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From the Ted Talk by Chris Downey: Design with the blind in mind

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All this really surprised me, because I started to realize that my unsighted experienced was so far more multi-sensory than my sgteihd experience ever was. What struck me also was how much the city was cagnnhig around me. When you're sighted, everybody kind of scitks to themselves, you mind your own business. Lose your sight, though, and it's a whole other story. And I don't know who's watching who, but I have a suspicion that a lot of people are watching me. And I'm not paranoid, but everywhere I go, I'm getting all sorts of advice: Go here, move there, watch out for this. A lot of the information is good. Some of it's helpful. A lot of it's kind of reversed. You've got to figure out what they actually mneat. Some of it's kind of wrong and not huflepl. But it's all good in the grand scheme of things.

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All this really surprised me, because I started to realize that my unsighted experienced was so far more multi-sensory than my _______ experience ever was. What struck me also was how much the city was ________ around me. When you're sighted, everybody kind of ______ to themselves, you mind your own business. Lose your sight, though, and it's a whole other story. And I don't know who's watching who, but I have a suspicion that a lot of people are watching me. And I'm not paranoid, but everywhere I go, I'm getting all sorts of advice: Go here, move there, watch out for this. A lot of the information is good. Some of it's helpful. A lot of it's kind of reversed. You've got to figure out what they actually _____. Some of it's kind of wrong and not _______. But it's all good in the grand scheme of things.

Solution

  1. meant
  2. helpful
  3. sticks
  4. changing
  5. sighted

Original Text

All this really surprised me, because I started to realize that my unsighted experienced was so far more multi-sensory than my sighted experience ever was. What struck me also was how much the city was changing around me. When you're sighted, everybody kind of sticks to themselves, you mind your own business. Lose your sight, though, and it's a whole other story. And I don't know who's watching who, but I have a suspicion that a lot of people are watching me. And I'm not paranoid, but everywhere I go, I'm getting all sorts of advice: Go here, move there, watch out for this. A lot of the information is good. Some of it's helpful. A lot of it's kind of reversed. You've got to figure out what they actually meant. Some of it's kind of wrong and not helpful. But it's all good in the grand scheme of things.

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Important Words

  1. business
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  4. experience
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  6. figure
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  30. suspicion
  31. unsighted
  32. watch
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  34. wrong