[nabs-l] Social Stuff

[Jedi]

Mark,

I also find that many of my friends are blind. However, many of my 
blind friends are struggling with their blindness more than I seem to 
be. That is to say that some of them deny their blindness while others 
live the stereotypes. Some of my best friends are sighted.

I haven't noticed a remarkable difference between how my sighted 
friends treat me versus how my blind friends treat me. I think what 
makes the difference is philosophical understanding of blindness, not 
visual acuity.

Respectfully Submitted
Original message:
> Reading this thread makes me think; most of my closest friends are also 
> blind. This is not to say that I don't have sighted friends, I have 
> lots of friends that are sighted. I go to a mainstream school and 
> otherwise fully participate in everything that my sighted friends do. 
> It just seems like my sighted colleagues still treat me differently 
> than they would treat another sighted classmate. It's nothing that I 
> can put my finger on, just an impression I get. Do any of you also find 
> this to be true?



> Also do you find that it is easier to make friends with blind people 
> than sighted people? I think it is, because you don't have to deal with 
> the blindness thing. I mean you don't have to teach them that just 
> because your eyes don't work it doesn't make you drastically different 
> than anyone else.



> I would appreciate your thoughts,



> Mark
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