[Ohio-talk] DON'T YOU JUST HATE THIS!

[Cheryl Fields]

jW, I know exactly what you are speaking of.
Your approach was a good one However, when the person has made a firm
commitment to being sorry... I usually ask them why are they sorry and
what made them that way?
We need some television/ radio space-How to Have healthy conversation
with persons that are blind.
The other annoyance is while performing normal daily tasks publically,
such as walking to a destination unassisted and paying for lunch... we
become the AMAZING Blind folks. Comments like you do that so well, I
am impressed with you, wow look at her, even she can....

Mostly, I use  it as teaching opportunities. Other times...
Hang there and Keep the Faith

On 1/24/17, Smith, JW via Ohio-Talk <ohio-talk at nfbnet.org> wrote:
> After my visit to my doctor yesterday, I was sitting in the reception area
> waiting for my ride and a gentleman asked me if I was blind and after I
> confirmed his suspicions, he told me just how sorry he was that I was blind
> at least 5 times in about 7 minutes!
>
> No matter how many times I told him that life was good and that he should
> not feel that way he kept on saying it.
>
> Needless to say, I was not unhappy when he was called for his appointment
> before my ride came for me.
>
> I don't know about you but I get so tired of these kind of exchanges and
> interactions and they seem to happen when my patience is fairly low!
>
> Oh well, there are none so blind as those that will not see or who refuse to
> understand that one can have a productive and satisfying life even without
> physical sight.
>
> GOOD GOD!
>
> Jw
>
> Dr. jw Smith
> School of Communication Studies
> Scripps College of Communication
> Schoonover Center, Rm. 427
> Athens, OH 45701
> smithj at ohio.edu<mailto:smithj at ohio.edu>
> T: 740-593-4838
>
>
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Wishing You All the Best,

Cheryl E. Fields


A man has made at least a start on discovering the meaning of human
life when he plants shade trees under which he knows full well he will
never sit.
--D. Elton Trueblood