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

[Mark Tardif]

That comes from ignorance, not necessarily intentional discrimination. 
Unfortunately that can influence how a blind person feels about 
himself/herself, therefore influencing all kinds of behaviors.  I don't know 
how many times I've met sighted folks who didn't know the first thing about 
blindness not because they were discriminating, but because they had never 
met a blind person before or, if they had done so as children, some older 
misguided adult told them never to do things like ask questions, so they 
developed these ideas that we know are just wrong.



Mark Tardif
Nuclear arms will not hold you.
-----Original Message----- 
From: Jody ianuzzi via BlindTlk
Sent: Thursday, December 28, 2023 6:18 PM
To: Blind Talk Mailing List
Cc: Jody ianuzzi
Subject: Re: [BlindTlk] visually impaired people not caring about personal 
hygiene..

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

To Boldly Go  🖖🏻


thunderwalker321 at gmail.com

"What's within you is stronger than what's in your way."  NO BARRIERS  Erik 
Weihenmayer

> 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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