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

[Constance Canode]

The stupidity of people never ceases to amaze me.  I was riding the 
bus to work one morning and someone asked me how I applied my 
makeup.  I was in a rotten mood and I responded that my husband's dog 
did it with her long tail.  She believed it.  Again as you already 
said, here's your sign.

Connie Canode
At 09:30 PM 6/1/2009, you wrote:
>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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