[NABS-L] Do you Disclose Vision to College Roomates?

[Littlefield, Tyler]

Hello:
You'll find people who will do that regardless. If they will find out 
either way and there's a chance they'll take advantage then they will do 
so regardless of when they find it out. It's a perfectly reasonable (and 
understandable) fear to have, though.
Good luck, whatever your path is.


On 8/2/2020 1:59 PM, nspohn0 at gmail.com wrote:
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> Hi Tyler,
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> I get what you are saying with putting it out there in a text. There 
> is definitely something to be said about how it can be easier to talk 
> to someone new when you are texting.
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> I think my fear of mentioning it is that people may take advantage of 
> my blindness, although this concern is probably not that big of a deal 
> since we each have our own room.
>
> Nic
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> *From:* Littlefield, Tyler <tyler at tysdomain.com>
> *Sent:* Sunday, August 2, 2020 1:46 PM
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> *Cc:* nspohn0 at gmail.com
> *Subject:* Re: [NABS-L] Do you Disclose Vision to College Roomates?
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> Hello:
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> I like to just offhandedly mention it. "I just wanted to let you know 
> that I'm <insert blindness level here>, please feel free to ask me any 
> questions now or at any other point, I'm open to it." It's easier to 
> get that out in a text and give them some chances to figure things out 
> than it is to just be like oh hey I'm blind. If I have the chance to 
> tell someone ahead of time I do, and it tends to make the first 
> meeting and etc less awkward. It also allows them to ask initial 
> questions, even "stupid" ones through text where they have a buffer, 
> and as a result you spend less time awkwardly trying to dance around 
> issues they don't want to ask in person.
>
> HTH,
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> On 8/2/2020 1:17 PM, nspohn0--- via NABS-L wrote:
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>     Hi all,
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>     I will be a college freshman this fall. My Move in day is August 22nd, so it
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>     is coming up quickly! Do you disclose your visual impairment/blindness to
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>     your college dorm roommates?
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>     I will be living in an apartment style. The four of us each have our own
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>     room and there are two bathrooms, 2 people per bathroom. Students are
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>     responsible for cleaning the bathrooms among themselves. There are also 2
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>     washers and dryers that the four of us will share.
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>     I have started to text each of my roommates. We have been talking about what
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>     we are majoring in, things we like to do, etc. I would love to have multiple
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>     opinions on this.
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>     Regards,
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>     Nic
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