[Sportsandrec] (no subject)

[William ODonnell]

One of the local fitness centers in that section of Manhattan informed some of us that they do not offer specialized instruction for the Blind.  You are responsible for the learning of the material no matter how you take in that information.  In theory, the idea of going to a small Y like the 92ND street Y could work if in general, people in that area of Manhattan were not so stuck up in there bubble of wealth while looking down on those of us who are different.  I make such statement since most people in that socioeconomic setting are so ignorant since everything comes easy for them on a gold platter. I would like to see those same people deal with someone outside their little bubble let alone someone who is different from them by an automatic appearance.  This is especially when one is automatically portrayed from an assumption that they are from or a part of a different socio economic status not on one’s personal level automatically by looks and
 stereotypes.  Each one of you know just as well as I do what those stereo types are for the Blind and how they shape perceptions of and for us as a whole.  The statistics show that those of us who are blind are assumed to be in an impoverished state than those of us who are not.  Automatically, people fear an increase in crime with a decrease in home values when someone looks different and they do not hold the same status   as the rest of the population.