[BlindTlk] visually impaired people not caring about personal hygiene..

[Jody ianuzzi]

Hello Madison,

One point that I think most people are missing out on is the fact that your family members make the assumption that blind people don't care about hygiene. That's quite a discriminatory and stereotypical comment for a family member to make. It's too bad they have such a low opinion of blind people. I can't help but wonder how that might affect your self perception. 
JODY

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> On Dec 28, 2023, at 4:12 PM, Raul Gallegos - NAGDU via BlindTlk <blindtlk at nfbnet.org> wrote:
> 
> Hello all. It's my experience that if someone doesn't care about their
> personal higeen, it's not automatically because they are blind. Instead,
> it's most likely because they are depressed. Now, I am not attaching a
> depression label to anyone who has commented in this conversation. It also
> could be that someone may not worry about hygiene as much because they don't
> know better, or they do, but conscienciously choose to not do anything about
> it. I have come across many people in my line of work who don't care about
> their hygiene and it matters not if they are blind or not.
> 
> Just my 2 shampoo bottles worth.
> 
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: BlindTlk <blindtlk-bounces at nfbnet.org> On Behalf Of Mark Tardif via
> BlindTlk
> Sent: Thursday, December 28, 2023 3:01 PM
> To: Blind Talk Mailing List <blindtlk at nfbnet.org>
> Cc: Mark Tardif <markspark at roadrunner.com>
> Subject: Re: [BlindTlk] visually impaired people not caring about personal
> hygiene..
> 
> Hello, Madison,
> 
> I think sometimes we may have to be gently reminded about hygiene, but my
> sense is that most blind people I know do care about cleanliness and
> appearance.  I certainly care about such things, so for me it's important to
> shower often and wear clean clothes.  I am often out of the apartment doing
> social things, but even if I wasn't, I would just feel better if I made sure
> to take care of such things.
> 
> 
> 
> Mark Tardif
> Nuclear arms will not hold you.
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Madison Martin via BlindTlk
> Sent: Thursday, December 28, 2023 12:48 PM
> To: blindtlk at nfbnet.org
> Cc: Madison Martin
> Subject: [BlindTlk] visually impaired people not caring about personal
> hygine..
> 
> Hi all,
> I was complaining to a sighted family friend about how my parents bugging me
> about showering etc. and she said that from what she's heard it's common for
> visually impaired people to not care about their appearance; is this true? I
> don't want any greef/judgement only an answer to my question; I have very
> oily hair but I've been known to go more then a week without showering
> simply because I hardly ever go anywhere and so I really don't care what I
> look like/if I smell. Look forward to your answers, Madison
> 
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