[Aabs-forum] Nature of blindness

apryljonquea at yahoo.com apryljonquea at yahoo.com
Sat Sep 18 20:03:43 UTC 2010


Hey everyone
I read Dezman's post and found it very intersting. I can remember when i was in grade achool and i would always get teased about being blind and i hated it. I did not like the blind word and i felt like anything dealing with blindness was negative. When i started high school i attended a school for the blind and my attitude toward blindmess was still the same. I did not like being blind and i was still rejecting the blind word. Back then i did not want to have any dealings with blind people and rejected anything to do with them. I am so glad that i do not feel this way now. My views have changed dramatically and I am grateful that i certain people have come into my life to change my views. When i was 16 i was introduced to the NFB and the organization has changed my life. I truly feel that blindness is more of a social misunderstanding. Many people do not understand about blindness therefore they attach stigmas which lead to negative views. As i stated earlier I had a megative view towards blindness because i had limited knowledge about it. When i became a member of the Federation I had the oppurunity to see a vast number of blind individuals being independent. These indivoduals came from different backgrounds and were most of the people that i came into contact with were very educated. So my opimion is blindnesd is not just a physical disability but a social problem. I also feel that by educationing people about blindness the negative stigmas can be reduced. 

AprylJay

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>  Sent: Tuesday, August 24, 2010 3:31 PM
>  Subject: [Aabs-forum] reminder and update
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>  Hello AABS members,
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>  This is a reminder to all AABS members to be sure to have your proceeds to me in the form of a money order or check postdated by wednesday  Aug. 25, 2010. No money orders or checks will be accepted after the Sep. 1, the official date of drawing. If you do not have it to me before the date of drawing your purchasers names will not go into the drawing and you will be held responsible for returning all funds to your purchasers. If you can not make the set deadline date (Aug. 25, 2010)  please call me and let me know, but keep in mind like previously stated if your money order or check do not be to me before Wednesday Sep. 1, 2010, I will not be able  to accept it under no circumstances because it is only fair to the other salers, purchasers, and myself that we have these things done in a timely manner.
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>  I also want to update you guys on the donators. As Brittney stated in the last meeting (Aug. 15, 2010), we have not received any response from any donators on whether we were approved or disapproved for our request. except Apple who denied our request. I have tried to reach these donators a couple  of time since the last phone conference but have not had any straight forwardth answers. The following was reported by the donators:
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>  Walmart: the boss has been out on vacation so they have not decided on the donation so they ask that we check back with them Saturday Aug. 28, 2010.
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> Hi, Fellow AABS members,
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> Hope this great Sunday afternoon finds you doing well.  As I sit here and contemplate on the nature of blindness, some of the main questions I'm turning over in my head are what is the meaning of blindness?  Is blindness hmore a physical or social disability?  By this I mean are the problems that are caused by blindness mostly a result of not being able to see or are they because of other people not understanding blindness?  So I am interested in your thoughts on the above questions.  Reply to this message and share with us what you think.
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> Sincerely,
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