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

[nspohn0 at gmail.com]

Hi Harry, 

Do you think it only came up later on because your vision loss is not that severe? I am a screen reader user. I also use tactile graphics. I am considering walking around campus with a cane because of social distancing guidelines in common areas. My vision is good enough that I can get around without the cane in most places, but I tend to use the cane in unfamiliar areas/areas with lots of people. 

Nic 

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From: NABS-L <nabs-l-bounces at nfbnet.org> On Behalf Of Harry Staley via NABS-L
Sent: Sunday, August 2, 2020 2:14 PM
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Cc: Harry Staley <hstaley at nfbtx.org>
Subject: Re: [NABS-L] Do you Disclose Vision to College Roomates?

No I didn’t. It actually never came up Iin conversation until a few weeks later after we got to know each other a bit better.

Harry Staley
(330) 718-1876
hstaley at nfbtx.org

> On Aug 2, 2020, at 12:47, Littlefield, Tyler via NABS-L <nabs-l at nfbnet.org> wrote:
> 
> Hello:
> 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,
>> On 8/2/2020 1:17 PM, nspohn0--- via NABS-L wrote:
>> Hi all,
>> 
>>  
>> I will be a college freshman this fall. My Move in day is August 
>> 22nd, so it is coming up quickly! Do you disclose your visual 
>> impairment/blindness to your college dorm roommates?
>> 
>>  
>> I will be living in an apartment style. The four of us each have our 
>> own room and there are two bathrooms, 2 people per bathroom. Students 
>> are responsible for cleaning the bathrooms among themselves. There 
>> are also 2 washers and dryers that the four of us will share.
>> 
>>  
>> I have started to text each of my roommates. We have been talking 
>> about what we are majoring in, things we like to do, etc. I would 
>> love to have multiple opinions on this.
>> 
>>  
>> Regards,
>> 
>> Nic
>> 
>>  
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