[Blindtlk] Eye Poking

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Date: Thursday, April 28, 2011 1:55:44 pm
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From: "nikki Wunderlich" <nikki0222 at gmail.com>
Subject: Re: [Blindtlk] Eye Poking

People with out taretts can also have those things like pen clicking, finger
tapping ect. I know some sighted people who do those things and have no
disability, or illness.

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From: blindtlk-bounces at nfbnet.org [mailto:blindtlk-bounces at nfbnet.org] On
Behalf Of Desiree Oudinot
Sent: Wednesday, April 27, 2011 3:35 PM
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Subject: Re: [Blindtlk] Eye Poking

That's an interesting point about sighted people having tics too. The
thing about that is that usually that kind of thing is caused by
something they can't help, such as Tourette's Syndrome. If that's not
what you meant and I'm way off base, I apologize. However, that would
more than likely make someone a bit uncomfortable if they were hiring
a person like that too it's neither fair nor right, but it is what it
is. We still have a long, long way to go before stereotypes and
misconceptions are not the first thing that pops into our heads when
we think of someone or something that's "different" or "abnormal."

On 4/27/11, Sherri <flmom2006 at gmail.com> wrote:
> According to my one very image-conscious formerly sighted friend, he says
we
> "frighten" people by the way some of us carry ourselves. I don't know
about
> that and I basically disagree, but if you're going for a job interview and
> your clothes are messy and stained or you're looking down at the floor or
up
> at the ceiling instead of turned toward the person who is interviewing you
> or you're rocking back and forth or side to side or you have your fingers
in
> your eyes throughout the entire conversation, what are the chances of
> getting hired for the job, particularly if it is a job where you come in
> contact with the public. How we carry ourselves, how we appear to sighted
> people does matter to one degree or another.
>
> And I am of the age also where corrections like those mentioned in other
> messages were not considered abuse.
>
> Finally, it is interesting, on the other hand, that sighted people never
> bring up that people in general can have tics and unusual behaviors.
>
> Sherri
>
>
>
> Please check out the link below and help blind people in your local area
> achieve their dreams by visiting
> http://www.raceforindependence.org/goto/Sherri.Brun
> Thank you.
>
> Character is the side of yourself you choose to show the world. Integrity
is
> what you do, what you say and how you act when you think no one is paying
> attention.
> Sherri Brun
> flmom2006 at gmail.com
>
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> From: "Hyde, David W. (ESC)" <david.hyde at wcbvi.k12.wi.us>
> To: "'Blind Talk Mailing List'" <blindtlk at nfbnet.org>
> Sent: Wednesday, April 27, 2011 9:27 AM
> Subject: Re: [Blindtlk] Eye Poking
>
>
>>I have been following this thread, and finally decided to weigh in. To
>>those of the age of Gary and myself, what he described was not considered
>>abuse when it was done. Neither was spanking, or other forms of behavior
>>correction. I say not that it was right or wrong, but that in his case, it