[Blindtlk] non 24

[Arielle Silverman]

I think Vanda has sponsored our last few conventions or at least made
some financial contributions to our affiliates. I'm not sure how I
feel about that either. Then again, I also have mixed feelings about
companies like Google and Microsoft sponsoring our conventions. It's a
complex issue.
Arielle

On 1/5/16, Gary Wunder via blindtlk <blindtlk at nfbnet.org> wrote:
> I have enjoyed reading the comments about non-24, and when I 1st heard
> about
> the efforts of a pharmaceutical company to market to blind people, I was
> suspicious. I think I was also a bit defensive, assuming that the worst
> would happen.
>
> I suspect that I suffer from non-24. There are times when I have to work
> very hard to stay awake, even when I find things around me to be
> interesting
> and thought-provoking. There are times when at 4 o'clock in the morning I
> am
> totally wide-awake and mad about it. Then I will be walking through a store
> or working at my desk or even exercising, and I find that I am exceedingly
> tired. This suggests to me that I do have a body clock and that
> periodically
> that body clock gets off.
>
> I relate to the comments about being embarrassed while at work and
> unintentionally falling asleep. It does not reflect well on any employee
> when this happens, and I admit that more than once I have been embarrassed
> about nodding off at times when I was paid to be awake. I have developed a
> number of strategies for combating this, but I can't claim that they work
> 100% of the time. If I catch myself in time, I can always stand up, pace,
> do
> toe touches, or engage in other activities that I can blame on needing to
> stretch my legs or my sore back. Sometimes they too require attention, but
> it is more likely that I am trying to ensure that I stay awake.
>
> I don't know that this adds anything, but I do believe that the subject is
> important enough that I am likely to put it on our convention agenda here
> in
> Missouri. If non-24 is real, we should not try to run from it. If the
> marketing is not what it should be, we should not run from that either.
>
>
>
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