[il-talk] Proving your blindness

[pattischang at gmail.com]

I'm not sure how to express my thoughts on this. But, I do believe that there's a basic expectation that we should be grateful for any and all assistance and we should not be assertive. This comes across in many ways. It comes across in people's comments but it also comes across every time someone says please honey you just sit and I will get it for you. I would love to hear others' thoughts on this. It might even make a good article for our newsletter.

Along similar lines, it concerns me that some of us seem to be more passive than is needed. In other words are we taught to sit back and wait?




Live the life you want.  Every day we raise the expectations of blind  people in the National Federation of the Blind.

Patti S. Gregory-Chang
NFBI Treasurer
NFB Scholarship Comm. Chair
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On Feb 16, 2016, at 2:54 PM, Leslie Hamric via il-talk <il-talk at nfbnet.org> wrote:

Interesting. I have been told the same thing, that  I have an attitude. And I have not gone through an nfb  training center. But if you think of it, it's that attitude that has  got me where I am today.

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> On Feb 16, 2016, at 2:42 PM, Robert Gardner via il-talk <il-talk at nfbnet.org> wrote:
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> For me, a guy who once couldn't do much of anything for himself, then went through blindness training and learned he could do just about anything, I feel I'm proving that I can do things all the time. If I go out on a walk or travel on the bus, part of that experience is proving to myself I can do it. If someone says, "Can I help you with xxx," my basic reaction is I'm going to prove to that person I can do it myself. Maybe I have an attitude, but that's me. And I've been told those who've gone through an NFB training center come out with an attitude. All in all, I think it's a healthy attitude for a blind person.
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> Bob Gardner
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> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Leslie Hamric via il-talk" <il-talk at nfbnet.org>
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>> Hey guys. I have a question. I'm sure you've all been told somewhere along the way that you spent a lot of time proving that you can do things in spite of your blindness. How do you  react to this  statement? I think this topic could start a good discussion.
>> Leslie
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