[nagdu] Fwd: you don't look blind and Born and raised in Connecticut

[Mardi Hadfield]

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From: Mardi Hadfield <wolfsinger.lakota at gmail.com>
Date: Fri, Nov 28, 2008 at 5:35 PM
Subject: Re: you don't look blind and Born and raised in Connecticut
To: nagdu at nfbnet.org
This post was sent on Nov. 28, but I guess it was not received so I am
sending it again

 Hi every one, Hope you all had a great Thanksgiving.Linda ,now that I think
about it,you are right. I never met a blind person until I was 19. I worked
as an x ray tech, and the man who ran the films through the developing
machine was blind.He was a cane user and his name was Ray. We became
friends. When I worked in another Hospital as an x ray tech. There was a
blind lady,her name was Helen, she also worked in the dark room.Also a cane
user,I would help her out to the bus stop. Not one of the other employes
wanted to help her because she wanted to hold on to their arm. I thought
this was very odd as I did not mind her holding on to my arm. It was just a
way to help her. I guess some people are just weird!I don't know,but maybe
they thought they could " catch " her blindness?   Both of these people were
pretty normal looking to me. Be fore I ever met a blind person, I don't
think I thought about blind people at all. I have some residual vision, but
it is not very helpful. I can see things if they are magnified and very
close,but every thing I see is doubled and blured and hazy. I have no
periferal vision. I am diagnosed with Cortical Vision Impairment, Macular
Degeneration,and Early Cateracts.I am light sensitive so when I am out side
I use dark glasses,and keep my eyes closed.At night,I see lights and not
much more than that.      Ted, I was born and raised in Stamford Ct.Left
there in 1983,to come to Tucson Az. I like the weather better here but
......................................... Have a great day, Mardi and
Nala,retired, Wanagi,gdit,and Tokala,gd at home, and part time pet.