[nabs-l] staring

[Chris Nusbaum]

Wait, that doesn't even make sense! Walk in the middle of the 
street? That would just make it more dangerous, wouldn't it?

Chris

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 ----- Original Message -----
From: Icewolf <icewolf2011 at gtwebdesign.us
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Date sent: Mon, 21 Nov 2011 15:06:13 -0500
Subject: Re: [nabs-l] staring

Hello,
I get stared at all the time when Igo to places like Wal-Mart.  
One time
while Iwas walking up the street to the gas station, it is 
exactly one
mile from my front door, I actually had a person tell me I should 
walk
in the middle of the street.  It is things like this that make me 
afraid
to even walk alone anymore.
Greg W.

Yesterday is forever gone, tomorrow may never come, today is the 
day of all days.


On 11/21/2011 2:03 PM, Joshua Lester wrote:
 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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