[BlindTlk] Strange Stuff

[Judy Jones]

ROFL hhahaha, good question!

Judy
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On Fri, Sep 1, 2023, 7:48 PM Mark Tardif via BlindTlk <blindtlk at nfbnet.org>
wrote:

> So, Judy, just how are you unsightly?  LOL.
>
>
>
> Mark Tardif
> Nuclear arms will not hold you.
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> Years ago at a Lions banquet, the person that gave the invocation, meaning
> to pray for the blind folks there, asked God to, quote
> , "bless the unsightly among us,"  end-quote.  😊
> Judy
>
> “Embrace each day with His mercies and blessings.”
>
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> Alright, friends.  I’m going to tell you something that will either leave
> you laughing or crying, and it is to demonstrate that no matter how well
> educated you are, if you are not familiar with blindness, well, you can
> still come across as, to put it politely, not the brightest light in the
> room.  The other day I saw a doctor I had never met before.  He had never
> spoken with someone who was born blind, and I suspect he had never spoken
> with any blind person.  Anyway, he saw my long white cane and, get this,
> asked if this was my “eye stick.”  Yes, that was the term he actually
> used,
> “eye stick.”  I wasn’t sure whether to laugh or to just moan with sadness,
> but one does need to remember manners in this situation, so I told him
> that
> we call it a long white cane and told him what it was for.  He actually
> asked a number of good questions about blindness, which I thought was
> good,
> but it was clear that he needed much educating.  He seemed surprised I can
> actually walk around town independently.  I guess we have a lot of work to
> do, still, to put it mildly.  Also, I must say that while people up here
> are
> often extremely nice and courteous, they seem to pride themselves on being
> quite insular, even more than the rest of Maine, which is my state
> incidentally.  I say that because along with the term “eye stick,” I’ve
> often heard some very strange and, frankly, primitive ideas that I won’t
> actually go into here, but I do often think that holds us back in a lot of
> ways.  Anyway, I just thought I would share that bit of strangeness.
> Mark Tardif
> Nuclear arms will not hold you.
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