[CT-NFB] Today’s Question of the Day

[torow]

thank you for writing very large. being legally blind, it was a pleasure to be able to read it in very large print. not very often that i can do this.
Eileen Yorow


> On October 18, 2020 at 2:48 PM Gary Allen <garyallenct at gmail.com> wrote:
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>     What  Being  Blind  Means  to  me
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>     Being blind has impacted my life in various ways.  I cannot comprehend how my life would have been different if I was not blind because I do not know anything else.   I was born with cataracts and was totally blind for the first two years of life.  Doctors performed surgery on me and gave me 20/200 vision.  I have had the same vision ever since.     I am largely happy with my life.  I have received a lot of support and encouragement from my friends, my family and the National Federation of the Blind.  I have learned from the National Federation of the Blind that blind people can do anything that they want except drive.  At least for now.  Blind people have the capability to do what they want in life.  Throughout my life there were activities that I just could not do very well which caused me to look for other things that I could do well.  The one piece of literature that I read from the NFB that changed the way that I thought about the NFB was an article by Kenneth Jernigan called BLINDNESS-HANDICAP OR CHARACTERISTIC. Blindness can be an annoyance  sometimes  but as  I  have  found  out  these little annoyances  can be  over come  with love ,  hope, Determination blind  people  as  well  as  people  with  other  disabilities  can do  what  ever  they  want  to  do  in  life.   That is the reason why I have worked with people with disabilities in my professional career because I believe in them and I believe in you the members of the National Federation of the Blind. 
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>      https://www.nfb.org/images/nfb/publications/fr/fr02/issue4/f020401.html
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>     On Sun, Oct 18, 2020 at 1:45 PM torow via CT-NFB <ct-nfb at nfbnet.org mailto:ct-nfb at nfbnet.org > wrote:
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>         > >         i write an article in the senior newsletter to let everyone know what the white cane is all about. i am legally blind & use my white cane to let others know i am legally blind. i know i should use it more, especially when i am out walking.
> >         Eileen Torow
> > 
> > 
> >             > > > On October 15, 2020 at 12:22 PM Brianna Rigsbee via CT-NFB <ct-nfb at nfbnet.org mailto:ct-nfb at nfbnet.org > wrote:
> > > 
> > >             Hello everyone!
> > >             Today is White Cane Safety Day (and Thursday), which means it’s time for a thought provoking question. 
> > >             What does being blind mean to you? And if you are a cane user, what does your cane mean to you?
> > >             I can’t wait to hear your thoughts!
> > >             Best,
> > >             Bri
> > > 
> > >             Brianna Rigsbee
> > >             Executive Editor | The Federationist in Connecticut
> > >             editor.fedct at gmail.com mailto:editor.fedct at gmail.com
> > >             First Vice President | Connecticut Association of Blind Students, A proud division of the National Federation of the Blind of Connecticut
> > >             http://www.nfbct.org/ct-chapters/connecticut-association-of-blind-students
> > >             bri.rigsbee96 at gmail.com mailto:bri.rigsbee96 at gmail.com
> > >             (203) 751-0199
> > >             "You can't fly unless you let yourself fall."
> > >             "You can live the life you want; blindness is not what holds you back."
> > > 
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