[nabs-l] Charlie Wilks- blind football player. (asfeatured onESPN360)

[David Dunphy]

I guess I'm just put off by this whole perception of how amazing we are in 
the eyes of others when it comes out that we can do something. A guy who can 
see finds out a blind person plays football, and that person is a super hero 
who should have a hole story done on him. To me, he is just an everyday 
person that found a way to play football that I don't think he'll get far 
with based on what I heard in the article. Sighted people find ways and 
solutions to problems of how they're going to accomplish something all the 
time, and a second thought is not even given to it. We do it, and we're 
amazing. And the fact that he made such a big deal out of something like 
this, by this I mean mingling with his peers, whether it was by playing a 
sport or what ever, suggests that the writer thought that was incredible 
that a blind person can do that. As Harry put it, that to me shows a bias 
there on the part of the writer or a misconception about us. People mingle 
with their peers and find ways to have fun everyday. I personally thought 
the whole thing was corny.
>From David 


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