[IL-Talk] Where do people get a license to put their hands on us?

[Robert Hansen]

I thought they think we're like furniture or something. You know so they
think it's okay. And sometimes I just tell him to get their hands off me.
Sometimes I just have to get away from them. Jerk away from him if I have
to. And I don't have time to educate most times because when they do that
stuff I'm very agitated. The smart ones can catch on but otherwise you have
to kind of just do what you can.

Robert Hansen
hansen.robert70 at gmail.com


On Tue, Sep 27, 2022, 1:33 PM dandrews920--- via IL-Talk <il-talk at nfbnet.org>
wrote:

> They think of us as children, so it is OK to grab.
>
> Dave
>
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: IL-Talk <il-talk-bounces at nfbnet.org> On Behalf Of Leslie Hamric via
> IL-Talk
> Sent: Tuesday, September 27, 2022 10:54 AM
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> Cc: Leslie Hamric <lhamric930 at comcast.net>
> Subject: [IL-Talk] Where do people get a license to put their hands on us?
>
> Good morning Federationists. Today I was going to an eye doctor
> appointment.
> And from the door of the building to the elevator, and then up to the
> office, I had a total of three people grab my arm. Of course, they thought
> they were helping when they really weren't. So I decided to try a new
> approach. Instead of saying, please don't grab, I said, please don't grab
> it's not safe. You should see how they back off when they hear the words
> it's not safe. And then, of course, each one got all apologetic. So, of
> course, I did some educating and then they got it. And then, when I got
> down
> the elevator back to the main entrance, a fourth person said, can I help
> you
> and they grab my arm. So I started the process all over again. All we ask
> for as blind people is an assumption of competence. Where did the cited
> people get off thinking that they can just put their hands on us? I wish I
> knew. But until then, I will keep educating.
>
> Leslie Hamric
> Cello and Braille Music Teacher
> Board member of National Federation of the Blind Performing Arts Division
>
>
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