[Ohio-talk] an encouraging experience

[Cheryl Fischer]

And thumbs up to your Mom for supporting you in your efforts. She must be proud of you and recognize how important what you did was. Not everyone would want to hang around 45 minutes or longer while you talked.   
 
Cheryl

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From: Ohio-talk [mailto:ohio-talk-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Deborah Kendrick via Ohio-talk
Sent: Thursday, October 02, 2014 11:03 AM
To: 'Aleeha Dudley'; 'NFB of Ohio Announcement and Discussion List'
Subject: Re: [Ohio-talk] an encouraging experience

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
To: NFB of Ohio Announcement and Discussion List; cement and Discussion List" <ohio-talk at nfbnet.org>, "oabs"
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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