[nabs-l] Social Stuff

[Mark J. Cadigan]

I am the only blind student to ever attend my high school. I keep in contact 
with my blind friends outside of school, and it is good to talk and share 
ideas.

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Teal Bloodworth" <tealbloodworth at gmail.com>
To: "National Association of Blind Students mailing list" 
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Sent: Friday, September 25, 2009 8:40 PM
Subject: Re: [nabs-l] Social Stuff


> just be sturn almost stubborn in asking questions and dont try to fit in 
> just be yourself. college is much easier but its not. I was friends with 
> everybody that i went to highschool with before my car accident that led 
> to my vision loss and it was awkward because they didnt know how to act. I 
> thought college would be easier and it is but it isnt. Harder course work 
> but easier social interaction because with the diversity in my school, it 
> was a very openminded and nonjudge mental and no one that i went to 
> highschool went to this college which was weird because it was 45 minutes 
> away from my highschool.
>
>>From a personal view there is not much difference in going with those who
> are sighted or those who are not. Everyone will have different 
> personalities that you will either like or not like. In a laughing matter 
> i had a good pick up line..."i cant see so i have to see with my hands." I 
> would never use that but i would tell people that if they were friends to 
> kid with them.
>
> Do you have similar feelings in your environment?
>
>            -Teal
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Alberto Arreola" <alberto.2500 at gmail.com>
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> Sent: Friday, September 25, 2009 9:09 AM
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>
>> That goes for me.  I was the only blind student in my hight school, and 
>> I'm
>> now the only blind student at the university I go to.
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: nabs-l-bounces at nfbnet.org [mailto:nabs-l-bounces at nfbnet.org] On 
>> Behalf
>> Of Teal Bloodworth
>> Sent: Thursday, September 24, 2009 7:40 PM
>> To: National Association of Blind Students mailing list
>> Subject: Re: [nabs-l] Social Stuff
>>
>> 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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