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

[gloria]

The stupidity of sighted people! 

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From: blindtlk-bounces at nfbnet.org [mailto:blindtlk-bounces at nfbnet.org] On
Behalf Of Constance Canode
Sent: Tuesday, June 02, 2009 2:26 PM
To: Blind Talk Mailing List
Subject: Re: [Blindtlk] Other "wrong" assumptions;Learning body language

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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