Hi Linda, thank you so much for the beauty of your post, not only in the
form, but also in the content. Also, my gratefulness for the expression "vision
impaired folks" to my English vocabulary.
Thanks also to my dear Ingala and her valuable experiences ;)
Hugs to everyone;
Julio
2017-02-15 21:45 GMT-05:00 Linda Conyard linda.conyard@xxxxxxxxxxx
[ConstellationTalk] <ConstellationTalk@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>:
Hello dear ones,
I have a daughter who since 3 years old has been totally blind and before
that probably only light perception. We have always used statements such as
'did you see that' and 'have a look at this'. That's the english language
and she just sees in her way of touch, sound, smell and echo location.
She came to her first constellation (which I was facilitating) a couple of
weeks ago and she was awesome. She loved it and no special considerations
were really made. She was able to ask questions if she didn't understand
anything and was very free with her offering in representation. I think she
is addicted to the work now like me and my other daughter :).
In January I also spoke at a conference for teachers, educators and
parents of children with vision impairment and people with vision
impairment on trauma in the classroom and trauma around vision loss. I
spoke with many vision impaired adults and heard lots about how they don't
like being treated.
What I understand from living with and being involved with people with
vision impairment for 28 years is that everyone is different in what they
need as a vision impaired person. I've learned to ask the person what they
need as far as description and orientation around their environment ie how
they like to be shown where something is or where they are to stand etc. At
a very young age my daughter taught me very quickly that she had her own
way of mapping her world and when I helped.....well I wasn't actually
helping lol.
So I guess my offering here is that like the rest of the world, vision
impaired folks are individuals and have different ways of being in the
world. Therefore, it makes sense to check in with those you come in contact
with an ask their preferences.
I hope that is helpful to everyone.
May you all be happy and may you all be well
Love
Linda
PS Hello beautiful Ingala xxx
On 16 Feb 2017, at 9:48 am, Julio Príncipe principejulio@xxxxxxxxx
[ConstellationTalk] <ConstellationTalk@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
Dear friends:
Recently I was part of a workshop led by another colleague, and we had in
the group a blind person.
Even when I use to work via phone, and I'm confortable with auditive
process, It was a very interesting situation because I was confronted with
the tradition and habits of our "constellation language", with phrases as
"to see", "where are you looking at", etc. Again, I wasn't facilitating,
but I was very in to the process.
Beyond the specific issue of this Client (a very interesting one, lead
with plenty of love from my colleague), I wondering how many times
something like that occurs, and if you have experiences with blind clients
at individual or group session.
What I've learnt was how the full person is full of resources, and the
importance of being in tune with his/her (and his/her resources), in order
to invite them to appear and not to limit them. It was beautiful to see the
Client "sensing the air", moving her fingertips during the constellation.
So, I'm very interested in your experiences about it.
Hugs from Peru,
Julio
