[Faith-talk] developmental delay among the blind

[Beth Taurasi]

Well said.  I was told I had "developmental delays", and so has my 
boyfriend who is also lifelong blind.  We're born this way, but we do 
things differently.  It's bad enough you have lost the ability to read 
social cues, and I was also diagnosed as 80% likely Asperger's, now 
known as high functioning autism.  Um, really!
\BethOn 12/29/2014 1:16 PM, Poppa Bear via Faith-talk wrote:
> Hello Andrew, this is purely my very limited personal observation. I have
> noticed that people who have been blind from birth or shortly after do have
> different social skills that may cause people to think that there is a type
> of developmental delay. I am not sure if it is because of the lack of
> understanding visual Q's that accompany a lot of social interactions that
> some lifelong blind people have that sometimes cause a noticeable difference
> when interacting with people in certain situations, perhaps this factor can
> play a role in how people perceive the behavior of some blind individuals. I
> wouldn't take it to heart though, it isn't a thing that makes a person wrong
> or bad, just different and being different is part of being alive. Some
> people have big feet, big noses that they hate, squeaky voices, small body
> parts that they want enlarged, skin that they wish were darker or lighter,
> but we all make this ball of mud go round and weren't made to look or act
> like clones. Some things are simply not in our control, so I think that it
> helps to focus on the things that we can control and we will find a happy
> balance in our lives.
> Take care, and again, this is simply my observations, not some scientific or
> social study.
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Faith-talk [mailto:faith-talk-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Andrew
> via Faith-talk
> Sent: Monday, December 29, 2014 10:56 AM
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> Subject: [Faith-talk] developmental delay amung the blind
>
> Hi brothers and sisters in christ  just have a question. I am just wondering
> if developmental delay is quite common amung the blind?  or is  it not a
> common thing.  I  was told by somebody that has  works with the disabled
> locally that has done acessmen with me and i was told i have slight
> developmental delay.  would people say that just for the sake of saying that
> or is this a common thing amung the blind.
> i am trying to ask around about it.  e  even if i do have it i can praise
> the lord no matter what.
>
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