of string tricks…if I were working with you I would more than likely work on “hand over hand” techniques which basically just mean that I would help you learn the movements by moving your arms and hands in the right direction building on this and then incorporating the yoyo to fine tune the movements. To compensate for the lack of visual acuity patients often do really well with this technique and learn more by the “kinesthetics” or “feel” of a movement. Your best bet is to learn with your entire body.

Where are you located? If your in NJ or nearby I would be more than happy to lend a hand and help in any way I can!

You can do this! Don’t let this impairment stop you and be persistent!

 Come on over, I am in Lynchburg, VA and would love some teaching. :) I was one of those folks that before this blindness issue happened no one knew I had a vision problem because I had learned to adapt to what I could and could not do. I am thinking that within time the same thing will happen with what I am seeing now. My wife is currently in college for psych and concealing as a career. :) She like it a lot. Now that this blindness issue happened so suddenly a few weeks a go I have started to become depressed. I do not need this, not now....not when I am trying to adapt to the blindness.....I do not need depression as well. To help me with the depression issue, I have great forums like this with folks who encourage me to grow, learn, and do not feel sorry for me nor try and limit what I can do. For this, I am very grateful The book I am listening to through www.learningally.org (audiobooks for the blind) is called: Change Your Brain Change Your Life. http://www.amenclinics.com/public-tv/dr-amen-on-tv-click-on-a-tv-special-to-find-out-more/2012-05-01-16-58-07

I am enjoying this so far and find it encouraging. Life does not stop because my eyes got worse and I am feeling a bit depressed. My wife needs a husband and my daughter needs a father. I feel that a yo yo and/or a spinning top will give me a hobby, a skill, and some fun which will also help me have fun while being blind and also will give me a “tool for my toolbox” in dealing with my down moments right now.

[Njstringer]

@s1mp13m4n

@Njstringer

Hey, welcome!

In my daytime life I work as a therapist and often that means working with patients with visual impairments. I’ve seen some patients do so many amazing things that I would have thought impossible. I even have patients who are so adept that you can’t tell they are nearly blind…they function that well! This is surely one of those things that can be learned with some compensatory strategies…many of which you have already either learned or have just begun using because they work for you. One of those things that you already have done is recognizing that bright colors help you out a great deal. All things considered a bright yoyo, probably nothing undersized for obvious reasons is going to help out as is brightly colored, thick string such as Toxic BG’s. Bright lighting is going to help you out as well. Practice outside when the weather is nice and when indoors use the same room with good lighting and in front of a wall that helps the yoyo and string standout…so wallpapered walls with patterns are definitely not going to help you here.

In learning any sort of string tricks…if I were working with you I would more than likely work on “hand over hand” techniques which basically just mean that I would help you learn the movements by moving your arms and hands in the right direction building on this and then incorporating the yoyo to fine tune the movements. To compensate for the lack of visual acuity patients often do really well with this technique and learn more by the “kinesthetics” or “feel” of a movement. Your best bet is to learn with your entire body.

Where are you located? If your in NJ or nearby I would be more than happy to lend a hand and help in any way I can!

You can do this! Don’t let this impairment stop you and be persistent!

 Come on over, I am in Lynchburg, VA and would love some teaching. :) I was one of those folks that before this blindness issue happened no one knew I had a vision problem because I had learned to adapt to what I could and could not do. I am thinking that within time the same thing will happen with what I am seeing now. My wife is currently in college for psych and concealing as a career. :) She like it a lot. Now that this blindness issue happened so suddenly a few weeks a go I have started to become depressed. I do not need this, not now....not when I am trying to adapt to the blindness.....I do not need depression as well. To help me with the depression issue, I have great forums like this with folks who encourage me to grow, learn, and do not feel sorry for me nor try and limit what I can do. For this, I am very grateful The book I am listening to through www.learningally.org (audiobooks for the blind) is called: Change Your Brain Change Your Life. http://www.amenclinics.com/public-tv/dr-amen-on-tv-click-on-a-tv-special-to-find-out-more/2012-05-01-16-58-07

I am enjoying this so far and find it encouraging. Life does not stop because my eyes got worse and I am feeling a bit depressed. My wife needs a husband and my daughter needs a father. I feel that a yo yo and/or a spinning top will give me a hobby, a skill, and some fun which will also help me have fun while being blind and also will give me a “tool for my toolbox” in dealing with my down moments right now.

pm’d you!