[New-york-news] Why do we fear the blind story from NY Times

[jezu36 at yahoo.com]

Is this article from the NY Times recent? Can someone send me the link? I would love to read the article.  Thank you.

Joanne

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On Jan 10, 2014, at 3:18 PM, Lynn  Zelvin <lynnzelvin at gmail.com> wrote:

> Well, like everything, I think it's a mix. I agree, Paul, that the more accomplished you are in life, the more likely you are to be treated as an equal. And if you live a life where you are a long time member of a community, you are also more likely to have that. And I also agree that how you carry yourself no matter how you are treated does impact how you are received. At the very least, it is good for us to stay confident in ourselves. And, certainly, as the article's author indicates, things are not as bad for us here in the US as in some other countries. 
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> My reaction to the article was, in part, that it is true and depressing and that it's an article written to sighted people and that I might have been better off *not* reading it. But, on the other hand, sometimes it's good to hear that the negative experiences one has are shared by others. As someone who spends a lot of time in the middle of a lot of sighted people,in activites with a lot of sighted people who come and go and with whom I don't have many years of interaction, I find a lot of fear of interacting with me and that with most sighted people I can never get beyond blindness to have real human connection. Certainly not everyone, but definitely the majority. And there's much more to say than that. My point is more that along with positive experiences, such as yours, to inspire us, it is really helpful to hear that when we are not successful, that there are societal problems and it's not just that we keep doing things wrong, because that attitude can also be debilitating.
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> I don't think education or good articles, no matter how they are written, are going to create change. I do think we need to go about our lives as best we can without letting all the attitudes out there stop us, as best we can. I think change will happen if we ever have full employment in all levels of the job sector and getting there is a long haul. However, I think it's good for sighted people to hear from other sighted people that their behaviour has an impact. And, on the whole, it was a well written article that certainly didn't demean us in any way.
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> Well, those are just my thoughts. 
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> Lynn Zelvin
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