[Ohio-talk] an encouraging experience

[Deborah Kendrick]

Way to go, Aleeha!  I love stories like this one!


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From: Ohio-talk [mailto:ohio-talk-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Aleeha Dudley via Ohio-talk
Sent: Thursday, October 02, 2014 9:13 AM
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Subject: [Ohio-talk] an encouraging experience

Hey All,
     I just thought I would share my wonderful experience with you guys this morning.
I was at Applebees with my mother last night, celebrating my birthday.
She leaned over and told me that she thought she saw a blind teen walking into the restaurant with his mother. I got really excited.
There aren´t a lot of blind ppeople around here and I really wanted to network with this guy. I asked mom where he was sitting, and she said that he and his mother had sat down at the table across the aisle from us. As we ate, I did some inadvertent eavesdropping and noticed that this teen was indeed blind. I could hear VoiceOver speaking on his phone. I smiled and stood. Walking over to the table, I said: Hey, I hear a talking iPhone. He apologized, but I said that it was perfectly OK, that I was blind and wanted to introduce myself to him. We shook hands, and his mother invited me to sit down at the table, which I did. We talked for at least 45 minutes about blindness, living with it, and how I am currently doing as a student at Miami. His mother seemed amazed that there are blind people here in Butler County, and I proceeded to tell her that there is a group of 5 of us here in Oxford.
Of course, I told him about our student division and his mother seemed very interested. We exchanged contact information and I hope that I will hear from him. Just thought I would share this with you all. They do seem a bit skeptical about the NFB, but I am going to work on that.
I left names out on purpose here.
Aleeha

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Aleeha Dudley and Seeing Eye Yellow Labrador Dallas Vice President, Ohio Association of Blind Students
Email: blindcowgirl1993 at gmail.com
Follow me on Twitter at @blindcowgirl199

The wind of heaven is that which blows between a horse's ears.
- Arabian Proverb

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