Thank you for this! There are some helpful insights here that I want to think more about—both for myself and my students.
I lost my right eye to cancer as a baby; I don’t remember ever having binocular vision. Even though I don’t officially have binocular vision or depth perception, I’ve been navigating the world long enough that my brain has made many adaptations. For example, I’m glad my mother only told my pre-k teacher (and not me!) that I’d probably struggle on the balance beam, because my four-year-old self enjoyed it a lot. I struggle with parallel parking, but if I have to do so, I go slowly. (I understand that binocular people do, too!)
Thank you for this! There are some helpful insights here that I want to think more about—both for myself and my students.
I lost my right eye to cancer as a baby; I don’t remember ever having binocular vision. Even though I don’t officially have binocular vision or depth perception, I’ve been navigating the world long enough that my brain has made many adaptations. For example, I’m glad my mother only told my pre-k teacher (and not me!) that I’d probably struggle on the balance beam, because my four-year-old self enjoyed it a lot. I struggle with parallel parking, but if I have to do so, I go slowly. (I understand that binocular people do, too!)