[nabs-l] Feeling Inadequate After National Convention?

Sun Jul 13 16:57:08 UTC 2014

Good morning, Elizabeth,

         Like RJ, I am not a member of the Federation although I try 
to see it in terms of the context of the times in which it was 
conceived, to honor doctors TenBroeks and, later Dr. Maur's gifting 
blind cohesion and organization.Personally, I became brain damaged 10 
years ago, so  I guess I am multipli handicapped, too.
for today, Car

>Dear
>Elizabeth, I myself am not a member of the NFB, and like you, I to 
>have a secondary disability. I have CP. If you wish, you may email 
>me off list at:
>joltingjacksandefur at gmail.com
>Or you may add me to skype at:
>smallistbaby1979
>RJ
>----- Original Message ----- From: "Elizabeth Mohnke via nabs-l" 
><nabs-l at nfbnet.org>
>To: "'Carly Mihalakis'" <carlymih at comcast.net>; "'National 
>Association of Blind Students mailing list'" <nabs-l at nfbnet.org>
>Sent: Sunday, July 13, 2014 12:28 PM
>Subject: Re: [nabs-l] Feeling Inadequate After National Convention?
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>>Hello Carly,
>>
>>I am honestly not quite sure how my post about feeling defeated and
>>inadequate turned into a thread about not being able to become a blind
>>parent. My post had absolutely nothing to do with this. The last time I
>>checked, this was an email list for blind students and not blind parents. As
>>I look around this organization, all I seem to see are leaders who have been
>>successful at being a college student. They are either succeeding in their
>>classes, are successful college graduates, or have pursued the career of
>>their choice. This makes me feel inadequate because there is the possibility
>>none of these things will ever happened to me in my own life. And I guess
>>learning to embrace this possibility in my life is rather difficult for me.
>>
>>Warm regards,
>>Elizabeth
>>
>>
>>-----Original Message-----
>>From: nabs-l [mailto:nabs-l-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Carly Mihalakis
>>via nabs-l
>>Sent: Sunday, July 13, 2014 10:13 AM
>>To: tyler at tysdomain.com; National Association of Blind Students mailing
>>list; Beth Taurasi; National Association of Blind Students mailing list
>>Subject: Re: [nabs-l] Feeling Inadequate After National Convention?
>>
>>Good morning, Elizabeth,
>>
>>Personally, I was bienucleated (had both ocular organs surgically
>>removed) after having retinal blastoma as an infant. And, I have come into a
>>realization that,  without so much as a shaddow of a doubt, I want no part
>>of synthetic means of artificially tweeking with nature, such that I, too,
>>can proliferate this genetic cespool of mine, just so someone with genes ill
>>fit for proliferation, can conceive of  and then carry to term their own
>>kid! Personally, I think I have come to realize that, the universe doesn't
>>mean for me to prolifferate my genetics and I accept this. For, the world
>>seems to becoming strange, beyond my wildest dreams and seems not to be a
>>welcoming place for any creature, let alone a fruit of my corrupt loins.
>>Just some meditation on the question for people to take, or leave, as they
>>see fit.
>>for today, Car
>>
>>
>>perportion and made the thread all about you, again. I don't think that was
>>the point, just that the speeches and people doing so much makes people feel
>>like they're not doing enough, or as much as they could. How much one can
>>actually accomplish is up to someone, and only -you- know if you've not done
>>enough.
>>>On 7/12/2014 8:25 PM, Beth Taurasi via nabs-l wrote:
>>>>I feel the same way as you, Liz.  I have some other disabling factors
>>>>due to parental misconnduct or psychological abuse and I was devalued
>>>>at home, at school, and in some work settings in Florida and Colorado.
>>>>It's easy for the NFB people to feel like blindness is the only
>>>>people's disabling factor they can serve, but they fail to recognize
>>>>that mental illnesses, chronic health issues due to abuse, and so on
>>>>also play a huge role in how the people act, interact, and so on.  I'm
>>>>worried as heck about my own future because the NFB says a lot about
>>>>blind parents, but whuat about multidisabled intelligent beings who
>>>>want to bring children in to this world?  80% of psychiatrically ill
>>>>mothers have their babies removed from her. s Anyone heard of Buck V.
>>>>Bell?  Carrie Buck had her kid removed from her all because she was
>>>>epileptic and even though she was not blind, a disability was present
>>>>anyway.  Then, she was sterilized.  I will not tolerate such actions
>>>>to be taken against me or any person with or without multiple
>>>>disabilities.
>>>>I side with you on this,
>>>>Beth
>>>>
>>>>----- Original Message -----
>>>>From: Elizabeth Mohnke via nabs-l <nabs-l at nfbnet.org
>>>>To: "'National Association of Blind Students mailing list'"
>>>><nabs-l at nfbnet.org
>>>>Date sent: Sat, 12 Jul 2014 17:29:51 -0400
>>>>Subject: [nabs-l] Feeling Inadequate After National Convention?
>>>>
>>>>Hello All,
>>>>
>>>>I hope everyone who attended the national convention this year had a
>>>>great time in Orlando. I understand attending a national convention
>>>>can be a rather inspiring event in the life of someone who is blind.
>>>>However, as I was listening to the online stream of the national
>>>>convention this year, I found myself feeling the complete opposite.
>>>>
>>>>Instead of feeling inspired and hopeful for the future, I found myself
>>>>feeling rather defeated and inadequate. As I was listening to the
>>>>speaches from various leaders within the NFB, I found myself thinking
>>>>how lucky they must be that the only disability they have to deal with
>>>>in their lives was there blindness. I was thinking about how easy it
>>>>must be fore someone who is only blind, and how more difficult it is
>>>>for someone who has another disability in addition to being blind.
>>>>
>>>>Now perhaps this may be a bit too personal to post to the email list,
>>>>but I was just curious if anyone else has ever felt this way, and if
>>>>so, what did you do to deal with these kinds of feelings? I would
>>>>greatly appreciate hearing from anyone who has ever dealt with this kind
>>of issue before.
>>>>
>>>>Thanks,
>>>>Elizabeth
>>>>
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>>>Ty
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>>>that dares not reason is a slave.
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