[nagdu] People First, Please was Re: blind dog training

[Larry D. Keeler]

Yes, that's what I was really getting at.  I did get a kick out of a kid 
however.  We were standing around waiting for a bus after our chapter 
meeting.  We were just teasing and I refered to myself as that short, fat 
blind guy.  The youngster got wuite offended.  I told him that I am short, 
fat and blind so what's wrong with that!
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Marion Gwizdala" <blind411 at verizon.net>
To: "NAGDU Mailing List, the National Association of Guide Dog Users" 
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Sent: Friday, March 23, 2012 4:57 PM
Subject: Re: [nagdu] People First, Please was Re: blind dog training


> Larry,
>    Though most people know me by name because I make it a habit to 
> introduce myself and find out the person's name I am speaking with, I 
> sometimes say, "Hi! This is Marion, the tall, redheaded blind guy!" I 
> think it would be rather cumbersome to say, "the man who is tall, who is 
> redheaded, and is visually impaired." (The latter is just for those people 
> who also believe we shouldn't use the term "blind"! (grin) About the only 
> time I use "people first" language is when I am doing professional writing 
> and the publication for whom I am writing requires it.
> Fraternally yours,
> Marion
>
>
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Larry D. Keeler" <lkeeler at comcast.net>
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> Sent: Friday, March 23, 2012 11:51 AM
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>
>>I think they come from folks who are not necessarily comfortible with 
>>they're condition.  I've tried the political correctness thing and it 
>>usually doesn't work exceptt when addressing non disabled folks who as a 
>>rule aren't comfortible with us.  My daughter calls herself deaf and I'm 
>>blind.  My wife calls herself a wheelchair user.  Although the latter 
>>implies that she can decide whether or not to us the thing!  I personally 
>>find that refering to my condition as blind sure clears up a lot!  I do 
>>aggree with Nicole that it shouldn't be the first thing one knows about 
>>us. I hated being refered to as "Blind Larry"!  I once had someone fololow 
>>me around downtown and finally I asked him what was it he wanted!  He was 
>>having a really hard time wondering what to call my blindness!  I told him 
>>you refer to me by my name first!
>> ----- Original Message ----- 
>> From: "Cindy Ray" <cindyray at gmail.com>
>> To: "NAGDU Mailing List,the National Association of Guide Dog Users" 
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>> Sent: Friday, March 23, 2012 11:26 AM
>> Subject: Re: [nagdu] People First, Please was Re: blind dog training
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>>
>>> Well, of course, that is just way over the top, and there is that 
>>> danger. I don't know where some of those things come from. LOL.
>>>
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