[nabs-l] Social Stuff

Sat Sep 26 13:11:06 UTC 2009

I was the only blind student in my high school until my last year. I was 
also the first blind person to go threw the massage program at my local 
community college. Now I am the 5th blind student to attend at the school 
ware i am currently taking classes.
Rania,
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Mark J. Cadigan" <kramc11 at gmail.com>
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Sent: Friday, September 25, 2009 9:28 PM
Subject: Re: [nabs-l] Social Stuff


>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>
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> Sent: Friday, September 25, 2009 8:40 PM
> Subject: Re: [nabs-l] Social Stuff
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>
>> 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>
>> To: "'National Association of Blind Students mailing list'" 
>> <nabs-l at nfbnet.org>
>> Sent: Friday, September 25, 2009 9:09 AM
>> Subject: Re: [nabs-l] Social Stuff
>>
>>
>>> 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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