[Faith-talk] developmental delay among the blind

[Timothy Clark Ministries]

agreed
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On Tevet 7, 5775 AM, at 23:55, justin williams <justin.williams2 at gmail.com> wrote:

> 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
> Clark Ministries via Faith-talk
> Sent: Monday, December 29, 2014 11:48 PM
> To: Brandon A. Olivares; Faith-talk, for the discussion of faith and
> religion
> Subject: Re: [Faith-talk] developmental delay among the blind
> 
> agreed. same here.
> Timothy Clark Ministries 
> 
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>  http://www.timothyclarkministries.blogspot.com
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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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