[BlindTlk] Question about societal attitudes toward blindness

[Jude DaShiell]

There is a term used on the internet called sealioning.  Some people
just keep on asking questions and nothing finally gets through to them;
these are sealions and they do sealioning very well.  Find these people
as quickly as possible and cut them out of your lives and life will be
much better for you.

On Tue, 23 Apr 2019, Mark Tardif via BlindTlk wrote:

> Date: Tue, 23 Apr 2019 13:21:02
> From: Mark Tardif via BlindTlk <blindtlk at nfbnet.org>
> To: Blind Talk Mailing List <blindtlk at nfbnet.org>
> Cc: Mark Tardif <markspark at roadrunner.com>
> Subject: Re: [BlindTlk] Question about societal attitudes toward blindness
>
> Three words, education, education and more education.  It will probably be a
> lifetime process for you.  It can be frustrating at times because you would
> think we would have made much more progress in this area by now.  I think
> putting yourself out there and just meeting people and engaging them is an
> excellent start.  Most people never expect to meet a blind person so it's easy
> to understand the lack of education among the public regarding blindness and
> the fact that blindness is a characteristic, but it is not what defines us.
>
>
>
> Mark Tardif
> Nuclear arms will not hold you.
> -----Original Message----- From: Walker, Michael E. (UMSL-Student) via
> BlindTlk
> Sent: Tuesday, April 23, 2019 6:13 AM
> To: blindtlk at nfbnet.org
> Cc: Walker, Michael E. (UMSL-Student)
> Subject: [BlindTlk] Question about societal attitudes toward blindness
>
> Good morning,
>
> Something I have been troubled by for a long time is why society sees blind
> people differently from people who can see. For example, I often find that
> when the topic of friendship or dating comes up, I still get asked questions
> like whether or not I have considered dating a blind person. It tells me that
> society still has a ways to go in learning that blindness is an inconvenience
> rather than something that defines us. We like to participate in the same
> venues as everyone else, without being seen differently. How do we overcome
> these challenges? The only thing I know to do is to keep doing what I?m doing:
> putting myself out there and meeting people. What do you guys do to overcome
> these challenges? How do you feel about being seen differently because you?re
> blind?
>
> Thank you,
> Mike
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