[nagdu] Jury finds IA Dept. for Blind'sguidedog policy does notdiscriminate

[Margo and Elmo]

That is very true, Buddy.  I have known lots of blind from birth folks who 
have never accepted it and are as dependent as, well, are always wanting 
others to do for them.

margo andElmo
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Buddy Brannan" <buddy at brannan.name>
To: "NAGDU Mailing List, the National Association of Guide Dog Users" 
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Sent: Saturday, February 21, 2009 7:47 PM
Subject: Re: [nagdu] Jury finds IA Dept. for Blind'sguidedog policy does 
notdiscriminate


>
> On Feb 21, 2009, at 7:41 PM, JULIE PHILLIPSON wrote:
>
>> but again you are blind and have always been blind.
>
> Which really doesn't have much of anything to do with much of  anything. 
> Just because one has been blind from birth does not  automatically mean 
> s/he has accepted or adjusted to blindness. It's  certainly possible for 
> someone blind from birth to strongly resent  blindness, to believe it not 
> to be respectable, to find it an  insurmountable barrier to a full and 
> productive life. Clearly Margo  doesn't find it so, but living with 
> blindness for your whole life  doesn't necessarily make you well adjusted 
> to it.
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