[Faith-talk] developmental delay among the blind

[justin williams]

I've just always been god socially, but one thing I have consciously worked
on is listening and paying attention.  You can be good socially, but if you
don't know when to be good, when to make your joke, and don't remain aware,
you fall flat more often than you should.  I've learned to listen more; I've
got two ears, and one mouth.

-----Original Message-----
From: Faith-talk [mailto:faith-talk-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Timothy
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Sent: Monday, December 29, 2014 11:48 PM
To: Brandon A. Olivares; Faith-talk, for the discussion of faith and
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Subject: Re: [Faith-talk] developmental delay among the blind

agreed. same here.
Timothy Clark Ministries 
  
  
  
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On Tevet 7, 5775 AM, at 23:41, Brandon A. Olivares via Faith-talk
<faith-talk at nfbnet.org> wrote:

> I've worked very hard to overcome the stigma that blind people can have in
social situations. I pride myself in being socially-aware, to the point that
many people say that they forget I am blind. I don't really think it has to
do with me going blind at four as opposed to at birth, because it's not
really old enough to pick up on all the social cues. I just think it was
always important to me to figure out how the world works, and interact with
it as a sighted person would, in order to break down that divide as much as
possible.
> 
>> On Dec 29, 2014, at 3:16 PM, Poppa Bear via Faith-talk
<faith-talk at nfbnet.org> 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
>> To: Faith-talk
>> 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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