[nabs-l] Any Suggestions for Blindness Literature?

[Carly Mihalakis]

Good morning, Elizabeth,

         I guess, giving your professor homework, you know, stuff to 
read, indeed, is one way to go about it but this necessary minutia 
always seemed a bit more meaningful if I tried to simply show him 
what I am about and of course, encouraging any of his questions?
Car AM 11/1/2016, Elizabeth Mohnke via NABS-L wrote:
>Hello All,
>
>I recently posted a question about how to go about dealing with a 
>professor who thinks I am the most amazing person simply because I 
>happen to be blind. I really appreciate all the suggestions that 
>everyone gave me about how to go about handling this situation. 
>Since I did not have time to meet with my professor last week, I 
>sent him an email telling him that I was beginning to feel a bit 
>uncomfortable in his class due to the fact that he either feels 
>uncomfortable or unsure about how to communicate and interact with 
>me as a blind student.
>
>However, I am not quite sure how well this email helped the 
>situation as I was a bit frustrated with other things when I wrote 
>my email to him. As a result of my stress and frustration, I am not 
>quite sure how well I came across in the email I sent my professor 
>last week. But hopefully it serves as a good starting point in being 
>able to talk to my professor about this situation.
>
>I am sure he is simply curious about how I do things as a blind 
>person. It  sounds as though he has not had too much interaction 
>with other blind people. I would really like to be able to sit down 
>with him and answer all his questions about how I do things as a 
>blind person. However, my schedule is rather busy right now, and I 
>feel as though I simply do not have the time to sit down with him 
>and answer all his questions. Since I do not have the time to sit 
>down and answer all his questions about blindness, I thought perhaps 
>I could just simply share some articles on how blind people do 
>things as they live independent lives.
>
>However, I must admit, it has been a while since I have read through 
>NFB literature. So I am simply curious, what articles would you 
>share with someone who had questions about how you do things as a 
>blind person if you did not have the time to sit down and talk to 
>them about how you do things as a blind person? Are there any good 
>articles to share that would summarize how blind people do things as 
>a blind person without going too in-depth on a particular skill that 
>blind people use in their daily lives? I can think of a couple of 
>good articles as it relates to blindness philosophy, but I do not 
>think an article on blindness philosophy works for someone who is 
>rather curious about how blind people do things as blind people 
>living independent lives. So any suggestions on articles I could 
>share with my professor would be greatly appreciated.
>
>Thanks,
>Elizabeth
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