[nabs-l] Social Stuff

[Teal Bloodworth]

that must be nice for all of you. in highschool i was the first and only 
totally blind person, at my community college same and at the four year 
university same. I guess i dont really have any blind friends where i live 
because there is no one my age.

            -Teal
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Jedi" <loneblindjedi at samobile.net>
To: <nabs-l at nfbnet.org>
Sent: Thursday, September 24, 2009 8:10 PM
Subject: Re: [nabs-l] Social Stuff


> 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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