[Blindtlk] I feel that the blindness emphasis was important andvalid

[Gary Wunder]

It's a fact that being poor makes some appreciate what they have and work to 
get rich, while the same condition makes others hostile, angry, and intent 
on getting even with the world. While not my reaction to blindness and 
occasional bullying, your perspective is very interesting.


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Robert J Smith" <rsmith247 at csc.com>
To: <blindtlk at nfbnet.org>
Sent: Tuesday, August 25, 2009 8:28 AM
Subject: [Blindtlk] I feel that the blindness emphasis was important 
andvalid


> Hi all.  I read the article about Matt Weigman and I feel that the
> blindness aspect was not overemphasized.  Weigman even mentions that he
> was bullied and teased at school and abused by his father which directly
> tied into his blindness since his father called him a "blind bastard".  He
> also said that he wanted to see the world with his eyes.  I believe that
> the author was simply telling it like it was.  The author did not imply
> that all blind persons just sit home and play with their phones all day
> and potentially become criminals that I could see.  To me, he simply
> described what happened to one person and telling about the circumstances
> that made his life especially prone to go in the direction that it did.
> His self image and blindness were not handled well by either his father's
> abuse or his mother's naive, hands-off approach so he drove his life off
> the tracks.
>
> Bob Smith
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