[Blindtlk] People How Asking How one Became Blind

[Jasmine Kotsay]

Differences just aren't talked about.  That's why so many people 
are afraid to talk about things.

 ----- Original Message -----
From: Carly Mihalakis <carlymih at comcast.net
To: Blind Talk Mailing List <blindtlk at nfbnet.org>,"'Blind Talk 
Mailing List'" <blindtlk at nfbnet.org
Date sent: Fri, 17 May 2013 15:01:32 -0700
Subject: Re: [Blindtlk] People How Asking How one Became Blind

Hi, you know what bugs me, when you're walking around or on a bus 
or
something, and little kids point and stair at your stick, and 
parents
shush the poor curious kiddies.  Like, don't shut 'em down, 
they're
just curious, as, probably are you.  Can't people just be real 
with
each other? Must it be such a crime? At 04:23 PM 5/16/2013, 
Gloria
Whipple wrote:
It sure doesn't bother me one bit! I tell kids of grownups to ask 
them.

Gloria Whipple


-----Original Message-----
From: blindtlk [mailto:blindtlk-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of 
Mike
Freeman
Sent: Thursday, May 16, 2013 16:04
To: Blind Talk Mailing List
Subject: Re: [Blindtlk] People How Asking How one Became Blind

People are just so curious that they can't stand it so they ask.  
Frankly, I
don't understand why so many of us get hung up about this or why 
many of us
think this is so personal.  After all, if we truly believe that 
it is
respectable to be blind, then we should just be able to answer 
the question
without emotional trauma or angst.  We are always telling kids to 
ask about
blindness rather than shy away from us.  I should think that what 
is true for
kids should be so for adults also.
Alternatively, some people can't seem to figure out how to start 
a
conversation without making eye contact so they ask about your 
blindness
because it is what they're emotionally preoccupied with.  After 
all, we are a
minority.
Relax and just go with the flow.

Mike Freeman


On May 16, 2013, at 15:05, wogg le4 <woggle4 at gmail.com> wrote:

 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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