[Blindtlk] People How Asking How one Became Blind

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Yes, I'm the same way. I hate how people think its rude to ask those kinds of questions, it isn't really. It educates the public about us.

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On 17 mai 2013, at 02:10, Jasmine Kotsay <jasmine.kotsay at gmail.com> wrote:

> I love answering questions about my blindness.  That's part of what makes me want to be a teacher.  I want people to feel that it's okay to ask me questions, even about my blindness.  Unless someone is rude when they ask, I love answering any questions about blindness, about anything, really.
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> ----- Original Message -----
> From: wogg le4 <woggle4 at gmail.com
> To: blindtlk <blindtlk at nfbnet.org>, indtlk at nfbnet.org
> Date sent: Thu, 16 May 2013 23:05:50 +0100
> Subject: [Blindtlk] People How Asking How one Became Blind
> 
> Hi, I often people ask what is a personal question when they don't
> know one very well.  Why do they feel justified in doing so?
> 
> I have no difficulty in discussing the subject but don't always think
> it appropriate in the particular context.
> 
> this email was prompted by a girl who remarked that she had wondered
> about this all the time she knew me.
> 
> I think she's a bit wierd anyway - it just got me thinking, as I'm
> currently stuck on a train sitting beside this girl, struggling to
> make conversation, which I'm finding particularly difficult - she
> really is an annoying individual.
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