[nabs-l] Romanticisation of Blindness

[anna parker]

nicely written andi, good job hun

On Thu, Apr 23, 2009 at 6:40 PM, Adrianne Dempsey <
adrianne.dempsey at gmail.com> wrote:

> 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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>> 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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