[nabs-l] questions about fitting in.

[Jen]

Hi Ana,

I completely disagree with Carly. You are not deviant, you are different; we
are all in some way. And your differences are to be celebrated, and you need
to surround yourself by people who can learn from them.

-----Original Message-----
From: NABS-L [mailto:nabs-l-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Carly Mihalakis
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Sent: Wednesday, January 11, 2017 4:02 AM
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Cc: Carly Mihalakis <carlymih at comcast.net>; Ana Martinez
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Subject: Re: [nabs-l] questions about fitting in.

Evening, Ana,

You must be experiencing the familiar isolation us wearers of deviant 
identities (not normal) have to sport as part of being deviant. 
Please don't get inflamed by the word deviant for, all it means is 
simply that we are not normal, aren't part of Them And, if you huddle 
together with others whose shade of deviance differs from your's, are 
socially rejected for other reasons having to do with eyesight (or 
lack there of), upon penetrating new social  circles you might 
appreciate an absolutely necessary get-to -know-you period in which 
Ol'Sighty, as many of us totals conceptualize the majority  can 
observe you enough to feel relaxed and not stand-offish. Remember, 
you might wanna show that, in fact, you are just like Ol'Sighty 
except you don't take in your environmental cues the same way they 
do, via an ocular input, but it is not for a lack of seeing! You may 
have yet to identify how it is that you uncover a little slice of 
personal meaning in the world, that you can, and do" see," just 
differently. Keep us posted on your evolving journey,of self discovery..
Car


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