[Nfbf-l] Deaf, blind priest grounded by airline

[lball42 at tampabay.rr.com]

This is a great one. Let me tell you of another. My wife Mary and I were going to our sons first IEP at his new school. We were to meet the principal of that school and set up a plan for our son. When we came in to principals office we introduced our selves, and the principal approached us. He walked right up to Mary, put his face about three inches away from Marys face and started yelling at the top of his voice"and how are you Mrs Ball" She. S backed up against the wall and he followed her. I was flabbergasted. I started laughing. I just could not help it was so stupid. By the way Mary has good HEARING SHE KEPT SLIDING DOWN THE HALL TO GET AWAY FROM HIM AND HE KEPT FOLLOWING hearing. tHIS WAS AN EDUCATED MAN.
---- BROOKE6358 at aol.com wrote:
> We meet all kinds, of which I am one!  People in the public  square need 
> education about 'me', my cane, my haaring aids.  All this is  the very reason 
> that keeps me networking, advocating and at times,  
> explaining/preacing'teaching to meet the mis-understandinds, which is really a  fear.
>  
> I was on front page of local newspaper, full color photo dancing for a fund 
>  raising event. The article, along with photo, was quite extensive. Being a 
>  'little bit proud' of myself, I carried this section of the paper with me 
> for a  while. 
> We were meeting friends at a Dunkin Donut, gal sitting next to us began to  
> talk. You know how it is at a DD, "a stranger is a friend I haven't met 
> yet", as  Will Rogers once said.  
> 
>  
> I began to talk about my cane, after she mentioned it. I explained my  
> reason for having to use the cane---oh she knew someone...and the usual  
> conversation ensued about her friend who lost sight but this woman next to us  had 
> not yet even 'seen' me, only my white cane and had not 'heard' a word i'd  
> said.
>  
> I took my newspaper out and once again began to 'educate'. She read the  
> article and was just completely astounded and over and over and over uttered  
> these same words..."but this woman is blind--how can she dance? this woman 
> is  blind--it says so right here in the paper, how can she dance? this woman 
> is  blind! '  Every time she said this, either I or my husband said. 'she is 
>  sitting right next to you'. The woman heard nothing!  Only herself, her  
> abject fear paralyzed her brain...she could not 'see' anything but her own  
> preconceived notion about 'blind' people.
>  
> After about 5 minutes of this back and forth--'this woman is blind! how can 
>  a blind person dance?'  And me, 'that blind woman is sitting right next to 
>  you'.  Ad infinitum, it seemed before she finally had a paradygm shift and 
>  looked at me with different eyes and asked..'how can you dance, you are 
> blind!' 
>  
> Again, we meet all kinds! And, some are very interesting! smiles
>  
> bre
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