This experience was quite interesting for me. I actually did this experience on a day when I had quite a lot that I had to get done. I still had homework to do that morning and classes to go to. I started off the four hours with what I thought was going to be the easiest mask for me but it actually was quite hard. I was wearing the mask that covered my right eye only. My right eye is dominant but I thought that I would do fine with my left eye. I was trying to type something on my computer and I really struggled to focus with my left eye. My vision started to get all blurry and I started to get a headache. The next three even though they impaired me more I didn't try as hard to see and something amazing happened. I started to be able to see without a blur. When I wasn't trying so hard to see it became so much easier for me to focus my eyes. It was however interesting switching from mask to mask. After an hour I would be used to the mask that I had been wearing and the switch was something that I had to adjust to. Overall though it was quite fun and quite a challenge. I know that those days I did not get quite as much out of class because I couldn't read everything that was written on the board or on the projector. I started to get better at it as the day went on however.
I feel a new respect for those that have vision impairments now. I have gotten just a little glimpse of how hard it really is to function without vision. Honestly it is amazing to me how much these people accomplish and how they live with their circumstance. They must be very positive people. I feel like this experience will help me have more compassion for those with loss of vision in life and especially in my future classroom. I understand a little of how it feels to have the disability so now I need to as a teacher help those that have this disability by making accommodations or modifications for them. This experience has truly changed my knowledge and outlook on disabilities as a whole.
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