[nabs-l] Another Questions about Professors

[Elizabeth Mohnke]

Hello All,

In addition to the problems I am facing in terms of my accommodations falling through for my science class, I also have a bit of a problem with my professor for my sociology class. He thinks I am the most amazing person for being able to do things as a blind person. I have received attitudes like this from other sighted people in the past, but never from a professor, or nothing that was this bad. Even after walking out with me from class to the bus stop and watching me find a phone number I recorded on my Victor Stream to call someone on my IPhone, he still somehow thinks I am the most amazing person simply because I can do things even though I am blind.

I really do not want to drop this class because I really enjoy this class. I find the subject matter to be interesting. I find the personal stories the professor shares with the class when he explains things to us in class. And I like the fact that the accommodations are fairly simple and straight forward in that I really do not need to do all that much in terms of accommodations for this class.

However, the fact that this professor keeps telling me how I am this amazing person simply because I can do things as a blind person is really starting to annoy me. I thought if I simply ignored these comments that they would go away. But they do not seem to be going away, and I honestly am not quite sure what to say to my professor to make him understand that my blindness really does not need to be as big of a deal as he is making it out to be.

So does anyone have any ideas as to how I can go about dealing with a professor who is overly annoying about how I am this amazing person simply because I can do things as a blind person? I am really beginning to think that sighted people are incapable of being able to understand blindness. So any thoughts or ideas anyone may have in regards to dealing with this situation would be greatly appreciated.

Thanks,
Elizabeth