[nabs-l] Grabbing etc.

[Joshua Lester]

Vejas:
You did the right thing.
Blessigns, Joshua

On 11/9/11, Ashley Bramlett <bookwormahb at earthlink.net> wrote:
> Vejas,
> Well, try and be polite, but if they persist, then be more firm.
> No I don't think you were rude. If you tried to be nice and they wouldn't
> leave you alone, then you can try other tacticts.
> I don't think your aide would like someone grabbing him/her. So why should
> you put up with it?
> Don't let people shove you and maneuver you around just since your blind,
> especially if you told them you
> were fine.
> Ashley
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: vejas
> Sent: Tuesday, November 08, 2011 9:17 PM
> To: National Association of Blind Students mailing list
> Subject: Re: [nabs-l] Grabbing etc.
>
> So I guess we don't need to be nice about grabbing? I'm a
> freshman in high school, and one time a senior started grabbing
> my elbow.  I told him politely that I could do it myself, but he
> didn't listen, so finally I said he could "go to class now." My
> aide thought I was being rude, but I felt as if I was adovacting
> for myself.  What are your thoughts on this?
> Vejas
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Bridgit Pollpeter <bpollpeter at hotmail.com
> To: Student Division <nabs-l at nfbnet.org
> Date sent: Tue, 8 Nov 2011 20:08:43 -0600
> Subject: [nabs-l] Grabbing etc.
>
>
> Arielle,
>
> Don't feel bad about losing your calm with people who grab you
> especially those who silently grab.  Any other situation, this
> would be called harassment, but because we are blind, it suddenly
> turns into charity.  I'll hit strangers who grab me.  I don't
> know what their intentions are, and it's just a gut reaction.  I
> don't purposely go around seeking people to beat up on, but if a
> complete stranger grabs me, my natural instinct is to protect
> myself.  Physical contact is one thing I don't think we need be
> diplomatic and patient with.  No one has the right to touch us
> even if out of kindness.  Does not common sense dictate that if
> I'm out on my own I'm probably okay and don't require assistance?
> Grabbing, or touching in any way, is crossing a line, and we
> shouldn't feel bad about reacting.  As I said, especially for
> women, in any other context, grabbing a person would constitute
> to harassment.
>
> Sincerely,
> Bridgit Kuenning-Pollpeter
> bpollpeter at hotmail.com
>
> LiveWellNebraska.com
>
>
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