[nabs-l] Romanticisation of Blindness

[Adrianne Dempsey]

I believe that the statement blindness is one of the most romanticized 
disabilities refers to the "amazing blind person comments."  Sighted people 
usually look at blind people in one of two ways,  either "blind people are 
helpless and can't do anything with out help," or "blind people are amazing 
at everything they do."  All the stereotypes such as, "all blind people are 
talented piano players, blind people are good with their hands, blind people 
make grate massage therapists, blind people have super sonic hearing 
abilities, blind people are good in bed, blind people do not make judgments 
on other peoples appearances because they look at other peoples souls. 
While it is nice to think of blind people as being this amazing and noble, 
we all know that this romantic view does not apply to all blind people. 
Their are blind people who fit in many of these categories but most blind 
people do not fit all categories, and their is always some who don't fit 
any.  So while blindness is much more romanticized by these stereotypes it 
doesn't mean love.  We get both the positive and negative from stereotypes 
but the romanticized version sounds a lot nicer don't you think. teehee
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Haben Girma" <habnkid at aol.com>
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Sent: Thursday, April 23, 2009 1:07 AM
Subject: [nabs-l] Romanticisation of Blindness


>
> In an earlier message Jedi stated that blindness is one of the most 
> romanticized disabilities. In what ways has blindness been romanticized? 
> How might one look at blindness so that it appears romantic? I'd love to 
> hear what you all would have to say on the topic! Has anyone written a 
> love song for the long white cane? /smile/
>
> Haben
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