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

[Madison Martin]

I certainly know that I lack self esteem/confidence and perhaps my self perception isn't grate though I'm not sure how I'd figure that out..  

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From: BlindTlk <blindtlk-bounces at nfbnet.org> On Behalf Of Jody ianuzzi via BlindTlk
Sent: Thursday, December 28, 2023 5:19 PM
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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

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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
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> 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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