[nabs-l] Blindness and body contact

[Carly Mihalakis]

Good morning, Arielle,
-American studies class at the local junior college, the instructor 
much to my appreciation would engage my body in much a same way as 
you described while talking to me, AI must say it made me feel like 
teach was particularly engaged with me as well as the subject matter 
at hand. So, I dug it, would look forward to our chats.
I'm talking also, totally non-sexual and  non-erotic, just laying a 
hand on my shoulder, arm or hand. I really appreciated it!
Have a good day, Arielle!
for today, CCar

         As a matter of fact, one semester, I was taking an Afrikan 
At 09:51 PM 10/14/2014, Arielle Silverman via nabs-l wrote:
>Hi all,
>So the feeling faces thread reminded me of something and I'm curious
>what your experiences are with this kind of thing. My sister got
>married last weekend and I gave a toast at her rehearsal dinner and a
>short reading during the ceremony. At the cocktail reception a woman
>approached me and introduced herself as the aunt of my sister's new
>husband. She then went on for a while about how beautiful my speeches
>were. The entire time she had her arm kind of around the side of my
>back and was stroking my shoulder. It made me a bit uncomfortable
>because we had just met and I am not a very touchy-feely person except
>with very close family and friends. This is also not the firsttime
>people I don't know, or barely know, have interacted with me in this
>way. I have always wondered if the touching is somehow because of my
>blindness and if so, why do people feel driven to be so physically
>affectionate with me? Or, is this a typical way people interact, and
>being blind my whole life, I just haven't noticed how other people
>physically interact during conversation? If you guys have experienced
>this sort of thing, how do you usually respond? I'm not talking about
>being grabbed by over-helpful people; I'm talking about people making
>physical (nonsexual) contact during a conversation. And not just the
>occasional shoulder tap, but something more hug-like.
>Best,
>Arielle
>
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