[Blindtlk] Eye Polking.

Fri Apr 29 14:45:30 UTC 2011

I continue to poke my eyes, because to stop would be "hiding my 
blindness(TM)"

Joel


On 4/29/2011 10:32 AM, David Evans wrote:
>
> Dear Sherri,
>
> That car that you can drive will be here sooner than you think.
> It may not be a car that you yourself will drive directly, but you 
> will be able to tell it where you want to go and it will take you there.
> The tecnology is here right now, but only the military can aford it.
> The military is paying for all of the R and D work, but the technology 
> will then begin trickeling down to the Masses and Poor folks like us, 
> much the same as G.P.S. technology did after the First Gulf War in 1991.
> The military needs these vehicles to free up manpower for combat 
> duties and trucking M.R.E.'s to the troops takes allot of people that 
> could be better used some where else.
>
> David Evans, NFBF and GD Jack.
>
> ----- Original Message ----- From: "nikki Wunderlich" 
> <nikki0222 at gmail.com>
> To: "'Blind Talk Mailing List'" <blindtlk at nfbnet.org>
> Sent: Friday, April 29, 2011 9:51 AM
> Subject: Re: [Blindtlk] Eye Polking.
>
>
>> I totally agree with both of you. I'm not sure if it will happen 
>> during my
>> life time or not, but it would be nice if it did.
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: blindtlk-bounces at nfbnet.org 
>> [mailto:blindtlk-bounces at nfbnet.org] On
>> Behalf Of Sherri
>> Sent: Thursday, April 28, 2011 5:47 PM
>> To: Blind Talk Mailing List
>> Subject: Re: [Blindtlk] Eye Polking.
>>
>> Basically, I agree with Mary. The most difficult part of being blind is
>> transportation and getting from point A to B in an efficient and
>> cost-effective manner. If I could see, I would want it just for the 
>> reason
>> to drive. We need to hurry up with the car that blind people can 
>> drive. Then
>>
>> we need to get the legislation through so we can drive it. Not in my
>> lifetime, I'm afraid!
>>
>> 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
>>
>> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Mary Mc Gee" <mmcatitude at gmail.com>
>> To: "'Blind Talk Mailing List'" <blindtlk at nfbnet.org>
>> Sent: Thursday, April 28, 2011 3:35 PM
>> Subject: Re: [Blindtlk] Eye Polking.
>>
>>
>>> Hi, All;
>>>
>>>            I've read with interest all the posts about blindisms.  I'll
>>> hold to my opinion that they're behaviors that should be kept to the
>>> privacy
>>> of our own homes.  I perhaps should explain why.  And, by the way, 
>>> there
>>> are
>>> behaviors that are acceptable among close friends that are OK and
>>> blindisms
>>> may be in that category.
>>>
>>>            From my experiences, we're already considered objects of 
>>> fear,
>>> strange, weird, incompetent, etc. by the sighted world, or at least 
>>> by a
>>> good deal of it.  Therefore, we must do whatever it takes to dispel 
>>> those
>>> misconceptions.  It may not be just or right, but the world is 
>>> sighted and
>>> the behaviors that constitute fidgeting in sighted people are accepted
>>> whereas blindisms are not acceptable.  The very fact they're called
>>> "blindisms" is a stereotype and it may be somewhat of an accurate one
>>> because I've never seen a sighted person poke their eye or spin around.
>>> Sighted people click pens, tap feet, twirl bits of hair, pace back and
>>> forth, pick fingers, cross and uncross their legs, and any number of 
>>> other
>>> things.  The fidgets are unlimited and, believe me, I've seen a lot of
>>> them!
>>>
>>>
>>>            Sighted people closely scrutinize us because they expect 
>>> less
>>> from us than they do from other sighted people.  Since we expect 
>>> equality,
>>> we must accept equal responsibility and part of that responsibility is
>>> behaving is a socially acceptable manner when in public.
>>>
>>>            I've actually had people tell me they've forgotten I 
>>> can't see
>>> much because I "don't act like a blind person".  When I've asked 
>>> what's a
>>> blind person supposed to act like, they say things like, oh, you 
>>> know, you
>>> can't find your way around, you have those weird habits like poling 
>>> your
>>> eyes.  I've also had people say I'm not really blind because I "act too
>>> cool" to be blind.  The misconceptions are still out there, like it or
>>> not.
>>> And, we want to emphasize our similarities to the rest of the world 
>>> rather
>>> than our differences.  Therefore, we must promote a positive image.
>>>
>>>            I may as well through this into the mix:  If I had a 
>>> sure-fire
>>> chance to have normal vision, I'd take it in a New York minute 
>>> because I'd
>>> like the freedom of driving!  Yes, I can function, work, and pay taxes,
>>> but
>>> I know I'd have a higher quality of life if I could drive.  So, I'd 
>>> have
>>> the
>>> procedure, then head straight to IDOT and take drivers' ed!  But I 
>>> repeat:
>>> It would have to be sure-fire cure or I'd opt to stay the way I am.
>>>
>>> Sincerely,
>>>
>>> Mary L. McGee
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
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