[humanser] adjustment to blindness

[Lisa Irving]

Sandra, 

Is there anyone  from your local chapter or from your state affiliate who can reach out to the mother?  A while back I emailed a media journalist. She had done a story about a local blind man. She forwarded my information to him. I later learned that he is a member of another NFB chapter. Lol. 

As you know, the NFB knows that blindness is not what holds you back; lack of information and misconceptions set the bar too low for too many blind children and adults. I encourage you to find this mom and share the hope that has helped you to thrive as a competent blind woman. 

From,
Lisa Irving



On the other hand, there are mothers like the one I have. "I can't" wasn't an option for me. 
Best,
Lisa 


-----Original Message-----
From: humanser [mailto:humanser-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Sandra Streeter via humanser
Sent: Tuesday, October 27, 2015 1:30 PM
To: humanser at nfbnet.org
Cc: Sandra Streeter
Subject: [humanser] adjustment to blindness

Mike, thanks for the ref to Tuttle—as a person totally blind from birth, I took the Hadley course anyway, and even I benefited! “Shouldn’t be all enjoy the night,” indeed! I was a disturbing news story locally the other day, about a mom’s efforts to fundraise to help her daughter, who has Leber’s; it made blindness sound so-o-o unnecessarily tragic, and really set my teeth on edge; of course, the journalists were all gah-gah! It is hard to win the war on that thinking, when the # of sighted folks is, of course, greater than ours, and their voice seems to be at a raging-higher volume... Keep the faith, everyone, as I will.



Sandra
“To love another person is to see the face of God.”
(Les Miserables--the musical)
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