[Blindtlk] Totally blind children

[rbacchus228 at gmail.com]

My family holds me to a lot of high expectations. When I was in the public school system many people had low expectations for me.

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> On Jan 13, 2018, at 10:54 AM, Judy Jones via blindtlk <blindtlk at nfbnet.org> wrote:
> 
> Unfortunately, too many times,expectations are lowered for blind people, and
> we can't accept that.  It has always been true we have to work harder to
> prove ourselves, but is worth it in the end.  We must come up with our own
> solutions to problems, be overcomers, and not expect that sighted people
> will have our answers.  We need to take a proactive stance, yet embrace
> those who will support us, and be open to their ideas, too.  We have to keep
> our interests uppermost, yet not fail to reach out to others.  Don't take at
> face value that something is not doable, seek answers, solve problems.
> 
> Judy
> 
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: blindtlk [mailto:blindtlk-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of adrijana
> prokopenko via blindtlk
> Sent: Friday, January 12, 2018 9:48 PM
> To: Blind Talk Mailing List
> Cc: adrijana prokopenko
> Subject: [Blindtlk] Totally blind children
> 
> WE often hear the term, things are too visual, too undoable, too difficult,
> for this or that person, especially if they are totally blind, we hear it
> everywhere from different people, so what is helping you get through this or
> help others do that so they feel included and not excluded?
> 
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