Blindness: What Do People Think

            Blindness; it seems to be a topic that is rarely understood. I became curious as to how much those around me knew about the condition that I and the others faced. Thus, I surveyed several individuals about the subject. However, since the topic of blindness is too broad, I decided that the best course of action would be to restrict my survey to six basic questions. Tall together, I believe that these questions can further my paper in the long run.

            The survey consisted of fifty seven people wandering about on the Dixie College campus. I thought I knew what their responses to my questions would be, but I was proven surprised on more than one account. For instance, when asked if they believed the blind to be independent, I found that 75.4% believed that blind individuals were independent. Now, since this is such a small survey, one would be hard pressed to come to an accurate conclusion. That, and college campuses are a melting pot of people from multiple locations. Nevertheless, I can use these results to show that independence of the blind is something to be maintained, which brings up the topic of properly training the blind.

The results concerning this particular topic didn’t surprise me in any way other than how many people had heard of a blind training center before. Even though the percentage was greater than I’d anticipated, the fact that 68.4% of those surveyed hadn’t ever heard of a blind training center, and even fewer knew their purpose. I can use this data to push the point that awareness of blind centers and what they can do needs to be made more widely known.

            However, it’s going to take more than just one person’s voice to make the matter heard. That’s why I got the public’s opinion on the subject. All total, 94.7% agreed that knowledge of centers for the blind should be made more commonly known. This fact brought me quite the surprise when I followed it up with whether or not people thought that having blind individuals go through these centers would make them more capable of living productive lives in society. 98.2% of individuals thought that the blind could become an effective part of society if given the specialized training in a blindness center. I can use this particular piece of information rather well to further my cause. The idea that it isn’t just the blind that want the blind to succeed in life helps to bring my argument into a better position on the battlefield.