[nabs-l] When a loved one goes sighted

[humberto]

First of all, If I was to become sighted, I would not do it. I 
myself wouldn't want to become sighted because of 2 reasons:
1.  since I am blind since birth, I will feel so weird being 
sighted; just like a sighted person  had been born with sight and 
feeling weird when they become blind. The world would be so 
different and I cannot even explain how different since I've 
never ever been sighted, and don't want to be.
2.  I am blind, I am the way I am and I still want to be blind 
since I am born blind. Blindness is just an ordinary thing for 
me. Even my mom has gotten me to pray and get me to ask doctors 
if one day I will "see" but that was when I was little, and 
looking back, I am so * GUILTY * that my mom did this and told me 
that I will see soon in a quite convincing way and now I think, 
and since coming to the United States and attending NFB related 
camps and meetings such as the NFB youth Slam, I see my own 
philosophy of blindness, which is that blindness is something 
ordinary and normal and nothing to be neglected or regretted 
about.
Just my 20 dollars for what it's worth, and, great question.


> ----- Original Message -----
>From: Jamie Principato <blackbyrdfly at gmail.com
>To: National Association of Blind Students mailing list 
<nabs-l at nfbnet.org
>Date sent: Wed, 20 Apr 2011 04:56:20 -0400
>Subject: [nabs-l] When a loved one goes sighted

>Hi, all.

>I was thinking recently about all of those "what to do what a 
loved one goes
>blind" articles and pamphlets I've seen, and how often I hear 
people talk
>about the reactions of friends and family and their community 
when they lost
>their vision. I think there have even been comments on this list 
about
>sighted friends for some reason thinking they have to treat us 
differently,
>or can't relate to us as well because we're blind.

>My question is this. How do you think the blind would respond in 
similar
>situations, say, if a friend among a netork of fellow blind 
students
>suddenly went sighted? As medical technology advances rapidly, it 
is
>becoming more and more possible to correct a number of causes of 
both
>congenital and later onset blindness. I know there are different 
opinions on
>matters like this in other disability groups, and the question 
really got me
>thinking.

>I'd love to hear peoples' thoughts!

>-Jamie
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