[Blindtlk] Other "wrong" assumptions;Learning body language

[Marty James]

I had someone ask me once, If you are blind, how do you eat, you know, find 
your mouth with your fork...?
I replied with, You can't see it, but I have a very fine fishing line around 
my plate and the other end is around my front tooth. I just follow th line 
up to my mouth.

He said, Wow, I can't even see the line...
Here's your sign!!
I had a friend who had a black Lab assistance dog. She was going through a 
Wal-Mart checkout and the lady asked her if that was a blind dog? She told 
her that yeah she was, but that she wore the glasses and led her around so 
the dog would not lose confidence in itself...
Here's your sign!!

Marty
marty at theblindbean.com

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Gerardo Corripio" <gera1027 at prodigy.net.mx>
To: "Blind-Talk" <blindtlk at nfbnet.org>
Sent: Sunday, May 31, 2009 2:05 PM
Subject: [Blindtlk] Other "wrong" assumptions;Learning body language


> Robert's message about false assumptions in the workplace reminded me of 
> the following incident:
> The other day while attending a dinner with some coleagues one of them 
> asked "Are you able to eat on your own"? comment which angered me, though 
> I know the sighted person asked me with good intention it still made me a 
> bit angry to the point that I know still lots of work needs to be done 
> (especially in countries where the NFB isn't well-known or even heard of); 
> this is why I really enjoy the list; ai always learn a lot from you guys.
> This brings me to another question especially for those of you blind from 
> birth: How did you guys learn to use body language? I sometimes get to 
> thinking that aside from integrating more with the sighted world, it saves 
> our mouths from talking, especially while eating or doing other things 
> that at that moment doesn't permit us to speak.
> also, when saying no (shake of the head) is it from side to side by moving 
> the head from shoulder to shoulder or moving the head clockwise or 
> counterclockwise?
> also what does srugging the shoulder signify? As you see we blind from 
> birth lose a lot of things by not being able to see. And when I first 
> introduced myself the RP I took it to mean Retinopathy of Prematurity like 
> in spanish, thus didn't think to clarify the concept.
> Gerardo
>
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