The Lounge: Who Are You!
The Lounge: Where Everyday Life Collides With The Eternal!
Who Are You? Who Am I?
Friday 28th July 2006
7.30 PM @ The Nicholsons
July 21, 2006
July 19, 2006
The Boy with Daredevil Like Vision
People magazine profiles Ben Underwood, a blind 14-year-old who uses echolocation to "see" in a fashion not unlike the Daredevil©. Ben, who has been sightless since the age of 3, makes loud clicking noises with his tongue and then listens for the echo. From the People profile: Ben’s ability to navigate in his sightless world is, say experts, extraordinary. "His skills are rare," says Dan Kish, a blind psychologist and leading teacher of echomobility among the blind. "Ben pushes the limits of human perception."
Link to People
Ben learned how to read Braille and walk with a cane, but when he was 3, he also began teaching himself echolocation, something he picked up by tossing objects and making clicking sounds to find them. His sense of hearing, teachers noticed, was exceptional. "I said, ‘Okay, my car is the third car parked down the street. Tell me when we get there,’ " she says. "As we pass the first vehicle, he says, ‘There’s the first car. Actually, a truck.’ And it was a pickup. He could tell the difference."
July 16, 2006
Mega Mayhem @ Baywave
W00T This Week – Friday 21st July 2006
Mega Mayhem @ Baywave
Meet @ The Nicholsons
6.15 pm
Cost $4.00
This gives you access to everything (The wave pool & hydro slide) except the spa pool
Don’t gforget your togs…!
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