[nabs-l] Personal characteristics and traits of successfulblind people

Sat Mar 29 14:59:37 UTC 2014

Nothing.  If there not accessible, then either have them made accessible, or
get help.  Sometimes, getting help is the best way.

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From: nabs-l [mailto:nabs-l-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Carly Mihalakis
Sent: Saturday, March 29, 2014 8:46 AM
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Subject: Re: [nabs-l] Personal characteristics and traits of successfulblind
people

Good morning, everyone,

So, going back to how Robin holds up interdependence as a means of getting
assistance for such things as not quite accessable forms, what's wrong with
that?
for today, Car

At 02:23 PM 3/28/2014, Ashley Bramlett wrote:
>Hi Joe,
>very well said. I, too, cannot believe blindness is a nuisance anymore. 
>Not with the barriers I face because the world is not conducive to 
>nonvisual access, especially appliances and technology.
>Do I think about blindness a lot? No, its part of me; actually I have 
>low vision.
>I go about my business like making breakfast, listening to the news and 
>weather via radio and watching tv shows that are rather auditory a lot 
>and feel happy. I don't think about that I'm doing things differently 
>because of my vision or feel down over it. But, it does play a role in 
>my ability to accomplish visual tasks. For instance filling out job 
>applications; its like half are inaccessible; I came across at least 
>three which say errors, fix the boxes by red stars, and I do not know 
>what the errors are. or others I fill out are not accepted telling me 
>that I missed fields, and I have no idea which fields I missed. I need 
>some eyes to assist me.
>Then there is the transit issue; with mobility being a challenge, I 
>struggle with that, and hate the inconvenience of paratransit.
>Then you have electronics which we cannot see.  So, no its not a 
>nuisance, and we have not made enough progress to render blindness 
>insignificant in doing what we want to do.
>
>Anyway, I agree with you on success. Its about living your passions. 
>Its also, I believe, about making goals, and doing them to change the 
>world. Go out and achieve big things for you.
>
>Also, yeah, success is you. Having a federal job as you do in that 
>field, is a rather successful thing you accomplished.
>You  are smart.
>
>Ashley
>-----Original Message----- From: Joe
>Sent: Thursday, March 27, 2014 9:12 PM
>To: 'National Association of Blind Students mailing list'
>Subject: Re: [nabs-l] Personal characteristics and traits of 
>successfulblind people
>
>Phil,
>
>A successful blind person looks, acts, and communicates like me. Isn't 
>that obvious?
>
>But, kidding aside, I want to give you a different perspective from the 
>people whining about how it is unfair to make blindness a factor in
success.
>Apparently some of us believe that success is success and blindness is 
>irrelevant, but to deny that blindness is a factor is to deny the 
>reality that more than 70% of our blind peers are unemployed. To a 
>degree, overcoming blindness is success onto itself, and if you can't 
>succeed there, a person's likelihood of succeeding anywhere else is 
>slim. Is the person willing to advocate for themselves? Are they 
>willing to work twice as hard to achieve tasks their sighted peers can 
>complete sometimes in half the time? Are they honest enough with 
>themselves to tell if they possess sufficient daily living, technology, 
>and communication skills to succeed at life, let alone the workplace? 
>It may be true that our sighted peers may need to ponder some of these 
>points, but not with the same necessity or to the same depth as the 
>blind person who has to be extra competitive to beat sighted applicants.
>
>At some point over the past several years I stopped subscribing to the 
>NFB notion that blindness can be reduced to the level of a nuisance. 
>Were that true, I believe we would have seen better progress where 
>blind people are concerned. Blindness presents certain unique 
>challenges a person must regularly overcome to excel. Yes, building up 
>confidence makes the process easier, but I don't know that we have 
>reached a point in our evolution of independence that blindness is 
>irrelevant, and certainly not so minimal as to be labeled a minor
inconvenience.
>
>Now, as to success across the board, blind or sighted, I think pursuing 
>your own passions is a key ingredient. I wrote a blog post on the 
>subject, which you can read at the link below:
>
>http://joeorozco.com/blog_are_you_living_someone_elses_dream
>
>--
>Twitter: @ScribblingJoe
>
>Visit my blog:
>http://joeorozco.com/blog
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: nabs-l [mailto:nabs-l-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Phil
>Sent: Thursday, March 27, 2014 6:29 AM
>To: National Association of Blind Students mailing list
>Subject: [nabs-l] Personal characteristics and traits of successful 
>blind people
>
>Hi all,
>
>I'm working on a research paper, and would like to hear what you think.
>Obviously there are external factors such as accessibility barriers, 
>social and attitudinal barriers and so on that affect a blind person's 
>likelihood of success in life.  But if we focus on personal 
>characteristics for a moment, what do you think are some personal 
>characteristics that can help a blind person succeed, or ask in a 
>different way, what characteristics and behavior traits do successful 
>blind people around you exhibit? And what makes you cite these traits?
>For example, some have rightly pointed out that a sense of curiosity 
>and exploration is key, both curiosity to explore one's physical 
>surrounding, intellectual curiosity to explore different subjects and 
>career possibilities, and so on. Others have also pointed out having 
>the courage to be different is important as a blind person.
>What else do you think are important characteristics or behavior traits?
>Hope to hear lots of diverse views on this.
>Thanks!
>
>Best,
>Phil
>
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