[nabs-l] staring

[Carly]

Good afternoon, Chris,

I don't believe the act of Staring is inherently bad. Don't you think 
it wise to allow any misconseptons about blindness to be 
demystified?  At 11:06 AM 11/24/2011, Chris Nusbaum wrote:
>Hi Vejas,
>
>Ah, the staring game! I'm faced with this as well! Now, let me just 
>say this; you are frustrated because your sighted parents aren't 
>doing anything about it.  However, if they're not doing something 
>about it, can't you? I know that your parents would have to tell you 
>that someone is staring, but you can take it from there! You can 
>advocate for yourself; you can tell them to stop!
>
>Chris
>
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>real problem is the misunderstanding and lack of education that 
>exists.  If a blind person has the proper training and opportunity, 
>blindness can be reduced to a mere physical nuisance."
>-- Kenneth Jernigan (President, National Federation of the Blind, 1968-1986
>
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>----- Original Message -----
>From: vejas <brlsurfer at gmail.com
>To: National Association of Blind Students mailing list<nabs-l at nfbnet.org
>Date sent: Mon, 21 Nov 2011 10:54:40 -0800
>Subject: [nabs-l] staring
>
>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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