Task Lamp with magnifier

OttLite OTL13MAG Task/Magnifier Lamp with Flip-Down Magnifier in Dove Grey
Economic 13-watt compact fluorescent bulb approximates the brightness of a 75-watt incandescent bulb. Magnifier lamp swivel base rotates 360 degrees. Fold-up design with convenient carrying handle and protective case. Replacement bulb: TC10002.

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Why is it that some individuals assume and or equate being visually impaired with being blind?
In the Music Category, I recently asked for help with finding a CD. I explained that I am visually impaired and have difficulty searching the net. This is a reply that was posted on Yahoo Answers: by 'dickn2000': You need a good enema!! You seem to type pretty good for someone visually impaired. I checked on Amazon and the album is not available. I also checked Napster and it's not available there either. So, my blind friend, your plea for sympathy doesn't do you any good. I guess you're just SOL!! I don't know that ASKING for help with doing a specific task; help with doing something that one has difficulty doing for oneself is a plea for sympathy. Sympathy won't help me find the CD...others helping me search for it will. Thanks to WINDOWS 98SE OS, I can click on the start menu; highlight Programs; then Accessories; then Accessibility; then highlight and click on Magnifier and use the maginfier to, you guessed it, MAGNIFY the print which HELPS me to read and proofread what I type as I type and of course other things as well. Thankfully, the magnifier magnifies...not sympathize. An enema, in my opinion, being good for the body, mind and spirit as well, cannot search the internet or anywhere else to help me find the CD. I don't know what 'SOL' means; I do know that ignorant means a lack of knowledge. For those that don't know; visually impaired means that either the sight is diminished or there is an impediment, e.g. cataract(s) to the extent that one has difficulty seeing clearly. Individuals that have a need for eyeglasses are visually impaired; they have diminished vision. Hopefully, not to the extent that others and myself are in that others and I need to use a cane when we walk to help us to not bump into things or miss steps or fall step into holes or other things in unfamiliar areas in and outdoors. When my sight went bad, at first, I was totally blind. The only way that I can describe what being blind is, is that when I was blind I couldn't see anything. It wasn't dark, it wasn't light...it was nothing. I have always had and believe that I will always have compassion for those that are totally blind. I will say thank you for checking Napster. I stated in my explanation that I had already searched Amazon. If I had not stated that I am visually impaired, most likely, the assumption would have been that I have no vision problems. Having no vision problems, would my query be a plea for sympathy or asking for help? To the readers of this message; I don't need your sympahty. If you decide to assist me; please do it because you have the ability to help someone in need.

I have no experience with being blind or visually impaired, however I can say that the response to your original question had nothing to do with either. It was someone who thought that it would be funny to be an asshole at the expense of someone else. Some people just like to get their two points. Unfortunately, on yahoo, they cant weed out jerks, racists and ignoramuses! Dont take it personally, just tune them out, and hopefully someone responded with someone that would help you find the right CD. And by the way, SOL means "sh*t outta luck".... like i said, he's an asshole!
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Why is it that some individuals assume and or equate being visually impaired with being blind?
In the Music Category, I recently asked for help with finding a CD. I explained that I am visually impaired and have difficulty searching the net. This is a reply that was posted on Yahoo Answers: by 'dickn2000': You need a good enema!! You seem to type pretty good for someone visually impaired. I checked on Amazon and the album is not available. I also checked Napster and it's not available there either. So, my blind friend, your plea for sympathy doesn't do you any good. I guess you're just SOL!! I don't know that ASKING for help with doing a specific task; help with doing something that one has difficulty doing for oneself is a plea for sympathy. Sympathy won't help me find the CD...others helping me search for it will. Thanks to WINDOWS 98SE OS, I can click on the start menu; highlight Programs; then Accessories; then Accessibility; then highlight and click on Magnifier and use the maginfier to, you guessed it, MAGNIFY the print which HELPS me to read and proofread what I type as I type and of course other things as well. Thankfully, the magnifier magnifies...not sympathize. An enema, in my opinion, being good for the body, mind and spirit as well, cannot search the internet or anywhere else to help me find the CD. I don't know what 'SOL' means; I do know that ignorant means a lack of knowledge. For those that don't know; visually impaired means that either the sight is diminished or there is an impediment, e.g. cataract(s) to the extent that one has difficulty seeing clearly. Individuals that have a need for eyeglasses are visually impaired; they have diminished vision. Hopefully, not to the extent that others and myself are in that others and I need to use a cane when we walk to help us to not bump into things or miss steps or fall step into holes or other things in unfamiliar areas in and outdoors. When my sight went bad, at first, I was totally blind. The only way that I can describe what being blind is, is that when I was blind I couldn't see anything. It wasn't dark, it wasn't light...it was nothing. I have always had and believe that I will always have compassion for those that are totally blind. I will say thank you for checking Napster. I stated in my explanation that I had already searched Amazon. If I had not stated that I am visually impaired, most likely, the assumption would have been that I have no vision problems. Having no vision problems, would my query be a plea for sympathy or asking for help? To the readers of this message; I don't need your sympahty. If you decide to assist me; please do it because you have the ability to help someone in need.

I'm blind in my right eye and visually impaired in my left. I agree with you 100% and more. I hate it when people think I can't do something because of my sight or think I will *break". I;m just as normal as any other teen my age! The person who sent you that needs to look up "visually impaired" and "sympathy" in the dictionary. As for the CD I'll try to get back to you but if I don't I got really busy with my Mobility and Braille classes on top of my regular homework.
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