[nabs-l] staring

[Hope Paulos]

It's sad that ignorance is out there. Luckily I've never been told people 
stare at me. I have been totally  blind since birth. When I was younger, I 
was always doing repetitive behavior (rocking, eye-poking, etc). I'm sure at 
that time I was stared at. By the age of 6 my parents stopped me from doing 
this. People now say that they have no idea I'm blind because I turn to 
people when I'm talked to and don't do the repetitive behavior. I also wear 
sunglasses because my eyes don't focus at all. That also helps keep people 
from staring.
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Joshua Lester" <jlester8462 at students.pccua.edu>
To: "National Association of Blind Students mailing list" 
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Sent: Monday, November 21, 2011 2:03 PM
Subject: Re: [nabs-l] staring


> This is another reason why ignorance needs to be dealt with, in
> sighted communities.
> I was at a Taco Bell, 30 minutes away from my hometown.
> There were two boys laughing at me, because of my blindness.
> My brother got on to them, and they left me alone.
> It's a shame, that people that don't know any better make fun of us,
> when there's really nothing wrong with us.
> Blessings, Joshua
>
> On 11/21/11, vejas <brlsurfer at gmail.com> wrote:
>> I hate staring.
>> People do it all the time in my community, and I don't even know
>> that they are doing it.
>> I have no vision as of recently.  I can't tell when people are
>> staring at me.  But I know-because my parents sometimes tell me
>> that in restaurants, people stare at how I eat.
>> What is more upsetting, though, is why aren't my parents doing
>> anything about the staring, like telling them to stop? I wonder
>> do these people even realize they are staring?
>> Vejas
>>
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