[Blindtlk] Social Interaction Question

[Judy Jones]

It is hard to know without being in the situation.  Is this friend the same
way in other social situations?  Even if he is social, does he have a hard
time articulating anyway?  It may or may not necessarily be
blindness-related.

Judy


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From: blindtlk [mailto:blindtlk-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Vejas
Vasiliauskas via blindtlk
Sent: Thursday, January 12, 2017 1:53 PM
To: blindtlk at nfbnet.org
Cc: Vejas Vasiliauskas
Subject: [Blindtlk] Social Interaction Question

Hi,
I am curious to hear your opinions.
I have quite a few friends at school. With most of them, I feel like we have
normal conversations with a normal flow. But one friend I have seems to make
interactions awkward. I understand he doesn't have the best social skills,
and I don't have a problem with it, but it is almost like he's scared to
"say the wrong thing." He will initiate conversation, but not quite know how
to go about it.
For example, I had sent him a friend request on Facebook, which he accepted.
He was surprised that I was on there, but when I said I had one he just said
"Oh, I didn't know that..." and just stopped. I know what he was trying to
say, and what I would have preferred, was, "I didn't know blind people used
Facebook."  I also just want to make it clear that I have no problem
explaining the  misconceptions that people have about things such as this, I
would have just preferred it more out in the open.
Has anyone else ever dealt with a situation such as this? I completely
understand that people are awkward at first normally, but then ease up
later.
Thanks,
Vejas 
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